PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murat Orgun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johansson comes to the cage accompanied by Tom Waits - Going out west.. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Johansson
vs
Orgun

178 cm
26
153 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

170 cm
30
155 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hugo Johansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Murat Orgun!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orgun throws a right and a left that Johansson avoids nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Orgun finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Orgun on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Orgun moves into range and clinches up with Johansson.
Orgun stops a takedown attempt from Johansson.

Orgun is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Johansson can't fight it off and eventually Orgun manages to take the fight to the floor. Johansson looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Johansson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Orgun!
Johansson with the ground and pound from mount.
Johansson with the ground and pound from mount.
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!
Orgun is working to get back to half guard.
Johansson lands with some strikes.
Orgun is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orgun is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Johansson looking to control but Orgun is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Orgun is trying desperately to improve position.
Orgun avoids a series of strikes thrown by Johansson.
Johansson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Orgun?
Johansson dominating with strikes here.
Orgun slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Orgun gets back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johansson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orgun lands a couple of shots from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Orgun working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johansson.
Johansson trying to control but Orgun is working from the bottom.
Orgun is trying to control the position but Johansson postures up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johansson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johansson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johansson trying to control but Orgun is working from the bottom.
Johansson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johansson landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johansson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johansson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Johansson scoring with some ground and pound.
Johansson cracks Orgun with a solid left hand.
Johansson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johansson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Orgun is keeping the position for now.
Johansson postures up in Orgun's guard and throws a big left but Orgun blocks it.
Johansson trying to control the position from guard on top but Orgun is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johansson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johansson with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johansson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Johansson throws a strike but Orgun rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Orgun is stalling in the full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orgun is looking to work some ground and pound but Johansson has wrist control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orgun forces his way into half guard.
Orgun thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Johansson 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.

Orgun changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Johansson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Orgun sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Johansson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Orgun.
Johansson is looking to regain half guard here but Orgun keeps moving and retains side control.
Johansson regains half guard, as Orgun was trying to land strikes.
Johansson trying to control here.
Johansson tries to roll over but Orgun keeps him under control.
Orgun throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson wants to improve his position but Orgun is controlling well.
Orgun is keen to just control but Johansson is a slippery customer.
Hugo Johansson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Orgun is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Johansson defends it well.
Orgun throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Orgun is trying to work for a kimura but Johansson is defending well.
Orgun trying to control the action but Johansson is working from the bottom.
Johansson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Johansson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orgun wants to control from the top but Johansson keeps moving.
Orgun passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Orgun throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Johansson works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Orgun looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Orgun passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Johansson!
Orgun throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson is bucking up trying to escape but Orgun cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by Orgun there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Johansson can't escape the position.
Orgun looking to control but Johansson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Orgun misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Orgun can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johansson is looking to escape.
Orgun lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orgun working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Johansson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Orgun.
Johansson working to try and regain half guard.
Johansson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johansson trying to control here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Orgun is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Johansson as he works his way to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murat Orgun showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Johansson lands a glancing blow to the side of Orgun's head.
Johansson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Johansson takes the fight into the clinch.
Orgun missing with knees to the body.
Orgun prevents the takedown attempt.
Orgun is trying to maintain a safe position but Johansson gets an underhook and turns Orgun into the cage.
Johansson is working for takedown but Orgun is calmly controlling the position for now.
Orgun lands a good knee to the midsection. Johansson won't want to take too many of those.
Orgun prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugo Johansson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Orgun is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johansson is keeping busy.
Orgun with a knee to the head.

Johansson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Johansson manages to end up in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson working the strikes but Orgun uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Johansson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Orgun is not content to let Johansson control the position.
Johansson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Johansson is thwarting Orgun's attempts to control the position.

Johansson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Orgun defends it well.
Orgun keeping control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orgun wants to control but Johansson is keeping busy.
Orgun is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Johansson 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.
Orgun tries to get to full guard but Johansson has control of the leg.

Johansson is looking for a kimura but Orgun is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Johansson to get the leverage.
Johansson uses his free foot to push down on Orgun's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Orgun.
Orgun is in a horrible position here. Johansson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orgun tries to lock up and control but Johansson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orgun is wriggling around trying to escape.

Johansson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Orgun has worked his arm free - good work by Orgun!
Sloppy strikes there by Johansson.
Johansson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Orgun is looking to reverse the position.
Johansson wants to control but Orgun is keeping him busy.
Johansson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Johansson lands some shots froms side control.
Johansson grinds an elbow into Orgun's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orgun tries to improve position but can't.
Johansson grinds an elbow into Orgun's temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johansson working the strikes but Orgun uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Johansson 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.
Orgun keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Johansson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Orgun tries to roll over but Johansson keeps him under control.
Johansson moves nicely into side control.
Orgun gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johansson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hugo Johansson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Johansson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugo Johansson!
Hugo Johansson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.