PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonston Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Monuz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mark Monuz was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Johnson
vs
Monuz

188 cm
21
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonston Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Monuz!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monuz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Monuz moves into the clinch successfully.
Monuz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Monuz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Monuz lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Johnson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Monuz fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Johnson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Monuz keeps moving.
Johnson is really struggling to control Monuz but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Monuz's guard.

Johnson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
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.
Johnson is trying to control. Monuz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnson tries to stand but can't do so whilst Monuz controls his leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson is looking to advance position but Monuz won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonston Johnson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Johnson throws a wild body kick that Monuz sees coming a mile off.
Monuz misses with a low kick.
Johnson shoots in but Monuz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Monuz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Monuz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Monuz tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.

Monuz instigates a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Monuz.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Monuz won't allow it.
Monuz misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson dodges an elbow strike from Monuz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monuz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Monuz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Monuz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Monuz lands a nice elbow.
Monuz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Monuz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Johnson's brow.
Nice elbow from Monuz.
Monuz lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Monuz misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Monuz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Johnson avoiding damage as Monuz throws knees to the body.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Monuz misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Monuz is breathing heavily.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Monuz shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonston Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Monuz stuffs the takedown attempt from Johnson. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Monuz tries a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Johnson tries for a takedown but Monuz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Monuz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Monuz is looking to score with low kicks.
Mark Monuz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Monuz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Monuz but Monuz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Monuz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson checks a leg kick.

Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Monuz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Monuz misses with a knee strike.
Monuz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Monuz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Monuz trying to land knees to the body.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Monuz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Monuz settles back down.
Mark Monuz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Monuz tries to land a leg kick but Johnson saw it coming and moves away.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Monuz moves out of range easily.
Monuz throws a leg kick but Johnson moved away.
Monuz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Monuz wants to slow Johnson down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches up with Monuz, looking for a takedown. Johnson pushes Monuz against the ropes but Monuz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Johnson.

Monuz moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Monuz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

A leg kick checked by Johnson.

Monuz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Monuz lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Monuz, against the ropes.
Monuz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Monuz misses with a knee strike.
Johnson tries to score a body lock takedown but Monuz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Monuz throws an elbow that misses.
Monuz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Monuz is blocking nicely.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Monuz won't allow it.
Monuz pushes off an throws an elbow but Johnson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Monuz lands a damaging elbow.
Monuz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Monuz misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Monuz keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Monuz throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Monuz lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Monuz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Monuz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Monuz won't allow it.
Monuz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Monuz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Monuz is controlling the position.
Monuz throws an elbow that misses.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Monuz throws a wild body kick that Johnson sees coming a mile off.
Monuz avoids the head kick by Johnson.

Monuz forces Johnson back against the ropes and clinches.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Monuz backwards.
Monuz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt - Monuz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonston Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Monuz pushes Johnson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Monuz lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Monuz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson avoiding damage as Monuz throws knees to the body.
Monuz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Monuz, against the ropes.
Monuz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnson works on Monuz's body with a couple of short punches.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Monuz avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Monuz prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Monuz backwards.
Monuz lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Monuz lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Monuz throws an elbow but misses.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Monuz tries to avoid it but Johnson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Monuz to the ground. Monuz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Monuz clinches up against the ropes.
Monuz lands a nice elbow.
Monuz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Monuz lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Monuz.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Monuz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Monuz really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Johnson shoots for a takedown but Monuz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Monuz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Monuz but Monuz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Monuz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Monuz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson shoots for a takedown but Monuz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonston Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Monuz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Monuz clinches with his opponent.
Monuz lands an elbow inside.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monuz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Monuz lands a damaging elbow.
Monuz throws an elbow that misses.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson avoiding damage as Monuz throws knees to the body.
Monuz misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to work over Monuz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Monuz crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Monuz lands a nice knee to the body.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Monuz blocks an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Johnson wants to break free but Monuz has control.
Johnson avoiding damage as Monuz throws knees to the body.
Monuz lands an elbow inside.
Monuz throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Monuz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Monuz takes a shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Monuz.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Monuz, against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Monuz.
Johnson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Monuz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Monuz.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson lands with a cross.

Monuz has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Monuz trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Monuz just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Monuz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Monuz holds him up against the ropes and eventually Johnson drops back down to his feet.
Monuz tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Monuz moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Monuz avoids a punch combination nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johnson checks a leg kick.
Johnson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Monuz swivels and escapes.
Monuz throws a leg kick but Johnson checks it.
Jonston Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Monuz rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Monuz.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Monuz is controlling the position.
Monuz tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Monuz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Johnson's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Monuz dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Monuz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Johnson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Monuz but Monuz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Johnson fails with the takedown.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.

Monuz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Monuz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Monuz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Monuz.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Monuz prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Monuz tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Monuz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Johnson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Monuz just stands there and leans against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonston Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Monuz looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson looking to slow down the pace here.
Johnson dodges an elbow strike from Monuz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Monuz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Monuz.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Monuz keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Monuz manages to get underhooks.
Monuz lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Monuz lands an elbow inside.
Johnson avoiding damage as Monuz throws knees to the body.
Monuz prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Monuz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Johnson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Johnson avoiding damage as Monuz throws knees to the body.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Monuz.
Monuz throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Monuz won't allow it.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Monuz has double underhooks.
Johnson avoiding damage as Monuz throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Monuz lands a damaging elbow.
Johnson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Monuz misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson avoiding damage as Monuz throws knees to the body.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jonston Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good work by Johnson as he checks the leg kick.

Monuz takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Monuz walks away with a smile on his face. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Monuz throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Monuz 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.
Monuz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.
Johnson blocks a low kick nicely.
Monuz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Monuz settles back down.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Monuz avoids nicely.
Johnson shoots in but Monuz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Monuz is looking to chop away at Johnson's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Monuz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Monuz 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 46:49
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Monuz!