PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between CJ Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregory Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by 2pac & Dr.Dre - California Love. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ness's choice of entrance music: Shoots and Ladders by Korn. Gregory Ness has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnson
vs
Ness

170 cm
25
144 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

165 cm
22
147 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Brute
Stonewall

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, CJ Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gregory Ness!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ness tries to clinch up.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Ness ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Ness is looking to clinch.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ness tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Ness.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Ness avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Ness tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Ness looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ness.
Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ness lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice uppercut lands for Johnson. That snapped Ness's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.

Ness moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Johnson tries to stall but Ness uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ness throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ness comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ness slowing the pace effectively.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Ness throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ness just leaning against Johnson, taking a breather.
Ness lands a knee to the body.
Ness being controlled against the cage.
Johnson wants to stall.
Ness using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness lands an elbow inside.
Ness landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson stalling.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ness looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Ness rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ness keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ness connects with a knee to the head.
Ness utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.
Ness receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ness unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness lands an elbow inside.
Ness connects with a knee to the head.
Johnson looking to stall.
Ness looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ness with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ness misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ness stalls.
The crowd are getting on Ness's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Ness lands a nice elbow.
Ness misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Ness lands a nice elbow.
Johnson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness just leaning against Johnson, taking a breather.
Ness lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Ness lands a knee to the body.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Johnson breaks the clinch.

Ness moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
Ness lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ness throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson stalling the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ness lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Johnson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ness throws an elbow but it misses.
Ness lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory Ness 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.

Ness tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ness doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson cracks Ness with an open hand slap.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ness was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Ness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson throws a good cross that connects.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Ness moved out of range.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ness's waist but Ness gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnson off to one side.
Ness takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Ness moves into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Ness.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Ness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Ness.
Gregory Ness seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Ness lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johnson as Ness tries to tie him up.
Ness gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ness using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ness is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ness tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Ness creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Maybe Johnson would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness is trying to maintain a safe position but Johnson gets an underhook and turns Ness into the cage.
Johnson stalls.
Johnson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ness has him pressed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ness as Johnson tries to tie him up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ness scores with a knee to the head.
Ness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Ness working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Johnson looking to stall.
Johnson can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by CJ Johnson.
Ness tries to clinch up.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ness takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Ness. Ness maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Johnson wants to stall.
Ness lands a nice knee to the body.
Johnson tries to break free but Ness pushes him back against the cage.
Ness unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ness tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Johnson taking a breather.
Ness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Ness lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ness lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Ness keeps him there for the moment.
Ness lands a damaging elbow.
Ness crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Johnson trying to control the position but instead, Ness has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johnson into the cage.
Nice elbow from Ness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson has Ness pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ness manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson dodges an elbow strike from Ness.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Johnson trying to stall but Ness improves his position.
Ness lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ness lands an elbow inside.
Ness scores with a knee to the head.
Ness lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Ness is controlling the position.
Ness is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ness gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory Ness showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ness tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ness slips under a jab.
Ness fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Ness uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Ness.
Ness wants to clinch.
Johnson misses with a looping right.

Ness drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Ness.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Ness 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.
Ness defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Ness checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Ness was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ness 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.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Ness tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ness manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ness moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Ness tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Ness connects with a solid leg kick.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ness sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ness tries to clinch up.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Ness moved out of range nicely.
Ness uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Ness has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ness lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Ness landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Ness.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ness lands an elbow inside.
Ness dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ness lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johnson looking to slow down the pace here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ness misses with a knee strike.
Ness throws a knee to the head but misses.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ness moves to clinch but Johnson breaks away
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
CJ Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ness scores with a nice head shot.
Gregory Ness is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Ness has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ness wants to stall.
Ness is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ness comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ness stalling the fight.
Ness with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ness.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ness obliges.
Still in the clinch, Ness scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ness using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
CJ Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ness prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
CJ Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Ness lands a nice looking kick to the body. Johnson takes a step back to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ness rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
Ness creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ness being controlled against the cage.
Ness throws an elbow that misses.
Gregory Ness is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ness lands an elbow inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ness tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ness dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ness lands an elbow inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gregory Ness comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ness has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gregory Ness!
During a confident post fight interview, Gregory Ness thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.