PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lee Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthieu Saunier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee Johnson looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Johnson
vs
Saunier

165 cm
18
149 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

184 cm
23
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matthieu Saunier!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Saunier's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Saunier is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Saunier is nestled in close to Johnson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Saunier has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johnson preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

Saunier looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Saunier passes to full mount!
Johnson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Saunier on the ground.

Johnson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Saunier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunier won't let Johnson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Saunier has isolated one of Johnson's arms. Johnson looking to fight him off but Saunier twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matthieu Saunier!