PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Austin Bilokraly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bilokraly
vs
Johnson

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Austin Bilokraly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson connects with a high kick.

Johnson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
You can see the frustration on Bilokraly's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Johnson throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Bilokraly works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Johnson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bilokraly keeps working.
Johnson prevents Bilokraly from improving his position.
Bilokraly is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bilokraly is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Johnson trying to control from half guard but Bilokraly is working away.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Justin Johnson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bilokraly shoots in but no luck this time.
Bilokraly is trying hard to land a takedown here. Johnson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Johnson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bilokraly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Johnson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bilokraly is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control but Bilokraly is working from the bottom.
Bilokraly controlling the position.

Bilokraly looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Bilokraly manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson wants to clinch but Bilokraly slips to the side

and Bilokraly counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bilokraly.
Johnson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bilokraly ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bilokraly no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Bilokraly is pulling down on Johnson's head. It's preventing any offense from Johnson, at least for the moment.
Johnson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Bilokraly keeps moving.
Bilokraly is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bilokraly prevents Johnson from improving his position.
Johnson looks winded!
Johnson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bilokraly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bilokraly.

Bilokraly is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Johnson wants to improve his position but Bilokraly is controlling well.
Bilokraly throwing shots but Johnson is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bilokraly throwing shots but Johnson is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bilokraly missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Johnson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bilokraly.
Johnson wants to sweep but Bilokraly has passed to side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Austin Bilokraly will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Johnson misses with a takedown attempt - Bilokraly sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Bilokraly circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Bilokraly shoots in.
Bilokraly tries for a takedown but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Johnson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bilokraly tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bilokraly.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Austin Bilokraly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bilokraly takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Johnson shoots in and bounces Bilokraly off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Bilokraly uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bilokraly but Bilokraly pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Bilokraly shoots in.
A solid body kick from Bilokraly.

Bilokraly closes the distance and clinches.

Bilokraly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bilokraly shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Johnson wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bilokraly displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Johnson.

Bilokraly closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.

Bilokraly breaks from the clinch.
Bilokraly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bilokraly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from Johnson. No joy for Bilokraly on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a high kick.

Bilokraly takes the fight into the clinch.

Bilokraly ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bilokraly no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Bilokraly keeps moving.

Bilokraly has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Johnson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Bilokraly shoots for a double leg takedown but Johnson sprawls well. He's pushed Bilokraly's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bilokraly takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bilokraly misses with a takedown attempt - Johnson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bilokraly circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bilokraly fails with a takedown attempt.
Bilokraly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bilokraly fails to land the takedown.
Johnson tries to clinch but Bilokraly is having none of it.
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 Austin Bilokraly will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bilokraly is looking to clinch.

Johnson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Bilokraly kicks Johnson off and gets back to his feet.
Johnson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A shot to the liver by Bilokraly. Beautiful body shot.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Horrible takedown by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Bilokraly which made him look bad.
Bilokraly looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Bilokraly moves into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bilokraly breaks the clinch.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Bilokraly.
Johnson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bilokraly shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Johnson sprawls well. Johnson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bilokraly gets slowly back to his feet.
Bilokraly shoots in and drives through. Johnson sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Austin Bilokraly. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bilokraly moves into the clinch.
Johnson wants to break free but Bilokraly has control.
Bilokraly keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Bilokraly manages to break the clinch.
Austin Bilokraly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bilokraly is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.

Bilokraly gets a clinch.
Bilokraly crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.

Bilokraly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

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

Bilokraly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bilokraly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bilokraly tries for a takedown but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Johnson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bilokraly tries to avoid it but Johnson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bilokraly to the ground. Bilokraly escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bilokraly moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilokraly tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bilokraly content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Johnson is trying to push Bilokraly away but Bilokraly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bilokraly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Bilokraly manages to pull guard.
Austin Bilokraly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bilokraly pulls Johnson in close to prevent any damage.

Bilokraly has his foot on Johnson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Johnson works his way back into a safe position though.

Bilokraly kicks Johnson off and gets to his feet.

Johnson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bilokraly sprawls well initially but Johnson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is just content to waste time from the top position. Bilokraly takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bilokraly holds on and takes a little breather.
Johnson looking to sit in guard and control but Bilokraly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bilokraly loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Justin Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Austin Bilokraly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Johnson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
Austin Bilokraly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bilokraly has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Austin Bilokraly!
A very excited looking Austin Bilokraly rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.