PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rick Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and nafees abbas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). nafees abbas looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Johnson
vs
abbas

182 cm
24
185 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

190 cm
18
189 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, nafees abbas!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming abbas to the mat! abbas manages to get full guard.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johnson works over abbas with some ground and pound from guard.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson postures up in abbas's guard and throws a big left but abbas blocks it.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Johnson stands up over abbas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
abbas wants to stand but Johnson is controlling the position.
abbas looks gassed!
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson postures up and lands a big shot to abbas's brow.
abbas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
abbas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
abbas wants to get back to his feet but Johnson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Johnson scoring with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
abbas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson lands a couple of elbows.
abbas keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
Johnson lands a couple of digs.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Johnson lands a couple of digs.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnson postures up in abbas's guard and throws a big left but abbas blocks it.
Johnson distracts abbas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
abbas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of abbas's head.
Johnson wants to control from the top but abbas keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson prevents abbas from getting back to his feet.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as abbas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Johnson prevents abbas from getting back to his feet.
Johnson stands up over abbas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
abbas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson.
Johnson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Johnson with a nice head shot there.
abbas keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson is in close to abbas's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johnson is looking to work some ground and pound but abbas has wrist control.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of abbas's head.
Johnson stops abbas from standing up.
abbas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but abbas is keeping the position.
Johnson working some strikes from top position.
abbas has momentary wrist control but Johnson slips an elbow through the middle.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as abbas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Johnson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Johnson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Johnson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and abbas defends it well.
abbas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Johnson.
abbas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Johnson.
Johnson slips a nice elbow through abbas's hands, connecting with abbas's forehead.
Johnson trying to control from half guard but abbas is working away.
Johnson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Johnson is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so abbas is just riding it out for now. Johnson eventually gives up the hold.

Johnson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but abbas sees it coming and defends easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson working over abbas with some ground and pound. abbas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Johnson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. abbas defending well though.
Rick Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johnson working the head and body with strikes.
Johnson working over abbas with some ground and pound. abbas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Johnson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. abbas defending well though.
abbas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Johnson.
Johnson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Johnson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Johnson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks abbas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson winds up and cracks abbas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Johnson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Johnson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Johnson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Johnson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Johnson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
abbas is trying to stand.
Johnson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
abbas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
abbas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Johnson.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Johnson.
abbas is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear abbas down.
abbas tries to escape but Johnson is in control.
Johnson scores with punches from side control.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Johnson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused abbas some visible discomfort.
Johnson is putting a hurting on abbas here, landing some big shots from side control.
Johnson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
abbas takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Johnson tries to move to mount but abbas blocks the move with his legs.
Johnson scoring with punches and elbows.
The strikes coming from Johnson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws an elbow but abbas slips to the side and avoids it well.
abbas takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
abbas is working to avoid the ground and pound but Johnson connects with a decent elbow.
Johnson prevents abbas from escaping the position.
abbas taking a bit of punishment here - Johnson scoring with strikes.
Johnson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Johnson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Johnson working the head with strikes.
Johnson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
abbas is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Johnson looks up at the clock and then as abbas takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Johnson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Johnson dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in abbas's guard.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as abbas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson with a nice head shot there.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
abbas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson prevents abbas from getting back to his feet.
Johnson trying to control but abbas is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Johnson scores a takedown into full mount!
Johnson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can abbas hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is landing with some decent strikes but abbas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Johnson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. abbas can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
abbas is trying to stand.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Johnson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Johnson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. abbas can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
abbas in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

abbas is rocked!
Johnson punishing his opponent with strikes.
abbas is still in real trouble! Can Johnson finish him?
Johnson connects with a bit shot that sees abbas covering up! More strikes from Johnson and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Johnson is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Johnson!