PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitus Peering (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Jonas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peering comes to the cage accompanied by Saint Vitus Dance. Joe Jonas is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Peering
vs
Jonas

177 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
22
217 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vitus Peering!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Jonas!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jonas has managed to clinch.

Peering drags the fight down to the ground.
Peering throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Jonas trying to control the position from guard on top but Peering is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peering trying to keep a closed guard but Jonas is proving a slippery customer.
Jonas must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jonas wants to stand and escape but instead Peering has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Peering is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jonas keeping moving, preventing Peering from controlling successfully.

Jonas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Peering doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Peering manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Peering looking to pass the guard.
Peering throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jonas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Peering throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jonas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Peering slips nicely into half guard.
Peering winds up and cracks Jonas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peering winds up and cracks Jonas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jonas is looking to escape.
Peering trying to control the action but Jonas is working from the bottom.
Jonas is trying to stand back up but Peering is controlling him
Peering looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Peering takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Peering looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jonas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jonas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Peering scores with a couple of nice shots.
Peering looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Peering scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jonas is trying to stand back up but Peering is controlling him

Jonas is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Peering pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peering seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jonas looks like he's trying to stand up.
Peering has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jonas looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonas has hold of Peering's hands but Peering slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jonas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Peering scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jonas has hold of Peering's hands but Peering slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jonas trying to hold on to Peering's head to control him but Peering postures up.
Peering seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Jonas is looking to escape.
Peering working the head and body with strikes.
Peering working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jonas wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonas wants to get back to his feet.
Peering is keen to just control but Jonas is a slippery customer.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A head kick misses from Jonas.
Peering throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jonas's waist but Jonas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Peering off to one side.
Peering changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jonas tries to avoid it but Peering manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jonas to the ground. Jonas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jonas scores with a kick to the midsection.
Peering takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Peering takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Horrible takedown by Peering or perhaps it was just good defense by Jonas which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitus Peering. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jonas changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Peering looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Peering tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Jonas postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Peering wants to control but Jonas postures up.

Jonas decides to stand up, so the ref orders Peering to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonas throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Peering's head.
Jonas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Peering or perhaps it was just good defense by Jonas which made him look bad.

Jonas instigates a clinch.

Jonas breaks from the clinch.
Peering tries for a takedown but Jonas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Peering has his takedown stuffed
and Jonas counters with a nice uppercut.
Jonas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peering looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jonas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jonas tries to close the distance and clinch but Peering swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Peering shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Peering showed some decent athleticism there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vitus Peering dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Peering shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jonas is trying to stand back up but Peering is controlling him
Jonas throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Peering lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Jonas kicks Peering off and gets back to his feet.
Peering shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jonas counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Peering shoots in but no luck this time.
Peering tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jonas throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Peering decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Peering seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jonas pushes Peering off looking to stand but Peering dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonas wants to get back to full guard.
Jonas tries to kick Peering off but Peering keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jonas has hold of Peering's hands but Peering slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Peering throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jonas throws a nice head kick!
Jonas is looking to clinch.
Jonas goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Peering shoots and misses
and Peering takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitus Peering. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jonas scores with a head kick.
Jonas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Peering closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Jonas throws Peering to one side and escapes!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peering avoids the head kick by Jonas.
Peering shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jonas but Jonas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Peering throws a leg kick
and Jonas counters with a head kick.
Peering takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Peering shoots in for a takedown but Jonas shows good takedown defense.

Jonas darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Peering is pressing down on Jonas's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Peering manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jonas manages to get himself to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jonas is on top in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jonas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Peering swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Peering has Jonas pulled in close to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonas lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jonas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Peering looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jonas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Jonas gets to his feet. Peering looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Peering fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jonas on the side of the head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Peering.
Jonas jabs at Peering's body.
Jonas lands a high kick!

Peering shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jonas's guard.
Jonas keeping moving, preventing Peering from controlling successfully.

Peering gets to his feet - Jonas follows without any prompting.
Peering takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonas tries to close the distance and clinch but Peering swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from Jonas misses.
Peering looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jonas is fending him off so far but Peering persists. Nope, Jonas circles away and we're back to standing.
Jonas lands with a slapping head kick.
A head kick from Jonas lands but Peering takes it in his stride.
No luck for Jonas with that takedown attempt.

Jonas gets caught flat footed, as Peering shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Peering stopping the sweep attempt from Jonas.
Jonas throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Peering postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Vitus Peering overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Peering wants to control from the top but Jonas keeps moving.
Jonas will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vitus Peering dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jonas connects with a high kick.

Peering closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Peering lands with a punch from half guard.
Jonas pushes Peering off looking to stand but Peering dives back in and keeps control.
Peering prevents Jonas from improving his position.
Jonas trying to control but Peering postures up.
Peering lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jonas throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peering lands strikes from half guard.

Jonas pushes Peering off and gets back to his feet.
Jonas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Jonas closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peering tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jonas smiles and moves away.
Peering swats away the attempt to clinch by Jonas.
Jonas throws a head kick that half lands.
Peering misses with a takedown attempt
and Jonas counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jonas with a poor takedown

and Peering counters with a single leg into guard. Jonas didn't expect that.
Jonas keeping moving, preventing Peering from controlling successfully.

Jonas has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Peering is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Jonas.
Peering prevents Jonas from escaping the position.
Peering landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jonas takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Vitus Peering is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peering trying to control the action but Jonas is working from the bottom.
Jonas tries to bench press Peering off him but Peering keeps the position.
Peering is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Jonas will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Jonas is not content to let Peering control the position.
Jonas gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Jonas wants to get back to his feet.
Peering slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonas wants to get back to his feet.
Jonas missing with punches from the bottom.
Jonas is trying to stand up here but Peering is controlling him well.
Peering is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jonas looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jonas tries to get to full guard but Peering has control of the leg.
Peering stops Jonas from getting back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Peering shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Peering showed some decent athleticism there.
Peering is taking a breather. Jonas says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Joe Jonas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Jonas actively working from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vitus Peering showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Peering, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitus Peering!