PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sawyer Johnson (ranked 4161 p4p, 3840 weight class) and Breno Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sawyer Johnson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Breno Bastos's chin.

Johnson
vs
Bastos

183 cm
19
185
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
195
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 Sydney, Sawyer Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Breno Bastos!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bastos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Sawyer Johnson has been cut.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bastos sprawls well. Bastos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Bastos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Johnson shoots in but Bastos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bastos has a takedown stuffed.

Bastos moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bastos.
Bastos lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bastos - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bastos fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sawyer Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Breno Bastos.
Nice body punch from Bastos.
Johnson has Bastos pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bastos manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bastos is trying to drag Johnson to the mat but Johnson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Johnson wants a takedown but no success here.
Bastos is looking for a takedown.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Bastos manages to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastos wants to stand and escape but Johnson is having none of it.

Johnson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bastos, up you get!
Bastos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Johnson eats them both and turns towards Bastos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Bastos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bastos controlling the action here for a moment.
Johnson is trying to force a seperation but Bastos has the dominant position.
Bastos is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Johnson is defending well.
Bastos is struggling to control the position.
Bastos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Johnson looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bastos blocks an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson wants to take the fight to the mat but Bastos manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Johnson can't get the takedown.
Bastos wants to take the fight to the mat but Johnson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Bastos breaks from the clinch.
Johnson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bastos counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Johnson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bastos.

Bastos pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bastos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bastos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Johnson avoids it really well and circles away.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bastos or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson, which made it look bad.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Bastos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Bastos drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson has a closed guard, preventing Bastos from standing up.
Bastos engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bastos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Breno Bastos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sawyer Johnson's cut.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bastos closes the distance and clinches up with Johnson, looking for a takedown. Bastos pushes Johnson against the cage but Johnson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Johnson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Bastos clinches up against the cage.
Johnson is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Bastos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bastos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bastos wants it to stay on the feet.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Breno Bastos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson tries to clinch but Bastos moves away
and Bastos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bastos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bastos rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bastos is trying to pull guard but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Sawyer Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Breno Bastos.
Johnson wants a takedown.
Bastos tries to pull guard but Johnson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Bastos manages to break the clinch.
Johnson fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bastos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As Johnson backs off Bastos throws a huge counter combo but Johnson manages to avoid it all.

Bastos closes the distance and clinches.

Bastos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bastos shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
It looked like Johnson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bastos.
Bastos misses with the combination.

Bastos closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.

Bastos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Bastos. Bastos maintains the clinch.

Bastos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bastos!
Sawyer Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Johnson pushes Bastos up against the cage in a clinch.
Bastos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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 Bastos walks away with a smile on his face. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bastos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Sawyer Johnson's cut is getting worse.

Bastos shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Johnson's guard.
Bastos slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Bastos from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bastos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bastos is controlling him.
Bastos 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.
Bastos is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bastos tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johnson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bastos avoids it really well and circles away.
Bastos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bastos.

Bastos has managed to clinch.

Bastos jumps guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bastos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bastos controlling the position.
Bastos working a defensive guard here.

Johnson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Johnson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Breno Bastos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sawyer Johnson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bastos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bastos lands a jab-cross combination.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Bastos pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bastos.

Johnson is rocked!
Bastos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bastos is leaning against Johnson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bastos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bastos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bastos scores with a body shot.
Bastos scores with a hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastos throws a one two combo.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Sawyer Johnson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Johnson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bastos defends well and Johnson ends up having to push Bastos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Bastos unleashes a big counter combination but Johnson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Johnson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bastos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bastos creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Johnson's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Johnson drops to his knees and Bastos pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Breno Bastos!