PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Jonzzon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jon jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonzzon kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is ---. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jonzzon
vs
jones

225 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Jonzzon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, jon jones!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jonzzon slips a jab and a cross from jones.
jones's corner calls for a 1-2. jones obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
jones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A nice combination there by jones.

Jonzzon is rocked!
jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jonzzon circles away quickly and effectively.
Oh Jonzzon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big left from Jonzzon misses.
Jonzzon seems to have got his legs back now.
Jonzzon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from jones finds it's way round the side to connect with Jonzzon's head.
Jonzzon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from jones.
jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jonzzon misses with a body shot.
Jonzzon really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Jonzzon moves into the clinch.
jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jonzzon wants a takedown.
jones is pressed up against the cage. Jonzzon has hold of a leg and is looking to drag jones down to the mat. jones avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jonzzon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jonzzon is trying hard to land a takedown here. jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Jonzzon. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
jones walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jonzzon.

Jonzzon closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jonzzon wants to control but jones is keeping him busy.
jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jonzzon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jonzzon misses with the ground and pound.
An elbow from Jonzzon crashes against the mat.
jones trying to remain calm as Jonzzon controls from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonzzon trying to control the position but jones is working away.
Jonzzon fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jonzzon tries for a takedown but jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jonzzon.
Jonzzon is breathing heavily.
Jonzzon is looking to take a break and control but jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonzzon works to advance to full mount. jones defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Jonzzon tries to control but jones wriggling away.

Jonzzon wants to finish this one by submission but jones is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Jonzzon.
Jonzzon looking to ground and pound but jones is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jonzzon content just to control the position here.
Jonzzon's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
jones is squirming around, avoiding Jonzzon's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jon jones 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.

No luck for Jonzzon with that takedown attempt.
jones connects with a nice looking jab.
Jonzzon looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jonzzon connects with a good right hand that stumbles jones. jones circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jonzzon fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Jonzzon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
jones misses with a series of wild punches.
jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jonzzon is looking to clinch.

jones tries to keep at a distance but Jonzzon has taken the fight into the clinch.
jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Jonzzon is trying to trip jones. He has hold of a leg but jones is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Jonzzon persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Jonzzon seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Jonzzon trying to control but jones is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonzzon passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Jonzzon decides to stand back up.

Jonzzon shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in jones's guard.
Jonzzon showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jonzzon prevents jones from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonzzon passes easily into side control. Nice work.
jones seems a little lost for a moment, as Jonzzon dominates the positioning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jonzzon stands up and beckons jones to his feet.
Jonzzon shoots in but jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jonzzon drops his hands momentarily and jones takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Jonzzon drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonzzon trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jonzzon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jonzzon stands and throws jones's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jonzzon tries to move to mount but jones blocks the move with his legs.
Jonzzon postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Jonzzon decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Jonzzon rushes jones and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Jonzzon dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

jones looks to land a combination but Jonzzon avoids it well.
Jonzzon scoring well with a low kick there.
jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jonzzon.
Jonzzon tries to clinch up.
Jonzzon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jonzzon changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. jones tries to avoid it but Jonzzon manages to keep hold of a leg and drag jones to the ground. jones escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
jones stuffs the takedown.
jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by jones.
Jonzzon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
jones avoids the head kick by Jonzzon.

Jonzzon shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. jones manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
jones keeping moving, preventing Jonzzon from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonzzon advances to half guard.
Jonzzon tries to pass to full mount but jones defends it.

jones makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Jonzzon has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonzzon tries for a takedown but jones manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Jonzzon. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jonzzon turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Jonzzon manages to end up in side control.
Jonzzon trying to control the position but jones is working away.
Jonzzon throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jonzzon landing strikes.
Jonzzon wants to lay and pray for a moment but jones keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
jones avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jonzzon.
Jonzzon creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Jonzzon cracks jones with a big right hand but jones just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jonzzon works to advance to full mount. jones defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

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.
Jonzzon throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
jones wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jonzzon.
jones is trying to stand.
jones is squirming around, avoiding Jonzzon's attempts to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Jonzzon showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jonzzon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Jonzzon!