PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Axel Whitecoat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whitecoat kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Seven Nation Army. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Whitecoat
vs
Johnson

178 cm
28
187 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

177 cm
27
201 lbs
4 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Axel Whitecoat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Whitecoat shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Whitecoat closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson fails to pull guard.
Johnson jumps guard but Whitecoat stands there with Johnson around his waist. Johnson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Axel Whitecoat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Johnson.
Whitecoat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson has Whitecoat pressed against the cage, preventing Whitecoat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Whitecoat turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Johnson struggling a bit here.
Whitecoat connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Johnson some visible discomfort.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Johnson wants to control but Whitecoat postures up.
Whitecoat 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.
Whitecoat working the ground and pound but Johnson is defending the strikes.
Whitecoat scoring with punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitecoat working away.
Johnson has one of Whitecoat's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
You can see the frustration on Johnson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Whitecoat tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Whitecoat has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Whitecoat looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
An elbow from Whitecoat crashes against the mat.
Whitecoat landing strikes.
Johnson sneaks back into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is controlling Whitecoat's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Whitecoat prevents Johnson from improving his position.
Whitecoat thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Whitecoat working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitecoat missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Johnson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Whitecoat. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnson wants to control but Whitecoat is keeping busy.
Johnson wants to get back to full guard.
Johnson is looking to control Whitecoat's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Johnson avoid being mounted?
Whitecoat controlling the action here.
Whitecoat thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitecoat scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Johnson is not content to let Whitecoat control the position.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.

Johnson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Whitecoat working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Johnson is staying active underneath Whitecoat, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Johnson tries to roll over but Whitecoat keeps him under control.
Whitecoat looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Whitecoat 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitecoat sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johnson defending well though.

Johnson actively working from the bottom here.
Johnson is trying to control but can't.
Whitecoat prevents Johnson from standing back up.
Whitecoat scoring with strikes to the body and head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitecoat is trying to control. Johnson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whitecoat drops an elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Axel Whitecoat dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Johnson throws a head kick that misses.

Whitecoat shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Johnson is trying to defend but Whitecoat finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Whitecoat is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Johnson is looking to control Whitecoat's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Johnson avoid being mounted?
Whitecoat throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Johnson is trying to control but Whitecoat passes into side control!
Johnson tries to improve position but can't.
Whitecoat wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Whitecoat lands some shots froms side control.

Whitecoat stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Whitecoat rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Whitecoat is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Johnson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Whitecoat wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Whitecoat tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.
Whitecoat lands a right hand.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Whitecoat won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Whitecoat has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Johnson regains guard immediately.
Whitecoat throws a big right hand that misses.
Johnson looking to control.
Whitecoat tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Whitecoat from controlling successfully.

Johnson has his foot on Whitecoat's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Whitecoat works his way back into a safe position though.
Whitecoat wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Johnson managing to control the position.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Whitecoat throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.
Whitecoat postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeping full guard, as Whitecoat tries to pass.
Johnson seems keen to control Whitecoat's posture.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Whitecoat gets a double leg takedown into Johnson's guard.
Whitecoat's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Whitecoat postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Johnson working a defensive guard but Whitecoat passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitecoat is trying to control. Johnson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Johnson actively working from the bottom here.

Johnson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Whitecoat pulls his head out easily.
Whitecoat looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Whitecoat lands a nice short elbow.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson won't allow Whitecoat to pass to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitecoat thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.
Johnson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Whitecoat.
Whitecoat moves nicely into side control.
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 control Whitecoat's posture but Whitecoat avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Axel Whitecoat dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Whitecoat tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Whitecoat avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alex Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Johnson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Whitecoat lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Whitecoat moves out of range easily.
Whitecoat throws a left and a right that both miss

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Whitecoat is looking for a triangle but Johnson pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whitecoat has a closed guard, preventing Johnson from standing up.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Whitecoat is keeping the position for now.
Whitecoat looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Johnson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Whitecoat both land. Nice combination.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Whitecoat lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Whitecoat lands a two punch combo.
Whitecoat scores with a three punch combo!

Johnson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Whitecoat did well to prevent Johnson getting side control.

Johnson wants to work for an arm triangle but Whitecoat is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Whitecoat is defending against the submission attempts here by Johnson.
Whitecoat makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Whitecoat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson postures up.
Johnson stops Whitecoat from standing up.
Johnson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Whitecoat's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Whitecoat has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Johnson escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Johnson!

Johnson stands up.
Axel Whitecoat is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Johnson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Johnson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitecoat landing rabbit punches to the side of Johnson's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.

Whitecoat looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Johnson 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.

Johnson is working for a kimura but Whitecoat is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Whitecoat looking for submissions off his back.
Johnson is pressing down on Whitecoat's thigh, looking to free his foot. Whitecoat is holding on for now.
Whitecoat moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Alex Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Axel Whitecoat is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Whitecoat looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitecoat preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Axel Whitecoat overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Whitecoat 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Axel Whitecoat!
A very excited looking Axel Whitecoat made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.