PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Greg Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and joe blow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Move by Thousand Foot Krutch. Greg Johnson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to joe blow's chin.

Johnson
vs
blow

182 cm
18
162 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, joe blow!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Johnson lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Johnson drops back, looking for a kneebar! blow looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. blow looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from blow!

blow decides to stand back up. blow steps back and let's Johnson get back to his feet.
Johnson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. blow tries to avoid it but Johnson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag blow to the ground. blow escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

blow drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
blow must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
blow stays in close to Johnson's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Johnson working for submissions but it's allowed blow to get to half guard.
Johnson is trying to control but can't.
blow 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 has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, blow escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by blow!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to reverse the position.
Johnson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but blow is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Johnson tries to hold on but blow pushes him away.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
blow controlling his opponent.
Johnson is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
blow controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

joe blow dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

blow lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
joe blow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from blow does no damage.

blow darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
blow seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson looking for submissions off his back.
blow tries to stand but can't do so whilst Johnson controls his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johnson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

blow moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Johnson.
Johnson tries to bench press blow off him but blow keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is working hard here to advance position.

blow stands up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
blow lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

blow scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Johnson is trying to get back to full guard.
blow content to control rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

joe blow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Johnson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
blow goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Johnson is rocked!

blow shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Johnson looking for submissions off his back.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
blow trying to mount his opponent but Johnson defends it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
blow slows the pace down in half guard.

Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnson throws a strike from the bottom but blow passes into side control!
Johnson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Johnson struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

blow stands up and we're back to a striking position.

blow looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Johnson!
Johnson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
joe blow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
blow sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
joe blow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well blow has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... joe blow!