PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Jobber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Johnson
vs
Jobber

168 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
24
130 lbs
0 - 47 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 47 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mr Jobber!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jobber gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Johnson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jobber's head.
Jobber should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Jobber trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson landing with the ground and pound.
Johnson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jobber throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jobber thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Johnson stands up and waves to Jobber to follow him.

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Jobber tries to clinch

and Johnson counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jobber tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Johnson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jobber!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jobber really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jobber throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Johnson lands with some strikes.
Johnson dominating with strikes here.

Johnson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Jobber can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson blocks Jobber's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Johnson breaks from Jobber's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jobber really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jobber swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jobber swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Johnson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Johnson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jobber swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Jobber flails away from the bottom, looking to strike but he's give an arm to his opponent... uh oh. Johnson wraps up the arm in an instant and pivots for an armbar! Tap or snap time - Jobber decides to tap! Lovely submission by Johnson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). James Johnson!