PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roger Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabricio Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by It's A Fight. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Johnson
vs
Santana

185 cm
25
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

171 cm
21
152 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Fight Club Clothing™
Ka-POW Clothing

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabricio Santana!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santana avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santana fails to land the takedown.
Santana closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Johnson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Roger Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson tries to bum rush Santana with a series of wild strikes but Santana uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson slaps away a takedown attempt from Santana, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Roger Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabricio Santana.
Santana looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Santana circles away.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Santana circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnson throws a right hand that Santana ducks under and follows up with a left that Santana also avoids with ease.
Johnson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Johnson leaves Santana with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Santana moved out of range nicely.
Santana slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Santana avoids nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Santana is defended easily by Johnson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santana takes one to the chin there.
Santana fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Johnson avoids it really well and circles away.
Santana avoids a punch combination nicely.

Santana shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Santana showed some decent athleticism there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana trying to control from half guard but Johnson is working away.
Santana tries to pass to full mount but Johnson defends it.
Santana prevents Johnson from standing back up.
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.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Santana is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Johnson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Johnson clobbers Santana with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johnson lands a two punch combo.
Johnson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Santana swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roger Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Santana keeps it at a distance.
Santana steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Roger Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Johnson misses with the combination.

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

Santana working for a submission but Johnson is keeping him at bay.
Johnson has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santana is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Johnson taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Santana.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fabricio Santana!