PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mustafa Zahnahatty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendrell Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zahnahatty comes to the cage accompanied by Till I Collapse. Johnson has chosen 2-Pac (Hit Em Up) as his entrance music. Kendrell Johnson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Zahnahatty
vs
Johnson

175 cm
24
167 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

165 cm
25
158 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple 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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mustafa Zahnahatty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kendrell Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Johnson wants it to stay on the feet.
Nice defenses there by Zahnahatty.
Johnson throws a right hand that Zahnahatty ducks under and follows up with a left that Zahnahatty also avoids with ease.

Johnson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Zahnahatty is trying to defend but Johnson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Zahnahatty regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Johnson.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johnson looking to sit in guard and control but Zahnahatty gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zahnahatty wants to pass the guard but Johnson is keeping the position.
Johnson is trying to control the position but Zahnahatty postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zahnahatty loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Zahnahatty is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Johnson is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Johnson has escaped and now he's on top!
Johnson won't allow Zahnahatty to sweep him here.
Johnson works over Zahnahatty with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johnson landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Zahnahatty.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnson throws a big right hand that misses.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Zahnahatty preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
Johnson stands up over Zahnahatty, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Johnson stands and throws Zahnahatty's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Zahnahatty sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Zahnahatty blocking the ground and pound attempt from Johnson.
Zahnahatty is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Johnson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zahnahatty with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of Zahnahatty's head.
Johnson wants to free his trapped foot but Zahnahatty is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Johnson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zahnahatty taking some punishment here, with Johnson in his half guard.
Johnson throwing shots but Zahnahatty is blocking nicely.
Johnson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Zahnahatty defending well though.
Zahnahatty moves into full guard.
Johnson thows a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zahnahatty has momentary wrist control but Johnson slips an elbow through the middle.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zahnahatty swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Johnson is looking to work some ground and pound but Zahnahatty has wrist control.
Johnson looks gassed!
Zahnahatty wants to sweep here but Johnson controlling him for the moment.
Zahnahatty is working hard here to advance position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Zahnahatty throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice takedown defense from Johnson. No joy for Zahnahatty on that attempt.
Kendrell Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Zahnahatty gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
Zahnahatty takes one on the button.
An inside leg kick lands from Zahnahatty.
Zahnahatty takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Zahnahatty tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Zahnahatty lands a high kick!
Zahnahatty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Zahnahatty's head but Zahnahatty sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Zahnahatty.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.

Johnson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Zahnahatty to the mat! Zahnahatty manages to get full guard.

Johnson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Zahnahatty looking for a sweep. Not yet Zahnahatty, not yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zahnahatty's head.
Johnson throws and elbow that misses. Zahnahatty uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Johnson's guard. Nice move by Zahnahatty!
Zahnahatty pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
Zahnahatty in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson has his hands on Zahnahatty's head, controlling the position.
Zahnahatty throws and elbow that misses. Johnson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Zahnahatty's guard. Nice move by Johnson!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zahnahatty is keeping the position for now.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Zahnahatty won't let him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt - Zahnahatty sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zahnahatty sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.

Zahnahatty has managed to clinch.
Johnson is pressed up against the cage. Zahnahatty has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Johnson down to the mat. Johnson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kendrell Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Zahnahatty drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Zahnahatty throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zahnahatty is controlling him.
Zahnahatty passes Johnson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Johnson trying to control here.
Zahnahatty tries to pass the half guard into mount. Johnson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Zahnahatty is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

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 trying to control the position.
Johnson keeping full guard, as Zahnahatty tries to pass.
Johnson trying to keep a closed guard but Zahnahatty is proving a slippery customer.
Johnson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Zahnahatty stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kendrell Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Johnson stuffs the takedown attempt from Zahnahatty. Zahnahatty gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zahnahatty.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zahnahatty goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Johnson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johnson throws out a leg kick but Zahnahatty moves out of range and Johnson only half commits.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Zahnahatty stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Zahnahatty wants it to stay on the feet.
Zahnahatty throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Zahnahatty moved out of range.
Johnson throws the left hand but Zahnahatty avoids the punch easily.
Johnson throws the left hand but Zahnahatty avoids the punch easily.
Zahnahatty explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zahnahatty fails with the takedown

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zahnahatty has momentary wrist control but Johnson slips an elbow through the middle.
Johnson won't allow Zahnahatty to sweep him here.
Johnson is looking to work some ground and pound but Zahnahatty has wrist control.
Zahnahatty looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Johnson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Johnson is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Zahnahatty has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Johnson is looking to defend but Zahnahatty has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Johnson! Zahnahatty pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Johnson taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mustafa Zahnahatty!