PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Immortal Technique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jony Jony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jony Jony is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Technique
vs
Jony

180 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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, Immortal Technique!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jony Jony!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Technique has managed to clinch.
Jony on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jony tries to pull guard but Technique holds him up against the cage and eventually Jony drops back down to his feet.
Jony tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Technique just stands there and leans against the cage.
Technique using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jony tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Technique scores a nice knee to the body.
Jony looks gassed!
Jony tries to pull guard but Technique holds him up against the cage and eventually Jony drops back down to his feet.
Immortal Technique has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jony Jony.
Jony tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Technique smiles and moves away.
Jony circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jony swats away the attempt to clinch by Technique.
Technique tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Technique is looking to clinch.
Technique stuffs the takedown.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Technique scores a nice knee to the body.
Technique working Jony over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Technique connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jony's face.
Technique working Jony over with knees to the body.
Technique lands a good knee to the midsection. Jony won't want to take too many of those.
Technique lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Technique lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Technique.
Technique has Jony pressed against the cage.
Technique scores a nice knee to the body.
Technique slowing the pace effectively.
Technique putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jony in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Technique obliges.
Technique lands an elbow inside.
Technique lands a good knee to the midsection. Jony won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Technique.
Technique lands a nice knee to the body.
Technique putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jony in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Technique lands an elbow that stopped Jony in his tracks for a moment.
Technique landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jony is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Technique pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Technique unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jony lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Technique.
Jony avoiding damage as Technique throws knees to the body.
Technique using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jony has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jony tries to throw a body punch but Technique avoids it by throwing Jony back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Technique.
Technique tries a knee to the head but Jony blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jony blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jony tries to score a body lock takedown but Technique shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jony tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Technique throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jony is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Technique gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Technique lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Technique.
Technique lands a good knee to the midsection. Jony won't want to take too many of those.
Technique lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Technique scores a nice knee to the body.
Technique is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jony is defending well for now.
Technique tries to land a knee to the head but Jony blocks with his arms.
Jony tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Technique just stands there and leans against the cage.
Technique is trying to stall.
Technique lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Technique.
Jony drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Technique gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Technique landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Technique lands a knee to the body.
Jony tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Technique lands a knee to the body.
Technique lands a knee to the body.
Jony is working for takedown but Technique is calmly controlling the position for now.
Technique displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jony up against the cage.
Jony fails to pull guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jony is looking to control Technique's arms but Technique gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jony has his back to the cage.
Technique working Jony over with knees to the body.
Technique landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Immortal Technique 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.

Jony circles away from the clinch attempt.
Technique tries to clinch but Jony is having none of it.
Technique tries to close the distance and clinch but Jony swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jony misses with a takedown attempt - Technique sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Technique tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jony paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Technique forces Jony back against the cage and clinches.
Jony goes for a takedown in the clinch but Technique prevents it.
Jony fails to pull guard.
Immortal Technique has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jony Jony.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Technique.
Technique unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jony lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jony takes an elbow to the temple.
Technique putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jony in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Technique utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Immortal Technique has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Technique crunches a lovely knee into Jony's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Technique.
Technique putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jony in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Technique.
Technique lands a nice knee to the body.
Technique landing knees to the body.
Jony has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Technique avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Technique misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jony.
Technique holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Technique obliges.
Technique is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jony is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jony has hold of one of Technique's legs. Technique is fighting the takedown attempt but Jony gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jony gets to his feet. Technique looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Technique is looking to clinch but Jony is avoiding it.
Jony wants to clinch.
Technique tries to clinch but Jony moves away

and Jony counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jony missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jony has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jony trying to stand up but can't free himself from Technique's guard.
Technique looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jony is one step ahead there.
Technique is looking to stand up but Jony isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jony wants to control from the top but Technique keeps moving.
Technique is trying to keep Jony in close.
Technique wants to get back to his feet but Jony passes into half guard.
Technique on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Technique tries to get out of the position.
Jony throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jony shoots in for a takedown but Technique shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

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.

Technique fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jony, pushing him back against the cage.
Technique unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jony lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jony fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Technique pressing his opponent against the cage.
Technique tries to land knees in the clinch but Jony avoids the damage to the body.
Jony takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jony avoiding damage as Technique throws knees to the body.
Jony tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Technique tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jony avoids it.
Technique lands a good knee to the midsection. Jony won't want to take too many of those.
Technique putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jony in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Technique scores with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Technique.
Technique lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jony Jony will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Technique tries to clinch there but Jony circles away.
Technique fails with an attempt to clinch.

Jony shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Jony is working for a submission of some sort.
Technique is looking for a sweep. Jony is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Jony is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Technique keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Technique slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jony being controlled here momentarily.
Technique not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jony throwing strikes but missing.
Technique looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jony advances position into side control!
Technique is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Jony is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Technique is trying to escape the mount.
Technique is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Jony has taken his back!
Technique looking to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jony throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Jony missing with punches from the back.
Jony has the hooks in. Technique is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Technique is trying to get back to his feet but Jony has full control of the position and if anything, Technique has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Jony is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Technique wants to escape the position.
Technique has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Jony.
Technique tries to roll but Jony sticks to his back.
Technique rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Technique tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Jony has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Jony is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Technique is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Technique flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Jony anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Technique and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Jony slips an arm under Technique chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Jony has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Jony is squeezing on Technique like an anaconda would it's prey. Technique fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jony Jony!