PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dhe Orele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Johns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orele comes to the cage accompanied by Ironman. Johns has chosen Welcome to the jungle as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Orele
vs
Johns

190 cm
25
162 lbs
12 - 6 - 1

178 cm
24
160 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dhe Orele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Johns!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johns misses with a hook. Orele ducked under it nicely.
Johns shoots for a double leg takedown but Orele sprawls well. He's pushed Johns's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Orele lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Orele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Orele tries to close the distance and clinch but Johns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Orele is looking to clinch but Johns is avoiding it.
Johns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Orele.
Orele wants to clinch.
Johns misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Johns.
Johns swats away the attempt to clinch by Orele.

Orele closes the distance and clinches.

Johns breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Orele. That snapped Johns's head back.
Orele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johns avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Orele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johns.
Orele wants to clinch up but Johns keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orele is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Johns scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Orele can't do much from the bottom here.
Orele is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Johns's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Johns is keen to just control but Orele is a slippery customer.
Orele wants to get back to his feet.
Johns thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johns drops an elbow to the side of Orele's head.
Orele really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Orele has hold of Johns's hands but Johns slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Johns not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Johns thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Orele's head.
Johns throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orele keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Johns stops Orele from getting back to his feet.
Orele trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Orele is trying to stand.
Johns not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Orele wants to get back to his feet.

Orele makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Johns swings away with a body shot that misses
and Orele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johns misses with a wild body shot.

Johns manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Orele on his heels. He'll look to pass Orele's guard now, I'm sure.
Johns missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Orele has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Johns off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Orele scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Johns is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Orele throws a body kick that misses.
Johns misses with a low kick as Orele jumps back.
Johns just misses with a punch to the body.
Johns thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orele tries to clinch up.
Orele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johns paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johns moves forwards but Orele connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Johns misses with a wild body shot.
Johns slips a straight right by Orele.
Orele swings for the body but Johns moves out of range.
Johns throws a shot from downtown. Orele moves away and avoids it.
Johns lands a slapping body shot.
Johns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Orele moves away.
Orele scores with a hook to the body. Johns takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johns ducks under a wild hook from Orele.
Orele scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Orele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johns feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Oreles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Orele lands a head kick!
Orele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Orele is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jab from Orele.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johns.
Orele is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Orele doesn't manage to clinch there - Johns circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Orele darts in and clinches Johns up against the cage.

Johns successfully pulls guard.
Johns throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Johns working for submissions but it's allowed Orele to get to half guard.
Johns is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johns is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orele slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dhe Orele will probably get the nod.
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.

Orele tries to clinch there but Johns circles away.
Orele avoids the body shot from Johns.
Johns takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Johns keeps the fight on the outside.
Orele tries to clinch there but Johns circles away.
Orele wants to clinch up but Johns keeps it at a distance.
Orele avoids the body shot from Johns.
Johns is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Orele rather than just go for the knockout.
Orele takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Orele lands a nice shot to the body.
Orele tries to clinch up

and Johns counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Orele keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Orele trying to control but Johns postures up.
Orele wants to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orele blocking the ground and pound attempt from Johns.
Orele is trying to get back to full guard.
Johns throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Johns prevents Orele from improving his position.

Orele pushes Johns off and gets back to his feet.
Orele is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dhe Orele is winning the standup battle so far.
Johns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Orele avoids the body shot from Johns.
Johns takes a swing at Orele's ribcage but misses.
Orele scores with a hook.
Orele is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Orele tries to close the distance and clinch but Johns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johns throws a sloppy body shot
and Orele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Orele ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johns keeps the fight on the outside.
Johns missing with a left hand there. Orele was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orele wants to clinch up but Johns keeps it at a distance.
Johns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orele.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johns shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Orele defends it nicely.
Orele wants to clinch.
Orele tries to clinch up but Johns circles away and keeps his distance.
Orele tries to clinch but Johns is having none of it.
Orele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johns misses with a wild body shot.
Orele tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Johns counters with a takedown into side control.
Johns scoring with punches from side control.
Junior Johns has got the better of the ground game so far.
Johns throws a strike aimed at the side of Orele's head but Orele avoids it well.
Johns creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Johns creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Orele sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Johns lands a few punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Orele throws Johns to one side and escapes!
Orele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johns manages to avoid it.
Johns shoots in but Orele avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Orele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orele tries to clinch up.

Johns shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Johns throws a big right hand that misses.
Johns postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johns throwing strikes from guard but Orele blocks nicely.
Johns loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johns landing some decent shots from guard.
Johns in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johns stops Orele from standing up.
Johns trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johns landing with the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johns wants to control from the top but Orele keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johns accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johns landing with the ground and pound.
Johns postures up in Orele's guard and throws a big left but Orele blocks it.
Johns trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Orele wants to stand but Johns is controlling the position.
Johns lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johns postures up in Orele's guard and throws a big left but Orele blocks it.
Johns prevents Orele from getting back to his feet.
Orele manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johns manages to get himself to full guard.

Johns working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Orele doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Orele manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Johns 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! This is the final round!

Orele tries to clinch but Johns moves out of range.
Orele misses the shot to the body.
Johns throws a lazy right hand but Orele sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johns misses the shot to the body.
Johns is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Orele doesn't manage to clinch there - Johns circles away.
Johns closes the distance and clinches up with Orele, looking for a takedown. Johns pushes Orele against the cage but Orele circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Orele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johns keeps the fight on the outside.
Johns keeps the fight on the outside.
Orele looks to clinch

and Johns counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Orele!
Johns lands with some strikes.
Johns lands a big shot there that rocks Orele but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Orele is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orele is looking to get to half guard.
Oh Orele is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johns cracks Orele with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Johns!
Junior Johns managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, -OVERDOSE Factory-, into his post fight interview.