PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between ryden mathurin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jony Jony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

mathurin
vs
Jony

182 cm
19
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, ryden mathurin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jony Jony!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mathurin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
mathurin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jony pinned against the cage. Jony gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Jony drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jony trying to control but mathurin is working from the bottom.
Jony wants to pass the guard but mathurin is keeping the position.
mathurin controls Jony momentarily but Jony frees himself.
Jony wants to pass the guard but mathurin is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mathurin is trying to control the position but Jony postures up.
mathurin wants to get back to his feet but Jony is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
mathurin is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Jony stands up and waves to mathurin to follow him.

Jony throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. mathurin was covering up waiting for the punch and Jony finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Jony loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
mathurin trying to control the position.

Jony stands up from mathurin's guard - Jony perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jony shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and mathurin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jony misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from mathurin.
Jony looks gassed!
mathurin tries to close the distance and clinch but Jony swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
mathurin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jony paws at him with a jab and circles away.
mathurin tries for a takedown but Jony circles away easily

and Jony counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in mathurin's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ryden mathurin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jony stands and steps away. mathurin gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

mathurin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jony tries to pull guard but mathurin won't allow it.

mathurin has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jony uses from the top position.
mathurin is trying to keep Jony in close.
Jony controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
mathurin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jony.
Jony stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. mathurin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
mathurin lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
mathurin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
mathurin looking to control.
Jony trying to control the position from guard on top but mathurin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
mathurin clinches but Jony breaks the clinch

and Jony counters with a takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jony Jony dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

mathurin misses with a takedown attempt

so Jony counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Jony drops back looking for a leg! mathurin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and mathurin manages to kick Jony off! Jony jumps back into mathurin's guard.
mathurin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jony stopping the sweep attempt from mathurin.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jony postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jony gets to his feet - mathurin follows without any prompting.
mathurin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
mathurin wants to clinch up but Jony keeps it at a distance.

mathurin scores a takedown into full mount!
Jony is desperately trying to improve his position but mathurin has a good base and remains in mount.
mathurin looking to control but Jony is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jony tries to buck mathurin off but he can't manage it.

mathurin stands up from mount. Strange move.
mathurin misses with a takedown

and Jony counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
mathurin is trying to stand.
Jony looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
mathurin tries to get to full guard but Jony has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jony is working for a submission of some sort.
mathurin wants to control but Jony is keeping busy.

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.

Jony looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
mathurin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jony on the ground.
mathurin trying to control here.
mathurin flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jony Jony showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

mathurin scores with a kick to the body.
mathurin tries to clinch up but Jony circles away and keeps his distance.

mathurin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
mathurin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
mathurin passes into side control, despite Jony's attempt to control the position.

mathurin stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Jony shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says mathurin as he avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

mathurin forces Jony back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jony goes for a takedown attempt but mathurin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

mathurin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jony is looking for a sweep.
Jony is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
mathurin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jony keeps working.
mathurin wants to control for a moment but Jony uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jony stops mathurin from getting back to his feet.
Jony wants to pass to mount but mathurin is defending the position.
mathurin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
mathurin wants to stand but Jony is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jony throwing strikes but missing.

Jony postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! mathurin is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Jony, into his guard.

mathurin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

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.
mathurin stopping the sweep attempt from Jony.
Jony keeping moving, preventing mathurin from controlling successfully.
mathurin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
ryden mathurin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jony Jony is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jony is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
ryden mathurin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jony has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jony Jony!