PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russell Joyner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Mcsweeney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russell Joyner could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to James Mcsweeney's chin.

Joyner
vs
Mcsweeney

179 cm
23
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

193 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Russell Joyner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Mcsweeney!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcsweeney tries to clinch but Joyner is having none of it.
Mcsweeney doesn't manage to clinch there - Joyner circles away.
Mcsweeney wants to clinch up but Joyner keeps it at a distance.
Mcsweeney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joyner.
Mcsweeney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joyner swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Joyner gets a takedown into half guard.
Joyner thows a huge punch but Mcsweeney dodges it nicely.
Joyner throwing shots but Mcsweeney is blocking nicely.
Joyner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ground and pound from Joyner.
Joyner controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joyner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mcsweeney keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Joyner in particular looking to stall.
Joyner has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ground and pound from Joyner.
Joyner controlling the action here.
Joyner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joyner looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Joyner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Joyner seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Joyner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mcsweeney with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Joyner stalling.
Joyner not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Joyner in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joyner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Joyner working Mcsweeney over with strikes.
Mcsweeney wants to get back to his feet.
Mcsweeney looks gassed!
Mcsweeney is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Joyner scores with a couple of nice shots.
Joyner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mcsweeney defending well though.
Mcsweeney is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Joyner scores with a couple of nice shots.
Joyner controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joyner seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Joyner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joyner controlling the action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joyner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russell Joyner dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Joyner thuds a left hand into Mcsweeney's body.
Joyner fails with the takedown.
Mcsweeney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joyner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mcsweeney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joyner paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Joyner shoots in and bounces Mcsweeney off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Joyner throwing strikes but missing.
Joyner postures up and lands a big shot to Mcsweeney's brow.
Joyner thows a big elbow that misses.
Joyner is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mcsweeney is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joyner thows a big elbow that misses.
Joyner chips away with some ground and pound.
Russell Joyner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Joyner postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Joyner's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Joyner sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Joyner is in close to Mcsweeney's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joyner is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Joyner throwing strikes from guard but Mcsweeney blocks nicely.
Mcsweeney has momentary wrist control but Joyner slips an elbow through the middle.
Joyner forces his way into half guard.
Joyner working Mcsweeney over with strikes.
Well, if Joyner is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joyner lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Joyner.
Joyner lands with a punch from half guard.

Mcsweeney is rocked!
Joyner 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.
Joyner lands a big elbow - Mcsweeney is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Joyner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russell Joyner!