PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Bernie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Jonson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryan Bernie could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Carl Jonson's chin.

Bernie
vs
Jonson

180 cm
21
220 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

189 cm
21
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan Bernie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carl Jonson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jonson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bernie is looking to clinch but Jonson is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bernie shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bernie circles away quickly and effectively.
Jonson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bernie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jonson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two 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.
Jonson throws a right hand that Bernie ducks under and follows up with a left that Bernie also avoids with ease.
Bernie moves in looking to clinch but Jonson pushes him off.
Bernie tries to close the distance and clinch but Jonson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonson fails to land with a series of punches.
Jonson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jonson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

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.
Jonson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bernie wants to clinch up but Jonson keeps it at a distance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bernie misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carl Jonson 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.

Jonson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bernie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bernie shoots for a takedown but Jonson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bernie changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jonson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bernie sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Jonson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The strikes coming from Bernie are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jonson is pushing Bernie's head away, looking to escape. Bernie manages to hold on to the position though.
Bernie throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's two 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.
Bernie throws a strike aimed at the side of Jonson's head but Jonson avoids it well.
Jonson tries to escape but Bernie is in control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bernie is working Jonson over with some ground and pound from side control.

Bernie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jonson prevents Bernie from improving position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonson wants to get back to his feet.
Jonson prevents Bernie from improving position.
Bernie moves into full mount!
Bernie thowing shots but they're missing.
Bernie won't let Jonson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Bernie with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Bernie looking to finish with strikes here!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jonson can do anything to dispel that myth.

Bernie with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bernie looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Bernie dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jonson misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jonson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bernie circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bernie tries to clinch up but Jonson circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bernie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jonson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bernie dodges the punch combination from Jonson.
Jonson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonson checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jonson throws a combination that misses
and Bernie counters with a right hand to the body.
Bernie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jonson keeps the fight on the outside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Bernie showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bernie 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Bernie!