PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Willis Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enzo De Luca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Johnson
vs
De Luca

177 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Likes comics

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willis Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Enzo De Luca!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says De Luca as he avoids it easily.

Johnson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for De Luca!
Johnson controls the position from side control.
Johnson in side control, throwing shots but De Luca defends.
De Luca is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Johnson is controlling him well.
De Luca is trying to control Johnson's posture but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson tries to stand but De Luca is controlling his head.
De Luca tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Johnson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
De Luca is still trying to improve position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if De Luca can do anything to dispel that myth.
Johnson lands a few punches from side control.
De Luca tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Johnson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
De Luca on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Johnson 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Luca gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson avoids the attempt from De Luca to control.
Johnson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. De Luca can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Johnson with a couple of short strikes.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Johnson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Johnson lands a couple of good shots and De Luca has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Johnson lands with a hammerfist to the side of De Luca's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

De Luca is trying to defend against the choke here but Johnson has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Johnson Tightens the hold and De Luca taps out furiously! Johnson displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Willis Johnson!
Our winner, Willis Johnson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.