PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Jonathon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mathias Vini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mathias Vini has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jonathon
vs
Vini

190 cm
36
215 lbs
22 - 24 - 0

180 cm
35
205 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

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 22 - 24 - 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 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mathias Vini!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vini tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jonathon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vini looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Vini drives through and clinches with Jonathon against the cage.
The referee calls for Vini to work.
Jonathon prevents a body shot from Vini.
Vini struggles to land a body shot inside as Jonathon controls his hands.
Jonathon prevents a body shot from Vini.
Jonathon has Vini pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Vini manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jonathon tries for a takedown but Vini manages to get underhooks.
Vini misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vini misses with a punch on the inside.
Vini working aggressively here.
Vini gets underhooks to prevent Jonathon's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Jonathon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vini misses with an elbow over the top.
Jonathon blocks an uppercut.
Vini throws a punch but it's blocked by Jonathon.
Vini makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vini prevents the takedown attempt.
Vini misses with some punches.
Jonathon tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jonathon tries to score a body lock takedown but Vini shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Vini throws a punch but it's blocked by Jonathon.
Vini tries a knee to the head but Jonathon blocks it.
Jonathon changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Vini fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vini tries to close the distance and clinch but Jonathon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vini keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Vini moves into the clinch.
Vini misses with a knee to the head.
Jonathon drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Vini gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Vini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jonathon is defending well for now.
Jonathon jumps guard but Vini stands there with Jonathon around his waist. Jonathon gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Vini can't find room to land a body shot as Jonathon controls the action.
Vini fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vini misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vini misses with a punch to the body.
Jonathon tries to pull guard but Vini forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Vini throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jonathon fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vini trying to stall but Jonathon improves his position.
Jonathon is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Vini gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Jonathon tightens his grip and picks Vini up, before dumping him to the ground. Vini manages to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jonathon pushes down on Vini's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Vini is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vini slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jonathon is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jonathon stands up over Vini, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vini has Jonathon pulled in close to control his posture.
Jonathon controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jonathon throwing strikes but missing.
Vini wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jonathon throws a big right hand that misses.
Vini keeping moving, preventing Jonathon from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jonathon is looking to work some ground and pound but Vini has wrist control.
Jonathon trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jonathon trying to control the position from guard on top but Vini is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vini fails to land with a series of punches.
Vini tries to clinch

so Jonathon counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Vini scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Vini wants to clinch up but Jonathon keeps it at a distance.

Vini takes the fight into the clinch.
Vini trying to land knees to the body.
Jonathon tries to pull guard but Vini won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mathias Vini dominated that round.
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.

Vini fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vini tries to clinch up

and Jonathon counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Vini!
Jonathon with the ground and pound but Vini regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Jonathon missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jonathon wants to pass the guard but Vini is defending well.
Jonathon wants to control but Vini is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jonathon is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jonathon winds up and cracks Vini with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Vini is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vini trying to control but Jonathon postures up.
Jonathon thows a huge punch but Vini dodges it nicely.
Vini has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jonathon is working away from the top position though.
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. Jonathon connects with a nice short shot to Vini's temple.
Vini is looking to escape.
Jonathon is trying to control. Vini wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jonathon prevents Vini from standing back up.
Vini trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Jonathon in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jonathon controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jonathon jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Vini is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Vini and Jonathon has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

Jonathon thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jonathon grinds an elbow into Vini's temple.
Jonathon prevents Vini from escaping the position.
Jonathon works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Vini is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jonathon cracks Vini with a big right hand but Vini just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vini takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vini tries to buck Jonathon off but Jonathon is having none of it.
Vini takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jonathon scoring with punches and elbows.
Jonathon is working Vini over with some ground and pound from side control.
Vini wants to control but Jonathon postures up.
Jonathon is looking to take a break and control but Vini is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vini tries to escape but Jonathon is in control.

Jonathon is trying to get an arm triangle but Vini is defending well.
Vini is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vini is not content to let Jonathon control the position.
Vini isn't going anywhere.
Vini tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Jonathon tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Check out the look on Jonathon's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Jonathon dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Jonathon misses with a takedown attempt - Vini sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
It seemed like Vini was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vini tries to close the distance and clinch but Jonathon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Vini clinches up against the cage.
Vini tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vini lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jonathon is trying to pull guard but Vini turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Vini wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jonathon has him pressed against the cage.
Jonathon has Vini pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Vini manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Jonathon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vini misses with a punch on the inside.
Vini creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vini lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vini is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Vini.
Mathias Vini seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jonathon has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Vini is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jonathon avoiding damage as Vini throws knees to the body.
Vini tries to circle away but Jonathon has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vini.
Vini swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jonathon wants a takedown but no success here.
Jonathon is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Vini is fighting off a takedown attempt but Jonathon is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Vini to the mat. Vini regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jonathon postures up in Vini's guard and throws a big left but Vini blocks it.
Vini wants to sweep here but Jonathon controlling him for the moment.

Vini has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Jonathon is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Vini misses with a punch to the body.

Vini breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vini is looking to clinch.
Mathias Vini is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vini fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jonathon feinted with a counter takedown.
Mathias Vini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jonathon lands with an uppercut that bounces Vini off the cage and back into range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Vini misses the target.
Jonathon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonathon keeps the fight on the outside.
Jonathon swats away the attempt to clinch by Vini.
Vini is looking to clinch.
Jonathon tries to counter with a takedown but Vini is quick to defend against it.
Jonathon moves out of range as Vini strikes.

Vini moves into the clinch.

Jonathon ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jonathon no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Vini loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vini throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jonathon works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Jonathon looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Vini is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Vini drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Vini seems to have locked his on tight now - Jonathon screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Vini, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Mathias Vini!