PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vrajesh Ponnaganti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Jeremy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeremy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya. Ron Jeremy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ponnaganti
vs
Jeremy

171 cm
22
156 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

168 cm
24
157 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vrajesh Ponnaganti!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ron Jeremy!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jeremy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ponnaganti moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy misses with a series of wild punches.
Jeremy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ponnaganti.
Jeremy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ponnaganti pinned against the cage. Ponnaganti gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ponnaganti lands with a slapping head kick.
Ponnaganti wants to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Jeremy misses the target.
A big left from Jeremy misses.
Ponnaganti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jeremy throws out the jab.

Ponnaganti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ponnaganti prevents a body shot from Jeremy.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Jeremy is trying to force a seperation but Ponnaganti has the dominant position.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy looks gassed!
Ponnaganti with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ponnaganti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jeremy's defenses.
Jeremy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ponnaganti with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Jeremy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Ponnaganti utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside that Jeremy shrugs off.
Ponnaganti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ponnaganti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jeremy tries a body shot but Ponnaganti blocks it.
Ponnaganti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti lands a good knee to the midsection. Jeremy won't want to take too many of those.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.
Ponnaganti scores a nice knee to the body.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ponnaganti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands a right hand.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.
Ponnaganti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jeremy.
Ponnaganti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Ponnaganti lands a nice knee to the body.
Jeremy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Ponnaganti lands with a right to the head.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Ponnaganti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice elbow from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti working Jeremy over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice elbow from Ponnaganti.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ponnaganti.
Jeremy is working Ponnaganti over against the cage.
Jeremy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Jeremy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ponnaganti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow that stopped Jeremy in his tracks for a moment.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands a shot to the body.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Ponnaganti lands a nice knee to the body.
Ponnaganti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Ponnaganti trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the head but Jeremy blocks with his arms.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jeremy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Ponnaganti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jeremy blocks it with crossed arms.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ponnaganti backwards.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a nice uppercut.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti working Jeremy over with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti working Jeremy over with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti stops a takedown attempt from Jeremy.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Jeremy.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vrajesh Ponnaganti dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jeremy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ponnaganti was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti moves out of range of the strikes.

Ponnaganti moves into the clinch successfully.
A knee to the head by Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
A short left from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Jeremy is trying to force a seperation but Ponnaganti has the dominant position.
Ponnaganti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Jeremy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jeremy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jeremy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jeremy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ponnaganti was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeremy.
Ron Jeremy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeremy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ponnaganti moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ponnaganti connects with a body shot.
Ponnaganti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jeremy misses with a shot to the body
and Ponnaganti counters with a nice body kick.
Ponnaganti throws a head kick that Jeremy semi-blocks.
Ponnaganti tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeremy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ponnaganti counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ponnaganti scores with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti blocks a body shot from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti scores with a knee to the head.
Jeremy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ponnaganti's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti scores with a knee to the head.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Ponnaganti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jeremy avoids the elbow strike from Ponnaganti, against the cage.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Jeremy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jeremy misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the head but Jeremy blocks with his arms.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jeremy tries to circle away but Ponnaganti has him pinned against the cage.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Ponnaganti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the temple.
Ponnaganti lands a nice elbow.
Ponnaganti throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two 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.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jeremy avoiding damage as Ponnaganti throws knees to the body.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Jeremy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Ponnaganti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Jeremy.
Jeremy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ponnaganti misses with a knee to the head.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ponnaganti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Ponnaganti tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ponnaganti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jeremy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jeremy tries to circle away but Ponnaganti has him pinned against the cage.
Jeremy is trying to force a seperation but Ponnaganti has the dominant position.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Ponnaganti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ponnaganti scores with a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by Ponnaganti.
Jeremy tries to score a body lock takedown but Ponnaganti shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the temple.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands a good knee to the midsection. Jeremy won't want to take too many of those.
Ponnaganti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jeremy is defending well for now.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ponnaganti lands a nice shot to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jeremy avoids it.
Jeremy blocks an uppercut.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Jeremy.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Ponnaganti connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jeremy's face.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Ponnaganti.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ponnaganti.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Still in the clinch, Jeremy scores with a nice short uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jeremy struggles to land a body shot inside as Ponnaganti controls his hands.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ponnaganti obliges.
Ponnaganti lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vrajesh Ponnaganti dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ponnaganti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jeremy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ponnaganti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Ponnaganti rushes Jeremy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ponnaganti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ponnaganti obliges.
Jeremy digs a right hand underneath Ponnaganti's ribcage. Ponnaganti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jeremy avoids it.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ponnaganti tries to land knees in the clinch but Jeremy avoids the damage to the body.

Jeremy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jeremy misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ponnaganti counters with an outside leg kick.
Jeremy misses with a shot to the body
and Ponnaganti counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jeremy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ponnaganti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jeremy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jeremy lands a nice hook to Ponnaganti's body. Ponnaganti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Ponnaganti clinches up against the cage.

Jeremy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ponnaganti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ponnaganti throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jeremy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ponnaganti rather than just go for the knockout.
Jeremy looks to score with a jab to the body but Ponnaganti is just out of range.
A head kick from Ponnaganti lands but Jeremy takes it in his stride.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A telegraphed right hand from Jeremy misses the target.
Jeremy misses the shot to the body.
Jeremy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ponnaganti moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ponnaganti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jeremy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ponnaganti lands a head kick!
Ponnaganti scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jeremy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ponnaganti counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Ponnaganti forces Jeremy back against the cage and clinches.
A hook to the body from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside that Jeremy shrugs off.
Jeremy tries to circle away but Ponnaganti has him pinned against the cage.
Ponnaganti works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.

