PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wojciech Fons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fons is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ajron Men. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Stevens
vs
Fons

175 cm
28
138 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

183 cm
29
149 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Pirates Powder

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jonny Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wojciech Fons!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fons throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Stevens closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Stevens lands in his opponent's guard.
Stevens is stalling in the full guard.
Fons is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Fons is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Stevens has managed to free his arm - good work.

Fons is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Stevens to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fons postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fons must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fons pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stevens is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stevens seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fons looking to sit in guard and control but Stevens gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fons can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Stevens controls the pace.
Fons keeping moving, preventing Stevens from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jonny Stevens.
Fons lets loose with a powerful body kick. Stevens will feel that in the morning.
Fons defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stevens.

Stevens throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Fons was covering up waiting for the punch and Stevens finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Fons looking for a guillotine here but Stevens defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fons is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stevens defends well.
Stevens controls from within his opponent's guard.

Stevens avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stevens keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fons's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens scoring with some ground and pound.

Fons looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Stevens scoring with some ground and pound.
Stevens wants to control from the top but Fons keeps moving.
Fons preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stevens trying to control the position from guard on top but Fons is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fons is trying to keep Stevens in close.
Stevens postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stevens trying to control the position from guard on top but Fons is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stevens looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Stevens dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Fons is looking to clinch.
Stevens shoots for a double leg takedown but Fons sprawls well. He's pushed Stevens's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice body punch from Stevens.

Stevens looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Fons!
Jonny Stevens overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stevens lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Stevens putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Stevens controlling from mount.
Stevens scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fons?
Fons is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stevens controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Stevens here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Stevens lands a big shot there that rocks Fons but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fons is wriggling around trying to escape.
Stevens scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Stevens controlling the position easily from mount.
Stevens has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Stevens lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fons tries to hold on but Stevens pushes him away.
Stevens looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fons wants to hold on but Stevens pushes him away.
Fons wants to get back to his feet.
Stevens with good strikes from the mount here!
Stevens tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fons is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fons regains half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Stevens connects with a nice short shot to Fons's temple.
Ground and pound from Stevens.
Stevens not doing much here.
Ground and pound from Stevens.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fons is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stevens pulls his head out easily.
Stevens 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.
Stevens working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
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!
Stevens controlling the pace.

Fons is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stevens pulls his head out easily.
Stevens looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fons with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stevens keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Stevens throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Well, if Stevens is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Stevens dominated that second round.
That's time! Stevens's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Stevens misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Stevens scores with a takedown into Fons's guard.
Stevens is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Stevens'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.
Stevens working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fons's head.
Fons avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stevens controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Stevens trying to control but Fons is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jonny Stevens has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Stevens swats away the attempt to clinch by Fons.
Fons misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fons doesn't manage to clinch there - Stevens circles away.
Stevens takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Stevens shoots in but Fons avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fons misses with a straight left.
Fons slaps away a takedown attempt from Stevens, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Stevens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fons misses with a head kick.
Stevens fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fons scores with a head kick.

Stevens looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Stevens is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fons wants to get back to his feet.
Stevens is controlling the pace.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fons is in trouble now - Stevens has advanced to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Fons is looking to get to half guard.
Stevens controlling the position easily from mount.
Wojciech Fons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stevens landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fons tries to hold on but Stevens postures up.
Fons is desperately trying to improve his position but Stevens has a good base and remains in mount.
Jonny Stevens is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stevens tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Stevens landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stevens takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fons is wriggling around trying to escape.
Stevens controlling the position easily from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stevens scores with a couple of good head shots there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonny Stevens showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stevens, 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonny Stevens!
After winning the bout, Jonny Stevens thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.