PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Butchng Caina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Caina
vs
Johnson

185 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

176 cm
19
163 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Butchng Caina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johny Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caina misses with a takedown
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Johnson clinches with his opponent.

Johnson successfully pulls guard.
Caina stands and throws Johnson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson is looking to regain half guard here but Caina keeps moving and retains side control.
Johnson is trying to get back to his feet.

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

Caina tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Caina is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Johnson has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Caina wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Johnson is not content to let Caina control the position.
Caina controlling the position.
Johnson is looking to reverse the position.

Caina looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Caina wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Johnson, who protects the arm well.
Caina in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Caina is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Johnson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Caina throws an elbow but Johnson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Caina throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Johnson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caina wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
Johnson wants to control but Caina postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caina trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.

Caina working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Caina throws a strike aimed at the side of Johnson's head but Johnson avoids it well.

Caina tries for a kimura but Johnson is defending well.
Caina working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Caina is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Johnson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Caina wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Johnson, who protects the arm well.

Caina is trying to get an arm triangle but Johnson is defending well.
Johnson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
You can see the frustration on Johnson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Butchng Caina dominated that 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.

Caina tries for a takedown but Johnson circles away easily
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Caina takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Caina with a poor takedown
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Caina gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Caina thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Butchng Caina. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caina misses with a takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Caina has his takedown stuffed

and Johnson counters with a shoot takedown. Caina fights it but they end up in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Caina keeps moving.
Johnson is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Johnson works over Caina with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caina is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
Caina looking for a sweep. Not yet Caina, not yet.
Caina keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Caina keeps moving.
Johnson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Caina wants to sweep but no luck.
Johnson pushing down on Caina's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Caina is refusing to be controlled, as Johnson sits in half guard.
Caina is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Caina is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson 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.
The fighters are battling for position here. Caina manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Caina.
Johnson postures up and lands a big shot to Caina's brow.
Caina keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Caina wants to sweep but no luck.
Caina is trying to keep Johnson in close.

Caina has his foot on Johnson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Johnson works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caina is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
Caina keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.

Caina is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Johnson is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caina keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
Caina bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard.

Johnson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Johnson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Caina thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johny Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Caina shoots and misses
and Caina takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Caina misses with a takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Caina, pushing him back against the cage.
Caina tries for a takedown but Johnson manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Butchng Caina. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Johnson successfully pulls guard.
Caina throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.
Caina tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.
Caina wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Johnson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Johnson is pulling down on Caina's head. It's preventing any offense from Caina, at least for the moment.
Caina trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caina throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Johnson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Caina stacks Johnson on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Caina!

Caina is trying to get an arm triangle but Johnson is defending well.
Caina trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caina looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Johnson is avoiding damage well.
Caina trying to control the position but Johnson is working away.
Johnson is trying to get back to half guard.
Caina lands a few punches from side control.

Caina wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Johnson, who protects the arm well.
Butchng Caina overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Caina goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Johnson has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Caina but great work by Johnson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Caina manages to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caina wants to control but Johnson is keeping busy.
Caina is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Caina looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson trying to control the action but Caina is working from the bottom.
Johnson prevents Caina from improving his position.
Johnson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caina trying to hold on to Johnson's head to control him but Johnson postures up.
Ground and pound from Johnson.
Caina regains full guard. Nicely done.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Caina has his feet on Johnson's thighs here. He's pushed Johnson off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Johnson screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Butchng Caina!
After winning the bout, Butchng Caina thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.