PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Kalawit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris 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.

Kalawit
vs
Johnson

200 cm
24
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 Las Vegas, Jorge Kalawit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson closes the distance and pushes Kalawit back into the cage.
Kalawit wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Kalawit taking a breather.
Johnson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Kalawit is defending well.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kalawit tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson tries a body shot but Kalawit blocks it.
Johnson stalling the fight.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.

Kalawit successfully pulls guard.
Johnson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Johnson gets to his feet. Kalawit looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Johnson moves to clinch but Kalawit breaks away
and Kalawit counters with a series of strikes. Johnson will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kalawit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kalawit takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Horrible takedown by Kalawit or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson which made him look bad.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Kalawit is avoiding it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Johnson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalawit is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kalawit being controlled against the cage.

Kalawit gets control of Johnson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Kalawit will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kalawit holds on and takes a little breather.
Johnson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kalawit is proving hard to escape from.
Kalawit is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to stand but Kalawit is controlling his posture from full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Johnson drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Kalawit dives on top into guard.
Kalawit controlling from the top position.

Kalawit gets to his feet - Johnson follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalawit circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kalawit is looking to clinch.
Johnson misses with a double jab

and Kalawit counters by moving into the clinch.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but Kalawit turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kalawit shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Kalawit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kalawit shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side.
Kalawit on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Johnson. Johnson obviously looking to wear him down.
Chris Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kalawit throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Johnson counters with a leg kick.
Kalawit moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
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!
Kalawit tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chris Johnson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Kalawit's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kalawit avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Kalawit wants to clinch
and Johnson counters with a big head kick but Kalawit shrugs it off.
Johnson shoots in but no luck this time.
Kalawit tries to clinch up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Johnson.
Kalawit lands a nice hook to Johnson's body. Johnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jorge Kalawit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Kalawit counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kalawit shoots in and drives through. Johnson sprawls well.

Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson tries to stall but Kalawit uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kalawit keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Kalawit controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalawit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kalawit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kalawit pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Kalawit has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Kalawit jumps guard but Johnson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Kalawit is trying to pull guard but Johnson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Kalawit. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kalawit is trying to break free.
Kalawit stops a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Johnson trying to stall but Kalawit improves his position.
Kalawit tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Johnson smiles and moves away.

Kalawit has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kalawit.
Kalawit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalawit avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Johnson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kalawit.
Kalawit stuffs the takedown.
Kalawit 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 Kalawit off to one side.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No luck for Johnson with that takedown attempt.

Kalawit drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Kalawit postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Kalawit not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kalawit throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalawit looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Kalawit seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Johnson for as long as he can get away with.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jorge Kalawit just wasn't active enough.
Johnson stuffs the takedown.

Johnson clinches with his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kalawit leaning against his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Kalawit has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Kalawit dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Kalawit.
Kalawit tries to clinch up.
Kalawit throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown but Kalawit manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Johnson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kalawit shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Johnson defends it nicely.

Kalawit moves into the clinch successfully.
Kalawit tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Kalawit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kalawit is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Johnson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Kalawit closes the distance and clinches up with Johnson, looking for a takedown. Kalawit pushes Johnson against the cage but Johnson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Johnson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Kalawit circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Kalawit circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson tries to clinch up.

Kalawit tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnson wants to take the fight to the mat but Kalawit manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Kalawit tries to circle away but Johnson has him pinned against the cage.
Johnson stalling in the clinch.
Kalawit is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson gets control of Kalawit's arms and successfully pulls guard. Johnson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Kalawit postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson being controlled here, momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kalawit prevents Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Kalawit is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Johnson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Johnson shoots in for a double leg but Kalawit sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch but Kalawit is having none of it.
Kalawit has a takedown stuffed.
Kalawit shoots in looking for a takedown. Johnson tries to sprawl out of it but Kalawit keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Johnson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kalawit fails with the takedown.
Kalawit avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Kalawit is looking to clinch.
Johnson avoids a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kalawit.
Horrible takedown by Kalawit or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson which made him look bad.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Kalawit circles away and keeps his distance.

Kalawit shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Kalawit decides to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson scores with a head kick. Kalawit tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chris Johnson.
I think Johnson 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Johnson!
A very excited looking Chris Johnson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.