PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Helio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen Amazing - (Kanye West) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Johnson

192 cm
26
208 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
26
212 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Helio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sean Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Johnson.
Johnson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson misses with a left hand
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Johnson swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Johnson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Sean Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson misses with a jab to the body
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the body from Johnson misses
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
Silva is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand

and Silva moves into the clinch.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Johnson connects with a body shot.
Johnson lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson misses with a hook

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson lands a head shot.
Johnson throws a poor cross that misses

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Silva keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Silva counters by clinching up.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Johnson tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Johnson tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Johnson is trying to break free.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Johnson is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Johnson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Johnson wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Silva prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson misses with a left hand

and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

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.
Johnson tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Silva prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson wants to break free but Silva has control.
Johnson can't break the clinch.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Johnson swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Johnson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johnson misses with a right hand

and Silva moves into the clinch.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Silva prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson misses the body punch

and Silva moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Silva prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Sean Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses

and Silva counters by clinching up.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Helio Silva will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Johnson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnson connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook

and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Johnson throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand

and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson is trying to break free.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson misses with an uppercut

and Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson misses with a shot to the body

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson misses with a right hand

and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Silva drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses

and Silva counters by clinching up.
Johnson is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Johnson catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A punch combination from Johnson misses.

Silva has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson can't break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Helio Silva.
I think Silva 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sean Johnson!