PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Ronny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peterson comes to the ring accompanied by The Movement. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Peterson
vs
Ronny

198 cm
25
197 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
27
180 lbs
0 - 4 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Flair Up Your Body

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Ronny!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Peterson.
Ronny struggling a bit here.
Ronny wants to get back to his feet but Peterson drags him back down.
Peterson throws a strike aimed at the side of Ronny's head but Ronny avoids it well.
Peterson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Peterson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ronny scores with a shot to the body.
Ronny gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Ronny looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronny is pressing down on Peterson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ronny is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fighters are working up against the ropes. Ronny manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the ropes.

Ronny has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Peterson is trying to keep an underhook but Ronny manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ronny misses with a head shot. Peterson uses the momentum to regain guard.
Ronny trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
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.
Ronny trying to control the position from guard on top but Peterson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peterson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronny stays in close to Peterson's body and controls the position.
Ronny trying to control but Peterson is working from the bottom.
Ronny trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Peterson shoots in for a double leg but Ronny sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Peterson gets a double leg takedown into Ronny's guard.
Peterson prevents Ronny from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peterson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ronny is trying to control the position but Peterson postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ronny has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Peterson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Ronny has closed the distance and engaged Peterson in a clinch.
Ronny is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Peterson to keep the fight standing.

Peterson drags the fight down to the ground.
Ronny forces his way into half guard.
Peterson won't allow Ronny to pass to mount.
Peterson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ronny's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ronny's back!
Peterson missing with strikes from the back.
Peterson misses with an elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Ronny is trying to break free.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ronny is trapped and Peterson is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Ronny biding his time here by controlling the hands, looking to escape.
Peterson is punishing Ronny with some ground and pound.
Peterson punches the canvas rather than the man.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Peterson.
Ronny tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The referee warns Ronny that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Peterson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Peterson misses with a body kick.

Peterson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Peterson lands in his opponent's guard.
Peterson throwing strikes but missing.
Ronny keeping full guard, as Peterson tries to pass.
Ronny is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronny wants to stand and escape but Peterson is having none of it.
Peterson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ronny can do to turn this around?
Peterson stopping the sweep attempt from Ronny.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronny is trying to keep Peterson in close.
Ronny preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Peterson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ronny preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ronny looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ronny wants to stand but Peterson is controlling the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Ronny looks for a takedown but Peterson sprawls well.
Ronny throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ronny.
Ronny dives in and grabs Peterson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Peterson pushes down on Ronny's head and hops out.
Peterson tried to counter with a leg kick but Ronny avoided it.
Patrick Peterson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Ronny.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronny shoots in for a double leg but Peterson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Peterson dives in and grabs Ronny's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ronny pushes down on Peterson's head and hops out.
Peterson dives in for a single leg takedown but Ronny sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Ronny misses with a wild body shot.

Peterson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Peterson showed some decent athleticism there.
Peterson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ronny trying to hold on to Peterson's head to control him but Peterson postures up.
Peterson passes into side control, despite Ronny's attempt to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronny is looking for a sweep.
Peterson working the body and head with strikes.
Peterson cracks Ronny with a big elbow.
Ronny tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Patrick Peterson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Peterson working the ground and pound but Ronny is defending the strikes.
Peterson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Peterson working away.
Ronny taking a bit of punishment here - Peterson scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronny manages to work his way to half guard, despite Peterson's best efforts.
Ronny is trying to stand up here but Peterson is controlling him well.
Ronny tries to kick Peterson off in order to stand up. Peterson Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Ronny on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Peterson working the head and body with strikes.
Peterson working away.
Peterson throws an elbow but Ronny slips to the side and avoids it well.
Peterson working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peterson grinds an elbow into Ronny's temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peterson wants to control but Ronny is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Peterson dominated that second round.
That's time! Peterson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Peterson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ronny napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ronny is looking to reverse the position.
Peterson working the ground and pound from side control.
Ronny tries to buck Peterson off but Peterson is having none of it.
Peterson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronny gets back to half guard.
Ronny is controlling Peterson's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ronny manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ronny throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Peterson landing with the ground and pound.
Peterson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ronny avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Peterson preventing the sweep.
Peterson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ronny avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ronny looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Peterson with a nice head shot there.
Ronny thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Peterson preventing the sweep.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Ronny clinches with his opponent.

Ronny breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Peterson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Peterson throwing strikes from guard but Ronny blocks nicely.
Peterson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronny working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Peterson.
Ronny wants to sweep here but Peterson controlling him for the moment.

Ronny looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Peterson working some strikes from top position.
Ronny is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Ronny is trying to keep Peterson in close.
Patrick Peterson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Peterson wants to control from the top but Ronny keeps moving.
Ronny keeping full guard, as Peterson tries to pass.
Ronny is looking to stand up but Peterson isn't so interested in that idea.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Peterson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ronny looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ronny sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Ronny wants to get back to his feet.
Jason Ronny has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Ronny actively working from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Peterson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Peterson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Peterson!
Patrick Peterson decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.