PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Johnson (ranked 3932 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Van Der Woodsen (ranked 5968 p4p, 563 weight class). Tony Johnson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Johnson
vs
Van Der Woodsen

178 cm
25
160 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

174 cm
25
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Van Der Woodsen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Van Der Woodsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Der Woodsen fails with the takedown
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Der Woodsen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Johnson throws a poor cross that misses

and Van Der Woodsen counters with a single leg into guard. Johnson didn't expect that.
Van Der Woodsen tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.
Johnson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Van Der Woodsen on the ground.
Johnson pulls Van Der Woodsen in to control the position.
Van Der Woodsen is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Van Der Woodsen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Van Der Woodsen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Van Der Woodsen drops back looking for a leg! Johnson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Johnson manages to kick Van Der Woodsen off! Van Der Woodsen jumps back into Johnson's guard.
Van Der Woodsen wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Van Der Woodsen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Van Der Woodsen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Van Der Woodsen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Van Der Woodsen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Van Der Woodsen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Van Der Woodsen from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Van Der Woodsen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Van Der Woodsen drops back looking for a leg! Johnson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Johnson manages to kick Van Der Woodsen off! Van Der Woodsen jumps back into Johnson's guard.
Van Der Woodsen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

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.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Van Der Woodsen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Van Der Woodsen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Van Der Woodsen drops back looking for a leg! Johnson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Johnson manages to kick Van Der Woodsen off! Van Der Woodsen jumps back into Johnson's guard.
Van Der Woodsen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Van Der Woodsen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Van Der Woodsen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Van Der Woodsen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Van Der Woodsen misses with a takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson thuds a left hand into Van Der Woodsen's body.
A shot to the liver by Johnson. Beautiful body shot.

Johnson gets caught flat footed, as Van Der Woodsen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Johnson pulls Van Der Woodsen in close to prevent any damage.
Van Der Woodsen throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Woodsen wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Van Der Woodsen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Van Der Woodsen.
Van Der Woodsen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Van Der Woodsen controls the pace.
Van Der Woodsen works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Van Der Woodsen seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Johnson is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Eric Van Der Woodsen!