PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Tweedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tweedy comes to the cage accompanied by Hard Act To Follow. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tweedy
vs
Johnson

182 cm
27
180 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

177 cm
25
183 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Tweedy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tweedy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tweedy scores with a jab. Johnson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt
and Tweedy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tweedy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Tweedy gets a takedown into half guard.
Tweedy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tweedy lands strikes from half guard.

Johnson kicks off Tweedy and gets to his feet.
Johnson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Tweedy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ben Tweedy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Johnson.
Tweedy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tweedy stalks Johnson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Johnson's face. Johnson staggers backwards, shaken.
Johnson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Johnson looks gassed!
Tweedy tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A leg kick checked by Tweedy.
Johnson shoots and misses
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Tweedy counters with a nice double leg into side control. Johnson won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tweedy working the ground and pound but Johnson is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tweedy is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

Tweedy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tweedy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tweedy throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Tweedy cracks Johnson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tweedy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.

Tweedy is trying to get an arm triangle but Johnson is defending well.
Tweedy scoring with punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to buck Tweedy off but Tweedy is having none of it.
Johnson has one of Tweedy's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.

Tweedy working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Johnson struggling a bit here.
Tweedy 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson struggling a bit here.
Tweedy lands some shots froms side control.
Johnson wants to control but Tweedy postures up.
Johnson is being controlled here.
Johnson struggling a bit here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Tweedy tries to score with some ground and pound. Johnson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson is trying to get back to half guard.
Tweedy postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnson struggling a bit here.
An elbow from Tweedy crashes against the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tweedy thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Johnson wants to control but Tweedy postures up.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Tweedy throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson wants to control but Tweedy postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Tweedy dominated that round.
That's time! Tweedy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sloppy strikes from Tweedy. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Tweedy to counter with a crisp jab.
Tweedy stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johnson with a poor takedown

and Tweedy counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Johnson!
Tweedy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnson is looking to escape.
Tweedy with a couple of short strikes.
Tweedy breaks from Johnson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ben Tweedy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tweedy raining down shots from the mount!
Johnson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tweedy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Tweedy throwing strikes here but Johnson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to hold on but Tweedy postures up.
Tweedy lands a big shot there that rocks Johnson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tweedy punishing his opponent with strikes.
Johnson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tweedy is landing with some decent strikes but Johnson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Johnson is working to get back to half guard.
Tweedy lands a heavy elbow.
Tweedy landing strikes from the mount and Johnson is in trouble!
Tweedy lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tweedy cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Poor strikes thrown by Tweedy there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tweedy working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Johnson working to try and regain half guard.
Tweedy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnson hang on?
Tweedy breaks from Johnson's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Tweedy looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Johnson is wriggling around trying to escape.
BOOM! Tweedy connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tweedy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnson is looking to escape.
Johnson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tweedy trying to control but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Tweedy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four 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.
Tweedy looking to control but Johnson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Johnson wants to control but Tweedy is having none of it.
Tweedy with shots to the head and body - Johnson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Tweedy 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.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tweedy cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Tweedy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Johnson is trying desperately to improve position.
Tweedy lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson tries to lock up and control but Tweedy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tweedy cracks Johnson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Tweedy dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tweedy's sensitive parts.
Tweedy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tweedy pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Johnson back to the cage. Tweedy follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Johnson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Tweedy to the ground. Johnson is now in Tweedy's guard.
Tweedy keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Tweedy looking to control.

Johnson drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Tweedy dives on top into guard.
Tweedy looking to pass the guard.
Johnson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Johnson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Tweedy defends well.
Tweedy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Tweedy from controlling successfully.

Johnson working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Tweedy has passed into half guard!
Tweedy is keen to just control but Johnson is a slippery customer.
Tweedy prevents Johnson from improving his position.
Tweedy throwing shots but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Tweedy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nice strikes from Tweedy there.
Johnson trying to control here.
Nice strikes from Tweedy there.
Tweedy is trying to control. Johnson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Johnson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tweedy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Tweedy with a couple of short strikes.
Tweedy working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Johnson is trying desperately to improve position.
Tweedy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Johnson's face.
Johnson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tweedy landing shots from mount.
Johnson tries to lock up and control but Tweedy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Johnson working to try and regain half guard.
Johnson wants to control but Tweedy is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is squirming around, avoiding Tweedy's attempts to control the action.
Johnson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Johnson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tweedy landing strikes from the mount and Johnson is in trouble!
Alex Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ben Tweedy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Tweedy controlling the position easily from mount.
Tweedy blocks Johnson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Tweedy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tweedy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Tweedy!