PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Jonathon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Opie River (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). River comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Skillet - Monster kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! River has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Jonathon
vs
River

190 cm
26
215 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

188 cm
26
210 lbs
10 - 6 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Jonathon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, Opie River!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
River throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Jonathon shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. River manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Jonathon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jonathon trying to control the position from guard on top but River is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jonathon 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.
Jonathon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jonathon passes River's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Jonathon is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jonathon wants to control but River is keeping him busy.
Jonathon scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
River wants to get back to full guard.
River looks winded!

Jonathon seems to be looking for submissions.
Jonathon prevents River from improving his position.
Jonathon thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jonathon wants to control but River is keeping him busy.
Jonathon trying to mount his opponent but River defends it.
Jonathon wants to lay and pray for a moment but River keeps working.
River has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Jonathon working over River with some ground and pound. River looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jonathon seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Jonathon looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jonathon thows a huge punch but River dodges it nicely.
Jonathon missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jonathon performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Jonathon gets a double leg takedown into River's guard.
Jonathon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. River swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonathon wants to control from the top but River keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jonathon is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jonathon passes into half guard.
River is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jonathon scores with a couple of nice shots.
River blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jonathon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
River blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jonathon.

Jonathon is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. River doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jonathon.
Jonathon stalling away here and it's allowed River to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Jonathon trying to control but River is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jonathon is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because River is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Jonathon dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jonathon closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. River did well to prevent Jonathon getting side control.
Jonathon lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Jonathon is looking for a kimura here.
River is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jonathon scores with a couple of nice shots.
River is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jonathon missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jonathon is looking to take a break and control but River is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonathon 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.
Jonathon wants to take a breather but River is having none of it.
Jonathon scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jonathon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that River can do to turn this around?
Nice strikes from Jonathon there.
Jonathon is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for River!
The referee warns River that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jonathon landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jonathon putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jonathon lands a couple of good shots and River has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Jonathon looking for the RNC.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jonathon is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. River has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Jonathon has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! River taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Jonathon doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ben Jonathon!
A very excited looking Ben Jonathon made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.