PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Noah Gordon (ranked 3826 p4p, 3497 weight class) and Sean Johnson (ranked 388 p4p, 356 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gordon
vs
Johnson

185 cm
19
200
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
190
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

30th Century Beer Store

Northern Zombie

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Noah Gordon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sean Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
A little feinted left hand from Gordon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Johnson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses

and Gordon counters with a single leg into guard. Johnson didn't expect that.
Gordon distracts Johnson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johnson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Gordon postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Gordon isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon is in close to Johnson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gordon forces his way into half guard.
Gordon looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gordon looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gordon content to control rather than advance.
Gordon is nestled in close to Johnson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gordon 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.
Gordon slips a nice elbow through Johnson's hands, connecting with Johnson's forehead.
Gordon perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Gordon is nestled in close to Johnson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gordon stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Gordon definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Johnson taking some punishment here, with Gordon in his half guard.
Johnson is looking to escape.
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gordon scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnson is trying to stand back up but Gordon is controlling him
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gordon is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gordon working the head and body with strikes.
Gordon stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Gordon lands with a punch from half guard.
Johnson tries to kick Gordon off but Gordon keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gordon 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 taking some punishment here, with Gordon in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gordon connects with a nice short shot to Johnson's temple.

Johnson is rocked!
Johnson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Gordon finish him?
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Gordon looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gordon takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gordon looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gordon seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Gordon is keen to just control but Johnson is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Gordon takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gordon drops an elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
Gordon lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Johnson quite badly. Johnson pulls Gordon in close trying to recover. Gordon postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Johnson on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Johnson doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noah Gordon!