PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jasse Pesonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerson Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Pesonen
vs
Santos

182 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Red Light Clothing
Hell's Balls Fightwear

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jasse Pesonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerson Santos!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Santos wants to control from the top but Pesonen keeps moving.
Santos passes into half guard.
Santos trying to control from Pesonen's half guard. Pesonen has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos trying to control but Pesonen is working from the bottom.
Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pesonen is keeping the position for now.
Pesonen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Santos is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pesonen moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santos.
Pesonen tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Jasse Pesonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos avoids the head kick by Pesonen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pesonen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Pesonen.
Santos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pesonen swivels and escapes.
Jasse Pesonen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Pesonen closes the distance and clinches.

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.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Jerson Santos has been cut.
Santos looks gassed!
Santos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jasse Pesonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerson Santos.
Pesonen crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Pesonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Pesonen looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Pesonen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pesonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pesonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pesonen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pesonen misses with a knee strike.
Pesonen gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.
Pesonen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pesonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Pesonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Santos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pesonen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pesonen scores a nice knee to the body.
Pesonen effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pesonen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Santos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pesonen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pesonen connects with a knee to the head.
Pesonen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos looking for a takedown.
Pesonen with a knee to the head.
Pesonen landing knees to the head.
Pesonen looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.

Santos decides to pull guard.
Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pesonen wants to stand but Santos is controlling his posture from full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pesonen wants to stand but Santos has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Santos is looking for a triangle but Pesonen pushes his legs off easily.
Santos looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pesonen puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Santos is looking to control Pesonen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Santos avoid being mounted?

Pesonen decides to stand up.
Pesonen lands a head kick!
Pesonen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jasse Pesonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jerson Santos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A head kick misses from Pesonen.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Santos fails to land the takedown.

Santos tries to keep at a distance but Pesonen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Pesonen.
Pesonen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pesonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pesonen lands a knee to the head.
Pesonen tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Pesonen stops a takedown attempt from Santos.
Jasse Pesonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerson Santos.
Pesonen looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Pesonen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pesonen misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pesonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pesonen looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Pesonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos can't get the takedown.
Pesonen with a knee to the head.
Pesonen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Santos.
Pesonen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pesonen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Santos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pesonen prevents it.
Pesonen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pesonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.

Santos jumps guard and drags Pesonen to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Santos had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Pesonen is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Santos Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Pesonen's back instead.

Santos working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pesonen looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Santos wants to control but Pesonen is keeping busy.
Well, with Santos on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Pesonen is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Pesonen is trying to get back to his feet but Santos has full control of the position and if anything, Pesonen has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Santos is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Pesonen defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Santos is looking to control Pesonen but Pesonen is wriggling around and keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

Santos looking for the choke but no joy.
Will Santos go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Santos is controlling the position but Pesonen somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pesonen looks like he's trying to stand up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pesonen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos looks for a takedown but Pesonen sprawls well.

Pesonen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pesonen landing knees to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pesonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pesonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pesonen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pesonen looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jasse Pesonen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jerson Santos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pesonen throws a sloppy head kick and Santos moves out of range easily.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pesonen as he jumps to the side.
Pesonen tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.

Pesonen instigates a clinch.
Pesonen connects with a knee to the head.
Pesonen tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Pesonen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pesonen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pesonen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Santos.

Santos is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Pesonen can't fight it off and eventually Santos manages to take the fight to the floor. Pesonen looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Pesonen is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pesonen is looking to stand up but Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
Santos trying to control but Pesonen is working from the bottom.

Santos drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Pesonen manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Santos has Pesonen in his guard.
Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Santos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pesonen preventing the sweep.
Pesonen is looking to stand up but Santos won't let him.
Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Santos working a defensive guard here.

Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pesonen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pesonen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Santos has a closed guard, preventing Pesonen from standing up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pesonen is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pesonen clinches with his opponent.
Pesonen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pesonen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jasse Pesonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Santos can't get the takedown.
Jasse Pesonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerson Santos.
Pesonen tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Pesonen landing knees to the head.
Santos has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pesonen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pesonen tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Pesonen looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pesonen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pesonen misses with a knee strike.
Pesonen tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
Pesonen lands a nice knee to the body.
Pesonen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Santos.
Pesonen misses with a knee to the head.
Jerson Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pesonen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jasse Pesonen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pesonen, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jasse Pesonen!