PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Goldberg (ranked 4492 p4p, 5309 weight class) and David Johns (ranked 472 p4p, 507 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Johns's choice of entrance music: Gimme That Boom. David Johns will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Goldberg
vs
Johns

176 cm
18
190
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
185
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Island clothing lite

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Goldberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Johns!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Goldberg gets tackled into the cage by Johns. Johns maintains the clinch.
Johns struggles to land a body shot inside as Goldberg controls his hands.
Johns digs a right hand into Goldberg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Goldberg's gas tank.
Goldberg tries to throw a body punch but Johns avoids it by throwing Goldberg back against the cage.
Goldberg takes a shot to the head.
Johns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johns misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johns looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Johns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Goldberg misses with the head strike.
Johns prevents a takedown attempt there.
Johns lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johns scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Johns blocking some punches.
Johns wants a takedown but no success here.
Goldberg prevents a body shot from Johns.
Goldberg can't find room to land a body shot as Johns controls the action.
Johns goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for Johns.
Johns blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goldberg tries to stall but Johns uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A hook to the body from Johns.
Johns can't find room to land a body shot as Goldberg controls the action.

Johns is trying to trip Goldberg. He has hold of a leg but Goldberg is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Johns persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Goldberg wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Johns throwing strikes but missing.
Johns stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Goldberg swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns trying to control the position from guard on top but Goldberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johns looking to pass the guard.
Johns slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goldberg pulls Johns in close to his closed guard and prevents Johns from doing any damage or advancing position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Goldberg has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johns finds it's way round the side to connect with Goldberg's head.
Johns lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johns lands a slapping body shot.
Johns moves out of range of the body kick from Goldberg.

Johns drives through and clinches with Goldberg against the cage.
Goldberg goes for a takedown in the clinch but Johns prevents it.
Johns works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Johns tries to land knees in the clinch but Goldberg avoids the damage to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Johns.
Goldberg prevents a body shot from Johns.
Johns lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Goldberg.
A head punch on the inside from Goldberg fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Johns.

Goldberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johns throws a leg kick that is checked

and Goldberg counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Goldberg wants to control but Johns is keeping him busy.
Johns really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Goldberg. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goldberg in the domination position with Johns hanging on.
Johns taking a bit of punishment here - Goldberg scoring with strikes.
Johns is letting Goldberg control him for a moment.
Goldberg tries to score with some ground and pound. Johns controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Goldberg wants to control but Johns is keeping him busy.
Johns is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Goldberg is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

David Johns dominated that round.
That's time! Goldberg's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Johns throws a good cross that connects.
Johns fails in his attempt to clinch.

Johns forces Goldberg back against the cage and clinches.
Johns can't find room to land a body shot as Goldberg controls the action.
Johns lands a body shot in the clinch.
Johns tries to throw a body punch but Goldberg avoids it by throwing Johns back against the cage.
Goldberg tries to score a body lock takedown but Johns shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short body shot lands from Johns as the two fighters clinch.
Goldberg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johns blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
David Johns seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from Goldberg fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goldberg blocks a body shot from Johns.
Goldberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Goldberg fails to land.
Johns lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johns tries to work over Goldberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goldberg has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Johns after a bit of a struggle.
A right handed body shot lands from Johns.
Johns lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Goldberg.
Johns tries to work over Goldberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Goldberg can't find room to land a body shot as Johns controls the action.
Johns misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johns struggles to land a body shot inside as Goldberg controls his hands.
Goldberg has a couple of punches blocked by Johns.
Johns lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Goldberg has a couple of punches blocked by Johns.
Johns trying to land knees to the body.
Johns is pressed up against the cage. Goldberg has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Johns down to the mat. Johns avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Goldberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johns misses with a low kick.

Johns forces Goldberg back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johns.
Goldberg wants to stall.
Johns stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Johns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johns prevents a body shot from Goldberg.
Johns tries to throw a body punch but Goldberg avoids it by throwing Johns back against the cage.
Johns pushes Goldberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johns blocks a body shot from Goldberg.
Johns digs a right hand into Goldberg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Goldberg's gas tank.
Johns pushes Goldberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johns misses with a body punch.
Johns misses with an elbow strike.
Goldberg misses with a punch to the body.
Johns works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johns is working Goldberg over against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A right hook to the body lands for Johns.
Johns is leaning against Goldberg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A body shot lands from Johns.
Goldberg prevents a body shot from Johns.
Johns lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Goldberg.
Johns lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Johns.
Johns softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johns lands an uppercut.
Johns lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Johns - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Goldberg prevents a body shot from Johns.
Johns digs a right hand underneath Goldberg's ribcage. Goldberg let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Goldberg backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johns lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Goldberg or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johns scores with a shoulder strike.
Johns is working Goldberg over against the cage.
Johns works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Goldberg managing to block the knees to the body from Johns.
Goldberg avoiding damage as Johns throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Goldberg fails to land.
Johns is leaning against Goldberg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johns tries a body shot but Goldberg blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Johns.
Johns tries a body shot but Goldberg blocks it.
Johns misses with a body punch.
Johns makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johns working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

David Johns showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Johns looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Johns sends Goldberg crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Johns is motioning to the referee to let Goldberg up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Goldberg is rocked!

Johns moves into the clinch successfully.
Oh Goldberg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johns lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Goldberg to his knees! Johns keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Johns!
A very excited looking David Johns made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.