PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Starsmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mr wonderful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Starsmore
vs
wonderful

195 cm
23
300 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

186 cm
26
217 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Starsmore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, mr wonderful!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
wonderful is looking to clinch.

Starsmore clinches up against the ropes.
Starsmore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
wonderful fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Starsmore pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
wonderful tries to close the distance and clinch up but Starsmore swats him away and circles back towards the center.

wonderful drives through and clinches with Starsmore against the ropes.
wonderful working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Starsmore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Starsmore connects with an inside leg kick.
wonderful looks to land a combination but Starsmore avoids it well.
wonderful tries to clinch up.
wonderful avoids a kick to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Starsmore wants to clinch.

Starsmore drives through and clinches with wonderful against the ropes.
Starsmore is trying to push wonderful away but wonderful has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A right hook to the body lands for Starsmore.
Starsmore blocks an uppercut.
wonderful missing with knees to the body.
A short left from wonderful.
Starsmore tried to land a shot to the body but connects with wonderful's elbow.
wonderful throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
wonderful prevents a body shot from Starsmore.
wonderful has Starsmore pressed against the ropes, preventing Starsmore from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

wonderful breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

wonderful closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starsmore lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Starsmore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
wonderful misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from wonderful - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for wonderful.
Starsmore takes an elbow to the temple.
wonderful pushes Starsmore back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Starsmore throws a punch but it's blocked by wonderful.
Starsmore struggles to land a body shot inside as wonderful controls his hands.
A short left from Starsmore.
Starsmore struggles to land a body shot inside as wonderful controls his hands.
Starsmore blocks an uppercut.
wonderful swings away with an uppercut that misses.
wonderful misses with the head strike.
wonderful blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Starsmore.
Starsmore takes an elbow to the forehead.
wonderful doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
wonderful tries to land a knee to the head but Starsmore blocks with his arms.
wonderful misses with a hook from the clinch.
wonderful lands an elbow inside.
Starsmore's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
wonderful misses with an elbow strike.
wonderful misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Starsmore.
wonderful lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Starsmore.
wonderful misses with a punch on the inside.
wonderful has a couple of punches blocked by Starsmore.
wonderful creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Starsmore's defenses.
Starsmore misses with some punches.
Starsmore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Starsmore misses with a hook from the clinch.
Starsmore lands a left hand.
Starsmore blocks the elbow strike.
wonderful throws an elbow but it's blocked.
wonderful throws a head punch that misses.
Starsmore wants to break free but wonderful has control.
Starsmore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Starsmore struggles to land a body shot inside as wonderful controls his hands.
wonderful works on Starsmore's body with a couple of short punches.
wonderful misses with a punch on the inside.
Starsmore lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt wonderful or not.
wonderful blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Starsmore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Starsmore lands a body punch.
wonderful lands a shot to the body.
wonderful lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

wonderful pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jon Starsmore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Starsmore fails in his attempt to clinch.
wonderful lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wonderful swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Starsmore swats away the attempt to clinch by wonderful.

