PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Jontop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Reznor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chuck Reznor told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Jontop
vs
Reznor

188 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

188 cm
27
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS - AJFC ↑ DOUBLE 160Q *

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hugh Jontop!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chuck Reznor!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jontop closes the distance and clinches up with Reznor, looking for a takedown. Jontop pushes Reznor against the cage but Reznor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jontop.
Reznor looks to score with a jab to the body but Jontop is just out of range.
Reznor swinging wildly here.
Reznor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Jontop moves into the clinch.

Jontop breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reznor scores with a one two! Jontop had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Hugh Jontop has been cut.
Reznor misses with a double jab.
Reznor looks gassed!
Sloppy strikes from Jontop. Those never looked like landing.
Reznor leaves Jontop with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugh Jontop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Reznor misses.

Jontop instigates a clinch.

Jontop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Jontop does no damage.
Jontop shoots in for a takedown but Reznor shows good takedown defense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jontop shoots in looking for a takedown. Reznor tries to sprawl out of it but Jontop keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Reznor manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Jontop closes the distance and pushes Reznor back into the cage.
Jontop is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Reznor is defending well.
Jontop prevents Reznor from breaking the clinch.
Jontop displaying some good clinch control by pressing Reznor up against the cage.
Jontop scores with a hook to the body.

Jontop pulls guard successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Reznor postures up in Jontop's guard and throws a big left but Jontop blocks it.
Jontop looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Jontop scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jontop fails to land the takedown.

Jontop gets a clinch.
Jontop goes for a takedown attempt but Reznor pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reznor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jontop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Jontop moves into the clinch.
Reznor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jontop keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reznor's efforts to push away.
Jontop keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reznor's efforts to push away.

Jontop has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Reznor uses from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reznor tries to free his leg and advance position but Jontop is retaining full guard.
Reznor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jontop is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jontop looking for a guillotine here but Reznor defends easily.
Jontop is trying to keep Reznor in close.
Jontop is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jontop missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jontop not doing much here.
Jontop'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.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Reznor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jontop.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jontop not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugh Jontop dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hugh Jontop's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Reznor throws a lazy uppercut
and Jontop counters with a nice body kick.
Reznor leaves Jontop with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jontop closes the distance and clinches up with Reznor, looking for a takedown. Jontop pushes Reznor against the cage but Reznor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Jontop moves into the clinch.
Jontop tries to score a body lock takedown but Reznor shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugh Jontop. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jontop breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jontop is defended easily by Reznor.
Reznor swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Jontop has closed the distance and engaged Reznor in a clinch.

Jontop pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Reznor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jontop. That's going to slow Reznor down.
Jontop is trying hard to land a takedown here. Reznor sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Reznor is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reznor throws a lazy right hand but Jontop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jontop is defended easily by Reznor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Jontop.
Jontop lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Jontop feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jontop throwing strikes but missing.
Jontop is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Jontop is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jontop is looking to work some ground and pound but Reznor has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jontop throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jontop with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jontop is looking to work some ground and pound but Reznor has wrist control.
Reznor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jontop with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jontop pushing down on Reznor's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jontop winds up and cracks Reznor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jontop throwing shots but Reznor is blocking nicely.
Jontop missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jontop thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Reznor's head.
Jontop works his way into full mount!
Reznor wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jontop.
Reznor holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jontop tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jontop 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.
Jontop lands a heavy elbow.
Jontop controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reznor taking shots to the head.

Reznor is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jontop scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Reznor is still in real trouble! Can Jontop finish him?
Jontop postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Reznor bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Jontop and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hugh Jontop!
Hugh Jontop retains his light heavyweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Hugh Jontop waved his t-shirt featuring [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS - AJFC ↑ DOUBLE 160Q *'s logo in front of the cameras.