PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alberto Sosa told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Johnson
vs
Sosa

225 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

193 cm
19
266 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Prefers ground

Dangerous GnP
Good elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alberto Sosa!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa lands with a cross.
Sosa fails to land with a series of punches.
Sosa misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.

Johnson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sosa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Johnson gets to his feet. Sosa looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sosa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sosa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sosa looks gassed!
Johnson chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
Sosa looking to control.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sosa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sosa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Johnson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Sosa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Johnson's waist but Johnson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sosa off to one side.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Sosa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sosa counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sosa dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Alberto Sosa has been cut.
Sosa misses with a series of wild punches.
Sosa stuffs the takedown.
John Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sosa looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson passes into half guard.
Johnson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Johnson prevents Sosa from improving his position.
Johnson works his way into full mount!
Sosa is desperately trying to improve his position but Johnson has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson landing strikes from the mount.
Johnson lands with some strikes.
Sosa is in a horrible position here. Johnson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Johnson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Johnson controlling his opponent.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Johnson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Johnson has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sosa's face.
Sosa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Johnson lands a big shot there that rocks Sosa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Johnson looking to control but Sosa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sosa is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Johnson unloading with bombs!
Johnson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sosa can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Johnson has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sosa's face.
Johnson lands a big shot there that rocks Sosa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Johnson dominating with strikes here.
Johnson controlling from mount.
Johnson has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sosa's face.
Johnson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Sosa is rocked!
Johnson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sosa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sosa is still in real trouble! Can Johnson finish him?
Johnson lands a big shot to the head and Sosa winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). John Johnson!