Starsmore closes the distance and pushes wonderful back into the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Starsmore's face as he tries to break the clinch.
wonderful comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Starsmore lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down wonderful.
wonderful misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Starsmore scores with a nice short uppercut.
wonderful working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Starsmore fails to land.
wonderful lands with a short head shot on the inside.
wonderful blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Starsmore.
A head punch on the inside from Starsmore fails to land.
Starsmore misses with a short punch on the inside.
wonderful lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
wonderful using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Starsmore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
wonderful lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Starsmore backwards.
wonderful throws a punch but it's blocked by Starsmore.
Starsmore can't break the clinch.
Starsmore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Starsmore is trying to push wonderful away but wonderful has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
wonderful softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
wonderful pushes off an throws an elbow but Starsmore leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
wonderful goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
wonderful has a couple of punches blocked by Starsmore.
Starsmore misses with a short punch on the inside.
wonderful blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from wonderful fails to land.
Starsmore avoids a wild elbow strike from wonderful.
wonderful lands with a left to the head.
Starsmore lands with a left to the head.
wonderful tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
wonderful lands a left hand that snaps the head of Starsmore backwards.
Starsmore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
wonderful tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
wonderful lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from wonderful.
wonderful lands a hook that snaps the head of Starsmore backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
wonderful lands an elbow that stopped Starsmore in his tracks for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Starsmore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for wonderful.
Starsmore misses with a punch to the body.
Starsmore dodges an elbow strike from wonderful.
Good body shot from wonderful.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mr wonderful dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Starsmore throws a low kick but wonderful moves out of range easily.
wonderful wants to clinch up but Starsmore keeps it at a distance.
Starsmore doesn't manage to clinch there - wonderful circles away.
wonderful is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Starsmore fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with wonderful, pushing him back against the ropes.
wonderful swings wildly with an uppercut but Starsmore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Starsmore tries to throw a body punch but wonderful avoids it by throwing Starsmore back against the cage.
wonderful lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
mr wonderful seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Starsmore tries to work over wonderful's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Starsmore blocks an elbow strike.
Starsmore lands a left hand that snaps the head of wonderful backwards.
Starsmore wants to break free but wonderful has control.
wonderful lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
wonderful pushes off an throws an elbow but Starsmore leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Starsmore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
wonderful looks to throw an elbow but misses.
wonderful misses with some punches.
wonderful throws a head punch that misses.
Starsmore's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
wonderful lands a hook to the side of the head.
wonderful creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Starsmore's defenses.
wonderful working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starsmore is trying to force a seperation but wonderful has the dominant position.
wonderful tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Starsmore avoids it.
wonderful blocks a punch to the side of the head.
wonderful swings wildly with an uppercut but Starsmore uses good head movement to avoid it.
wonderful lands a damaging elbow.
wonderful has a couple of punches blocked by Starsmore.
Starsmore throws a blind hook that connects with the side of wonderfuls head.
wonderful lands with a left to the head.
wonderful keeps control of Starsmore as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Starsmore blocks an elbow strike from wonderful.
wonderful doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
wonderful misses with a punch on the inside.
wonderful misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from wonderful.
wonderful lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Starsmore.
wonderful lands an elbow inside that Starsmore shrugs off.
wonderful lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Starsmore throws a blind hook that connects with the side of wonderfuls head.
wonderful fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Starsmore softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Starsmore misses with some punches.
wonderful blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starsmore working aggressively here.
Starsmore blocking some punches.
Starsmore is trying to break the clinch but wonderful has him pressed against the ropes.
A body shot lands from wonderful.
wonderful lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Starsmore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of wonderful backwards.
wonderful lands a hook to the side of the head.
Starsmore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
wonderful lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Jon Starsmore has been cut.
wonderful lands with a right to the head.
Starsmore tries to throw a body punch but wonderful avoids it by throwing Starsmore back against the cage.
wonderful gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
wonderful throws a punch but it's blocked by Starsmore.
Starsmore has a couple of punches blocked by wonderful.
wonderful blocks an uppercut.
Starsmore has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Starsmore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
wonderful misses with the head strike.
Starsmore's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Starsmore blocks an elbow strike from wonderful.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Starsmore.
wonderful is working Starsmore over against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
wonderful lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wonderful lands an elbow that stopped Starsmore in his tracks for a moment.
Starsmore avoids a wild elbow strike from wonderful.

wonderful breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Starsmore moves in looking to clinch but wonderful pushes him off.

wonderful has taken the fight to the clinch.
wonderful lands an elbow just above Starsmore 's eye.
wonderful gets through Starsmore's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
wonderful blocking some punches.
wonderful lands a hook to the side of the head.

wonderful pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

wonderful closes the distance and pushes Starsmore back into the ropes.
wonderful's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
wonderful lands a shoulder strike.
wonderful lands with a left to the head.
wonderful working aggressively here.
wonderful lands an elbow that stopped Starsmore in his tracks for a moment.
wonderful creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Starsmore misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from wonderful fails to land.
wonderful throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Starsmore lands with a left to the head.
wonderful scores with a shot to the side of Starsmore's head.
Starsmore misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starsmore lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from wonderful.

