PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Damien William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

William
vs
Johnson

162 cm
27
145 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

177 cm
22
145 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Damien William!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and William counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
William stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.

Johnson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. William gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.
Johnson wants to stand up but William is controlling him.
Johnson controls William momentarily but William frees himself.

William drops back, looking for a kneebar! Johnson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Johnson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Johnson!
William throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Johnson 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.
William avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Johnson.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
William 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
William can't do much from the bottom here.
William is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Johnson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused William some visible discomfort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson in side control lands a decent elbow.
William taking punishment in the form of punches.
William gets back to half guard.
Johnson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
William wants to improve his position but Johnson is controlling well.
Johnson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Johnson is pressing down on William's thigh, looking to free his foot. William is holding on for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson thows a huge punch but William dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throwing shots but William is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Johnson throwing shots but William is blocking nicely.
William keeping hold of Johnson's head, controlling as best he can.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson slips a nice elbow through William's hands, connecting with William's forehead.
Johnson is thwarting William's attempts to control the position.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of William's head.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Johnson prevents William from improving his position.
William is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of William's head.
Johnson throwing shots but William is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is thwarting William's attempts to control the position.
William is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots.
William keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Johnson working William over with strikes.

William looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Johnson is thwarting William's attempts to control the position.
Johnson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Johnson connects with a nice short shot to William's temple.
William misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
William keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
William slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
William is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson thows a big elbow that misses.
William controlling the position.
Johnson scoring with some ground and pound.
Johnson works over William with some ground and pound from guard.
William working a defensive guard here.
Johnson stands up over William, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johnson postures up in William's guard and throws a big left but William blocks it.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
William might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

William looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Johnson working some strikes from top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

William is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Johnson defends well.
Johnson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Johnson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
William stuffs the takedown.
Johnson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and William counters with a two punch combo.
Damien William has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Johnson.

Johnson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. William looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
William keeps Johnson under control for a moment.
William struggling a bit here.
William is looking to regain half guard here but Johnson keeps moving and retains side control.
William can't do much from the bottom here.
William tries to improve position but can't.
The strikes coming from Johnson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
William is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Johnson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Johnson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks William with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but William is defending well.
Johnson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
William gets back to full guard.

William is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Johnson is aware though and is defending well.
Johnson landing with the ground and pound.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

William looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
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!
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as William works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

William is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Johnson defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

William pushes a forearm under Johnson's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Johnson is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Damien William!