PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jamal Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony D Amico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jamal Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnson
vs
D Amico

180 cm
25
187 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

172 cm
23
182 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jamal Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anthony D Amico!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
D Amico misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
D Amico shoots for a takedown but Johnson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Johnson pushes D Amico up against the cage in a clinch.
D Amico tries for a takedown. No joy.
D Amico is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Johnson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jamal Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony D Amico.
D Amico jumps guard but Johnson stands there with D Amico around his waist. D Amico gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
D Amico wants a takedown.

D Amico jumps guard.

D Amico throws his legs up looking for a submission but Johnson uses it to pass to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
D Amico sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
D Amico wants to get back to full guard.

D Amico looking for submissions off his back.

Johnson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
D Amico moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D Amico throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
D Amico looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johnson wants to control from the top but D Amico keeps moving.

Johnson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Johnson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Johnson trying to control but D Amico is working from the bottom.
Johnson preventing the sweep.

That's two 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 looking to pass the guard.
Johnson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

D Amico looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Johnson passes into side control.
Johnson trying to control the position but D Amico is working away.
D Amico gets back to half guard.
D Amico gets back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
D Amico can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Johnson controls the pace.
D Amico bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard.
D Amico is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.
D Amico with a nice head shot there.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing D Amico from controlling successfully.
D Amico lands a couple of elbows.
D Amico throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
D Amico postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
D Amico in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
D Amico throwing strikes but missing.
D Amico throws and elbow that misses. Johnson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in D Amico's guard. Nice move by Johnson!

Johnson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
D Amico lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Johnson!
D Amico lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
D Amico has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johnson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Anthony D Amico will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from D Amico is defended easily by Johnson.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
D Amico is looking to land body kicks.
Good shot there by Johnson.

Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson slowing the pace effectively.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of D Amico backwards.
D Amico misses with a body punch.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of D Amico backwards.
Johnson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

D Amico has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Johnson uses from the top position.
D Amico looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Johnson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
D Amico slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
D Amico wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is in close to D Amico's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
D Amico looking for a sweep. Not yet D Amico, not yet.
D Amico tries to strike from the bottom.
D Amico bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
D Amico trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson is looking to stand up but D Amico isn't so interested in that idea.
D Amico lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
D Amico throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking for a sweep. Not yet Johnson, not yet.
D Amico postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Johnson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
D Amico throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.
D Amico thows a big elbow that misses.
D Amico passes into half guard.
Johnson wants to control but D Amico is keeping busy and won't allow it.

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 lands a glancing blow to the side of D Amico's head.
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
D Amico misses with a body kick.
D Amico drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Anthony D Amico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

D Amico closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Johnson did well to prevent D Amico getting side control.
D Amico missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
D Amico throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
D Amico scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Johnson wants to improve his position but D Amico is controlling well.
D Amico working the head and body with strikes.
D Amico thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Johnson to regain full guard.
D Amico won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
D Amico postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
D Amico scoring with some ground and pound.
Johnson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
D Amico loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
D Amico throws a strike but Johnson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

D Amico looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Johnson passes into side control.
D Amico is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Johnson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
D Amico is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony D Amico 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

D Amico clinches with his opponent.
D Amico drops down looking for an ankle pick but Johnson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Johnson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
D Amico has his takedown stuffed

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
D Amico manages to get to full guard.
Johnson trying to control but D Amico is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from D Amico.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D Amico trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
Johnson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Johnson cracks D Amico with an elbow. That is naaassty.
D Amico is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
D Amico is letting Johnson control him for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
D Amico tries to improve position but can't.
Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at D Amico to see if he's OK.
D Amico tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Johnson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
D Amico manages to work his way to half guard, despite Johnson's best efforts.
Johnson working over D Amico with some ground and pound. D Amico looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
D Amico wants to improve his position but Johnson is controlling well.
Johnson wants to take a breather but D Amico is having none of it.
D Amico gets back to full guard.
D Amico bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
D Amico throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.
D Amico throws a strike but Johnson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
D Amico wants to sweep here but Johnson controlling him for the moment.
Jamal Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
D Amico avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
D Amico utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
D Amico is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
D Amico manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
D Amico raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to escape the mount.
D Amico putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Anthony D Amico is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
D Amico unloading with bombs!
D Amico with the ground and pound from mount.
D Amico controlling the pace for now.
D Amico lands a big elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Anthony D Amico.
I've got D Amico winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 28:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony D Amico!