PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stumpy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerald Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Johnson
vs
Wood

175 cm
28
148 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

175 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stumpy Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gerald Wood!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson stuffs the takedown attempt from Wood. Wood gets slowly back to his feet.
Wood closes the distance and clinches up with Johnson, looking for a takedown. Wood pushes Johnson against the cage but Johnson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice body punch from Wood.

Wood closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Wood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wood thuds a left hand into Johnson's body.
Nice takedown defense from Wood. No joy for Johnson on that attempt.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Wood kicks off Johnson and gets to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stumpy Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wood has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson tries for a takedown. No joy.

Wood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Wood moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
Wood prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnson wants a takedown but no success here.

Wood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Wood gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Johnson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wood prevents it.

Johnson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wood is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looks to land a strike but Wood avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Wood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson trying to control but Wood is working from the bottom.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson lands a couple of digs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson chips away with 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.
Johnson trying to control but Wood is working from the bottom.
Wood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wood works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson cracks Wood with a solid left hand.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johnson slips nicely into half guard.
Johnson wants to take a breather but Wood is having none of it.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of Wood's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson is looking to take a break and control but Wood is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Johnson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood taking some punishment here, with Johnson in his half guard.
Johnson is trying to control the action in half guard but Wood is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Johnson.
Johnson trying to control from half guard but Wood is working away.
Wood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Johnson with the ground and pound but Wood uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Wood looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson advances to half guard.
Johnson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wood tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gerald Wood will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Wood moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Wood shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Johnson defends it nicely.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Wood napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Johnson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Wood sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Stumpy Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johnson tries to stand but Wood is controlling his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Johnson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Wood down.
Wood struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Johnson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Johnson looking to finish Wood with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wood!
Johnson lands a big elbow.
The referee warns Wood that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Johnson tries to control but Wood wriggling away.
Johnson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Johnson with a couple of short strikes.

Wood is rocked!
Johnson cracks Wood with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stumpy Johnson!
Stumpy Johnson took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, BlackStar Athletics for their support in the buildup to the fight.