PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Deleon (ranked 22746 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baruto Tonissaar (ranked 4600 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Deleon
vs
Tonissaar

160 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

191 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocco Deleon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Baruto Tonissaar!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonissaar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Deleon's head.
Tonissaar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Deleon moves away.
Deleon is looking for a counter combo.
Tonissaar cracks the inside of Deleon's front leg.
Deleon really is a fat lump.
Tonissaar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Deleon moves to clinch but Tonissaar breaks away
letting Tonissaar counter with a right hand.
Tonissaar throws a nice looking combination but Deleon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tonissaar scores with a jab to the body.
Tonissaar throws a head kick that half lands.
Some wild striking there from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good shot there by Tonissaar.
Deleon takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Deleon drives through with a takedown into guard.

Deleon stands up from Tonissaar's guard - Deleon perhaps looking for a knockout.
Deleon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar lands a head shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Tonissaar scores with a four punch combination!
Tonissaar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tonissaar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Deleon takes one on the button.
Baruto Tonissaar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Deleon closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tonissaar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tonissaar lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tonissaar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tonissaar struggles to land a body shot inside as Deleon controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar throws a punch but it's blocked by Deleon.
Tonissaar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Deleon.

Deleon breaks from the clinch.
Baruto Tonissaar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deleon tries to move into range but Tonissaar moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tonissaar jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Tonissaar gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Deleon to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Deleon lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Deleon gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Tonissaar misses with a body shot.
Deleon changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Deleon throws a sloppy head kick and Tonissaar moves out of range easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tonissaar, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick which misses Deleon's front leg but catches the back leg as Deleon tries to avoid it.
Tonissaar connects with a jab.
Tonissaar throws a head kick but Deleon moves out of range.
Tonissaar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tonissaar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tonissaar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tonissaar scores with a three punch combo!
Tonissaar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tonissaar lands a head shot.
Tonissaar lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tonissaar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Deleon on the side of the head.
Tonissaar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Deleon was well out of range. Poor timing from Tonissaar.
Deleon throws a big counter combination but Tonissaar scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Tonissaar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tonissaar is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Deleon had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tonissaar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tonissaar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Deleon on the side of the head.
Tonissaar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Deleon counters with a series of strikes. Tonissaar will be more careful next time no doubt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tonissaar. Deleon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tonissaar throws a series of strikes that have Deleon backpedaling.
Tonissaar lands with a hook. Deleon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tonissaar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tonissaar lands a nice shot that snaps Deleon's head back.
Deleon lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tonissaar lands with a right hand.
Deleon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tonissaar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baruto Tonissaar dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tonissaar throws a combination that misses

and Deleon counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Deleon.

Deleon gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Tonissaar cracks Deleon with a good jab.

Deleon scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Deleon landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tonissaar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Deleon scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tonissaar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Deleon scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Deleon lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Deleon decides to return to a standing position.
Baruto Tonissaar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tonissaar scores with a shot to the body.

Deleon closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tonissaar did well to prevent Deleon getting side control.
Deleon takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Deleon lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

It looks like Baruto Tonissaar has been cut.
Deleon looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deleon is thwarting Tonissaar's attempts to control the position.
Rocco Deleon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Deleon looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Deleon 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.
Deleon scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Deleon lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Deleon lands a nice short elbow.
Deleon working the head and body with strikes.

Deleon escapes and gets back to his feet.
Deleon lands a leg kick that knocks Tonissaar off balance momentarily.
Tonissaar lands with an overhand left.
Tonissaar throws out a powerful jab.
Tonissaar lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar falls off balance throwing a combination

and Deleon counters with a shoot takedown. Tonissaar fights it but they end up in guard.

Tonissaar pushes Deleon off and scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, jab by Tonissaar - just one landing.
Tonissaar misses with a body shot.
Tonissaar connects with a body shot.
Tonissaar scores with a jab to the head.

Deleon fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Tonissaar to the ground. Deleon is now in Tonissaar's guard.
Deleon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Deleon scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Deleon's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tonissaar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Deleon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Deleon with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deleon lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Deleon with a nice head shot there.
Deleon might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Deleon postures up.
Deleon scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Deleon scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tonissaar trying to control the position.
Deleon postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tonissaar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Deleon connects with a couple of short punches.
Deleon is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Deleon 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.
Deleon scoring with some ground and pound.

Deleon gets to his feet. Tonissaar looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Tonissaar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Decent striking displayed by Tonissaar there.
Tonissaar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tonissaar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Deleon.
Deleon is looking for a counter combo.
Nice body punch from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Deleon circles away quickly and effectively.
Deleon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tonissaar lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Deleon checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Deleon is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Tonissaar's half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Deleon looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tonissaar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tonissaar trying to control from the bottom.
Deleon working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocco Deleon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Baruto Tonissaar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Tonissaar moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tonissaar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Deleon's calf.
Tonissaar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tonissaar scores with a hook.
Deleon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tonissaar works over Deleon's head and body with a nice combination.
Rocco Deleon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Deleon avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tonissaar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Deleon. That did some damage!
Tonissaar throws a leg kick but Deleon checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deleon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tonissaar appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Deleon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Deleon moves in looking to clinch but Tonissaar pushes him off.
Tonissaar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Deleon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonissaar checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Deleon walks into a stiff left hand from Tonissaar.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tonissaar.
Deleon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tonissaar can pounce on him.
Tonissaar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Tonissaar tries to sprawl but Deleon drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Tonissaar has hold of Deleon's hands but Deleon slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Deleon is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Deleon is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Deleon escapes and gets back to his feet.
Deleon moves in looking to clinch but Tonissaar pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Deleon checks a leg kick.
Tonissaar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Deleon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tonissaar misses with a body shot.
Deleon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar scores with a jab to the body.
Tonissaar lands a jab to the head.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick which misses Deleon's front leg but catches the back leg as Deleon tries to avoid it.
Tonissaar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Deleon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tonissaar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deleon blocks a head kick by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tonissaar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tonissaar lands with a kick to the ribs.
Deleon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Deleon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tonissaar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tonissaar cracks Deleon with a good jab.
Deleon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tonissaar can pounce on him.
Tonissaar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Deleon.
Tonissaar lands the left hand.
Tonissaar tries a low kick but Deleon avoids it.
As Tonissaar looks to move away, Deleon throws a big counter combo but Tonissaar just gets out of the way.
Tonissaar scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick but Deleon sees it coming and moves out of range.
Deleon appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Tonissaar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Deleon drops down looking for a counter takedown but Tonissaar sprawls and moves away.
Tonissaar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tonissaar misses with a head kick.
Tonissaar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tonissaar fakes the leg kick and cracks Deleon in the body.
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!

Deleon is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Tonissaar's half guard.
Deleon scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Deleon is nestled in close to Tonissaar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tonissaar trying to hold on to Deleon's head to control him but Deleon postures up.
Tonissaar is refusing to be controlled, as Deleon sits in half guard.
Tonissaar is trying to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Baruto Tonissaar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tonissaar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baruto Tonissaar!