PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sultan Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicholas Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carver comes to the cage accompanied by Frank Sinatra - Luck Be a Lady. Johnson has chosen On March The Saints as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Carver
vs
Johnson

196 cm
20
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
27
260 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Untouchable Fight Nutrition
Untouchable Fight Gear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sultan Carver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nicholas Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Carver misses with a hook to the body

and Johnson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Carver's guard now.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carver is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Carver striking off his back but it's not causing Johnson any problems.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Carver is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Carver is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
Carver trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson preventing the sweep.

Carver looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Johnson has picked Carver up and slammed him! Carver can't keep hold of the triangle and Johnson manages to pass to side control!
Carver tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Johnson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Johnson lands a nice forearm strike.
Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Carver to see if he's OK.
Johnson cracks Carver with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson scores with punches from side control.
Johnson scoring with punches and elbows.

Johnson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Johnson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carver is trying to improve his position.
Carver is working hard here to advance position.
Johnson landing a few strikes.

Johnson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Carver knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Carver is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Johnson works to advance to full mount. Carver defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Carver is in all sorts of trouble here.

Johnson is working for a guillotine from mount but Carver frees his head quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Johnson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Johnson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Johnson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Carver's face.
Carver is looking to get to half guard.
Carver is bucking up trying to escape but Johnson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Carver working to try and regain half guard.
Johnson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Johnson working for a guillotine from mount but Carver is in no mood to give up.
Carver is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Carver wants to get back to full guard.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of Carver's head.
Johnson working over Carver with some ground and pound. Carver looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Johnson wants to control but Carver is keeping him busy.
Carver is looking to improve his position.
Carver has hold of Johnson's hands but Johnson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Johnson working over Carver with some ground and pound. Carver looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johnson lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Carver manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Johnson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Carver tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Johnson works to advance to full mount. Carver defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver working to try and regain half guard.
Johnson looking to finish Carver with some ground and pound. This is bad for Carver!
Johnson cracks Carver with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Johnson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Johnson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Johnson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johnson looking to control but Carver is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carver taking shots to the head.
Johnson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Carver hang on?
Johnson with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicholas Johnson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Carver misses with a hook to the body

and Johnson counters with a shoot takedown. Carver fights it but they end up in guard.
Johnson lands a couple of elbows.
Carver preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Carver looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Carver working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson.
Carver tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson landing some decent shots from guard.
Nicholas Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Carver looking to control.
Carver has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Johnson has passed into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Johnson is looking to take a break and control but Carver is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Johnson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver tries to buck Johnson off but Johnson is having none of it.

Johnson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Carver is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Carver tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Carver manages to get back to half guard.
Johnson is taking a breather. Carver says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.
Carver trying to control here.

Johnson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson wants to work for an arm triangle but Carver is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Carver wants to improve his position but Johnson is controlling well.
Carver tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Johnson has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Carver tries to lock up and control but Johnson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Carver is wriggling around trying to escape.
Johnson lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson trying to control but Carver is having none of it.
Carver can't escape the position.
Johnson working Carver over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson looking to secure an arm triangle but Carver defends it well.
A big strike lands for Johnson! That's really hurt Carver and he's turned his back - Johnson keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Johnson jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicholas Johnson!
A relieved looking Nicholas Johnson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.