PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Rosales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Johns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Johns has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gregory Rosales's chin.

Rosales
vs
Johns

216 cm
23
151 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
153 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Gregory Rosales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Johns!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johns throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johns misses with the combination.
Rosales thuds his right hand into Johns's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Johns tries to bum rush Rosales with a series of wild strikes but Rosales uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rosales really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Johns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rosales.
Johns looks to score with a jab to the body but Rosales is just out of range.

Rosales throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Johns was covering up waiting for the punch and Rosales finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Rosales engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns wants to stand and escape but Rosales is having none of it.
Rosales tries to stand but Johns is controlling from the bottom.
Rosales seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rosales working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Johns's head.
Rosales distracts Johns with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rosales working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rosales throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johns works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rosales working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Johns's head.
Rosales trying to control but Johns is working from the bottom.
Rosales tries to stand but Johns is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rosales.
Rosales postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rosales will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rosales loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rosales working some strikes from top position.
Johns keeping moving, preventing Rosales from controlling successfully.
Johns wants to get back to his feet but Rosales passes into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rosales is taking a breather. Johns says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Rosales lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Rosales decides to return to a standing position.
Johns swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Rosales counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosales tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Johns smiles and moves away.
Johns closes the distance but Rosales moves to the side

and Rosales counters by clinching up.
Johns is trying to break free.

Johns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johns connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dave Johns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johns looks to score with a jab to the body but Rosales is just out of range.
Johns is looking to clinch.
Johns tries to bum rush Rosales with a series of wild strikes but Rosales uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johns fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rosales moves out of range as Johns strikes.
Rosales fails to land with a series of punches.
Johns throws a right hand that Rosales ducks under and follows up with a left that Rosales also avoids with ease.
Johns rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rosales moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johns looks winded!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rosales misses the shot to the body.
Johns looks to clinch

and Rosales counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rosales.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregory Rosales dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johns.
Johns throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johns connects with a body shot that sends Rosales's belly button to the back.
Rosales throws a body punch but Johns moves out of range.
A jab from Rosales misses.
Rosales slips a straight right by Johns.
Rosales looks to score with a jab to the body but Johns is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Johns.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johns throws a series of punches but Rosales moves out of range.
Rosales dodges the punch combination from Johns.
Johns lands with a nice combination. Rosales backs away looking to recover.
Johns wants to clinch
letting Rosales counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosales looks to land a combination but Johns avoids it well.
Johns throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johns fails to land with a series of punches.
Johns is breathing heavily.
Rosales swats away the attempt to clinch by Johns.
Johns misses with a body shot

and Rosales counters by moving into the clinch.
Johns looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rosales misses with an elbow over the top.
Johns prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johns tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rosales avoids it.
Johns is trying to break the clinch but Rosales has him pressed against the cage.

Rosales breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Johns does no damage.
Johns misses with a two punch combination.
Johns misses with a series of wild punches.
Johns throws a right hand that Rosales ducks under and follows up with a left that Rosales also avoids with ease.

Rosales moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johns is trying to break the clinch but Rosales is controlling him.
Rosales goes for a takedown in the clinch but Johns prevents it.

Rosales pulls guard effortlessly.
Johns must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Johns passes Rosales's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Johns is controlling the pace.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rosales manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Johns showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Rosales slips a jab from Johns.
Rosales throws an overhand right that lands on Johns's shoulder, as Johns tries to avoid the shot.
Johns throws a jab when Rosales was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Johns throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johns throws a right and a left that Rosales avoids nicely.
Johns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Johns fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rosales, pushing him back against the cage.

Rosales pulls Johns into guard.
Rosales manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns wants to try and get back to his feet.
Johns takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Johns taking shots to the head.
Rosales landing strikes from the mount and Johns is in trouble!
Johns is trying to stand.
Rosales working Johns over with strikes here.
Rosales landing shots from mount.
Johns wants to try and get back to his feet.
Rosales takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rosales landing shots from mount.
Rosales controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns is in a horrible position here. Rosales smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rosales has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Johns'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.
Rosales controlling from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rosales lands a big shot there that rocks Johns but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rosales scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rosales controlling his opponent.
Rosales is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosales sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rosales working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Rosales.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johns in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rosales pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Rosales fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rosales putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rosales scoring with strikes but Johns is staying in there.
Rosales tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Johns is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosales controlling from the full mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rosales scoring with strikes but Johns is staying in there.
Rosales in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rosales in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rosales lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rosales with shots to the head and body - Johns looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rosales lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rosales has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Johns's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rosales lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johns hang on?
Johns wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Rosales with a couple of short strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gregory Rosales showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rosales 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gregory Rosales!