PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between ES Jonne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toni Beton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jonne
vs
Beton

185 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, ES Jonne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Toni Beton!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beton dives in and grabs Jonne's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jonne pushes down on Beton's head and hops out.
Beton chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Jonne closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
You can see the frustration on Beton's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jonne scores with a couple of short elbows.
Beton tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jonne wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jonne is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Beton's shoulder. That is not cool.
Jonne works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jonne working the head with strikes.
Jonne scores with a couple of short elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jonne works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beton seems a little lost for a moment, as Jonne dominates the positioning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beton tries to buck Jonne off but Jonne is having none of it.
Jonne lands a few punches from side control.
Jonne takes a little break here. Beton wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Beton tries to buck Jonne off but Jonne is having none of it.
Jonne grinds an elbow into Beton's temple.
Beton taking a bit of punishment here - Jonne scoring with strikes.
Jonne landing a few strikes.
Jonne scoring with punches and elbows.
Beton looks gassed!
Beton taking a bit of punishment here - Jonne scoring with strikes.
Jonne controlling from side mount.
Check out the look on Jonne's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beton takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jonne working the ground and pound.
Beton seems a little lost for a moment, as Jonne dominates the positioning.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jonne working the ground and pound.
Jonne working the head and body with strikes.
Jonne has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jonne is looking to take a break and control but Beton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jonne working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonne lands a decent elbow from side control.
Beton tries to escape but Jonne is in control.
Jonne lands a few punches from side control.
Jonne slows the pace down.
Jonne landing a few strikes.
Jonne is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Beton will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Beton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jonne working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beton is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Beton takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jonne lands an elbow.
Beton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jonne working the body and head with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beton on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Jonne cracks Beton with a big elbow.
Beton tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ES Jonne dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jonne closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Beton to the mat! Beton manages to get full guard.
Beton will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Jonne cracks Beton with a solid left hand.
Jonne makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jonne postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Beton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jonne manages to get himself to full guard.
Beton prevents Jonne from getting back to his feet.
Beton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jonne lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Beton!
Jonne working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonne has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Beton's face.
Jonne avoids the attempt from Beton to control.
Jonne won't let Beton get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Jonne takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Beton is trying desperately to improve position.
Jonne is landing with some decent strikes but Beton is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jonne avoids the attempt from Beton to control.
Jonne content just to control the position here.

That's two 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.
Beton wants to control but Jonne is having none of it.
Jonne working the ground and pound effectively.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beton bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Jonne keeping moving, preventing Beton from controlling successfully.
Beton wants to stand but Jonne is controlling his posture from full guard.
ES Jonne overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonne is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jonne is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Jonne takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jonne lands a nice short elbow.
Jonne working over Beton with some ground and pound. Beton looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jonne lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beton regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jonne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jonne is working Beton over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jonne throwing strikes but missing.
Beton keeping full guard, as Jonne tries to pass.
Beton keeping moving, preventing Jonne from controlling successfully.
Jonne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Beton controls Jonne momentarily but Jonne frees himself.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Beton connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

ES Jonne 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. 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.

Beton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jonne.
Beton with a lazy takedown attempt

and Jonne counters with a nice double leg into side control. Beton won't be happy with that.
Jonne cracks Beton with a big elbow.
Jonne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beton can do to turn this around?
Beton takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jonne landing strikes.
Jonne lands a few punches from side control.
Jonne taking a breather here.
Beton wants to control but Jonne postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jonne has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonne punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jonne is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Beton is desperately trying to improve his position but Jonne has a good base and remains in mount.
Jonne cracks Beton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jonne punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jonne in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jonne is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Beton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jonne lands a heavy elbow.
Beton is desperately trying to improve his position but Jonne has a good base and remains in mount.
Jonne working the ground and pound effectively.
Jonne working the ground and pound effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonne controlling his opponent.
Jonne raining down shots from the mount!
Beton is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jonne scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Beton?
Jonne controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Beton is in a horrible position here. Jonne smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jonne lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jonne in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jonne cracks Beton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jonne landing shots from mount.
Jonne lands a big shot there that rocks Beton but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jonne landing strikes, looking to finish!

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.
Jonne scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jonne with shots to the head and body - Beton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jonne landing strikes from the mount.
Jonne is landing with some decent strikes but Beton is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jonne landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jonne raining down shots from the mount!
Beton sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Jonne works his way into full mount!
Jonne landing punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
ES Jonne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jonne, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ES Jonne!