PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jameel Johnson (ranked 4049 p4p, 5635 weight class) and Tevin Shay (ranked 445 p4p, 533 weight class). Jameel Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnson
vs
Shay

187 cm
20
196
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
193
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jameel Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tevin Shay!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Shay, as that shot connected.
Johnson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Shay ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Johnson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Shay.
Shay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shay misses with a body shot.
Nice cross by Johnson.
Johnson throws a front kick that sends Shay stumbling back into the cage.
Shay misses with a looping right.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Shay counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice defenses there by Shay.

Shay fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Shay stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shay struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Shay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shay avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Shay misses with a body punch.
Shay is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Shay misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shay misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shay lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shay on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Shay.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Shay avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Shay is looking for a takedown.
Jameel Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tevin Shay.
Shay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shay avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shay turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Johnson sneaks out the side door and pushes Shay away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Jameel Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shay throws out the jab.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shay throws out the jab.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Shay is out of range.
Shay avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Shay drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Johnson defends it well.
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Shay throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shay throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Johnson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Shay connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shay checks the leg kick nicely there.
Shay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Shay slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Shay with the counter takedown but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Shay moves out of range easily.
Johnson throws a chopping leg kick but Shay manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Johnson gets caught napping as Shay dives in and scores a takedown. Johnson manages to retain guard.
Shay with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shay with a nice head shot there.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Shay is controlling him.
Shay throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shay keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johnson's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shay prevents Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Shay wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Shay is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Shay passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Johnson pushes Shay away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Shay gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Shay working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shay grinds an elbow into Johnson's temple.
Shay fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Shay working the ground and pound from side control.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Shay drags him back down.

Shay is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Johnson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Johnson pushes Shay away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Shay gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Shay wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Johnson, who protects the arm well.
Johnson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Johnson tries to get out of the position.

Shay swings around for an armbar but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Shay's guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Shay controlling Johnson's posture.

Shay escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Johnson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Shay 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.
Shay is still trying to improve position.

Shay has his foot on Johnson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Johnson works his way back into a safe position though.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to stand but Shay has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Shay is working an open guard so Johnson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shay avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shay lands a jab to Johnson's midsection.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Shay is just out of range.
Shay keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Shay throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shay dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Shay sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shay doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Shay tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shay missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.

Shay closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Johnson's guard.
Shay working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson wants to stand but Shay is controlling the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shay's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Johnson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shay.
Shay chips away with some ground and pound.
Shay lands a couple of elbows.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Shay is controlling him.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tevin Shay will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson throws a hook but Shay avoids it easily.
Shay tries to counter by closing the distance.
Shay misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Shay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shay tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Shay scores with a jab. Johnson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Shay throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Shay misses with an uppercut.
Johnson drops his hands momentarily and Shay takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Shay moves away and avoids it.
Shay swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws out a leg kick but Shay moves out of range and Johnson only half commits.
Shay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Shay.
Shay throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Jameel Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson thows a leg kick but Shay checks it

and Shay counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Shay is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Shay throwing shots but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Shay lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Johnson is staying active underneath Shay, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Johnson pushes Shay off looking to stand but Shay dives back in and keeps control.
Shay thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.
Shay is taking a breather. Johnson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Shay lands a nice short elbow.
Shay working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Shay scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Shay sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johnson defending well though.
Shay trying to control from Johnson's half guard. Johnson has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Shay is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shay content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Shay controlling from the top position.
Shay wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Shay is controlling him.
Shay throws a strike but Johnson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Johnson wanted to stand there but Shay had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Johnson trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Shay has his foot on Johnson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Johnson works his way back into a safe position though.

Shay looking for a guillotine here but Johnson defends easily.

Shay is looking for a triangle but Johnson pushes his legs off easily.

Shay is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Johnson defends well.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Johnson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Johnson wants to get up but he can't break Shay's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Johnson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Shay looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shay jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson throws a quick counter kick to the body but Shay avoids it.
Shay has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Johnson slaps away a takedown attempt from Shay, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jameel Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Shay moved out of range nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Shay misses.
Shay misses the shot to the body.
It appears Johnson was looking to counter with a kick there.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Shay moved away.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shay sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Shay checks it.
Johnson tests Shay's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shay blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Shay takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shay shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Johnson as he avoids it easily.
Shay scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Shay moved away.
Shay loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson takes a swing at Shay's ribcage but misses.
Johnson throws the kick towards the body but Shay avoids it.
Johnson cracks Shay with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Shay lands a nice looking body shot.
Shay lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Johnson misses

and Shay counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shay creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Johnson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Shay working the head and body with strikes.
Shay in side control lands a decent elbow.
Shay passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Johnson!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Shay cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Johnson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Shay tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.
BOOM! Shay connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Johnson is rocked!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Johnson taking shots to the head.
Johnson tries to buck Shay off but he can't manage it.

Johnson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Shay.
Tevin Shay has got the better of the ground game so far.
Shay lands a heavy elbow.
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson really wants to buck Shay off and get back to his feet.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Shay lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Shay landing strikes, looking to finish!
Shay trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tevin Shay showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Shay slips a straight right by Johnson.
Johnson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Johnson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Johnson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shay. That did some damage!
Shay throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Johnson slips a straight right by Shay.
Shay moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Shay drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Johnson defends it well.
Shay just misses with a punch to the body.
And Johnson counters with a quick kick to the body but Shay blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shay scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Donk. Shay catches Johnson right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Shay takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
Shay lunges at Johnson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Johnson's hand.
Johnson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shay needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shay throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Shay will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A telegraphed right hand from Shay misses the target.
Johnson throws a head kick but Shay moves out of range.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shay takes a jab right on the kisser.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Shay scores with a jab to the head.
Johnson thows a body kick. Shay tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shay's head.
Johnson throws a sloppy body shot
and Shay counters with a nice uppercut.
Shay avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Shay let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Shay lands with a hook. Johnson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shay has time to react.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Shay throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Shay looking to score a takedown here. Johnson is defending well but Shay drives through and ends up in Johnson's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shay trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shay is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Shay lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Johnson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Shay takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson misses with a head kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shay has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Johnson.
Shay throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shay's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Johnson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shay is able to avoid easily.
Shay slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Shay swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Shay misses with a hook.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Shay moves out of range easily.
Shay waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Shay throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Shay scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Johnson thows a leg kick but Shay checks it

and Shay counters with a nice double leg into side control. Johnson won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Shay is dominant here and he's now got Johnson's back!
Johnson is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Shay throwing sloppy strikes.
Johnson covering up well under a series of strikes from Shay.
Shay cracks Johnson with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Johnson from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Johnson manages to escape to a better position under a series of strikes. Shay is now in side control.
Shay trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson is trying to buck Shay off.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Shay is working Johnson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Shay working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Johnson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Shay asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Shay trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shay scores with punches from side control.
Shay has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johnson is trying to buck Shay off.
Shay advances to full mount.
Johnson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Shay postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Johnson looks a forlorn figure.
Shay putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jameel Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tevin Shay is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Shay lands a couple of good shots and Johnson has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tevin Shay.
I've got Shay winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tevin Shay!
Tevin Shay thanked the fans post fight for their support.