PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Envelope Bond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dusty Johnston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bond
vs
Johnston

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
188 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 Las Vegas, Envelope Bond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dusty Johnston!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bond looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bond scoring with some ground and pound.
Johnston being controlled here, momentarily.
Johnston keeping moving, preventing Bond from controlling successfully.
Johnston looking for a sweep. Not yet Johnston, not yet.
Johnston looking to control.
Johnston has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bond with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bond postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bond passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Johnston taking a bit of punishment here - Bond scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnston is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bond controlling the position from side mount.
Bond lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Johnston down.
Johnston looks gassed!
Bond is putting a hurting on Johnston here, landing some big shots from side control.
Johnston really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bond. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bond controlling the position.
Bond looks up at the clock and then as Johnston takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bond smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Bond scoring with punches from side control.
Bond in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Johnston is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bond connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Johnston some visible discomfort.
Bond wants to control but Johnston is keeping him busy.
Bond scores with a couple of short elbows.
A lull in the action here.
Bond lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bond scoring with punches and elbows.
Johnston taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bond has control of an arm but Johnston manages to advance to Bond's back!
Bond has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Johnston.
Bond trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Bond scores with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bond throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Johnston!
Bond lands a shot to the head.
Bond keeps control of the position easily here as Johnston tries to buck him off.
Johnston covers up after that shot from Bond.
Bond is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Bond gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Bond gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Bond apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Bond tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bond fails with the takedown.

Bond shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bond was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bond lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnston really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johnston can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bond looking to control but Johnston is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Johnston taking shots to the head.
Bond with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Bond.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bond landing strikes from the mount and Johnston is in trouble!
Bond scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bond trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Envelope Bond dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bond gets a takedown into half guard.
Bond drops an elbow to the side of Johnston's head.
Bond tries to pass to full mount but Johnston defends it.
Bond lands with a punch from half guard.
Bond wants to take a breather but Johnston is having none of it.
Envelope Bond overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bond is looking to advance position but Johnston won't allow it.
Nice strikes from Bond there.
Bond not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bond not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bond passes the guard and advances to mount!
Johnston is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bond breaks from Johnston's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bond unloading with bombs!

Bond moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Johnston has worked his arm free - good work by Johnston!
Bond lands some shots froms side control.
Bond working the head with strikes.
Bond advances to mount.
Bond punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bond is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Johnston can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Johnston throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bond controlling the pace for now.
Bond connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bond 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.
Bond looking to control but Johnston is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bond working Johnston over with strikes here.
Bond can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnston is looking to escape.
Bond punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bond landing strikes from the mount and Johnston is in trouble!
Johnston takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bond has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Johnston's face.
Bond can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnston is looking to escape.
Bond fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bond looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bond raining down shots from the mount!
Johnston is working to get back to half guard.
Bond dominating with strikes here.
Bond scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Johnston?
Bond controlling his opponent.
Bond lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bond lands with some strikes.
Bond can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnston is looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bond cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bond punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bond working Johnston over with strikes here.
Bond postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Johnston looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bond controlling his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnston working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Envelope Bond dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bond is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Bond drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bond advances to half guard.
Bond lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Johnston taking some punishment here, with Bond in his half guard.
Bond winds up and cracks Johnston with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bond seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Johnston does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Johnston on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bond sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Johnston takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bond is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bond is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bond takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Johnston trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnston is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bond scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnston wants to improve his position but Bond is controlling well.
Johnston has hold of Bond's hands but Bond slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bond working the head and body with strikes.
Bond lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bond works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnston tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Bond is working Johnston over with some ground and pound from side control.
Johnston can't do much from the bottom here.
Bond lands a few punches from side control.
Bond scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Johnston to see if he's OK.
Bond in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bond is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnston can do to turn this around?
Bond cracks Johnston with a big right hand but Johnston just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bond lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Johnston is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bond connects with a decent elbow.
Bond working the head and body with strikes.

Johnston is rocked!
Bond advances nicely into full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bond raining down shots from the mount!
Johnston is still in real trouble! Can Bond finish him?
Bond landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bond fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Johnston seems to have recovered his senses.
Bond is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Johnston can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bond scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bond looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bond lands a nice shot to the head.
Bond lands with some strikes.
Bond scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Johnston?
Johnston taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bond looking to control but Johnston is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Bond.
Bond lands a nice shot to the head.
Bond punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bond working Johnston over with strikes here.
Bond looking to control but Johnston is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bond with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bond lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnston hang on?
Dusty Johnston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Envelope Bond is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bond trying to control but Johnston is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Envelope Bond showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bond, 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:25
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:25
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Envelope Bond!