PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aritomo Siagyo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeb Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeb Johnson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Aritomo Siagyo's chin.

Siagyo
vs
Johnson

177 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aritomo Siagyo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeb Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Siagyo's shoulder, as Siagyo tries to avoid the shot.

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson prevents Siagyo from breaking the clinch.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Siagyo.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Siagyo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson lands a body punch.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Siagyo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Siagyo trying to stall but Johnson improves his position.
Siagyo working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siagyo working hard to break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Johnson.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Siagyo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Siagyo blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siagyo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Siagyo wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Siagyo working hard to break the clinch.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Siagyos head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Siagyo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Siagyo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Siagyo is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Siagyo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Siagyo tries to circle away but Johnson has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siagyo is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Siagyo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Siagyo's efforts to push away.
Siagyo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson lands a body shot.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.
Siagyo is breathing heavily.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Siagyo tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson works on Siagyo's body with a couple of short punches.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siagyo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson tries to work over Siagyo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Siagyo backwards.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Siagyo blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Siagyo backwards.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Siagyo controls his hands.
A frustrated look appears on Siagyo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Siagyo blocks an uppercut.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Siagyo's elbow.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Siagyo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Siagyo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Siagyo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good body shot from Johnson.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Siagyo backwards.
Johnson tries to work over Siagyo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Johnson.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Siagyo controls the action.
Siagyo is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Siagyo prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Siagyo is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeb Johnson dominated that round.
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.

Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Siagyo.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Siagyo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson pushes Siagyo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Siagyo blocks an uppercut.
Siagyo looking to stall.
Siagyo can't break the clinch.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Siagyo controls the action.
Siagyo tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Siagyo tries to circle away but Johnson has him pinned against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Siagyo.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
Siagyo is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Siagyo avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Siagyo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Siagyo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Siagyo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
A short left from Johnson.
Johnson lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Siagyo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Siagyo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Siagyo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Siagyo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson lands a body punch.
Johnson prevents Siagyo from breaking the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Siagyo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Siagyo.
A body shot lands from Johnson.
Siagyo is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Siagyo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Johnson.
Nice body punch from Johnson.
Siagyo is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johnson.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johnson.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Siagyo.
Siagyo wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Jeb Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Siagyo.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Siagyo backwards.
Siagyo prevents a body shot from Johnson.
A short uppercut from Johnson.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Siagyo's elbow.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Johnson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Siagyo's head.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Johnson - that landed with a thud.
A short left from Johnson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Siagyo.
Johnson cracks Siagyo with a nice body shot.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson cracks Siagyo with a nice body shot.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siagyo blocks a body shot from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeb Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Siagyo paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Siagyo tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson keeps control of Siagyo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Siagyo is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Siagyo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Siagyo has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siagyo is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Johnson lands a shot to the body.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Siagyo controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Siagyo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Siagyo backwards.

Siagyo is rocked!
Siagyo working hard to break the clinch.
Oh Siagyo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson works on Siagyo's body with a couple of short punches.
Siagyo tries to circle away but Johnson has him pinned against the cage.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Siagyo avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Siagyo seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Siagyo backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Siagyo blocks an uppercut.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Siagyo backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Siagyo is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Siagyo controls the action.
Johnson has Siagyo pressed against the cage, preventing Siagyo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Siagyo.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Siagyo prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Siagyo controls the action.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Siagyo avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Siagyo can't break the clinch.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Siagyo's ribcage. Siagyo let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jeb Johnson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Siagyo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson pushes Siagyo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Siagyo backwards.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siagyo blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Siagyo trying to control the position but instead, Johnson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Siagyo into the cage.
Siagyo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Johnson misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Aritomo Siagyo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Siagyo blocks an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeb Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 24:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 24:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeb Johnson!