PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Cesar Snellman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jethro Rusted (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julius Cesar Snellman could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jethro Rusted's chin.

Cesar Snellman
vs
Rusted

152 cm
21
174 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
179 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Julius Cesar Snellman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jethro Rusted!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rusted wants to slow Snellman down by chopping away at his legs.
Rusted thuds a left hand into Snellman's body.
Snellman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rusted wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Rusted drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Snellman tries to bench press Rusted off him but Rusted keeps the position.
Snellman is trying to control Rusted's posture but Rusted avoids it.

Rusted is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Snellman has escaped the position, nice work there.
Snellman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rusted is staying tight to Snellman's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Snellman is trying to get back to half guard.
Snellman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Snellman tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rusted connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Snellman some visible discomfort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Snellman regains half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Snellman is trying to get back to full guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Rusted working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Rusted perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rusted wants to lay and pray for a moment but Snellman keeps working.
Snellman wants to improve his position but Rusted is controlling well.
Rusted looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Snellman is pressing down on Rusted's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rusted's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rusted makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rusted wants to control from the top but Snellman keeps moving.
Snellman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rusted.
Snellman can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rusted controls the pace.
Snellman seems keen to control Rusted's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Snellman looking for a sweep. Not yet Snellman, not yet.
Rusted's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Snellman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rusted lands a couple of digs.
Rusted showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Rusted is in close to Snellman's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rusted trying to control but Snellman is working from the bottom.
Snellman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snellman keeping moving, preventing Rusted from controlling successfully.
Snellman looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Rusted puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Rusted has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rusted trying to control the pace.
Snellman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rusted scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rusted is looking to advance position but Snellman won't allow it.
Rusted looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Snellman tries to get to full guard but Rusted has control of the leg.
Rusted is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Snellman trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snellman wants to improve his position but Rusted is controlling well.
Snellman is not content to let Rusted control the position.
Snellman trying to control but Rusted postures up.
Snellman gets back to full guard.
Snellman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rusted working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rusted content to stall in guard here.
Snellman is looking to sweep but instead, Rusted has passed into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Snellman taking some punishment here, with Rusted in his half guard.
Rusted prevents Snellman from improving his position.
Rusted takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Snellman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rusted defends it nicely.

Snellman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rusted sprawls well initially but Snellman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jethro Rusted has got the better of the ground game so far.
Snellman is keen to just control but Rusted is a slippery customer.
Rusted keeping hold of Snellman's head, controlling as best he can.
Snellman is stalling here. Rusted is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Snellman seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Rusted has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Rusted working the body and head with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rusted working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Rusted avoids the strikes from the bottom by Snellman.
Rusted landing a few strikes.
Rusted in side control lands a decent elbow.
A lull in the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rusted working the body and head with strikes.
Snellman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rusted wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Snellman taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rusted has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Snellman tries to improve position but can't.
Rusted remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Snellman tries to improve position but can't.
Snellman is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rusted asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Rusted remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snellman is trying to work for a sweep but Rusted has mounted him!
Snellman is in all sorts of trouble here.
Snellman is working hard here to advance position.
Rusted with good strikes from the mount here!
Snellman is wriggling around trying to escape.
The referee warns Snellman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rusted controlling from the full mount.
Rusted with the ground and pound from mount.
Rusted looking to finish Snellman with some ground and pound. This is bad for Snellman!
Snellman is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rusted lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rusted has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Snellman's face.
Rusted can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Snellman is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snellman is looking to improve his position but Rusted isn't that keen on the idea.
Rusted looking to control but Snellman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rusted prevents Snellman from getting the reversal.
Snellman throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Rusted cracks Snellman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Snellman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rusted on the ground.
Rusted tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Snellman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rusted scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Snellman?
Rusted scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rusted controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rusted working for a guillotine from mount but Snellman is in no mood to give up.
Rusted tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rusted lands a nice shot to the head.
Snellman is trying desperately to improve position.
Rusted working Snellman over with strikes here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Snellman manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Snellman striking from the bottom.
Rusted working over Snellman with some ground and pound. Snellman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rusted seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Rusted is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Snellman wants to control the action here but instead Rusted manages to pass to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jethro Rusted showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Snellman looks to clinch
and Rusted counters with an outside leg kick.
Snellman wants to clinch.
Snellman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rusted manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Snellman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rusted lands a jab to the nose.
Rusted keeps the fight on the outside.
Snellman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rusted paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Snellman is looking to clinch but Rusted is avoiding it.
Rusted tries a quick counter leg kick but Snellman is wise to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snellman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rusted scores with a jab. Snellman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Both fighters circling a little - Rusted finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Snellman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rusted swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rusted scores with a nice body kick.
Snellman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rusted at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rusted keeps the fight on the outside.
Julius Cesar Snellman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rusted lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Snellman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rusted swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Snellman darts in trying to clinch
and Snellman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rusted throws a sloppy head kick and Snellman moves out of range easily.
Snellman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rusted paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Rusted misses.
Snellman shoots in and drives through. Rusted sprawls well.
Rusted connects with a solid leg kick.
Rusted misses with a body kick.
Snellman is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rusted.
An inside leg kick lands from Rusted.
Snellman tries to clinch but Rusted is having none of it.
Snellman darts in trying to clinch
and Rusted counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rusted throws a leg kick which misses Snellman's front leg but catches the back leg as Snellman tries to avoid it.
Rusted chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Snellman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rusted plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rusted shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rusted moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rusted.
Rusted tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rusted throws a push kick but Snellman slaps the foot to one side.
Snellman dives in for a single leg takedown but Rusted sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Rusted raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Rusted lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Snellman moves into the clinch.
Rusted takes a shot to the head.
Rusted tries to break the clinch but Snellman is controlling the position.
A nice left hand lands by Snellman.
A nice right hand lands inside from Snellman.
Jethro Rusted is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rusted wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rusted is trying to push Snellman away but Snellman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rusted blocking some punches.
Snellman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Snellman has Rusted pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rusted manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julius Cesar Snellman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rusted blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Snellman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body kick there by Rusted.
Rusted throws a leg kick which misses Snellman's front leg but catches the back leg as Snellman tries to avoid it.
Rusted is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That kick from Rusted tenderised Snellman's leg. Snellman is trying to keep his angry face on.
Snellman moves to clinch but Rusted breaks away
and Rusted counters with a straight right hand.
Rusted wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rusted scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rusted tries for a takedown but Snellman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snellman takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Snellman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
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!
Snellman tries to clinch up but Rusted circles away and keeps his distance.
Snellman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Snellman shoots in for a takedown but Rusted shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Julius Cesar Snellman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rusted swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Snellman.
Snellman tries to clinch
and Rusted counters with a right hand to the body.
Rusted bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Snellman misses with a body shot
and Snellman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jethro Rusted seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Snellman wants to clinch but Rusted slips to the side

and Rusted counters with a nice double leg into side control. Snellman won't be happy with that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rusted advances to mount.
Snellman is working to get back to half guard.
Rusted lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Snellman hang on?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rusted scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Snellman?

And that's the end of the fight!
Jethro Rusted comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rusted 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jethro Rusted!