PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacen Fields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Johnson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Johnson
vs
Fields

225 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
19
275 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jacen Fields!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fields fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fields. That's going to slow Johnson down.
Johnson stuffs the takedown attempt from Fields. Fields gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnson swinging wilding here.
Fields shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
John Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacen Fields.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jacen Fields seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.

Fields gets a takedown into half guard.

Fields is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fields is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson is trying to stand up here but Fields is controlling him well.

Fields is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Fields decides to stand and escape the position.
Fields will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Fields shoots in and bounces Johnson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fields looks gassed!

Johnson has his feet on Fields's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson works over Fields's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Jacen Fields has been cut.
Fields lands a jab-cross combination.

Fields looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Johnson!
Johnson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Fields wants to get back to his feet but Johnson is holding on tight.
Johnson is trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fields fails to take his opponent's back.
Johnson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Johnson tries to get out of the position.
Johnson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Johnson tries to buck Fields off but Fields takes his back!

Johnson fending off the submission attempt from Fields.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacen Fields dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacen Fields's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Fields counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fields.
Fields stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Johnson wants to stand but Fields is controlling the position.
Fields slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fields won't allow Johnson to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fields trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Fields passes Johnson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Fields is breathing heavily.
Fields seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Johnson is trying to stand back up but Fields is controlling him
Fields wants to pass the guard but Johnson is defending well.
Johnson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fields on the ground.

Fields is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Johnson is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jacen Fields!