PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Bro (ranked 7005 p4p, 25469 weight class) and Noah Johnson (ranked 688 p4p, 724 weight class). Johnson has chosen Tyron Woodley as his entrance music. Mario Bro looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Bro
vs
Johnson

177 cm
18
175
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
180
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mario Bro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Noah Johnson !
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bro closes the distance and clinches.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnson tries to bum rush Bro with a series of wild strikes but Bro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Bro gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bro tries to pull guard but Johnson holds him up against the cage and eventually Bro drops back down to his feet.
Bro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson 's efforts to push away.

Bro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bro fails with the takedown
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson cracks a nice hook into Bro's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson closes the distance and pushes Bro back into the cage.
Bro trying to control the position but instead, Johnson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bro into the cage.
Johnson prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Bro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bro is breathing heavily.
Bro looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Bro is just out of range.
Bro is looking to counter punch.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
Bro tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bro.
A nice side step and Johnson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Johnson lands with a cross.
We've been told by Bro's head coaches at Canucks Combat Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Johnson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bro takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bro with a lazy takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.

Bro is rocked!
Bro tries to clinch but Johnson moves away

and Johnson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Bro! Johnson lets Bro back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Bro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson batters Bro with a massive right followed by a huge left! Bro is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Johnson lands a final crushing right hand to drop Bro to the mat with a gruesome thud! Johnson is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Noah Johnson !