PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chad Didion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chad Didion could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Adrian Johnson's chin.

Didion
vs
Johnson

160 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chad Didion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adrian Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Didion.
Didion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Didion.
Didion jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Didion throws out the jab.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Didion fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Didion stuffs the takedown.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Didion lands a nice hook to Johnson's body. Johnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Didion.
Didion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Didion.
Didion tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Didion closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Didion fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Didion throwing strikes but Johnson manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Didion is not content to let Johnson control the position.
Johnson has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Didion!
Johnson with a couple of short strikes.
Johnson lands a big elbow.
Didion could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson misses with a head shot.

Johnson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Didion manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Didion knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.

Johnson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Johnson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Didion managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Johnson.
Didion on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Didion tries to get out of the position.
Johnson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Johnson has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Johnson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Didion wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Johnson raining down shots from the mount!
Johnson raining down hammerfists from mount.
Didion is in a horrible position here. Johnson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
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 Didion's face.
Didion is in a horrible position here. Johnson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Johnson cracks Didion with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control but Didion is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson looking to finish with strikes here!
Johnson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Didion hang on?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Johnson punching from mount but Didion doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Didion loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Didion throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Didion slips a jab from Johnson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Didion. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Didion does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Didion throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
A punch combination from Didion misses.
Didion scores with a nice head shot.
Chad Didion is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson moves out of range as Didion strikes.
Didion throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Didion misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Didion at a distance.
Didion thows a body shot but no joy.
Didion misses with a looping right.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Didion throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Didion misses with a looping left.
Johnson blocks a jab.
Didion throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Didion or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson which made him look bad.
Didion is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Johnson's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Johnson slips a jab from Didion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Didion misses with a wild body shot.
Didion scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Didion throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Didion misses the shot to the body.
Didion lands a jab to the nose.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Didion was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Didion throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Didion.
Didion missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Didion saw that one coming.
Didion swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Didion fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
Didion misses with an uppercut.
Didion throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Didion misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Didion throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Didion.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Didion shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Johnson slips a straight right by Didion.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Didion.
Didion pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Chad Didion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Didion's waist but Didion gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnson off to one side.
Chad Didion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adrian Johnson.
A left and a right from Didion both land. Nice combination.
Didion looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Didion lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Johnson backs up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Didion misses with an attempted mid kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Johnson misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Didion dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Didion shoots in but no luck this time.
Didion throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A combination from Didion does no damage.
Didion misses with a straight right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Didion lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Didion misses with a low kick.
Didion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Didion misses with a double jab.
Didion misses with a double jab.
Didion tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Didion misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Didion fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Didion misses with a two punch combination.
Horrible takedown by Didion or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson which made him look bad.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Didion misses with an uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Didion.
Johnson checks a low kick from Didion.
Johnson moves out of range as Didion strikes.
Johnson throws the left hand but Didion avoids the punch easily.
Didion slips under a jab from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Didion throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Didion misses with the combination.
Didion lands a jab to Johnson's midsection.
Didion displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Johnson.
Didion closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chad Didion. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Didion.
Johnson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Didion tries to avoid it but Johnson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Didion to the ground. Didion escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Didion.
Didion throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Didion throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Didion throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Johnson misses with a hook
and Didion cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Didion fails to land with a series of punches.
Didion missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Didion.
Didion avoids the body shot from Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Didion misses.
Johnson shoots in but Didion avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Didion throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Johnson is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Didion looks a forlorn figure.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chad Didion.
I think Didion has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chad Didion!
Chad Didion seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.