wonderful breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Starsmore wants to clinch.
Starsmore keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Starsmore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Starsmore avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
wonderful pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Starsmore lands a leg kick that knocks wonderful off balance momentarily.
Starsmore tries to close the distance and clinch but wonderful swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Starsmore tries to close the distance and clinch but wonderful swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Starsmore looks to land a body kick but wonderful moved away.
wonderful swats away the attempt to clinch by Starsmore.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

wonderful moves into the clinch successfully.
wonderful throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
wonderful misses with a hook from the clinch.
Starsmore blocks an uppercut.
wonderful swings wildly with an uppercut but Starsmore uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

mr wonderful showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jon Starsmore's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Starsmore is looking to clinch.
wonderful avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
wonderful moves in looking to clinch but Starsmore pushes him off.
Starsmore throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Starsmore keeps the fight on the outside.
Jon Starsmore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Starsmore darts in trying to clinch
and wonderful connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

wonderful closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Starsmore blocks the elbow strike.
Starsmore has a couple of punches blocked by wonderful.
wonderful works on Starsmore's body with a couple of short punches.
wonderful misses with an elbow over the top.
Starsmore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
wonderful lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Starsmore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Starsmore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Starsmore misses with a hook from the clinch.
Starsmore lands with a short head shot on the inside.
wonderful lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Starsmore lands with a short punch from the clinch.
wonderful lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
wonderful swings wildly with an uppercut but Starsmore uses good head movement to avoid it.
wonderful throws a head punch that misses.
wonderful lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Starsmore prevents a body shot from wonderful.
wonderful tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Starsmore avoids it.
wonderful swings wildly with an uppercut but Starsmore uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from wonderful.
wonderful misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Starsmore.
wonderful trying to land knees to the body.
wonderful lands a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, wonderful just misses with a elbow thrown towards Starsmore's brow.
wonderful throws an elbow but it's blocked.
wonderful tries a body shot but Starsmore blocks it.
wonderful is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Starsmore is defending well for now.
Starsmore has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Starsmore throws a punch but it's blocked by wonderful.
wonderful scores a nice knee to the body.
Starsmore blocks an uppercut.
Starsmore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
wonderful throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from wonderful.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
wonderful throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Starsmore misses with a hook from the clinch.
wonderful throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
wonderful throws an elbow that misses.
wonderful pushes off an throws an elbow but Starsmore leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
wonderful wants to get back to striking at distance but Starsmore won't allow it.
Starsmore blocks an elbow strike from wonderful.
Starsmore is trying to break the clinch but wonderful is controlling him.
Starsmore blocks an uppercut.
wonderful misses with a short punch on the inside.
wonderful lands a shoulder strike.
Starsmore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Starsmore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Starsmore's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Starsmore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
wonderful misses with a hook from the clinch.
wonderful throws an elbow that misses.
wonderful misses with an elbow strike.
wonderful tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, wonderful just misses with a elbow thrown towards Starsmore's brow.
wonderful throws a head punch that misses.
wonderful lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, wonderful scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from wonderful.
Starsmore struggles to land a body shot inside as wonderful controls his hands.
Starsmore tries to break free but wonderful pushes him back against the ropes.
Starsmore cracks wonderful with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Starsmore.

Starsmore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
wonderful avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Starsmore.
wonderful fails with an attempt to clinch.
wonderful circles away from the clinch attempt.
Starsmore is looking to score with low kicks.

wonderful has taken the fight to the clinch.
Starsmore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, wonderful throws an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from wonderful.
wonderful creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
wonderful tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Starsmore avoids it.
wonderful lands an elbow inside.
Starsmore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
wonderful blocks a body shot from Starsmore.
Starsmore working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starsmore scores with a shot to the side of wonderful's head.
Starsmore scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Starsmore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
wonderful swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Starsmore pushes wonderful back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Starsmore misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Starsmore.

wonderful is rocked!
Starsmore lands an uppercut.
wonderful is still on wobbly legs! Can Starsmore finish him?
Starsmore throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Starsmore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Starsmore feints and then cracks wonderful's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow wonderful down.
mr wonderful is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Starsmore with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
wonderful moves out of range of the body kick from Starsmore.
wonderful tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
wonderful seems to have recovered his senses.
Starsmore misses with an attempted mid kick.

Starsmore clinches with his opponent.
wonderful doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right hand to the body from Starsmore.
Jon Starsmore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Starsmore is working wonderful over against the ropes.
Starsmore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of wonderful backwards.
Starsmore lands a right hand that snaps the head of wonderful backwards.
Starsmore swings wildly with an uppercut but wonderful uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to mr wonderful.
I've got wonderful winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... mr wonderful!