PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ace Rob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mathew Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen Monster - Starset as his entrance music. Ace Rob has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Rob
vs
Johnson

170 cm
21
143 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

178 cm
26
145 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Venom Combat Sports

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ace Rob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mathew Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson checks the leg kick.
Johnson lands a leg kick that knocks Rob off balance momentarily.
Rob misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
Rob throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson shapes to counter with a head kick.
A head kick by Johnson misses

and Rob counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rob cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rob throws a big right hand that misses.
Rob is pushing down on Johnson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Johnson is fighting to maintain full guard but Rob has managed to sneak the leg through.

Johnson is defending against the submission attempts here by Rob.

Rob is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rob perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rob is looking for a kimura here.
Rob 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.

Rob in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Johnson tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Rob!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ace Rob!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ace Rob made sure he mentioned Venom Combat Sports, along with how happy he was to win his fight.