PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luka Anatoli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Jonsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Anatoli
vs
Jonsson

167 cm
19
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

The Red Eye
Hell's Balls Fightwear

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luka Anatoli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Jonsson!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jonsson missing with a left hand there. Anatoli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jonsson stuffs the takedown attempt from Anatoli. Anatoli gets slowly back to his feet.
Jonsson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jonsson misses with a takedown attempt
and Anatoli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anatoli bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jonsson's head backwards.
Jonsson walks into a stiff left hand from Anatoli.
Anatoli looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anatoli looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jonsson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Anatoli counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anatoli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jonsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from Anatoli does no damage.
Anatoli lands a jab-cross combination.
Anatoli stuns Jonsson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Anatoli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Anatoli throws a series of punches but Jonsson avoids them all with ease.
Jonsson takes a swing at Anatoli's ribcage but misses.
Anatoli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jonsson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anatoli looks to land a left hand but Jonsson moved out of range nicely.
Anatoli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jonsson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Anatoli as he avoids it easily.
Jonsson lands a nice shot that snaps Anatoli's head back.

It looks like Luka Anatoli has been cut.
Jonsson takes one to the side of the head.
Jonsson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Anatoli.
Jonsson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Anatoli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Luka Anatoli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Anatoli.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anatoli fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luka Anatoli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Anatoli does no damage.
Jonsson lands a nice looking body shot.
A big right from Jonsson misses.
Jonsson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Anatoli counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonsson wants to control but Anatoli is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Anatoli not doing much here.
Anatoli prevents Jonsson from improving his position.
Jonsson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Anatoli.
Jonsson is trying to get back to full guard.
Anatoli sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jonsson defending well though.
Jonsson wants to control but Anatoli is keeping busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jonsson misses with a hook.
Jonsson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luka Anatoli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luka Anatoli's cut.
That's time! Anatoli's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Anatoli misses with a combination
and Jonsson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jonsson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Anatoli circles away quickly and effectively.
Anatoli is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jonsson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Anatoli circles away.
Jonsson scores with a decent looking hook.
Jonsson wants to clinch up but Anatoli keeps it at a distance.
Anatoli takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jonsson misses with a looping right.
Jonsson throws a series of punches but Anatoli moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Jonsson as Anatoli shoots in.
Nice sprawl there from Jonsson as Anatoli shoots in.
Jonsson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anatoli.
Anatoli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A swing and a miss from Anatoli.
Jonsson wants to clinch.
Anatoli tries to bum rush Jonsson with a series of wild strikes but Jonsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A nice combination there by Anatoli.
Luka Anatoli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice combo by Jonsson! Oh, that's hurt him - Anatoli falls to the canvas and Jonsson follows him into side control.

Anatoli is rocked!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Anatoli is pushing Jonsson's head away, looking to escape. Jonsson manages to hold on to the position though.
Anatoli trying his best to control but Jonsson has mounted him.
Anatoli tries to hold on but Jonsson postures up.
Jonsson controlling from mount.
Anatoli is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonsson controlling his opponent.
Jonsson avoids the attempt from Anatoli to control.
Jonsson controlling from mount.
Anatoli is looking to improve his position but Jonsson isn't that keen on the idea.
Jonsson controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Anatoli flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jonsson content just to control the position here.
Anatoli wants to control but Jonsson is having none of it.
Jonsson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Anatoli working to try and regain half guard.
Jonsson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Jonsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Luka Anatoli's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Anatoli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jonsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Anatoli swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anatoli misses with a combination
and Jonsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anatoli will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anatoli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anatoli swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anatoli shoots for a takedown but Jonsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Anatoli staying out of range there.
Anatoli takes one to the chin there.

Luka Anatoli's cut is getting worse.
Jonsson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Anatoli keeps the fight on the outside.
Anatoli misses with a wild combination.
Jonsson throws a hook to the side of Anatoli's head but Anatoli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Anatoli avoids a punch combination nicely.
Anatoli throws a combination that misses
and Jonsson counters with a left and a right that stings Anatoli.
Anatoli misses with the combination.
Jon Jonsson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jonsson cracks a nice hook into Anatoli's ribs.
Anatoli misses with a combination
and Jonsson counters with a nice uppercut.

Luka Anatoli's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jonsson throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anatoli looks to land a right hand but Jonsson moved out of range.
A combination from Anatoli does no damage.
Anatoli throws a nice looking combination but Jonsson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jonsson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Anatoli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Anatoli bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jonsson's head.
Jonsson throws a jab when Anatoli was well out of range.
Anatoli shoots in but Jonsson avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jonsson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Anatoli counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jonsson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Anatoli stands and throws Jonsson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Anatoli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jonsson keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Jonsson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jonsson is looking for a sweep.
Anatoli lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jonsson is trying to control Anatoli's posture but Anatoli avoids it.
Anatoli in side control, throwing shots but Jonsson defends.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Jonsson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jonsson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Jonsson!