PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Jodoin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson Jodoin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jack Johnson's chin.

Jodoin
vs
Johnson

175 cm
22
140 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

165 cm
26
140 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nelson Jodoin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Jodoin.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Jodoin tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jodoin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jodoin throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Jodoin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jodoin looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Jodoin circles away and keeps his distance.
Jodoin misses with a series of wild punches.
Jodoin misses with a wild combination.
Jodoin tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jodoin doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Jodoin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.

Johnson gets a clinch.
A short right from Jodoin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jodoin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Jodoin tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jodoin tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jodoin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nelson Jodoin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Johnson.
Jodoin misses with a two punch combination.
Jodoin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jodoin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jodoin misses with a wild combination.
A left and a right from Jodoin both land. Nice combination.
Jodoin misses with a low kick.
Jodoin throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jodoin.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Jodoin tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jodoin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Jodoin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jodoin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jodoin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jodoin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Jodoin is trying to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling him.
A short left from Jodoin.
Johnson wants a takedown.

Jodoin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Jodoin moved out of range nicely.
Jodoin moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Jodoin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jodoin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.

Jodoin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jodoin throws a combination. Johnson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Johnson drives through and clinches with Jodoin against the cage.
Jodoin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Jodoin manages to get underhooks.

Johnson manages to pull guard.
Jodoin controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jodoin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jodoin preventing the sweep.
Jodoin looking to sit in guard and control but Johnson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jodoin keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.

Jodoin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Johnson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Jodoin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Johnson defends well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Jodoin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson scoring with some ground and pound.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Jodoin keeps moving.

Jodoin looking for a guillotine here but Johnson defends easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jodoin is on top in guard.
Jodoin trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson keeping full guard, as Jodoin tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nelson Jodoin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jodoin throws a left and a right that both miss

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jodoin won't be happy with that.
Jodoin tries to bench press Johnson off him but Johnson keeps the position.
Jodoin struggling a bit here.
Jodoin is not content to let Johnson control the position.
Jodoin being controlled for a moment.
Jodoin is trying to get back to half guard.
Check out the look on Johnson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Johnson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jodoin, who protects the arm well.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jodoin is looking to regain half guard here but Johnson keeps moving and retains side control.
Jodoin gets back to half guard.
Johnson not doing much here.
Jodoin moves into full guard.
Johnson won't allow Jodoin to sweep him here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Jodoin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Johnson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Jodoin looking for subs off his back but Johnson has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jodoin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Johnson is looking to take a break and control but Jodoin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Johnson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jodoin wants to sweep but Johnson has passed to side control!
Johnson lands some shots froms side control.
Johnson is working Jodoin over with some ground and pound from side control.
Johnson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Johnson trying to control the position but Jodoin is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson taking a breather here.
Jodoin is working to avoid the ground and pound but Johnson connects with a decent elbow.
Jodoin tries to bench press Johnson off him but Johnson keeps the position.
Jodoin regains half guard.
Johnson wants to control but Jodoin is keeping him busy.

Jodoin looking for submissions off his back.
Johnson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jack Johnson.
Jodoin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Johnson scores a takedown into full mount!
Jodoin tries to reverse the position but Johnson maintains control.
Johnson controlling from the full mount.
Jodoin is looking to get to half guard.
Jodoin is working hard here to advance position.
Johnson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jodoin tries to hold on but Johnson postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Johnson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnson wants a takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Jodoin lands a shot to the body.
Jodoin lands with a left to the head.
Jodoin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jodoin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jodoin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jodoin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jodoin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Jodoin.
Jodoin misses with a punch on the inside.

Jodoin wants the takedown. Johnson is fighting it off but Jodoin persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Johnson's guard against the cage.
Jodoin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jodoin won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
Johnson trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Jodoin from controlling successfully.
Jodoin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jodoin cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
Jodoin throwing strikes but missing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Jodoin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jodoin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jodoin looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
Jodoin misses with a double jab

and Johnson counters with a shoot takedown. Jodoin fights it but they end up in guard.
Jodoin keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
Johnson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Johnson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jodoin has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Johnson has managed to get both his arms back between Jodoin's legs - danger averted.
Jodoin trying to keep a closed guard but Johnson is proving a slippery customer.
Johnson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jodoin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Jodoin content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Johnson trying to get back to full guard but Jodoin takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Jodoin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jodoin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jodoin thowing shots but they're missing.
Jodoin scoring with strikes but Johnson is staying in there.
Jodoin looking to ground and pound but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Jodoin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jodoin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Johnson tries to hold on but Jodoin pushes him away.
Johnson is squirming around, avoiding Jodoin's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson blocking the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nelson Jodoin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jodoin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nelson Jodoin!