PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hard Nose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pollock Johnny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Nose
vs
Johnny

180 cm
19
185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
187 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hard Nose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pollock Johnny!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nose tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nose fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Johnny fails to land the takedown.
Johnny shoots in looking for a takedown. Nose tries to sprawl out of it but Johnny keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nose manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Johnny clinches up with Nose and pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Johnny is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Johnny gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Johnny looking to pass the guard.
Nose preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnny advances position into side control!

Johnny is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nose knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Johnny working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Johnny looks gassed!
Johnny tries to advance to mount but Nose denies him.
Nose manages to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnny has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Johnny landing shots from mount.
Johnny lands a nice shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnny seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Nose is holding on tight.
Johnny punching from mount but Nose doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Nose tries to hold on but Johnny pushes him away.
Nose is trying desperately to improve position.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Johnny has control of Nose's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Nose regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnny swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Nose is now in Johnny's guard. A big mistake from Johnny there, giving up the dominant position!
Nose is looking to stand up but Johnny won't let him.
Nose stopping the sweep attempt from Johnny.
Nose has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Johnny looking for a guillotine here but Nose defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nose stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnny swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Johnny has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nose can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

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

Johnny is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pollock Johnny dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nose tries to clinch

and Johnny counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Johnny.
Nose wants to stand and escape but Johnny is having none of it.
Nose is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Johnny slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Johnny thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Johnny tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnny trying to control the action but Nose is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnny tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Johnny has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Johnny tries for a kimura but Nose is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nose parries the strikes from Johnny easily there. Johnny is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Nose to escape.

Johnny is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nose is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Nose sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Johnny is trying to control. Nose wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Johnny has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Nose defend it? Johnny steps over the head and cranks it - Nose is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Johnny!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pollock Johnny!