PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jong Se (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cosme Capetto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Se
vs
Capetto

186 cm
18
207 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

194 cm
26
217 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jong Se!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cosme Capetto!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Se scores with a sloppy right hand. Capetto should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from Se.
Capetto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Se connects with a right hand. Capetto shakes it off.
Jong Se seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Capetto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Se as he avoids it easily.
Se swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Capetto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Capetto slips a straight right by Se.
Capetto moves out of range as Se strikes.
Se misses with a looping right.
Capetto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Se throws a big shot that misses.
Se is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Capetto defending well as Se loads up on a big left hand.
Se thows a left - swing and a miss!
Capetto takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Se lands with an uppercut that bounces Capetto off the cage and back into rage.
Capetto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Se.
Se throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Se.
Se throws the left hand but Capetto avoids the punch easily.

Se closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Se thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Capetto's head.
Capetto gets back to full guard.
Se thows a big elbow that misses.
Se tries to free his leg and advance position but Capetto is retaining full guard.
Se trying to control the position from guard on top but Capetto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Se thows a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Se accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Capetto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Se takes the fight into the clinch.
Se wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Capetto breaks from the clinch.
Nice cross by Se.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Se as Capetto shoots in.
Capetto takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Se with a nice cross.
Se looks to score with a jab to the body but Capetto is just out of range.
Capetto takes one to the chin there.
Se misses with a hook.
Capetto shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Se sprawls well. Se wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Capetto gets slowly back to his feet.
Jong Se has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cosme Capetto.
Capetto looks gassed!
Capetto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Se keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Capetto slips under a jab from Se.
Capetto blocks a jab.
Se scores with a punch to the head.
Capetto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Se.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Se.
Capetto is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Se.
Se misses with a looping left.

Se gets a clinch.
Se wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Se wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Se tries to circle away but Capetto has him pinned against the cage.

Se breaks from the clinch.
Se misses the jab.
Capetto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Se as he avoids it easily.
Se throws a jab when Capetto was well out of range.
Se is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Capetto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Se missing with a left hand there. Capetto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Se misses with a body shot.
Se pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Se looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Se misses the shot to the body.
A left lands for Se.
Se lands a jab to the nose.
Capetto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Capetto has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Some wild striking there from Se.
Se looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Capetto checks the leg kick.
Se is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Se lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Se fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Capetto on the side of the head.
Se scores with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jong Se dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Se lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Se misses with a low kick.
Capetto moves out of range of the leg kick from Se.
Se scores with a body shot.
Capetto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Se connects with a nice looking jab.
Se scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Se cracks Capetto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Capetto is defended easily by Se.
Capetto slips under a jab from Se.
Se misses with a low kick.
Capetto is breathing heavily.
Capetto on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Se digs a good hook to Capetto's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Se throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Capetto is trying desperately to land a takedown but Se is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Capetto.
Se lands with a right hand.
A cross from Se lands.
Capetto on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Some wild striking there from Se.

Se shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Se working the ground and pound effectively.
Se with good strikes from the mount here!
Se can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Capetto is looking to escape.
Se breaks from Capetto's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Se working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Se cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Se looking to control but Capetto is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Capetto is in a horrible position here. Se smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Se has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Capetto's face.
Se lands a heavy elbow.
BOOM! Se connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Se putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Se looking to finish Capetto with some ground and pound. This is bad for Capetto!
Capetto is wriggling around trying to escape.
Se punishing his opponent with strikes.
Capetto can't escape the position.
Capetto taking shots to the head.
Se knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Capetto on the ground.
Se with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Se connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Se landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Se cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
BOOM! Se connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Se is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Capetto wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Se.
Se dominating with strikes here.
Se with good strikes from the mount here!
Capetto is wriggling around trying to escape.
Capetto tries to lock up and control but Se gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Capetto is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Capetto can't escape the position.
Capetto manages to regain half guard. Good work.

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.
Se drops an elbow to the side of Capetto's head.
Se is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Capetto can do to turn this around?
Capetto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Capetto.
Se throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Capetto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Capetto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Se manages to get himself to full guard.
Se throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Capetto wants to stand but Se has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Se throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Capetto trying to control but Se is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jong Se dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Good standup being displayed there by Se as he connects with a hook.
Capetto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Se's waist but Se gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Capetto off to one side.
Capetto moves away from the strike by Se.
Cosme Capetto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Capetto blocks a leg kick.
Se throws a low kick, looking for Capetto's leg but Capetto calmly moves out of range.
A lazy left from Se finds it's target.
Capetto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Se.
Capetto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Se.
Se tries to clinch but Capetto moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Se misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice straight punches there by Se. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Se.
Capetto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Capetto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Capetto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Se.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capetto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Se.
Capetto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Se lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Se looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Capetto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Se tries to clinch but Capetto is having none of it.
A right-left combo lands from Se.
A big left from Se misses.
Capetto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Se misses the target.
Se throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Capetto takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Se scores with a nice right hand.
Se swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Se swinging wildly here.
Se just misses with a punch to the body.
A leg kick checked by Capetto.
Se throws a hook but Capetto blocks it.
A slow jab from Se misses its intended target.
Se lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Se gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Se wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Se tries to score a body lock takedown but Capetto shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Se is trying to break the clinch but Capetto has him pressed against the cage.
Se wants to break the clinch but can't.
Capetto fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Se drops down looking for an ankle pick but Capetto pulls his leg out and moves away.
Se looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Se cracks Capetto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Capetto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Capetto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Se is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Se has had enough of the clinch but Capetto keeps him there for the moment.
Se can't break the clinch.
Capetto fails to pull guard.
Jong Se has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cosme Capetto.
Se is trying to force a seperation but Capetto has the dominant position.
Capetto fails to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Se lands a takedown into guard.
Se with a nice head shot there.
Se distracts Capetto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Se in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jong Se overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Se trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jong Se is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Se wants to control from the top but Capetto keeps moving.
Se thows a big elbow that misses.
Se makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Se shoots in but Capetto avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Se throws the left hand but Capetto avoids the punch easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jong Se showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Se has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jong Se!