PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 5730 p4p, 510 weight class) and Wayne Chung (ranked 5724 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for John Johnson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Johnson
vs
Chung

175 cm
24
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
24
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Chung!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson jabs at Chung's body.
Johnson throws a one two combo.
Nice cross by Johnson.
Chung closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side
and Johnson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Johnson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Chung scores with a takedown into Johnson's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chung seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Chung slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chung wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Johnson, who protects the arm well.
Chung happy to just control the position for now.

Chung is trying to get an arm triangle but Johnson is defending well.
Johnson tries to bench press Chung off him but Chung keeps the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Chung controlling the position.

Chung decides to stand up, so the ref orders Johnson to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chung looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A shot to the liver by Johnson. Beautiful body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Johnson. No joy for Chung on that attempt.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Chung was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
John Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Johnson with a nice cross.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Chung moved out of range.
Chung slips a jab from Johnson.
Johnson misses the jab.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Chung moves out of range.
Chung slips under a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Chung. Those never looked like landing.
Chung slips under a jab.

Chung scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Johnson throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chung.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a right hand. Chung shakes it off.
Horrible takedown attempt by Chung or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson, which made it look bad.
Johnson is looking to counter punch.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chung shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Johnson defends it nicely.
John Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wayne Chung.
Chung looks for a takedown but Johnson sprawls well.
Chung looks winded!
Chung takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Wayne Chung has been cut.
Johnson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice body punch from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wayne Chung's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Johnson lands a jab.
Chung avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chung can do to turn this around?
Chung throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Johnson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Johnson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chung eats them both and turns towards Johnson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Johnson slaps away a takedown attempt from Chung, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Chung fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Chung's ribcage. Chung let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body.

Chung escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
John Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson lunges at Chung with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chung's hand.
John Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chung looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Johnson!
Chung is breathing heavily.
Johnson is trying to get back to half guard.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Chung drags him back down.
Johnson looks to move to half guard but instead Chung has passed into mount! Damn!
Chung postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Johnson looks a forlorn figure.
Johnson working to try and regain half guard.
Wayne Chung has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chung tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.

Chung jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Johnson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Johnson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Chung on the ground.
Chung advances nicely into full mount.

Johnson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Chung.
Chung fails to take his opponent's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is working to get back to half guard.
Chung trying to control but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson tries to buck Chung off but he can't manage it.
Johnson is trying to reverse the position but instead Chung has taken his back - oops!
Johnson is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Chung is persistently looking for the submission but Johnson is defending it well.
Chung trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Johnson doesn't escape.
Chung lands a shot to the head.

Chung is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee is taking a good look at Johnson as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Chung!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Wayne Chung will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Wayne Chung's cut.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Chung with a poor takedown
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson scores with a jab.
Johnson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chung on the side of the head.
A jab from Johnson does it's job there.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chung.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Johnson, as that shot connected.
Chung shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Chung takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chung tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab from Johnson finds it's way through Chung's defenses.
Chung swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Johnson with a jab.
Chung throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Chung misses with a takedown attempt - Johnson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
John Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wayne Chung.
Chung takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chung moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chung drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson throws a jab when Chung was well out of range.
Chung raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Johnson misses with the combination.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Johnson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chung in his tracks.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Johnson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Chung's shoulder, as Chung tries to avoid the shot.
Nice takedown defense from Johnson. No joy for Chung on that attempt.
Chung with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Chung tries to score a power double leg takedown but Johnson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Chung somewhat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Johnson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Chung defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Johnson duly obliges.
Nice jab there from Johnson.
Johnson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson throws a right hand that Chung ducks under and follows up with a left that Chung also avoids with ease.
Chung tries to score a power double leg takedown but Johnson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Chung somewhat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Johnson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Johnson's corner calls for a 1-2. Johnson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
Chung ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Chung tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson cracks Chung with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wayne Chung has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight for John Johnson!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for John Johnson!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for John Johnson!

John Johnson wins by unanimous decision!