PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Timmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Timmons has chosen Diamond Eyes as his entrance music. Tim Johnson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Johnson
vs
Timmons

188 cm
22
215 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

190 cm
21
221 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160 *Christmas Sale*

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Timmons !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Timmons is out of range and Johnson settles back down.
Timmons looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
Timmons takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Timmons uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Timmons misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Tim Johnson has been cut.
Johnson cracks Timmons with a good jab.
Timmons throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Timmons slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Timmons displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson misses with a hook to the body
enabling Timmons to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Timmons misses with a double jab.
Timmons lands a slapping body shot.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Timmons under the eye.
Timmons misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Timmons sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Timmons pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson scores with a jab.
Timmons changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Timmons checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timmons slips a jab from Johnson.
Timmons moves out of range of the strikes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Timmons .
No luck with that takedown attempt from Johnson.
Timmons moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
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!
Timmons misses the shot to the body.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Timmons walks into a stiff left hand from Johnson.
A big right from Timmons misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timmons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Johnson.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Timmons regains half guard.
Timmons keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Timmons is trying to stand back up but Johnson is controlling him
Johnson is looking to advance position but Timmons won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson prevents Timmons from standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timmons won't allow Johnson to pass to mount.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of Timmons 's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson thows a huge punch but Timmons dodges it nicely.
Johnson prevents Timmons from improving his position.
Timmons trying to control here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Johnson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Johnson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Timmons napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Johnson working the ground and pound but Timmons is defending the strikes.
Johnson grinds an elbow into Timmons 's temple.
Timmons is trying to control Johnson's posture but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Johnson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Johnson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Timmons regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Timmons wants to control but Johnson is keeping busy.
Johnson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Johnson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Timmons defending well though.
Tim Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Timmons looking for submissions off his back.
Timmons slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Timmons working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timmons wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Johnson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Timmons 's guard.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Timmons is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Timmons swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Johnson throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timmons not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Timmons preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Timmons looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Timmons not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Timmons has an active guard here but Johnson has managed to pass into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Johnson connects with a nice short shot to Timmons 's temple.
Timmons is trying to maintain the position but Johnson is very close to passing his half guard.
Timmons regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Timmons wants to improve his position but instead Johnson has moved into half guard.
Timmons trying to control from the bottom.
Johnson slips a nice elbow through Timmons 's hands, connecting with Timmons 's forehead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson wants to free his trapped foot but Timmons is holding on for dear life with his legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.
Timmons is looking to control Johnson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Timmons avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Johnson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tim Johnson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Johnson fails to land the takedown.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Timmons moved out of range.

Johnson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Timmons to the ground. Johnson is now in Timmons 's guard.
Timmons trying to control the position.
Johnson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses. Timmons uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Johnson's guard. Nice move by Timmons !
Timmons preventing the sweep.
Timmons postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Timmons puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Timmons throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson moves into full guard.
Timmons trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Timmons passes Johnson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Timmons trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Timmons has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Timmons jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Johnson is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Johnson and Timmons has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Johnson manages to work his way to half guard, despite Timmons 's best efforts.
Timmons not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Timmons connects with a nice short shot to Johnson's temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson wants to get back to full guard.
Timmons is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timmons lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Timmons is looking to stall here but Johnson recovers full guard.
Timmons postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson is pulling down on Timmons 's head to control his posture.
Timmons working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timmons with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Timmons with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Timmons from controlling successfully.
Timmons stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
Timmons trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Timmons wants to pass the guard but Johnson is keeping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Timmons comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Timmons has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Timmons !
A victorious Bill Timmons thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.