PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Tremblay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for John Tremblay has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Tremblay
vs
Johnson

203 cm
25
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
24
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Tremblay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tremblay throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Johnson drives through with a takedown into guard.

Tremblay has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Johnson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Tremblay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson advances position into side control!

Johnson tries for a kimura but Tremblay is defending well.

Johnson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Tremblay looks to move to half guard but instead Johnson has passed into mount! Damn!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looking to control but Tremblay is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Johnson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Tremblay defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Johnson.
Johnson with the ground and pound from mount.
Johnson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Johnson wants to control the pace but Tremblay is squirming around nicely.

Johnson wants to finish this one by submission but Tremblay is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Johnson.
Tremblay keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Johnson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tremblay keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Tremblay tries to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
Johnson looking to control and managing it successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson is trying to take his opponent's back.
Johnson works his way to his opponent's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Tremblay knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Tremblay for a finish.

Johnson looking for the choke but no joy.
Johnson looks winded!

Johnson looking for the choke but no joy.
Tremblay is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnson has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Tremblay has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Tremblay staying busy and making it hard for Johnson to control.

Tremblay preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Johnson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tremblay is in bad spot here.
Tremblay trying to control but not successfully.

Tremblay is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Johnson looking for the RNC.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tremblay connects with a looping right hand.

Tremblay feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Johnson sprawling to the canvas! Johnson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Tremblay finish him?!

Johnson is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tremblay cracks Johnson with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Tremblay!
After winning the bout, John Tremblay thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.