PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Ronaldo (ranked 912 p4p, 1624 weight class) and Jason Behar (ranked 118 p4p, 194 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ronaldo
vs
Behar

170 cm
30
146
8 - 3 - 1

166 cm
30
157
11 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Ronaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Behar!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronaldo misses the body punch
enabling Behar to counter with a crisp jab.
Ronaldo staying out of range there.
Behar misses with an uppercut.
Jose Ronaldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Behar throws a head kick that misses.
Ronaldo works over Behar's head and body with a nice combination.
Ronaldo looks to land a right hand but Behar moved out of range.
Ronaldo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Behar now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ronaldo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Behar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ronaldo lands a jab to Behar's midsection.
Ronaldo just misses with a punch to the body.
Behar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ronaldo jabs at Behar's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo takes a swing at Behar's ribcage but misses.
Ronaldo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Behar.
Ronaldo lands with a good body shot.
Behar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ronaldo is looking to wear down Behar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Behar throws a body shot but no joy.
Ronaldo swings for the body but Behar moves out of range.
Ronaldo scores with a one two! Behar had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Behar lands a nice looking body shot.
Ronaldo lands with a right hand.
Ronaldo lunges at Behar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Behar's hand.
Ronaldo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Behar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Behar walks into a stiff left hand from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ronaldo misses the shot to the body.
Behar is looking for the big counter here.
We've been informed that Behar has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ronaldo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ronaldo just misses with a punch to the body.
Behar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ronaldo finds it's way round the side to connect with Behar's head.
Ronaldo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ronaldo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Behar was well out of range. Poor timing from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the body
and Behar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Behar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
It looks like Ronaldo has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Ronaldo swings for the body but Behar moves out of range.
Behar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Behar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Ronaldo.
Behar looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ronaldo throws a body punch but Behar moves out of range.
Ronaldo throws a jab when Behar was well out of range.
Behar scores with a hook to the body. Ronaldo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ronaldo throws a poor cross that misses
and Behar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Behar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Behar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ronaldo has a couple of punches blocked by Behar.
Ronaldo has a couple of punches blocked by Behar.
Ronaldo lands a shoulder strike.
Ronaldo has a couple of punches blocked by Behar.
Behar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ronaldo's elbow.
Behar taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo tries to work over Behar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ronaldo has a couple of punches blocked by Behar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Behar blocking some punches.
Ronaldo cracks Behar with a nice body shot.
Ronaldo tries to work over Behar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ronaldo misses with the head strike.
Ronaldo lands a nice uppercut.
Behar misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Behar.
Ronaldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Behar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ronaldo's elbow.
Ronaldo swings wildly with an uppercut but Behar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ronaldo pushes Behar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Behar lands a body punch.
Behar digs a right hand underneath Ronaldo's ribcage. Ronaldo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ronaldo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Behar has a couple of punches blocked by Ronaldo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Ronaldo dominated that round.
That's time! Ronaldo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ronaldo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ronaldo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ronaldo swings for the body but Behar moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ronaldo. Behar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ronaldo connects with a nice looking jab.
Ronaldo slips a jab from Behar.
Ronaldo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ronaldo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Behars jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ronaldo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Behar throws a body punch but Ronaldo moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Behar was well out of range. Poor timing from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo connects with a single shot there.
Ronaldo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Behar can do to turn this around?
Ronaldo digs a good body shot into Behar's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ronaldo. Behar does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ronaldo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Behar.
Ronaldo scores with a shot to the body.
Ronaldo lands a slapping body shot.
Ronaldo throws a body punch but Behar moves out of range.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Behar.
Behar throws out a counter right but Ronaldo avoids it with no problem.
Ronaldo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ronaldo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Behar tries a head kick but it misses.
Behar avoids the body shot from Ronaldo.
It seemed like Behar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Behar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Behar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ronaldo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo misses with a left hand
and Behar counters with a straight right hand.
Behar misses with a left hand
and Ronaldo counters with a right hand to the body.
Behar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ronaldo counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Behar clinches.
Still in the clinch, Behar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ronaldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Behar blocks a body shot from Ronaldo.
Behar misses with some punches.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ronaldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo has a couple of punches blocked by Behar.
Behar trying to control the position but instead, Ronaldo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Behar into the cage.
Behar has a couple of punches blocked by Ronaldo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Behar misses with a body punch.
Ronaldo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Behar backwards.
Behar misses with the head strike.
Behar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ronaldo prevents a body shot from Behar.
Jason Behar seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from Ronaldo fails to land.
Ronaldo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ronaldo scores with a shot to the side of Behar's head.
Behar scores with a shoulder strike.
Ronaldo blocks a body shot from Behar.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ronaldo lands a nice uppercut.
Behar digs a right hand into Ronaldo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ronaldo's gas tank.
Ronaldo prevents a body shot from Behar.
Ronaldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ronaldo misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo struggles to land a body shot inside as Behar controls his hands.
Behar tries to work over Ronaldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Behar.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ronaldo is stalling here.
Behar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ronaldo's elbow.
Ronaldo controlling the action here for a moment.
Behar struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronaldo controls his hands.
Behar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo misses with a punch to the body.
Behar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Behar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ronaldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo has Behar pushed against the cage.
Come on Behar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Ronaldo dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ronaldo scores with a nice right hand.
Ronaldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Behar! But no joy.
Behar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ronaldo counters with a left to the body.
Ronaldo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Behar moves away.
A little jabbing left from Behar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ronaldo lands a body shot.
Ronaldo misses with a lunging right hand
and Behar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ronaldo lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Behar throws a jab when Ronaldo was well out of range.
Ronaldo looks to throw the jab but Behar is out of range.
Behar appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ronaldo misses with a body punch
and Behar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ronaldo just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ronaldo.
Behar misses the body punch
and Ronaldo counters with a nice body shot.
Behar fails to land with a series of punches.
Ronaldo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Behar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Behar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ronaldo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ronaldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Behar is just out of range.
Ronaldo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Behar manages to avoid it.
Ronaldo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice body punch from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Behar swings widly with a right hand
and Ronaldo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A shot to the body from Behar misses
letting Ronaldo counter with a right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Ronaldo as he connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Behar throws the left hand but Ronaldo avoids the punch easily.
Ronaldo misses with a hook
and Behar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Behar displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Behar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ronaldo avoids the head kick by Behar.

Ronaldo drives through and clinches with Behar against the cage.
Ronaldo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Behar can't find room to land a body shot as Ronaldo controls the action.
Ronaldo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Behar backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Behar fails to land.
Ronaldo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Behar backwards.
Behar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Behar prevents a body shot from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo just leaning against Behar, taking a breather.
Ronaldo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Behar is working Ronaldo over against the cage.
Behar lands a left hand.
Jose Ronaldo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ronaldo being controlled against the cage.
Behar can't find room to land a body shot as Ronaldo controls the action.
Behar lands a shot to the body.
Behar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ronaldo blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Behar letting Ronaldo take a breather here.
Behar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Behar lands a right hand.
Behar blocks a body shot from Ronaldo.
Behar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Behar lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Ronaldo scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Behar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ronaldo blocks an uppercut.
Behar can't find room to land a body shot as Ronaldo controls the action.
Behar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ronaldo backwards.
Jason Behar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ronaldo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Behar misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Ronaldo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ronaldo, 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Ronaldo!