PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dutch Rudderme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cael Johansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cael Johansen will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rudderme
vs
Johansen

176 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dutch Rudderme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cael Johansen!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johansen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rudderme to the mat! Rudderme manages to get full guard.
Johansen pushes down on Rudderme's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johansen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Johansen is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Johansen with shots to the head and body - Rudderme looks very uncomfortable down there.
Johansen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Johansen unloading with bombs!
Rudderme is breathing heavily.

Johansen with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Johansen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Johansen landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansen controlling from the full mount.
Rudderme is working to get back to half guard.
Rudderme wants to hold on but Johansen pushes him away.
Rudderme is bucking up trying to escape but Johansen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Johansen is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Johansen thumps Rudderme with a low kick.
Rudderme rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johansen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rudderme tries to clinch up.

Johansen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Johansen decides to stand up, so the ref orders Rudderme to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Johansen.

Rudderme gets caught flat footed, as Johansen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Johansen scoring with some ground and pound.
Johansen stopping the sweep attempt from Rudderme.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Johansen throws a big right hand that misses.
Johansen with a nice head shot there.
Rudderme wants to control but Johansen passes easily into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansen working Rudderme over with strikes.
Johansen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rudderme with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rudderme on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rudderme tries to get out of the position.

Johansen postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Rudderme to stand up.
Rudderme fails with the takedown
and Johansen counters with an inside leg kick.
Johansen lands a front kick.
Rudderme misses with a combination

and Johansen moves into the clinch.

Johansen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Johansen darts in and clinches Rudderme up against the cage.
Johansen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johansen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rudderme pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rudderme escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rudderme misses with a double jab

and Johansen counters by moving into the clinch.
Rudderme prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dutch Rudderme has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cael Johansen.
Rudderme wants a takedown but no success here.
Johansen tries for a takedown but Rudderme manages to get underhooks.

Rudderme breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johansen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rudderme as he avoids it easily.
Johansen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rudderme's waist but Rudderme gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johansen off to one side.
Rudderme throws a left and a right that both miss

and Johansen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Rudderme's guard now.
Johansen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johansen preventing the sweep.
Rudderme is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Johansen dives into side control.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rudderme taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cael Johansen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rudderme misses with a takedown attempt

and Johansen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rudderme won't be happy with that.
Johansen trying to control the position but Rudderme is working away.
Johansen working the head and body with strikes.

Johansen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Rudderme has escaped the position, nice work there.
Rudderme wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rudderme is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Johansen lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansen cracks Rudderme with a big right hand but Rudderme just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rudderme taking a bit of punishment here - Johansen scoring with strikes.
Rudderme is looking for a sweep.
Rudderme misses with a strike from the bottom.
Johansen is looking to take a break and control but Rudderme is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Rudderme gets caught flat footed, as Johansen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Rudderme working for a triangle but Johansen defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansen trying to control the position from guard on top but Rudderme is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johansen advances position into side control!

Johansen decides to stand back up.

Rudderme closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
You can see the frustration on Johansen's face as Rudderme controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rudderme landing strikes.
Rudderme looks up at the clock and then as Johansen takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rudderme smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rudderme throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Johansen is trying to improve his position.
Rudderme scores with punches from side control.

Rudderme stands up.
Johansen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johansen shoots in for a takedown but Rudderme shows good takedown defense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rudderme throws a right and a left that Johansen avoids nicely.

Johansen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Johansen content to stall in guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Johansen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rudderme manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johansen tries to reverse the position but Rudderme maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cael Johansen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Rudderme stuffs the takedown.

Johansen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Rudderme might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Rudderme makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Rudderme throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Johansen rushes Rudderme and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johansen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Johansen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rudderme fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rudderme throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Johansen counters by moving into the clinch.
Johansen tries to land knees in the clinch but Rudderme avoids the damage to the body.

Johansen has picked Rudderme up - he's going for a ride! Johansen dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Rudderme has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Johansen is working away from the top position though.
Rudderme pushes Johansen off looking to stand but Johansen dives back in and keeps control.
Rudderme tries to get to full guard but Johansen has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rudderme keeps working.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rudderme makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rudderme.
Rudderme is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rudderme wants to stand but Johansen is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johansen fails to land the takedown.
Dutch Rudderme has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cael Johansen.
Rudderme throws a lazy head kick

and Johansen counters with a takedown into side control.

Johansen tries for a kimura but Rudderme is defending well.
Johansen working away.
Johansen has control of an arm but Rudderme manages to advance to Johansen's back!
Johansen biding his time, controlling Rudderme.
Rudderme is trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansen is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Rudderme is trapped and Johansen is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Rudderme trying to get back to his feet but Johansen is in full control for now.
Johansen has Rudderme flattened out and is raining down punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rudderme controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Rudderme is trying to break free.
Johansen lands shots from the back.
Johansen is punishing Rudderme with strikes - can he finish him?!
Johansen tries to keep control of the position but Rudderme is staying busy.

Johansen is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Rudderme is defending well though. Johansen let's go of the attempt for now.
Dutch Rudderme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Rudderme manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cael Johansen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Johansen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cael Johansen!