PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Noah Johnson (ranked 4858 p4p, 2943 weight class) and Callum Dent (ranked 565 p4p, 156 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Tyron Woodley . Dent is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Funk #49. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Johnson
vs
Dent

190 cm
21
180
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
132
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Noah Johnson !
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, Callum Dent!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dent manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Johnson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dent to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Dent drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dent jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Dent isn't so interested in that idea.
Dent trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dent tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson wants to sweep here but Dent controlling him for the moment.

Dent drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Johnson dives on top into guard.

Dent lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dent wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Dent postures up.
Johnson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dent on the ground.
Dent postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dent with a flurry of punches that miss.

Dent stands and steps away. Johnson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice takedown defense from Johnson . No joy for Dent on that attempt.

Dent closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Dent is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Johnson is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Callum Dent!
Post fight, Callum Dent took to the microphone: 'First win in MMA, feels great. Glad my family came to watch me.'.