PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Badgely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taurean Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen Lil Wayne - American Star as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Badgely
vs
Johnson

165 cm
21
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

159 cm
19
135 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timothy Badgely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taurean Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Badgely shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Badgely preventing the sweep.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Johnson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Badgely's guard.
Johnson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Johnson tries to free his leg and advance position but Badgely is retaining full guard.
Badgely wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.
Badgely controlling Johnson's posture.
Johnson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Badgely is not content to let Johnson control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Johnson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Badgely manages to work his way to half guard, despite Johnson's best efforts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Badgely knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Johnson stops Badgely from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnson tries to stand but can't do so whilst Badgely controls his leg.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Badgely has managed to clinch.
Johnson wants a takedown.
Johnson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Badgely gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Badgely holds him up against the cage and eventually Johnson drops back down to his feet.
Timothy Badgely has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Taurean Johnson.
Johnson is working for takedown but Badgely is calmly controlling the position for now.
Badgely with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Johnson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Badgely just stands there and leans against the cage.
Badgely prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnson looks gassed!

Johnson has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Badgely uses from the top position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Badgely controlling from the top position.
Badgely lands a couple of elbows.
Badgely connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Badgely has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Badgely wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Badgely working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Johnson's head.

Johnson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Badgely defends it easily.
Badgely controls from within his opponent's guard.
Badgely's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Johnson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Badgely accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
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.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.
Badgely stops Johnson from standing up.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.
Badgely is stalling in the full guard.
Badgely trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Badgely pushes Johnson off looking to stand but Johnson dives back in and keeps control.
Johnson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Badgely does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Johnson wants to free his trapped foot but Badgely is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timothy Badgely dominated that round.
That's time! Badgely's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.

Badgely closes the distance and clinches.

Badgely has Johnson pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Badgely pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Johnson tumbling to the mat - Badgely dives into Johnson's guard.
Badgely scoring with some ground and pound.
Badgely preventing the sweep.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Badgely is controlling him.
Badgely landing some decent shots from guard.
Badgely is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Badgely postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Johnson jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Badgely is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Badgely and Johnson has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson wants to control but Badgely is keeping him busy.
Badgely is looking to regain half guard here but Johnson keeps moving and retains side control.
Badgely prevents Johnson from moving into mount.
Johnson is trying to move to mount but Badgely reverses beautifully and ends up in Johnson's guard.
Johnson wants to stand up but Badgely is controlling him.

That's two 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.
Badgely with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Johnson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Badgely is one step ahead there.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Johnson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Badgely fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Johnson sprawls well initially but Badgely persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Badgely is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Badgely looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Badgely 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.
Badgely is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Badgely performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badgely is keen to just control but Johnson is a slippery customer.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Johnson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt

and Badgely counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Badgely.
Johnson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Badgely is one step ahead there.
Badgely scoring with some ground and pound.
Badgely wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Badgely passes into half guard.
Johnson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Badgely's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Badgely's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badgely is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Johnson looking to break Badgely's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Badgely remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Johnson will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Badgely covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Johnson scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Badgely is looking for a way out.
Johnson is not going to allow Badgely to sit and survive in this position.
Badgely grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.

Johnson is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Badgely won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Johnson off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Taurean Johnson!