PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Vinicius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Vinicius will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Johnson
vs
Vinicius

170 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
21
167 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Sydney BEAST Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Vinicius!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Johnson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Johnson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vinicius's head.
Vinicius wants to get back to his feet.
Johnson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Vinicius is trying to stand back up but Johnson is controlling him
Johnson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Vinicius is trying to stand back up but Johnson is controlling him
Vinicius is trying to escape back to his feet but Johnson uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Vinicius takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson working the body and head with strikes.
Vinicius wants to get back to his feet but Johnson is dominant here and he's now got Vinicius's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is punishing Vinicius with some ground and pound.
Johnson lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Vinicius.
Johnson scores with strikes from the back.

Johnson is looking for the choke from the back position but Vinicius is controlling his hands well.
Johnson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vinicius on the ground.
Johnson scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Vinicius is looking for a way out.
Johnson lands strikes to the head.
Vinicius is trying to get back to his feet but Johnson has full control of the position and if anything, Vinicius has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson has Vinicius flattened out and is raining down punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinicius is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Johnson is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Vinicius up.
Vinicius is trying to get back to his feet but Johnson has full control of the position and if anything, Vinicius has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Johnson controlling the position well here. Vinicius rolled but Johnson kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Vinicius wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with strikes from the back.
Vinicius has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Johnson trying to control momentarily.
Vinicius holding both Johnson 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Can Vinicius hold on?! Johnson is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Johnson lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Vinicius trying to get back to his feet but Johnson is in full control for now.
Vinicius covers up after that shot from Johnson.
Johnson is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vinicius takes a big shot to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vinicius has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Johnson scores with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson gets a clinch.
Vinicius blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Vinicius looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vinicius tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Johnson smiles and moves away.
Vinicius scores with a nice head shot.
Vinicius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vinicius lands the left hand.
Nice shot lands for Vinicius.
Nice jab there from Vinicius.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Vinicius counters with a left and a right that stings Johnson.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vinicius moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Johnson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Vinicius's half guard.
Vinicius is trying to stand up here but Johnson is controlling him well.
Johnson wants to control but Vinicius is keeping him busy.
Vinicius tries to kick Johnson off but Johnson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Johnson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Johnson lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinicius is looking to escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson is nestled in close to Vinicius, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Johnson is trying to control the action in half guard but Vinicius is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Vinicius is trying to stand.
Vinicius is breathing heavily.

Johnson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Vinicius tries to kick Johnson off but Johnson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Vinicius is trying to stand up here but Johnson is controlling him well.
Vinicius has hold of Johnson's hands but Johnson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Vinicius looks like he's trying to stand up.
Johnson working over Vinicius with some ground and pound. Vinicius looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Johnson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vinicius wants to get back to his feet.
John Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johnson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Vinicius!
Vinicius is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vinicius takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his 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 looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that John Johnson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nice shot by Vinicius.
Vinicius slips a jab from Johnson.
Vinicius throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson throws a hook but Vinicius blocks it.
Vinicius throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.

Johnson scores with a takedown into Vinicius's guard.
Vinicius wants to stand but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vinicius swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinicius is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Johnson is controlling him.
Johnson is standing up over Vinicius. Vinicius looks to escape but Johnson dives into side control.
Johnson working the ground and pound.
Johnson tries to move into full mount but can't pass Vinicius's legs.
Vinicius is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Johnson is controlling him well.
Johnson landing a few strikes.
Vinicius is trying to buck Johnson off.
Johnson tries to move into full mount but can't pass Vinicius's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinicius tries to escape but Johnson is in control.
Vinicius takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vinicius gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Vinicius is trying to stand up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee warns Vinicius that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vinicius's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Johnson lands a heavy elbow.
Johnson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Johnson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Johnson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Vinicius is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Vinicius defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Johnson.
Vinicius wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson controlling from mount.
Johnson won't let Vinicius get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson is landing with some decent strikes but Vinicius is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Johnson tries to control but Vinicius wriggling away.
Marcus Vinicius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vinicius trying desperately to get to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Johnson!
John Johnson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Sydney BEAST Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.