PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raymund Tueres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sparticus Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tueres's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tingga is a DJ. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Tueres
vs
Johnson

213 cm
23
283 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
280 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raymund Tueres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sparticus Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tueres shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Johnson as he avoids it easily.

Johnson clinches up against the cage.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson prevents Tueres from breaking the clinch.
Tueres tries to pull guard but Johnson holds him up against the cage and eventually Tueres drops back down to his feet.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Raymund Tueres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tueres has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raymund Tueres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tueres fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Tueres.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tueres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson lands a nice knee to the body.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tueres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tueres is breathing heavily.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Raymund Tueres has been cut.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tueres changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Johnson tries to avoid it but Tueres manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Johnson to the ground. Johnson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tueres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tueres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson keeps control of Tueres as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Tueres shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tueres showed some decent athleticism there.
Tueres prevents Johnson from standing back up.
Tueres wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson is trying to stand up here but Tueres is controlling him well.
Tueres tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Tueres wants to pass the guard but Johnson is defending well.
Tueres thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Tueres 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Tueres tries to score with a low kick but Johnson moves his leg out of the way.
Tueres shoots in but Johnson avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Johnson moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a nice knee to the body.
Tueres wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Tueres swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Tueres closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tueres gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Johnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tueres's knee momentarily.

Johnson instigates a clinch.
Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Tueres in his tracks for a moment.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Tueres tries for a takedown but Johnson circles away easily

and Johnson counters by clinching up.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tueres will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tueres shoots in for a takedown but Johnson shows good takedown defense.
Tueres shoots in but no luck this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson clinches with his opponent.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tueres tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tueres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tueres is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Come on Tueres - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sparticus Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Johnson.
Tueres tries for a takedown but Johnson circles away easily

and Johnson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Johnson lands a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Tueres.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tueres drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Johnson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Johnson lands a nice knee to the body.
Tueres has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Johnson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tueres using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Tueres.
Tueres can't break the clinch.
Tueres can't break the clinch.
Tueres has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Tueres misses with the head strike.
Tueres takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into Tueres's ribcage.
Tueres tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Tueres tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Johnson just stands there and leans against the cage.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Tueres has a takedown stuffed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tueres. That did some damage!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sparticus Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raymund Tueres's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tueres taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tueres tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tueres tries to clinch
and Johnson counters with an outside leg kick.

Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Tueres in a clinch.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Tueres.
Tueres scores with a nice hook to the head.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tueres shoots in and drives through. Johnson sprawls well.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tueres's sensitive parts.

Johnson rushes Tueres and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tueres shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Johnson pinned against the cage. Johnson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raymund Tueres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tueres darts in trying to clinch
and Johnson counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Tueres or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson which made him look bad.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tueres throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Johnson's waist but Johnson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tueres off to one side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson cracks the inside of Tueres's front leg.
Horrible takedown by Tueres or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson which made him look bad.

Johnson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tueres scoring with some ground and pound.

Tueres stands up and waves to Johnson to follow him.
Tueres closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
Tueres gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Johnson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tueres tries to clinch

and Johnson counters by clinching up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tueres is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tueres misses with the combination.
Tueres fails with a takedown attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
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 lands a damaging elbow.
Tueres is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johnson is keeping busy.
Tueres lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Tueres.
Sparticus Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tueres scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tueres.
Tueres lands with a left to the head.
Tueres lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Johnson is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into Tueres's ribcage.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Tueres finish him?
Tueres lands a nice elbow.
Tueres tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tueres goes for a takedown attempt but Johnson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tueres shoots in but Johnson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Johnson stuffs the takedown attempt from Tueres. Tueres gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Tueres tries for a takedown but Johnson circles away easily
and Johnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tueres's knee momentarily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Tueres shoots in but Johnson avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Tueres closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tueres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tueres wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson prevents a takedown attempt there.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Tueres shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson keeps control of Tueres as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tueres misses with the head strike.
Tueres is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tueres has Johnson pressed against the cage.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tueres on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Johnson. Johnson obviously looking to wear him down.
Tueres closes the distance and clinches up with Johnson, looking for a takedown. Tueres pushes Johnson against the cage but Johnson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Johnson clinches.
Tueres has Johnson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Johnson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tueres has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sparticus Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Raymund Tueres's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tueres gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Tueres is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Johnson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tueres is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Johnson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raymund Tueres. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

Johnson clinches up against the cage.
Tueres throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tueres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tueres can't break the clinch.
Johnson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johnson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tueres trying to land knees to the body.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tueres changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Johnson tries to avoid it but Tueres manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Johnson to the ground. Johnson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Johnson forces Tueres back against the cage and clinches.
Tueres tries to pull guard but Johnson won't allow it.
Tueres is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Johnson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tueres shoots for a takedown but Johnson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson stuffs the takedown attempt from Tueres. Tueres gets slowly back to his feet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
Nice takedown defense from Johnson. No joy for Tueres on that attempt.
Tueres misses with a takedown attempt - Johnson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tueres takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tueres fails with the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Tueres shoots in.

Johnson drives through and clinches with Tueres against the cage.
Tueres throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Tueres wants to stall.
Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tueres clinches but Johnson breaks the clinch

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson landing knees to the body.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
Tueres shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tueres shoots for a takedown but Johnson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Johnson stuffs the takedown.
Tueres tries to clinch up

and Johnson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tueres has his takedown stuffed
and Johnson counters with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Johnson.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tueres with a poor takedown

and Johnson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Johnson breaks from the clinch.

Johnson moves into the clinch.
Tueres tries to pull guard but Johnson won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tueres pulls guard successfully.

Tueres is looking for a triangle but Johnson pushes his legs off easily.
Johnson stops Tueres from standing up.

Tueres is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Johnson rolls with it to try and escape but Tueres cranks on the arm and Johnson is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Raymund Tueres!