PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erectile Disfunction (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Disfunction
vs
Johnson

202 cm
18
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Erectile Disfunction!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Disfunction stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Disfunction wants it to stay on the feet.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Disfunction tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Disfunction manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Disfunction.
Disfunction leaves Johnson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Erectile Disfunction has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Johnson.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Johnson shoots in and bounces Disfunction off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Disfunction really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Disfunction not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Disfunction will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Johnson throws and elbow that misses. Disfunction uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Johnson's guard. Nice move by Disfunction!
Disfunction trying to stand up but can't free himself from Johnson's guard.
Johnson punching to the body, from the bottom.
Johnson is trying to hold Disfunction in close to prevent damage but Disfunction has managed to pass into half guard.
Johnson punching from the bottom.
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 is trying to get back to full guard.
Disfunction wants to stand up but Johnson has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to control but Disfunction is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Disfunction seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Johnson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Disfunction's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Disfunction's back!
Johnson looks gassed!
Disfunction trying to control the position but Johnson manages to sink in the hooks.
Disfunction is trapped and Johnson is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Disfunction breaks Johnson's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Johnson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Johnson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Disfunction doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Disfunction manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Disfunction wanted to stand there but Johnson had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to strike from the bottom.
Disfunction trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.

Disfunction drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Disfunction jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Disfunction would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Disfunction throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Disfunction fails with the takedown

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Disfunction is adopting a defensive guard.
Disfunction wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Johnson dominated that 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.

Disfunction scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Disfunction looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Johnson is fending him off so far but Disfunction persists. Nope, Johnson circles away and we're back to standing.
Johnson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Disfunction counters by clinching up.
Johnson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Disfunction pulls his leg out and moves away.
Disfunction lands a head kick!
Johnson misses with a takedown
and Disfunction counters with a head kick.
Erectile Disfunction has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Johnson.
Disfunction lands with a kick to the temple. Johnson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson has Disfunction pressed against the cage, preventing Disfunction from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Disfunction wants to break free but Johnson has control.
A frustrated look appears on Disfunction's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Disfunction manages to break the clinch.
Disfunction throws a nice head kick!
Disfunction throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Disfunction changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt

and Johnson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Disfunction wants to get back to his feet.
Johnson trying to advance position but Disfunction counters by regaining guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Disfunction is trying to keep Johnson in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson stops Disfunction from standing up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Disfunction is on top in guard.

Johnson working for submissions but it's allowed Disfunction to get to half guard.

Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is not content to let Disfunction control the position.
Johnson won't allow Disfunction to pass to mount.

Disfunction stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Johnson to get to his feet.
Disfunction throws a nice head kick!
Disfunction throws a head kick that half lands.
Disfunction throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Disfunction misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Disfunction plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Paul Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Disfunction throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Disfunction throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Johnson's head.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Disfunction.
Erectile Disfunction is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Disfunction shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side.
Johnson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Disfunction.
Disfunction tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Disfunction.
Disfunction tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erectile Disfunction dominated that second round.
That's time! Disfunction's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Johnson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Johnson striking off his back but it's not causing Disfunction any problems.
Disfunction trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Disfunction gets to his feet. Johnson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Disfunction shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Disfunction showed some decent athleticism there.
Disfunction tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Johnson missing with punches from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Disfunction is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Disfunction is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Disfunction is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Johnson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Disfunction wants to take a breather but Johnson is having none of it.

Johnson actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Disfunction shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Disfunction throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Disfunction lands a nice looking body kick.
Johnson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Disfunction tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Disfunction throws a head kick that Johnson semi-blocks.
Disfunction tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
Disfunction scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Disfunction throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Disfunction throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Johnson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Disfunction cracks Johnson with a good jab.
Disfunction tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Disfunction closes the distance and clinches up with Johnson, looking for a takedown. Disfunction pushes Johnson against the cage but Johnson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erectile Disfunction. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Disfunction throws a nice head kick!
Disfunction tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Disfunction looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Disfunction turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Disfunction throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Disfunction.
A solid body kick from Disfunction.
Disfunction ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Disfunction clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the cage.
Disfunction gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Disfunction is looking to control Johnson's arms but Johnson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Disfunction has his back to the cage.
Disfunction looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Disfunction jumps guard but Johnson stands there with Disfunction around his waist. Disfunction gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Disfunction is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Disfunction is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erectile Disfunction showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Disfunction has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erectile Disfunction!