PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaron Baston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Sunfields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sunfields is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hostil Groove - Fly RoutineHostil Groove - Fly Routine. Jaron Baston has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Baston
vs
Sunfields

195 cm
21
265 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

202 cm
23
250 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaron Baston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Sunfields!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baston has a takedown stuffed.
Sunfields fails with the takedown

and Baston counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Baston is breathing heavily.
Sunfields makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sunfields.
Sunfields manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Baston manages to get himself to full guard.
Sunfields stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Baston swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Baston can't keep his opponent in guard - Sunfields advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sunfields not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Baston on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Baston tries to get out of the position.
Sunfields throwing shots but Baston is blocking nicely.
Sunfields wants to pass the guard but Baston is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baston is in trouble now - Sunfields has advanced to mount!
Sunfields misses with a head shot.
Sunfields thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sunfields looking to finish with strikes here!
Sunfields landing shots from mount.
Sunfields has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sunfields is landing with some decent strikes but Baston is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sunfields punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Baston is bucking up trying to escape but Sunfields cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields punching from mount but Baston doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sunfields raining down shots from the mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baston avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sunfields.
Baston tries to reverse the position but Sunfields maintains control.
Sunfields thowing shots but they're missing.
Sunfields unloading with bombs!
Baston takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sunfields connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sunfields landing punches.
Sunfields sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sunfields cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sunfields misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Baston is in a horrible position here. Sunfields smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Baston is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sunfields landing shots from mount.
Baston is bucking up trying to escape but Sunfields cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sunfields looking to finish with strikes here!
Sunfields throws some wild stikes that Baston manages to avoid easily.
Baston takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sunfields landing strikes from the mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sunfields is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Baston can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sunfields sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sunfields raining down shots from the mount!
Sunfields postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Baston looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Sunfields dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sunfields closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sunfields trying to mount his opponent but Baston defends it.
Sunfields thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sunfields wants to free his trapped foot but Baston is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Baston avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sunfields.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sunfields frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sunfields dominating with strikes here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunfields scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Baston?
Sunfields punching from mount but Baston doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Sunfields there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sunfields cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Baston holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sunfields tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sunfields avoids the attempt from Baston to control.
Sunfields is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sunfields thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Sunfields pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sunfields lands a big elbow.
Sunfields lands a heavy elbow.
Sunfields lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Baston hang on?
Baston is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Baston is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields raining down shots from the mount!
Sunfields dominating with strikes here.
Sunfields throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Sunfields is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Baston can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sunfields landing strikes from the mount and Baston is in trouble!
David Sunfields has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sunfields working Baston over with strikes here.
Baston is in a horrible position here. Sunfields smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sunfields sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baston wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sunfields.
Sunfields is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sunfields working Baston over with strikes here.
Baston avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sunfields.
Sunfields working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sunfields throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Baston blocking the ground and pound.
Baston blocking the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Sunfields showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Baston's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Sunfields shoots and misses

and Baston counters with a shoot takedown. Sunfields fights it but they end up in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sunfields is on top in guard.
Sunfields slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The strikes coming from Sunfields are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sunfields misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sunfields advances to mount.
Sunfields breaks from Baston's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunfields misses with a head shot.
Sunfields lands with some strikes.
Sunfields punching from mount but Baston doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sunfields putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Baston wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sunfields.
Sunfields throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Baston because Sunfields loaded up on that one.
Baston knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sunfields on the ground.
Sunfields looking to finish with strikes here!
Sunfields putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sunfields throws some wild stikes that Baston manages to avoid easily.
Poor strikes thrown by Sunfields there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sunfields working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sunfields thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Baston wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sunfields.
Sunfields landing strikes from the mount.
Sunfields unloads with some shots from mount but Baston bucks and avoids them well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunfields throws some wild stikes that Baston manages to avoid easily.
Baston takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sunfields looking to ground and pound but Baston is blocking nicely.
Sunfields throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Baston because Sunfields loaded up on that one.
Sunfields sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Baston really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sunfields is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sunfields throwing strikes here but Baston is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four 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.
Sunfields with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sunfields cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sunfields in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sunfields misses with a head shot.
Baston is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sunfields throwing strikes here but Baston is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sunfields landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sunfields throws some wild stikes that Baston manages to avoid easily.
Jaron Baston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
David Sunfields is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sunfields wants to control the pace but Baston is squirming around nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to David Sunfields.
Well Sunfields has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Sunfields!