PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cletus McDonald (ranked 3120 p4p, 388 weight class) and Jonas Justesen (ranked 1049 p4p, 148 weight class). McDonald 's entrance music is Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee. A fine choice. Jonas Justesen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

McDonald
vs
Justesen

184 cm
24
199 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

183 cm
27
189 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Kimura Klothing
Freebok (85% Laundry)

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 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cletus McDonald !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonas Justesen!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justesen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McDonald looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A swing and a miss from Justesen.
Justesen misses with a body kick.
McDonald takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McDonald misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Justesen.
McDonald steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Justesen.

McDonald has taken the fight to the clinch.

Justesen has picked McDonald up - he's going for a ride! Justesen dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Justesen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
McDonald is looking to improve his position.
McDonald is looking to control Justesen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can McDonald avoid being mounted?
Justesen prevents McDonald from improving his position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Justesen connects with a nice short shot to McDonald 's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald is concentrating on defense, preventing Justesen from advancing position.
McDonald is looking for a sweep. Justesen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Justesen trying to control from half guard but McDonald is working away.
McDonald is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McDonald has hold of Justesen's hands but Justesen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
McDonald moves into full guard.
McDonald is trying to keep Justesen in close.
McDonald pulls Justesen in close to prevent any damage.

That's two 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.
McDonald looking for a sweep. Not yet McDonald , not yet.
McDonald wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Justesen is now in half guard.
Justesen 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.
Justesen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Justesen controlling the pace.
McDonald is pressing down on Justesen's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
McDonald preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Justesen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McDonald is keeping the position for now.
McDonald is trying to keep Justesen in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Justesen trying to control but McDonald is working from the bottom.
Justesen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McDonald works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Justesen throwing strikes but missing.
McDonald has momentary wrist control but Justesen slips an elbow through the middle.
McDonald looking to hit a scissor sweep but Justesen is one step ahead there.
McDonald looking to control.
Justesen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McDonald is keeping the position for now.
McDonald wants to sweep here but Justesen controlling him for the moment.

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.
Justesen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Justesen stopping the sweep attempt from McDonald .
Justesen scoring with punches to the head and body.
McDonald is trying to control the position but Justesen postures up.
Justesen lands a couple of digs.
Justesen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Justesen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Justesen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Justesen is fighting to break McDonald 's control of his arms but McDonald is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
McDonald wants to sweep but no luck.
McDonald trying to keep a closed guard but Justesen is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Justesen misses with a wild body shot.
McDonald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Justesen manages to avoid it.
Justesen connects with a nice looking jab.
Justesen darts in looking for a takedown but McDonald gets double underhooks and turns Justesen into the cage.
Justesen misses with a straight left.
McDonald feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Justesen's calf.
McDonald with a jab.
McDonald throws out a leg kick but Justesen moves out of range and McDonald only half commits.
Justesen avoids the body shot from McDonald .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald tries to score with a low kick but Justesen moves his leg out of the way.
Justesen with the counter takedown but McDonald avoids it easily.
McDonald avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McDonald goes for a double leg but Justesen avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Justesen continues to drive forward.
McDonald feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Justesens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Justesen misses with a right hand
and McDonald counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald lands with a right hand.
McDonald feints and then cracks Justesen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Justesen down.
Cletus McDonald is winning the standup battle so far.
McDonald moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Justesen throws out a loose jab but McDonald uses good head movement to avoid it.
Justesen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Justesen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

McDonald closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
McDonald wants to control but Justesen is keeping him busy.
McDonald controlling the position.
McDonald looking to control but instead Justesen has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justesen is looking to improve his position.
McDonald throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McDonald stalling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Justesen gets full guard.
Justesen is looking to sweep but instead, McDonald has passed into half guard.
Justesen is trying to maintain the position but McDonald is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald is just content to waste time from the top position. Justesen takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
McDonald looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Justesen wants to sweep but no luck.
Justesen keeping moving, preventing McDonald from controlling successfully.
Justesen looking for a sweep. Not yet Justesen, not yet.
McDonald trying to control the position from guard on top but Justesen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Justesen looking to hit a scissor sweep but McDonald is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
McDonald not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Justesen lands with an uppercut that bounces McDonald off the cage and back into range.
McDonald misses with a body shot.
Nice body kick from McDonald .
McDonald walks into a left hand.
Justesen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Justesen walks into a straight right hand from McDonald .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cletus McDonald dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

McDonald slaps away a takedown attempt from Justesen, before circling back to the center of the mat.

McDonald moves into range and clinches up with Justesen.

Justesen breaks from the clinch.
McDonald gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Justesen.
McDonald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Justesen lands a head shot.
Justesen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McDonald as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald digs a good hook to Justesen's body.
McDonald walks into a straight right hand from Justesen.
Justesen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but McDonald defends well and Justesen ends up having to push McDonald into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Cletus McDonald has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonas Justesen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Justesen as McDonald shoots in.
McDonald catches Justesen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
McDonald scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Justesen.
McDonald thinks about countering with a body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from McDonald .
The fighters circling - Justesen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McDonald wants to clinch.
McDonald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Justesen manages to avoid it.

McDonald scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
McDonald taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald is trying to move to mount but Justesen reverses beautifully and ends up in McDonald 's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDonald trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
McDonald controls Justesen momentarily but Justesen frees himself.
Justesen is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
McDonald looking for a sweep. Not yet McDonald , not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justesen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McDonald pulls Justesen in to control the position.
Justesen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Justesen wants to control from the top but McDonald keeps moving.
Justesen sitting in guard, not really doing much.
McDonald wants to sweep but no luck.
Justesen wants to control from the top but McDonald keeps moving.
Justesen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Justesen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Justesen throws a right hand that misses
and McDonald counters with a good, hard body kick but Justesen shrugs it off.
Justesen misses with a straight left.
McDonald quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Justesen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McDonald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McDonald lands with a thumping leg kick.
McDonald throws a body shot but no joy.
McDonald bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McDonald ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McDonald moves in looking to clinch but Justesen pushes him off.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McDonald slips under a jab.
Justesen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McDonald as he jumps to the side.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cletus McDonald .
I think McDonald 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cletus McDonald !
An out of breath Cletus McDonald thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.