PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bud Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saint Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Johnson
vs
Pierre

178 cm
19
182 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

178 cm
19
170 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bud Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Saint Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a shot to the body.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Pierre moves away and avoids it.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson moves forwards but Pierre connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pierre changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Johnson tries to avoid it but Pierre manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Johnson to the ground. Johnson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Johnson swings for the body but Pierre moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Pierre needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
Johnson takes a swing at Pierre's ribcage but misses.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.

Pierre shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre landing punches.
Pierre lands a heavy elbow.
Pierre with the ground and pound from mount.
Pierre misses with a head shot.
Pierre thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Pierre pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pierre working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pierre looking to ground and pound but Johnson is blocking nicely.

Pierre jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Johnson is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Johnson and Pierre has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Pierre working the ground and pound but Johnson is defending the strikes.
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.
Check out the look on Pierre's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Pierre tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Pierre lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson parries the strikes from Pierre easily there. Pierre is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Johnson to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson struggling a bit here.

Pierre is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Johnson has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pierre looks gassed!
The strikes coming from Pierre are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Pierre lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Johnson down.
Johnson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pierre on the ground.
Johnson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Pierre is controlling him well.
Johnson is looking for a sweep.
Johnson can't do much from the bottom here.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Pierre drags him back down.
Pierre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johnson tries to buck Pierre off but Pierre is having none of it.
Johnson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pierre misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Pierre scores with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pierre.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.

Pierre shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Johnson tries to roll over but Pierre keeps him under control.
Pierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pierre scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pierre winds up and cracks Johnson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pierre tries to pass the half guard into mount. Johnson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Johnson works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pierre postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Pierre preventing the sweep.
Pierre loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pierre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson is looking to wear down Pierre with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Pierre does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Pierre moves out of range.
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saint Pierre dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pierre is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Bud Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pierre slips under a jab.
Pierre defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Pierre moves away and avoids it.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Pierre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pierre sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Pierre scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Pierre working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Pierre in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Pierre lands a few punches from side control.
Johnson tries to improve position but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Pierre are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Pierre working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Johnson tries to improve position but can't.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pierre tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Pierre scoring with punches and elbows.
Pierre throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Johnson is looking for a sweep.
Pierre landing strikes.

Pierre working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Johnson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to regain half guard here but Pierre keeps moving and retains side control.
Pierre passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Johnson!

Pierre has control of Johnson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Johnson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Johnson is looking to improve his position but Pierre isn't that keen on the idea.
Johnson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pierre. What's that going to do exactly?
Johnson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pierre scoring with strikes but Johnson is staying in there.
Pierre is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pierre landing strikes from the mount.
Pierre looking to finish Johnson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Johnson!
Pierre cracks Johnson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pierre lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Johnson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
The referee warns Johnson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Pierre working Johnson over with strikes here.
Pierre working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Pierre looking to secure an arm triangle but Johnson defends it well.
Johnson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pierre throws some wild stikes that Johnson manages to avoid easily.

Pierre goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Johnson turns into him and now he's in Pierre's guard.
Johnson wanted to stand there but Pierre had control of the position.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pierre throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Pierre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Pierre is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Johnson defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saint Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Johnson swings for the body but Pierre moves out of range.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Pierre pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Pierre moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Johnson finds it's way through Pierre's defenses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pierre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnson tries to bum rush Pierre with a series of wild strikes but Pierre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson swings for the body but Pierre moves out of range.
Pierre fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Johnson avoids it really well and circles away.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Johnson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pierre to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Pierre postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Pierre with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pierre works over Johnson with some ground and pound from guard.

Pierre drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Pierre jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Johnson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pierre is one step ahead there.
Pierre landing some decent shots from guard.
Johnson controls Pierre momentarily but Pierre frees himself.

Johnson manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Johnson gets caught flat footed, as Pierre shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Pierre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson looking for a sweep. Not yet Johnson, not yet.
Pierre working some strikes from top position.
Johnson has momentary wrist control but Pierre slips an elbow through the middle.
Pierre slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Pierre in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Johnson is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Saint Pierre!