PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sin Spirit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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?

Spirit
vs
Johnson

190 cm
18
255 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sin Spirit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dwayne Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Spirit!
Spirit is trying to escape the mount.
Spirit gets back to half guard.
Johnson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Spirit's head.
Johnson is looking to pass Spirit's guard but actually Spirit recovers to full guard.
Johnson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Spirit is looking to stand up but Johnson isn't so interested in that idea.
Spirit tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Johnson throws a strike but Spirit rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Spirit throws and elbow that misses. Johnson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Spirit's guard. Nice move by Johnson!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a couple of elbows.
Spirit is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
Johnson throws a big right hand that misses.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson throwing strikes from guard but Spirit blocks nicely.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but Spirit is keeping the position.
Johnson stands up over Spirit, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Johnson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Spirit manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Spirit scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Spirit breaks from Johnson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Spirit is breathing heavily.
Spirit won't let Johnson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Spirit scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spirit looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spirit landing punches.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johnson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Johnson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Spirit raining down hammerfists from mount.
Johnson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Spirit. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnson tries to buck Spirit off but he can't manage it.
Spirit scoring with strikes but Johnson is staying in there.
Spirit has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Johnson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Spirit pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Spirit lands a heavy elbow.
Johnson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Spirit is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spirit connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Johnson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Spirit unloading with bombs!
Johnson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Spirit raining down hammerfists from mount.
Johnson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Spirit scoring with strikes but Johnson is staying in there.
Spirit lands a big elbow.
Johnson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Spirit lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spirit lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnson hang on?
Spirit fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Johnson really wants to buck Spirit off and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sin Spirit dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Johnson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Spirit sprawls well. Spirit wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.

Spirit shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Spirit looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Johnson is looking to escape.
Johnson has hold of Spirit's hands but Spirit slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Spirit throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Johnson has one foot on Spirit's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

Johnson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Spirit blocking the ground and pound attempt from Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spirit has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Johnson is working away from the top position though.

Spirit kicks off Johnson and gets to his feet.

Johnson scores with a takedown into Spirit's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Spirit is on top in guard.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Spirit missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spirit connects with a couple of short punches.
Spirit throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.

Johnson uses the cage to get back to his feet.

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

Spirit is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Johnson stands up over Spirit, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Johnson postures up in Spirit's guard and throws a big left but Spirit blocks it.
Spirit working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spirit is trying to keep Johnson in close.
Johnson postures up in Spirit's guard and throws a big left but Spirit blocks it.
Sin Spirit overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Spirit is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Spirit.
Johnson is in close to Spirit's body, working some short punches and elbows.

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.
Spirit is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
Spirit is pulling down on Johnson's head. It's preventing any offense from Johnson, at least for the moment.
Johnson lands a couple of elbows.
Spirit working a defensive guard here.
Johnson stands up over Spirit, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Johnson throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Spirit was covering up waiting for the punch and Johnson finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Johnson throws a big right hand that misses.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Johnson throws a big right hand that misses.
Spirit controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Spirit looking for a sweep. Not yet Spirit, not yet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spirit preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson working some strikes from top position.
Spirit could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Spirit manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johnson manages to get himself to full guard.
Spirit stops Johnson from standing up.
Spirit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
Spirit postures up and lands a big shot to Johnson's brow.
Spirit tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.
Spirit loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Spirit trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Spirit trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Johnson wants to stand but Spirit is controlling the position.
Spirit works over Johnson with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two 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.
Spirit lands a couple of elbows.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Spirit is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Spirit works over Johnson with some ground and pound from guard.
Johnson wants to stand but Spirit is controlling the position.
Spirit scoring with punches to the head and body.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Spirit is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Spirit scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to stand but Spirit is controlling the position.
Spirit landing some decent shots from guard.
Spirit throwing strikes but missing.
Spirit lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Spirit is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Spirit postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Spirit postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson wants to stand but Spirit is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Spirit throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but Spirit is having none of it.
Spirit distracts Johnson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Spirit accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johnson wants to stand up but Spirit is controlling him.
Spirit is in close to Johnson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but Spirit is having none of it.
Spirit postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Spirit makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Spirit throwing strikes but missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dwayne Johnson.
I think Johnson 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sin Spirit!