PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kile Jr V (ranked 4970 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Jones (ranked 4905 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jr V
vs
Jones

172 cm
25
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kile Jr V!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jonny Jones!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jones gets a takedown into half guard.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jr V avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.
Jr V wants to get back to his feet.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jr V wants to get back to his feet.
Jr V knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones stops Jr V from getting back to his feet.
Jr V on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jr V tries to get out of the position.
Jr V is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jones scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jr V has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jones takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr V wants to get back to his feet.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jr V is trying to stand back up but Jones is controlling him
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jr V with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jones thows a huge punch but Jr V dodges it nicely.
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Jr V avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jones is nestled in close to Jr V, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jr V looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jr V is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones thows a huge punch but Jr V dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jr V has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Jones.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones connects with a nice short shot to Jr V's temple.
Jones throwing shots but Jr V is blocking nicely.
Jones passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jr V!
Jr V wants to try and get back to his feet.
Jones unloading with bombs!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jr V is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Jones fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jones working Jr V over with strikes here.
Jones unloading with bombs!
Jones looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jones with good strikes from the mount here!
Jr V squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jones lands a couple of good shots and Jr V has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Jr V is trying to get back to his feet but Jones has full control of the position and if anything, Jr V has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Jones misses with a punch to the head.
Jones has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Jr V.
Jones punches Jr V on the ear.
Jones thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jr V wants to get back to his feet.
Jones gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones connects with a big shot to the side of Jr V's head.
Jr V trying to get back to his feet but Jones is in full control for now.
Jones looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Jones lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Jr V.
Jr V has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Jones.
Jr V is trying to get back to his feet but Jones has full control of the position and if anything, Jr V has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Jones throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Jr V!
Jones scores with strikes from the back.
Jr V wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jr V dives in and grabs Jones's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes down on Jr V's head and hops out.
Jr V keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Jr V.
Jr V throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Jr V displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jones.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Kile Jr V has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Jones.

Jr V manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Jones on his heels. He'll look to pass Jones's guard now, I'm sure.
Jones throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jonny Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jr V has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jones is proving hard to escape from.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jr V is one step ahead there.
Jr V wants to stand but Jones has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Jr V trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Jones working a defensive guard here.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Jr V on that attempt.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Jr V sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jones.
It looked like Jr V was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jr V lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jones dives in for a single leg takedown but Jr V sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jr V throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Jr V leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jr V displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jones shoots in but Jr V avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Jones drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jr V is trying to buck Jones off.
Jones scoring with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jr V is trying to buck Jones off.
Jones postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jones trying to control the position but Jr V is working away.
Jr V is trying to buck Jones off.
Jr V managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jones.
Jones cracks Jr V with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jones is working Jr V over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jones scores with punches from side control.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones throws an elbow but Jr V slips to the side and avoids it well.
Jr V is trying to buck Jones off.
Jones landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jr V parries the strikes from Jones easily there. Jones is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jr V to escape.
Jones lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Jr V is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jones connects with a decent elbow.
Jones postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jr V is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Jones has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Jones landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jones advances to mount.
Jones won't let Jr V get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Jones putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jones lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jr V's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kile Jr V will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jones shoots in but Jr V avoids the takedown attempt easily.
It looked like Jr V was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jr V shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jr V sprawls well. Jr V wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jr V but Jr V pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kile Jr V has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Jones.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jr V counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jr V throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jr V.
Jr V misses with a wild combination.

Jr V has managed to clinch.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Jr V.
Jr V digs a right hand into Jones's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jones's gas tank.
A short uppercut from Jr V.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones tries to score a body lock takedown but Jr V shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jr V stalling the fight.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones is trying to break free.
Jr V taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jones tries a body shot but Jr V blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Jr V.
Come on Jr V - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jr V is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jones is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jr V to keep the fight standing.
Jr V has Jones pressed against the cage.
Jr V holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kile Jr V.
Jones tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jr V defends well and Jones ends up having to push Jr V into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jr V seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jr V.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jr V shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jr V misses with a two punch combination.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Jr V looks to land a combination. Jones sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jr V misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jones is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jr V or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones, which made it look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones gets tackled into the cage by Jr V. Jr V maintains the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jr V works on Jones's body with a couple of short punches.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Jr V controls the action.
Jr V lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jr V.
Jr V goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jones shoots for a takedown but Jr V saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kile Jr V has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jr V misses with the combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kile Jr V showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jr V has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Jonny Jones!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Jonny Jones!
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Jonny Jones!

Jonny Jones wins by unanimous decision!