PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Goku san (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauno Tonts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tonts has chosen DMX - Intro as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

san
vs
Tonts

200 cm
22
230 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

195 cm
19
256 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Goku san!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rauno Tonts!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

san feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
san showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tonts throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
san trying to control the position from guard on top but Tonts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
san postures up.
san trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tonts striking from the bottom.
san slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Tonts will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Tonts being controlled here, momentarily.
san works a leg free and moves into half guard.
san content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tonts is trying to defend against the ground and pound but san scores with a couple of nice shots.
san is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonts is looking to improve his position.
Tonts is trying to defend against the ground and pound but san scores with a couple of nice shots.
san trying to mount his opponent but Tonts defends it.
Tonts wants to improve his position but san is controlling well.
Tonts is not content to let san control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tonts trying to control but san postures up.
Tonts is looking for a sweep. san is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

san decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tonts manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tonts trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
san trying to control but Tonts is working from the bottom.
Tonts preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tonts throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Tonts throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tonts throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tonts is on top in guard.
san manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tonts holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as san tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Tonts working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by san.
san controlling his opponent.
Tonts tries to reverse the position but san maintains control.
san wants to control the pace but Tonts is squirming around nicely.
san looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
san throws some wild stikes that Tonts manages to avoid easily.
Tonts is desperately trying to improve his position but san has a good base and remains in mount.
san 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.
san looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tonts is wriggling around trying to escape.
san tries to control but Tonts wriggling away.
Tonts is trying desperately to improve position.
Tonts is bucking up trying to escape but san cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tonts is looking to get to half guard.
Tonts tries to lock up and control but san gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
san raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Goku san 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.

san scores a takedown into full mount!
san blocks Tonts's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Tonts tries to reverse the position but san maintains control.
san controlling the pace for now.
san looking to control but Tonts is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
san landing shots from mount.
Tonts is trying desperately to improve position.
Tonts throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
san postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tonts looks a forlorn figure.
san landing punches.
BOOM! san connects with a massive shot to the dome!
san lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
san tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tonts is trying desperately to improve position.
san is in the full mount, landing strikes.
san lands a heavy elbow.
Tonts swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Tonts is squirming around, avoiding san's attempts to control the action.
san breaks from Tonts's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee warns Tonts that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
san is in the full mount, landing strikes.
san can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tonts is looking to escape.
Tonts flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Tonts is working to get back to half guard.
san content just to control the position here.
san looking to finish Tonts with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tonts!
Tonts throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
san with shots to the head and body - Tonts looks very uncomfortable down there.
Tonts tries to reverse the position but san maintains control.
Tonts takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
san postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tonts looks a forlorn figure.
san trying to control but he's not successful this time.
san postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tonts looks a forlorn figure.
Tonts holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as san tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Tonts is trying to escape the mount.

That's four 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.
san content just to control the position here.
Tonts tries to hold on but san postures up.
Tonts is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
san takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
BOOM! san connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
san trying to control but Tonts is having none of it.
Tonts is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Goku san dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

san closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tonts bucks up and tries to throw san off but instead san has got his back!
san is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Tonts up.
san trying to control.
Tonts avoids the strikes from san.
A lull in the action here.
san throwing sloppy strikes.
san not allowing Tonts to control his hands.
san trying to control.
Tonts breaks san's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
san wants to hit a switch here but Tonts passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for san there!
Tonts working away from the top, dropping strikes.
BOOM! Tonts connects with a massive shot to the dome!
san tries to hold on but Tonts postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tonts working the ground and pound effectively.
Goku san overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
san gets back to half guard.
san tries to roll over but Tonts keeps him under control.
san on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if san tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
san is trying to maintain the position but Tonts is very close to passing his half guard.
Tonts trying to control the pace.
The fighters are battling for position here. san manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tonts preventing the sweep.
san looking to control.
Tonts preventing the sweep.
Tonts postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonts preventing the sweep.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tonts misses with a takedown attempt

and san counters with a nice double leg into guard.
san makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tonts is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tonts working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from san.
san wants to pass the guard but Tonts is keeping the position.
san throws a big right hand that misses.
san wants to control from the top but Tonts keeps moving.
Tonts looking to control.
san trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tonts shoots in for a double leg but san sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
san misses with a takedown

and Tonts counters with a nice double leg into side control. san won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
san manages to work his way to half guard, despite Tonts's best efforts.

san pushes Tonts off and gets back to his feet.

san scores with a takedown into Tonts's guard.
Tonts trying to control the position.
san forces his way into half guard.
san takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
san trying to control the action but Tonts is working from the bottom.
Rauno Tonts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Goku san is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Goku san showed his dominance in that final round.
Well san has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Goku san!