PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aldo Crespo (ranked 3545 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jrayden Johnson (ranked 6273 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Crespo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Toxic Waltz. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Crespo
vs
Johnson

185 cm
30
146 lbs
15 - 15 - 1

175 cm
27
133 lbs
14 - 20 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aldo Crespo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jrayden Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crespo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Jrayden Johnson has been cut.
Horrible takedown attempt by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Crespo, which made it look bad.
Johnson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Crespo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Johnson somewhat.

Crespo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Crespo scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Crespo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Aldo Crespo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jrayden Johnson.

Crespo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt

and Crespo counters with a shoot takedown. Johnson fights it but they end up in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crespo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Crespo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Crespo passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Johnson looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Crespo pushes past his half guard into mount!
Crespo lands with some strikes.
Crespo trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Crespo has control of Johnson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Johnson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Crespo 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crespo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Johnson is in a horrible position here. Crespo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Crespo breaks from Johnson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Crespo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Johnson is rocked!
Johnson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Crespo finish him?
Crespo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnson hang on?
Crespo cracks Johnson with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aldo Crespo!
Aldo Crespo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.