PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matt Johannson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chaz Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Johannson
vs
Williams

170 cm
22
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
138 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Johannson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chaz Williams!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Williams closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Johannson looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Williams landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Williams looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Williams postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Williams landing strikes.
Williams throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Williams moves into full mount!
Williams pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Williams looking for a guillotine from mount but Johannson is having none of it.
Williams breaks from Johannson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Johannson is desperately trying to improve his position but Williams has a good base and remains in mount.
Williams is landing with some decent strikes but Johannson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Williams is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Williams with good strikes from the mount here!
Williams lands a nice shot to the head.
Williams throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Johannson because Williams loaded up on that one.
Johannson is bucking up trying to escape but Williams cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johannson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Williams. What's that going to do exactly?
Johannson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
BOOM! Williams connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Johannson is trying to escape the mount.

Williams has hold of Johannson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Johannson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johannson is desperately trying to improve his position but Williams has a good base and remains in mount.

Williams looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Williams has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Johannson's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Williams looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Johannson is desperately trying to improve his position but Williams has a good base and remains in mount.
Johannson manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Williams is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Johannson actively working from the bottom here.

Johannson looking for submissions off his back.
Williams seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Williams is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Williams thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johannson's head.

Johannson looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johannson actively working from the bottom here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Williams fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Johannson sprawls well initially but Williams persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Williams throwing shots but Johannson is blocking nicely.
Williams thows a huge punch but Johannson dodges it nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johannson defending well though.

Johannson is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Williams pulls his head out easily.

Johannson is defending against the submission attempts here by Williams.
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johannson defending well though.

Johannson actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Williams looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Johannson!
Williams raining down shots from the mount!
Williams looking to ground and pound but Johannson is blocking nicely.
Johannson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Williams lands a nice shot to the head.
Williams has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Johannson's face.
Williams misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

Williams looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Williams sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Johannson is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chaz Williams dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Williams scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Johannson missing with punches from the bottom.
Johannson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Williams scores with a couple of nice shots.
Williams thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johannson's head.
Williams passes to full mount!
Johannson is trying desperately to improve position.
Williams cracks Johannson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Williams is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Johannson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Johannson is trying to escape the mount.
Williams with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Williams looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Williams throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Johannson is looking to get to half guard.
Williams putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Williams blocks Johannson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Johannson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Williams breaks from Johannson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Williams prevents Johannson from getting the reversal.
Williams with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Williams working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Williams is looking to work his way around to Johannson's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Williams misses with a head shot.

Williams looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Williams misses with a head shot.
Williams throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Williams working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Johannson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Johannson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Williams working the head and body with strikes.
Williams works his way into full mount!
Williams thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johannson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Williams lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams misses with a head shot.
Johannson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Williams jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Johannson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Johannson manages to get back to half guard.
Johannson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Williams thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Chaz Williams has got the better of the ground game so far.
Johannson works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Johannson is retaining full guard.

Johannson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Williams doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Williams manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Williams advances position into side control!
Johannson defending against the ground and pound.
Johannson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Williams's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Johannson gets back to full guard.

Williams is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Johannson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Williams is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Johannson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Williams's back instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Matt Johannson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Williams scores with a three punch combo!

Williams shoots in and bounces Johannson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.

Johannson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Williams defends well.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.

Johannson is looking for a triangle but Williams pushes his legs off easily.
Williams keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johannson's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johannson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Williams doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Williams manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Williams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Johannson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Johannson looking for a guillotine here but Williams defends easily.

Johannson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Williams is aware though and is defending well.
Johannson keeping full guard, as Williams tries to pass.

Johannson is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Williams rolls with it to try and escape but Johannson cranks on the arm and Williams is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matt Johannson!