PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sanouk Fairtex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonah Roncesvalles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roncesvalles has chosen Walk as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fairtex
vs
Roncesvalles

170 cm
34
150 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

165 cm
32
148 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sanouk Fairtex!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonah Roncesvalles!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Chad Campbell and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roncesvalles misses with a takedown attempt - Fairtex sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Roncesvalles looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Roncesvalles looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Fairtex!
Fairtex pushes Roncesvalles away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Roncesvalles gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Roncesvalles with the ground and pound but Fairtex regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Fairtex wants to get back to his feet.
Roncesvalles has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roncesvalles wants to take a breather but Fairtex is having none of it.

Roncesvalles is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Fairtex is not content to let Roncesvalles control the position.
Fairtex wants to get back to his feet.
Roncesvalles takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Roncesvalles is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Fairtex wants to get back to his feet.
Roncesvalles passes the guard and advances to mount!
Roncesvalles can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fairtex is looking to escape.
Fairtex is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roncesvalles controlling from the full mount.
Fairtex really wants to buck Roncesvalles off and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fairtex holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Roncesvalles tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fairtex really wants to buck Roncesvalles off and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roncesvalles throwing strikes here but Fairtex is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Roncesvalles thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Roncesvalles tries to control but Fairtex wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Roncesvalles tries to clinch

and Fairtex decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Roncesvalles's guard.

Roncesvalles working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Fairtex has passed into half guard!
Roncesvalles wants to get back to full guard.

Fairtex decides to stand and escape the position.
Roncesvalles is breathing heavily.
Roncesvalles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fairtex sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roncesvalles shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fairtex but Fairtex pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Roncesvalles has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sanouk Fairtex is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roncesvalles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fairtex slaps away a takedown attempt from Roncesvalles, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sanouk Fairtex has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonah Roncesvalles.
Roncesvalles fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roncesvalles shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Fairtex counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Fairtex stands up out of the half guard.

Roncesvalles darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roncesvalles stops Fairtex from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roncesvalles is stalling here. Fairtex is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Roncesvalles seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Fairtex has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Roncesvalles can't do much from the bottom here.

Fairtex decides to stand back up. Fairtex steps back and let's Roncesvalles get back to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Roncesvalles or perhaps it was just good defense by Fairtex which made him look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Roncesvalles is defended easily by Fairtex.
Jonah Roncesvalles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roncesvalles shoots for a double leg takedown but Fairtex sprawls well. He's pushed Roncesvalles's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roncesvalles fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Roncesvalles fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sanouk Fairtex dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Roncesvalles shoots for a double leg takedown but Fairtex sprawls well. He's pushed Roncesvalles's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Roncesvalles looks for a takedown but Fairtex sprawls well.
Fairtex leaves Roncesvalles with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sanouk Fairtex has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonah Roncesvalles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Roncesvalles.
Roncesvalles takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roncesvalles has his takedown stuffed

and Fairtex counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fairtex wants to stand but Roncesvalles has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Fairtex trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Fairtex decides to stand and escape the position.
Roncesvalles tries to clinch but Fairtex moves out of range.
Roncesvalles tries to clinch up but Fairtex circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Roncesvalles closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Fairtex to the mat! Fairtex manages to get full guard.
Sanouk Fairtex overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fairtex keeping moving, preventing Roncesvalles from controlling successfully.

Fairtex kicks Roncesvalles off and gets to his feet.
Fairtex avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roncesvalles shoots in and drives through. Fairtex sprawls well.
A head kick misses from Roncesvalles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roncesvalles dives in and grabs Fairtex's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fairtex pushes down on Roncesvalles's head and hops out.
Roncesvalles wants to clinch but Fairtex slips to the side

and Fairtex decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Roncesvalles's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fairtex wants to get up but he can't break Roncesvalles's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Fairtex stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roncesvalles closes the distance looking to clinch

and Fairtex counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sanouk Fairtex showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fairtex has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sanouk Fairtex!
A victorious Sanouk Fairtex thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.