PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roy Big Baby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Big Baby
vs
Johnson

170 cm
25
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
144 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roy Big Baby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivan Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Big Baby's guard.

Big Baby looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Big Baby is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Johnson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Johnson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Big Baby wants to sweep here but Johnson controlling him for the moment.

Big Baby 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 throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Big Baby.
Johnson lands a couple of elbows.
Big Baby is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Johnson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Big Baby pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson looking for submissions off his back.
Johnson punching from the bottom.
Johnson missing with punches from the bottom.
Big Baby prevents Johnson from improving his position.
Big Baby blocks the strikes from Johnson.
Big Baby drops an elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
Big Baby working over Johnson with some ground and pound. Johnson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Big Baby stalling.
Big Baby seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Big Baby working the head and body with strikes.
Johnson trying to control but Big Baby postures up.
Johnson punching from the bottom.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Nice strikes from Big Baby there.
Johnson wants to improve his position but Big Baby is controlling well.
Big Baby working over Johnson with some ground and pound. Johnson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Johnson is trying to get back to full guard.
Johnson trying to control here.

Big Baby is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Johnson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Big Baby tries to pass to full mount but Johnson defends it.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Big Baby scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Big Baby scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Johnson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Big Baby lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Johnson misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Big Baby working over Johnson with some ground and pound. Johnson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Johnson tries to get to full guard but Big Baby has control of the leg.
Big Baby is trying to control the action in half guard but Johnson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Big Baby is thwarting Johnson's attempts to control the position.
Big Baby blocks the strikes from Johnson.
Big Baby scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johnson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Big Baby is keen to just control but Johnson is a slippery customer.
Johnson tries to get to full guard but Big Baby has control of the leg.
Johnson is looking to control Big Baby's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Johnson avoid being mounted?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson wants to get back to full guard.
Johnson punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Big Baby dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Johnson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Big Baby to the mat! Big Baby manages to get full guard.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson distracts Big Baby with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Big Baby pulls Johnson in to control the position.
Big Baby trying to control the position.
Big Baby tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson distracts Big Baby with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses. Big Baby uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Johnson's guard. Nice move by Big Baby!

Johnson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Big Baby is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.
Big Baby lands a couple of digs.
Big Baby cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
We've been hearing that Big Baby has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

Johnson looking for a guillotine here but Big Baby defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Johnson lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Johnson postures up.

Big Baby had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Johnson defends it easily.
Johnson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Johnson chips away with some ground and pound.
Johnson landing some decent shots from guard.
Johnson is working Big Baby over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Big Baby looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Johnson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Johnson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Big Baby's head.
Johnson is in close to Big Baby's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Big Baby tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Big Baby has momentary wrist control but Johnson slips an elbow through the middle.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Big Baby swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Big Baby is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Big Baby looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Johnson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Johnson throws a sloppy strike and Big Baby has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Johnson is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Big Baby!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Roy Big Baby!
Roy Big Baby was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.