PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drew Johnson (ranked 4571 p4p, 4271 weight class) and Oswaldo Vizcarrondo (ranked 485 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Johnson
vs
Vizcarrondo

162 cm
18
184
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
189
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Drew Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oswaldo Vizcarrondo !
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Vizcarrondo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Vizcarrondo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Johnson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Johnson tries to get out of the position.
Vizcarrondo pushing down on Johnson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Johnson really is a fat lump.
Johnson is trying to control but can't.

Vizcarrondo is working for a submission of some sort.
Johnson is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Johnson is defending against the submission attempts here by Vizcarrondo .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vizcarrondo trying to mount his opponent but Johnson defends it.
Vizcarrondo is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Johnson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vizcarrondo on the ground.
Vizcarrondo moves to back control.

Johnson defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Vizcarrondo is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Johnson is defending well though. Vizcarrondo let's go of the attempt for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vizcarrondo has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Johnson! Can he survive? No! He's out! Vizcarrondo gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Oswaldo Vizcarrondo !
The defeated Drew Johnson had this to say: 'Credit goes to the victor, Well earned victory'.