PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamal Johnston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackie Treehorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jamal Johnston has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnston
vs
Treehorn

190 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
211 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jamal Johnston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jackie Treehorn!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Treehorn gets a clinch.
Treehorn lands a damaging elbow.
Treehorn tries a body shot but Johnston blocks it.
Treehorn is struggling to control the position.
Treehorn with a knee to the head.
Treehorn blocking some punches.

Treehorn breaks from the clinch.
A combination from Johnston does no damage.

Treehorn has closed the distance and engaged Johnston in a clinch.
Treehorn leaning against his opponent.
Treehorn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Johnston.
Treehorn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Johnston pulls his leg out and moves away.
Treehorn doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnston circles away.
Johnston keeps the fight on the outside.
Treehorn walks into a stiff left hand from Johnston.
Treehorn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Treehorn tries to clinch but Johnston moves out of range.
Johnston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnston throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Treehorn wants to clinch up but Johnston keeps it at a distance.
Johnston throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnston scores with a nice right hand.

Treehorn closes the distance and clinches.
Treehorn landing knees to the head.
Treehorn scores a nice knee to the body.
Treehorn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Treehorn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Treehorn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Johnston swings wildly with an uppercut but Treehorn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Treehorn slows down the pace here.
Johnston takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Treehorn breaks the clinch.
Jackie Treehorn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Treehorn looks gassed!
Johnston drops Treehorn with a right and a left! Johnston comes rushing in but Treehorn regains his composure and manages to keep Johnston in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnston trying to control but Treehorn is working from the bottom.
Johnston controlling from the top position.
Johnston throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johnston trying to control the position from guard on top but Treehorn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Treehorn looking for a sweep. Not yet Treehorn, not yet.
Johnston is stalling in the full guard.
Treehorn keeping moving, preventing Johnston from controlling successfully.
Treehorn looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Treehorn wants to clinch up but Johnston keeps it at a distance.
Treehorn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A nice combination there by Johnston.
A jab from Johnston does it's job there.
A head kick misses from Treehorn.
Danga de danga de dang - Johnston scores with a four punch combination!
Jamal Johnston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Treehorn is looking to clinch.
Treehorn fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Treehorn shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnston as he jumps to the side.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnston scores with a nice strike.
Treehorn walks into a left hand.
A combination from Johnston does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal Johnston 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.

Treehorn clinches up against the cage.
Treehorn scores with a hook to the body.
Treehorn misses with a knee strike.
Treehorn looking to throw knees to the head but Johnston is blocking nicely.
Treehorn lands a nice knee to the body.
Treehorn avoiding damage.
Treehorn is working for takedown but Johnston is calmly controlling the position for now.
Johnston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Treehorn has him pressed against the cage.
Johnston letting Treehorn take a breather here.
Johnston misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnston lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Treehorn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Johnston fails to land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnston wants to get back to striking at distance but Treehorn won't allow it.
Johnston fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnston is trying to break the clinch but Treehorn has him pressed against the cage.
Treehorn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnston wants to get back to striking at distance but Treehorn won't allow it.
Johnston has had enough of the clinch but Treehorn keeps him there for the moment.
Treehorn tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnston avoids the damage to the body.
Johnston is trying to break the clinch but Treehorn has him pressed against the cage.
Johnston is trying to break the clinch but Treehorn has him pressed against the cage.
Johnston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnston can't break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Treehorn as Johnston tries to tie him up.

Treehorn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Treehorn fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Treehorn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Treehorn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnston swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnston scores with a nice strike.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Treehorn changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Johnston fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Treehorn takes the fight into the clinch.
Treehorn is struggling to control the position.
Treehorn receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Johnston is looking to break free of the clinch but Treehorn has double underhooks.
Treehorn lands a damaging elbow.
Treehorn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnston lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Treehorn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnston misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnston tries to keep at a distance but Treehorn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnston takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnston misses with a punch on the inside.
Treehorn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johnston takes an elbow to the forehead.
A bit of stalling here from Treehorn.
Treehorn misses with a body punch.
Johnston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Treehorn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Treehorn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnston's defenses.
Johnston takes an elbow to the forehead.
Treehorn digs a right hand into Johnston's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johnston's gas tank.
Treehorn has Johnston pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Johnston manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jamal Johnston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackie Treehorn.
Treehorn effectively controlling the action here.
Treehorn landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Treehorn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Treehorn lands an elbow that stopped Johnston in his tracks for a moment.
Johnston wants to break free but Treehorn has control.
Treehorn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Johnston gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Treehorn avoiding damage.
Treehorn prevents Johnston from breaking the clinch.
Treehorn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnston lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Treehorn.
Treehorn lands a nice elbow.
Treehorn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Johnston pulls his leg out and moves away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Treehorn clinches with his opponent.
Treehorn's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackie Treehorn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Johnston fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnston swats away the attempt to clinch by Treehorn.
Good shot there by Johnston.
Treehorn tries to clinch up but Johnston circles away and keeps his distance.
Treehorn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Treehorn tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnston connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Treehorn momentarily.
Treehorn moves in looking to clinch but Johnston pushes him off.
Johnston sizes up Treehorn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Johnston lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Johnston.

Johnston tries to keep at a distance but Treehorn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Treehorn breaks the clinch.
Treehorn moves in looking to clinch but Johnston pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnston throws a one two combo.
Treehorn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnston avoids the head kick by Treehorn.
Johnston stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Treehorn gets a clinch.
Treehorn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnston lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Treehorn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnston's face.
Johnston takes a knee right on the jaw!
Johnston wants to break free but Treehorn has control.
Treehorn lands a body punch.
Treehorn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Treehorn holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Johnston prevents the takedown attempt.
A knee to the head by Treehorn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Johnston takes a shot to the head.

Treehorn breaks the clinch.
Johnston connects with the punch.
Treehorn takes one to the chin there.
Treehorn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Treehorn tries to clinch up.
Treehorn fails in his attempt to clinch.

Treehorn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Treehorn scores a nice knee to the body.
Treehorn landing knees to the head.
Treehorn connects with a knee to the head.
Treehorn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Treehorn turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Treehorn decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Johnston scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnston walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jamal Johnston is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Treehorn fails with the takedown.
Jamal Johnston is winning the standup battle so far.
Treehorn tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Treehorn moves into range and clinches up with Johnston.
Johnston is looking to break free of the clinch but Treehorn has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Treehorn.
Treehorn taking a breather.
Treehorn scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnston is looking to break free of the clinch but Treehorn has double underhooks.

Treehorn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Treehorn wants to clinch.
Johnston swats away the attempt to clinch by Treehorn.
Johnston cracks Treehorn with an open hand slap.

Treehorn moves into the clinch.
Treehorn has Johnston pressed against the cage.
Johnston can't break the clinch.
Treehorn has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Johnston avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jamal Johnston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackie Treehorn.
Johnston is trying to break free.
Treehorn misses with a knee strike.
Treehorn lands an elbow that stopped Johnston in his tracks for a moment.

Treehorn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnston moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jackie Treehorn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Treehorn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackie Treehorn!