PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jach Bresnar (ranked 1374 p4p, 2046 weight class) and Uestus Johnston (ranked 176 p4p, 248 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Johnston's choice of entrance music: Clint Eastwood- Gorillaz. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bresnar
vs
Johnston

180 cm
28
165
9 - 5 - 1

180 cm
25
157
15 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jach Bresnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Uestus Johnston!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnston slips a jab from Bresnar.
Bresnar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bresnar has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bresnar punishes Johnston's body with a nice straight punch.
Bresnar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bresnar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Bresnar has Johnston up against the cage in a clinch.
Bresnar lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnston backwards.
Johnston wants to stall.
Johnston will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bresnar up against the cage.
Johnston is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bresnar is keeping busy.
The referee calls for Bresnar to work.

Bresnar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bresnar is looking to clinch but Johnston is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bresnar slips a straight right by Johnston.
Johnston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnston connects with the punch.
Johnston bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bresnar's head backwards.

Bresnar closes the distance and pushes Johnston back into the cage.
Bresnar looking to throw knees to the head but Johnston is blocking nicely.
Johnston leaning his opponent against the cage.
Johnston stalling in the clinch but Bresnar improves position.
Johnston effectively controlling the action here.
Johnston avoiding damage as Bresnar throws knees to the body.
Bresnar trying to stall but Johnston improves his position.
Bresnar stalling against the cage.
A body shot lands from Bresnar.
Bresnar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnston avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnston looking to stall.

Bresnar breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnston taking a breather.
Bresnar lands a left hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bresnar as Johnston tries to tie him up.

Bresnar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Uestus Johnston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bresnar fails with an attempt to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bresnar tries to clinch but Johnston is having none of it.
Bresnar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bresnar tries to clinch but Johnston moves out of range.
Bresnar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnston swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnston throws a jab but it's blocked by Bresnar.
Bresnar tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar blocks a jab.
It looked like Bresnar was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bresnar takes one on the button.

Bresnar has closed the distance and engaged Johnston in a clinch.
Johnston has Bresnar pressed against the cage.
Johnston is stalling here.
Johnston trying to control the position but instead, Bresnar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johnston into the cage.
The referee calls for Johnston to work.
Bresnar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bresnar lands with a short shot to the head.
Come on Bresnar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bresnar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Johnston is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnston is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uestus Johnston.
Johnston keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Johnston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bresnar manages to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Johnston. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnston punishes Bresnar's body with a nice straight punch.

Bresnar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnston, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnston looking to stall.
Bresnar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bresnar landing knees to the body.
Bresnar scores with a hook to the body.

Bresnar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnston fails to land with a series of punches.
Bresnar went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jach Bresnar will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bresnar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bresnar takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bresnar moves forwards but Johnston connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bresnar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bresnar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bresnar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fighters circle momentarily. Johnston darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Bresnar forces Johnston back against the cage and clinches.
Johnston has Bresnar pushed against the cage.
Johnston looking to stall.
Johnston letting Bresnar take a breather here.
Johnston has Bresnar pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnston is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnston slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uestus Johnston.

Bresnar has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Johnston - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Johnston looking to slow down the pace here.
Bresnar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnstons head.
Bresnar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bresnar lands a body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bresnar.

Bresnar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnston lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bresnar throws a lazy right hand but Johnston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bresnar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnston.
Johnston throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bresnar is looking to counter punch.
Bresnar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Johnston dips to his left and cracks Bresnar with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnston connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bresnar clobbers Johnston with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johnston fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bresnar doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnston circles away.

Bresnar rushes Johnston and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Bresnar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnston looks to land a left hand but Bresnar moved out of range nicely.
Bresnar swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Bresnar clinches with his opponent.
Johnston looking to stall.
A hook to the body from Bresnar.
Johnston controlling the action here for a moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnston takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Johnston is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bresnar scores with a hook to the body.
Jach Bresnar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Johnston is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnston seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uestus Johnston.
Johnston doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Bresnar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnston slows down the pace here.
Johnston slowing the pace effectively.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Johnston stalling in the clinch but Bresnar improves position.
Johnston trying to control the position but instead, Bresnar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johnston into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Uestus Johnston.
Johnston lands a right hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bresnar tries to clinch but Johnston is having none of it.
Johnston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bresnar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnston manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Uestus Johnston seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnston throws a big shot that misses.
Bresnar takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Johnston lands with a shot to the body.
Bresnar fails with an attempt to clinch.

Bresnar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnston, pushing him back against the cage.
Bresnar scores with a shot to the side of Johnston's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee is keeping an eye on Bresnar - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Johnston's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bresnar as Johnston tries to tie him up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jach Bresnar will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bresnar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Johnston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnston connects with the punch.
Johnston misses with a hook
and Bresnar counters with a two punch combo.
Bresnar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jach Bresnar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bresnar cracks Johnston with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bresnar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnston manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnston throws a right hand that Bresnar ducks under and follows up with a left that Bresnar also avoids with ease.
Johnston misses with a jab to the body
enabling Bresnar to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnston pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnston on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnston throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bresnar on the side of the head.
Johnston circles away from the clinch attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnston! But no joy.
Bresnar ducks under a wild hook from Johnston.
A swing and a miss from Johnston.
Uestus Johnston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bresnar shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Johnston napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Johnston tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Bresnar presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Bresnar scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnston in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Johnston really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bresnar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnston is desperately trying to improve his position but Bresnar has a good base and remains in mount.
Bresnar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bresnar working Johnston over with strikes here.
Johnston takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Johnston tries to lock up and control but Bresnar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bresnar 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.
Johnston in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bresnar scoring with strikes but Johnston is staying in there.

Johnston is rocked!
Bresnar working the ground and pound effectively.
Johnston is still in real trouble! Can Bresnar finish him?
Bresnar cracks Johnston 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 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jach Bresnar!