PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rielly White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonas Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonas Villa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

White
vs
Villa

195 cm
22
272 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
21
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Plays chess

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rielly White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonas Villa!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White shoots in and drives through. Villa sprawls well.
Villa thuds his right hand into White's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Some wild striking there from Villa.
Villa circles away from the clinch attempt.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
White is looking to clinch.

Villa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Villa showed some decent athleticism there.

White actively working from the bottom here.

White looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is looking to improve his position.
Villa wants to get back to his feet.
White trying to control from the bottom.
White is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
White tries to clinch up but Villa circles away and keeps his distance.
Villa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rielly White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White moves in looking to clinch but Villa pushes him off.
White tries to land a leg kick but Villa saw it coming and moves away.

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.
Villa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Villa fails to land with a series of punches.
Villa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Villa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
White tries to clinch up.
White is looking to clinch.
White tries to clinch up.
White wants to clinch.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick from Villa misses.

Villa feints and as White raises his hands in defense, Villa changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Villa wants to stand but White is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

White looking for a guillotine here but Villa defends easily.
White is breathing heavily.
Villa is stalling in the full guard.

White looking for a guillotine here but Villa defends easily.
White trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
White working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Villa.

White working for a triangle but Villa defends it easily.

White looking for a guillotine here but Villa defends easily.
Villa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Villa stands and steps away. White gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White tries to clinch but Villa is having none of it.

Villa clinches.
White tries to stall but Villa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
White tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
White prevents Villa from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonas Villa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Villa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
Villa throws a right and a left that both miss.
White looks to clinch
and Villa counters with a nice body shot.
Villa wants to slow White down by chopping away at his legs.
White tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Villa counters with a single leg into guard. White didn't expect that.

White working for a triangle but Villa defends it easily.

White is looking for a triangle but Villa pushes his legs off easily.
Villa content to stall in guard here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Villa gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jonas Villa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White tries to clinch up

and Villa counters with a takedown into side control.
White is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Villa decides to stand back up.
White takes one to the side of the head.
White has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
White looks to clinch
and Villa counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Villa to acknowledge the strikes.
White tries to clinch up
and Villa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White tries to clinch but Villa moves away
and Villa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
White tries to clinch but Villa moves away

and Villa counters with a single leg into guard. White didn't expect that.

White looking for a guillotine here but Villa defends easily.
Villa sitting in guard here, content to control.
Villa passes into half guard.
White is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Villa decides to stand up.

White closes the distance and clinches.
Villa takes a knee right on the jaw!
White misses with a knee strike.
White is trying to stall.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Villa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Villa is blocking nicely.
Villa has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
White lands a knee to the head.
White misses with a knee strike.
White wants to stall.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Villa can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
White prevents Villa from breaking the clinch.
White misses with a knee to the head.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
White keeps control of Villa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Villa blocks it with crossed arms.

Villa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
White misses with a takedown
and Villa counters with a two punch combo.
White tries to clinch
and Villa counters with a straight right hand.
Villa is looking to clinch.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White moves in looking to clinch but Villa pushes him off.
Villa circles away from the clinch attempt

so Villa counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Villa gets to his feet - White follows without any prompting. White looks to clinch
and Villa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonas Villa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

White tries to clinch

and Villa counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Villa.
White tries to land a sweep but no joy.

White looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
White looking to hit a scissor sweep but Villa is one step ahead there.

White looking for a guillotine here but Villa defends easily.

Villa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Villa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Villa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Villa stands up and waves to White to follow him.
White tries to clinch there but Villa circles away.
White darts in trying to clinch

and Villa counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for White!
Villa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White working to try and regain half guard.
Villa controlling from mount.
White is trying desperately to improve position.
Villa controlling his opponent.
White is looking to improve his position but Villa isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa avoids the attempt from White to control.
White is looking to improve his position but Villa isn't that keen on the idea.

Villa stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
White wants to clinch but Villa slips to the side
and Villa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
White wants to clinch
and Villa counters with a one-two to the body.
White looks to clinch

and Villa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
White tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Villa is blocking nicely.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
White keeps control of Villa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Villa drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
White misses with a knee to the head.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
White misses with a knee to the head.
Villa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
White prevents Villa from breaking the clinch.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Villa is blocking nicely.
White looking to slow down the pace here.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Villa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Villa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Villa is trying to break free.
Rielly White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White throws an elbow but it's blocked.
White misses with a knee to the head.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
White connects with a knee to the head.
Villa tries to break the clinch but White is controlling the position.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Villa blocks it with crossed arms.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Villa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonas Villa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Villa winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonas Villa!