PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Loki Seb (ranked 4225 p4p, 3476 weight class) and Jack Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 301 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Seb
vs
Johnson

176 cm
25
146
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
150
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Loki Seb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Johnson!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seb misses with a jab, cross combination.

Johnson pushes Seb up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Seb to keep the fight standing.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Seb throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
A combination from Seb does no damage.
Seb throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Seb throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Seb throws a right and a left that both miss.
Seb throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Seb fails to land with a series of punches.

Johnson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Seb manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seb keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is in close to Seb's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Seb is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson working some strikes from top position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Seb is on top in guard.

Johnson throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Johnson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Seb is one step ahead there.
Seb chips away with some ground and pound.
Seb scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Seb is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Johnson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Seb is aware though and is defending well.
Seb 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Seb stops Johnson from standing up.
Seb trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Seb postures up.

Seb gets to his feet - Johnson follows without any prompting.
Seb swinging wildly here.
Seb throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Seb misses with a double jab

and Johnson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seb letting Johnson take a breather here.
Seb has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Johnson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Johnson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Seb. 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Johnson there.
Johnson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Seb defending well though.
Seb is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Johnson is stalling here. Seb is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Johnson seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Seb has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Johnson gets back to half guard.
Seb lands with a punch from half guard.
Johnson is looking to escape.
Seb throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Seb scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seb missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Seb looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Johnson manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Horrible takedown attempt by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Seb, which made it look bad.
Johnson looks winded!
Seb avoids a punch combination nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Johnson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Seb pushes Johnson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Seb throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson feints the counter takedown.
Seb avoids a kick to the body.
It looked like Seb was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Seb throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Johnson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Loki Seb dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
No joy there for Seb, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson tries to land a leg kick but Seb saw it coming and moves away.

Johnson drives through and clinches with Seb against the cage.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson shoots for a double leg takedown but Seb sprawls well. He's pushed Johnson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seb was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Seb misses with the combination.
Johnson shoots for a takedown but Seb saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Johnson misses with a low kick as Seb jumps back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Seb.
Johnson wants to counter the offense by Seb and move into the clinch position.
Seb throws a combination that misses
and Johnson counters with a series of strikes. Seb will be more careful next time no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seb throws a left and a right that both miss

and Johnson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Seb's guard.
Seb wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Johnson manages to pass to side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Seb has managed to free his arm - good work.
Seb regains full guard. Nicely done.
Seb doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Seb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Johnson postures up.
Johnson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Johnson tries to free his leg and advance position but Seb is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a strike but Seb rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Johnson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Seb landing with the ground and pound.
Seb won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
Seb is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Seb connects with a couple of short punches.
Johnson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Johnson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Seb off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Seb throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seb throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.

Johnson clinches up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Seb breaks from the clinch.
Johnson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Loki Seb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Johnson.
A combination from Seb does no damage.
Loki Seb is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Seb circles away and keeps his distance.
Seb appears to be looking for a big counter.
Seb scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Loki Seb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Seb pinned against the cage. Seb gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Seb. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches up with Seb, looking for a takedown. Johnson pushes Seb against the cage but Seb circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Seb misses with a two punch combination.
Seb throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnson drives through with a takedown into Seb's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Seb is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but instead Seb has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Johnson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Seb is one step ahead there.
Johnson looking to control.
Seb is in close to Johnson's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Johnson is looking for a triangle but Seb pushes his legs off easily.
Seb lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Loki Seb dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson dodges the punch combination from Seb.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Seb seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Johnson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Johnson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Seb knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Seb is pressing down on Johnson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson tries to free his leg and advance position but Seb is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Seb has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Johnson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Seb is trying to keep Johnson in close.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Johnson clinches.
Johnson stalling.
Johnson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Johnson tightens his grip and picks Seb up, before dumping him to the ground. Seb manages to land in guard.

Seb uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Seb fails to land with a series of punches.
Loki Seb is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Seb falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
Loki Seb is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seb misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
No joy there for Seb, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seb fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Seb tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.

Johnson successfully pulls guard.
Seb landing with the ground and pound.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.
Seb works over Johnson with some ground and pound from guard.
Seb missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Seb throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson working for a triangle but Seb defends it easily.
Johnson trying to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johnson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Johnson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Seb is one step ahead there.
Seb is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson looking for a sweep. Not yet Johnson, not yet.
Johnson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Seb content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Seb stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seb distracts Johnson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Seb lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Seb lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Seb scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Johnson is looking for a triangle but Seb pushes his legs off easily.
Seb keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but Seb is having none of it.
Seb is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Johnson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Seb is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jack Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seb working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Johnson's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Loki Seb showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Seb, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Loki Seb!