Jeremy manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ponnaganti wants to stand and escape but instead Jeremy has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Ponnaganti wants to stand and escape but Jeremy is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy won't allow Ponnaganti to sweep him here.
Jeremy won't allow Ponnaganti to get back to his feet.
Ponnaganti wants to get back to his feet but Jeremy passes into half guard.

Jeremy decides to return to a standing position.
Ponnaganti moves out of range as Jeremy strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jeremy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jeremy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ponnaganti counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jeremy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jeremy scores with a shot to the side of Ponnaganti's head.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
Jeremy tries to circle away but Ponnaganti has him pinned against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Ponnaganti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Ponnaganti connects with a knee to the head.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Ponnaganti lands a shoulder strike.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ponnaganti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ponnaganti connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jeremy's face.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ponnaganti tries to land knees in the clinch but Jeremy avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Vrajesh Ponnaganti did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ponnaganti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jeremy.
Ponnaganti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jeremy throws out the jab.
Jeremy throws a lazy right hand but Ponnaganti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jeremy misses with a body shot.
Ponnaganti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti tests Jeremy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jeremy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ponnaganti manages to avoid it.

Ponnaganti drives through and clinches with Jeremy against the cage.
Jeremy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ponnaganti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Ponnaganti putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jeremy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ponnaganti scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ponnaganti obliges.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the temple.
Ponnaganti connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jeremy avoids it.
Jeremy fails to pull guard.
Ponnaganti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jeremy is defending well for now.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jeremy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ponnaganti pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Ponnaganti scores with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jeremy is defending well for now.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti trying to land knees to the body.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ponnaganti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Ponnaganti lands a good knee to the midsection. Jeremy won't want to take too many of those.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
Jeremy is trying to force a seperation but Ponnaganti has the dominant position.
Jeremy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Jeremy gets control of Ponnaganti's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jeremy will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Ponnaganti wanted to stand there but Jeremy had control of the position.

That's two 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.

Ponnaganti gets to his feet - Jeremy follows without any prompting.

Ponnaganti pushes Jeremy up against the cage in a clinch.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jeremy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jeremy's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Jeremy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice elbow from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A right hand to the body from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti pushes off an throws an elbow but Jeremy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Ponnaganti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ponnaganti.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ponnaganti is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jeremy fails to pull guard.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Jeremy.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ponnaganti connects with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Jeremy misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ponnaganti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ponnaganti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.
Jeremy lands a shot to the body.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jeremy avoids it.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti with a knee to the head.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Ponnaganti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jeremy's defenses.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
Ponnaganti misses with a knee strike.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A hook to the body from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ponnaganti working Jeremy over with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside that Jeremy shrugs off.
Ponnaganti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vrajesh Ponnaganti had his way with Ron Jeremy in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jeremy.

Ponnaganti takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
A right hand to the body from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti presses Jeremy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Ponnaganti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jeremy's defenses.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ponnaganti lands with a short shot to the head.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ponnaganti scores with a hook to the body.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jeremy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ponnaganti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ponnaganti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside that Jeremy shrugs off.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Ponnaganti lands a right hand.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ponnaganti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Ponnaganti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy blocks an elbow strike from Ponnaganti.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ponnaganti throws an elbow but misses.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Jeremy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
A left hand lands to the body for Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.
Ponnaganti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Jeremy manages to break the clinch.
Jeremy misses with a series of wild punches.
Ponnaganti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ron Jeremy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vrajesh Ponnaganti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ponnaganti connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ponnaganti tries to clinch but Jeremy is having none of it.
Ponnaganti takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jeremy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy misses with a shot to the body
and Ponnaganti counters with a nice leg kick.
Jeremy misses the shot to the body.
Ponnaganti throws a leg kick which misses Jeremy's front leg but catches the back leg as Jeremy tries to avoid it.
Jeremy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ponnaganti's head backwards.
Jeremy throws a big shot that misses.

Ponnaganti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Ponnaganti lands a good knee to the midsection. Jeremy won't want to take too many of those.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ponnaganti with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeremy is trying to force a seperation but Ponnaganti has the dominant position.
Ponnaganti is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jeremy.
A short left from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti scores with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti tries a knee to the head but Jeremy blocks it.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice body punch from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti looking to throw knees to the head but Jeremy is blocking nicely.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti missing with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jeremy avoids it.
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ponnaganti misses with a knee to the head.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jeremy or not.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the temple.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Ponnaganti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Jeremy manages to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jeremy misses with a looping right.

Ponnaganti drives through and clinches with Jeremy against the cage.
Ponnaganti throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Jeremy tries to circle away but Ponnaganti has him pinned against the cage.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jeremy dodges an elbow strike from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy blocks an elbow strike.
Jeremy tries a body shot but Ponnaganti blocks it.
Jeremy avoids a wild elbow strike from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jeremy misses with the head strike.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vrajesh Ponnaganti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ponnaganti, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Vrajesh Ponnaganti!
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Vrajesh Ponnaganti!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Vrajesh Ponnaganti!

Vrajesh Ponnaganti wins by unanimous decision!
Vrajesh Ponnaganti retains his featherweight title!