PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Uestus Johnston (ranked 6883 p4p, 3049 weight class) and Kobe Pace (ranked 573 p4p, 345 weight class). Johnston comes to the cage accompanied by Clint Eastwood- Gorillaz. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Johnston
vs
Pace

180 cm
18
165
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
21
155
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Uestus Johnston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kobe Pace!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnston scores with a decent looking hook.
Uestus Johnston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnston moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pace tries to clinch up but Johnston circles away and keeps his distance.
Pace tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnston manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnston wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pace is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Johnston throws a right hand that Pace ducks under and follows up with a left that Pace also avoids with ease.
Pace wants to counter with a clinch but Johnston pushes him away.
Pace takes one to the chin there.
Pace takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Johnston circles away from the clinch attempt
and Johnston counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnston misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pace throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Pace rushes Johnston and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pace pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnston pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pace back to the cage. Johnston follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Pace is looking to clinch but Johnston is avoiding it.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnston misses the target.
Johnston lands with a shot to the body.
Johnston throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pace is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Johnston cracks Pace with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Johnston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pace was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnston.
Pace tries to clinch
and Johnston counters with a three punch combo that has Pace backing up. Pace nods at Johnston to acknowledge the strikes.
Pace tries to clinch there but Johnston circles away.
Pace fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnston misses with a two punch combination.
Pace doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnston circles away.
Johnston digs a good hook to Pace's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnston lands a jab.
Johnston throws a series of punches but Pace moves out of range.
Johnston works the jab nicely.
Johnston connects with the punch.
Pace tries to clinch there but Johnston circles away.
Johnston throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pace on the side of the head.
A left lands for Johnston.
Johnston lands with a straight right. Pace didn't see that one coming.
Johnston cracks Pace with an open hand slap.
Johnston scores with a three punch combo!
Pace tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like Johnston was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pace.
Johnston takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnston misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnston dodges the punch combination from Pace.
Pace slips a jab and a cross from Johnston.
Johnston scores with a jab. Pace acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnston as he connects with a hook.
Pace fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pace doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnston circles away.
Pace moves forwards but Johnston connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pace fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnston lunges at Pace with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pace's hand.
Pace tries to clinch there but Johnston circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnston lands with a shot to the body.
Johnston fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Johnston lands a glancing blow to the side of Pace's head.
Johnston lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Johnston, as that shot connected.
Johnston is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Pace tries to clinch up.
Pace takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Johnston bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pace's head.
Johnston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnston throws a right hand that Pace ducks under and follows up with a left that Pace also avoids with ease.
Johnston listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pace!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uestus Johnston dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Johnston throws a right hand that Pace ducks under and follows up with a left that Pace also avoids with ease.
Johnston with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pace has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pace tries to clinch but Johnston moves away
and Johnston counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnston swinging wildly here.
Pace replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Johnston blocks it well.
Pace takes one to the chin there.
Johnston misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pace tries to clinch there but Johnston circles away.
It looked like Johnston wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnston lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnston cracks Pace with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnston.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnston goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Johnston misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pace.
Johnston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pace moves in looking to clinch but Johnston pushes him off.
Johnston scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pace in his tracks.
Uestus Johnston is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Johnston, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab by Johnston.
We've been informed that Pace has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Pace darts in trying to clinch
and Johnston counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pace needs to keep his hands up - Johnston had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Johnston!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnston connects with a looping right hand.
Pace takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pace moves in looking to clinch but Johnston pushes him off.
Johnston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pace is looking to clinch but Johnston is avoiding it.
Pace drops his hands momentarily and Johnston takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pace tries to clinch there but Johnston circles away.
A counter left hand to the body from Johnston misses its target.
Johnston fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pace on the side of the head.
Johnston lands with a nice combination. Pace backs away looking to recover.
Johnston misses with a combination
and Pace makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Johnston really felt that one!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pace tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Johnston on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Johnston scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pace doesn't seem bothered though.
Uestus Johnston is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnston lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnston swinging wildly here.
Johnston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pace doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnston cracks Pace with a good jab.
Pace takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnston throws a jab but it's blocked by Pace.
Johnston scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnston throws a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Johnston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pace tries to clinch
and Johnston counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Pace moves into the clinch.
Johnston misses with a punch to the body.
Johnston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pace throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnston.

Johnston breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnston slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Johnston throws a shot from downtown. Pace moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uestus Johnston dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnston throws a combination. Pace tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Johnston throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnston looks to throw the jab but Pace is out of range.
Pace lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Johnston throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pace stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnston clobbers Pace with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pace takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnston tries to bum rush Pace with a series of wild strikes but Pace uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And Pace tries to counter it with a takedown but Johnston pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Pace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pace on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A head kick by Pace misses
and Johnston counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnston circles away from the clinch attempt
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Pace takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pace tries to clinch up but Johnston circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnston throws a combination. Pace tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Johnston cracks Pace with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Johnston swinging wildly here.
Pace is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Pace tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnston manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pace tries to clinch but Johnston is having none of it.
Pace slips under a jab.
Johnston throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pace tries to clinch up
and Johnston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnston swinging wildly here.
Pace tries to clinch up but Johnston circles away and keeps his distance.
As Pace looks to move away, Johnston throws a big counter combo but Pace just gets out of the way.
Pace takes one to the side of the head.
Johnston lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pace throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnston.
Pace takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnston moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnston circles away from the clinch attempt
and Johnston counters with a nice uppercut.
Pace has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Johnston changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnston slips a jab and a cross from Pace.
Pace takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pace tries to clinch but Johnston moves out of range.
Pace tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnston manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pace tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnston manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnston feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Paces jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Johnston scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnston.
A punch combination from Pace misses.
Donk. Johnston catches Pace right on the button with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnston digs a good body shot into Pace's ribs.
Pace tries to clinch up but Johnston circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnston lands a body shot.
Pace on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pace takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnston is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pace can do to turn this around?
Pace misses with a hook. Johnston ducked under it nicely.

Pace rushes Johnston and presses him up against the cage.
Johnston digs a right hand underneath Pace's ribcage. Pace let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kobe Pace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnston lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnston gets through Pace's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Uestus Johnston showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnston, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight for Uestus Johnston!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Uestus Johnston!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Uestus Johnston!

Uestus Johnston wins by unanimous decision!