PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carter Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Enter Sandman by Metallica. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Silva

195 cm
30
276 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

192 cm
23
280 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carter Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Silva!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva lands with a hook. Johnson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Daniel Silva has been cut.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva connects with a jab.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Johnson working away.
Johnson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Johnson 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.
Silva is not content to let Johnson control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva isn't going anywhere.
Johnson is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva tries to escape but Johnson is in control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Silva some visible discomfort.
Johnson trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Johnson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Johnson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Johnson connects with a decent elbow.
Silva is letting Johnson control him for a moment.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
Johnson tries to move into full mount but can't pass Silva's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but Johnson postures up.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
Johnson trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.

Johnson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Silva, who protects the arm well.
Johnson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silva down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carter Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Silva's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Johnson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
No luck for Johnson with that takedown attempt.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson is looking to score with low kicks.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Johnson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnson.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson lands with a shot to the body.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Johnson.
Johnson throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Daniel Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Daniel Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson throws a leg kick
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Silva enables Johnson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Silva manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Silva wants to hit a switch here but Johnson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Silva there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Daniel Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Daniel Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Johnson motions for Silva to come forward. Johnson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva leaves Johnson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jab by Johnson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
A big left from Silva misses.
Johnson connects with an inside leg kick.
Johnson lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Good shot there by Johnson.
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 misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva thuds a left hand into Johnson's body.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Johnson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Johnson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silva slips a straight right by Johnson.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Silva's legs.
Johnson throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.

Silva clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Silva misses with a hook.
Johnson misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Silva clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Johnson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson landing knees to the head.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.

Johnson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Johnson manages to end up in side control.
Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Johnson scoring with strikes.
Silva is not content to let Johnson control the position.
Johnson scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carter Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johnson 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carter Johnson!
A determined Carter Johnson didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!