PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gui Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Through the Fire Flames- Dragonforce. Saint has chosen The Haunted - 99 as his entrance music. 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?

Johnson
vs
Saint

175 cm
24
172 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

178 cm
24
182 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Good gas tank

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gui Saint!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Saint bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Saint is out of range and Johnson settles back down.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Saint avoids them all with ease.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Saint moves his leg out of the way.
Johnson throws the kick towards the body but Saint avoids it.
A good leg kick by Johnson.
Saint checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnson throws a front kick aimed at Saint's knee but Saint avoids it well.
Johnson swinging wildly here.

Saint changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Johnson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Saint taking a breather here.
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.
Johnson is not content to let Saint control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint working away.
Saint misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Saint has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saint controlling from the full mount.

That's two 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.
Saint thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Johnson tries to reverse the position but Saint maintains control.
Johnson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Saint tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.
Johnson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Saint.
Johnson tries to hold on but Saint pushes him away.
Saint controlling from mount.

That's four 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.
Johnson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Saint tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Johnson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Saint punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Saint bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Saint slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Johnson throws a combination. Saint tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Saint avoids nicely.
Johnson throws the kick towards the body but Saint avoids it.
Johnson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson tries to bum rush Saint with a series of wild strikes but Saint uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Saint checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Saint sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Saint steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Johnson. That one must have hurt.
Saint checks a leg kick.
George Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Saint avoids it well.
Johnson motions for Saint to come forward. Johnson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Saint dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Saint.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Saint checks it.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Saint avoids nicely.
George Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Saint checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Saint checks it.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Saint takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A big right from Saint misses.
Johnson wants to slow Saint down by chopping away at his legs.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Saint moves out of range.
Johnson throws a low kick but Saint avoids it.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Saint showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Saint is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint moves out of range of the leg kick from Johnson.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Saint has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Saint and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Saint avoids it well.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saint circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnson lands with a nice combination. Saint backs away looking to recover.
Saint checks a low kick from Johnson.
Saint tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Johnson throws a right hand that Saint ducks under and follows up with a left that Saint also avoids with ease.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Johnson throws a chopping leg kick but Saint manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

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.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Saint moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Saint avoids nicely.
Johnson looks for the body kick but Saint saw that one coming.
Saint shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A good leg kick by Johnson.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saint.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
George Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as Saint blocks the leg kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Johnson throws a push kick but Saint slaps the foot to one side.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Saint's legs.
Saint checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Johnson dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson throws a leg kick but Saint sees it coming and moves out of range.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Saint thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Saint avoids it well.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Saint checks it.

Saint closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Saint advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint prevents Johnson from getting the reversal.
Saint scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Johnson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Johnson tries to lock up and control but Saint gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Johnson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Saint breaks from Johnson's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Johnson wants to control but Saint is having none of it.
Saint throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Saint tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Saint has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Saint's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Saint controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Johnson wants to hold on but Saint pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson is squirming around, avoiding Saint's attempts to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gui Saint comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Saint has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gui Saint!