PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronilson Tonelada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Christopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tonelada might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jason Christopoulos enters the cage!

Tonelada
vs
Christopoulos

185 cm
25
220 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

185 cm
26
210 lbs
12 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry
Wolfpack Threadz

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ronilson Tonelada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Christopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christopoulos thows a body shot but no joy.
Christopoulos misses with a wild body shot.
Tonelada lands with an overhand left.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Christopoulos.

Christopoulos scores a takedown into full mount!
Tonelada gets back to half guard.
Christopoulos uses his free foot to push down on Tonelada's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tonelada.
Tonelada can't escape the position.
Christopoulos throws some wild stikes that Tonelada manages to avoid easily.
Christopoulos looking to control but Tonelada is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christopoulos thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Christopoulos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Tonelada wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Christopoulos.
Christopoulos landing punches.
Christopoulos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Christopoulos lands a nice shot to the head.
Christopoulos throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Tonelada wants to control but Christopoulos is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonelada tries to buck Christopoulos off but he can't manage it.
Tonelada is squirming around, avoiding Christopoulos's attempts to control the action.
Christopoulos with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Christopoulos.
Christopoulos raining down hammerfists from mount.
Tonelada keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Christopoulos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Christopoulos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Christopoulos prevents Tonelada from getting the reversal.
Christopoulos landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christopoulos breaks from Tonelada's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Christopoulos controlling from mount.
Tonelada looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
BOOM! Christopoulos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tonelada wants to get back to his feet.
Christopoulos lands with some strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christopoulos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tonelada's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonelada is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Christopoulos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Christopoulos breaks from Tonelada's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Christopoulos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tonelada looks a forlorn figure.

Tonelada is rocked!
Tonelada holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Christopoulos tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Christopoulos with a couple of short strikes.
Oh Tonelada is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Christopoulos cracks Tonelada with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christopoulos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Christopoulos postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Tonelada in real trouble here! The ref calls for Tonelada to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Christopoulos!