PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chay Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Theme from The Tick. Willis is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by As I Lay Dying - Through Struggle. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Johnson
vs
Willis

191 cm
25
215 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

180 cm
23
212 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

[JMFC] 160!

Syndicate Drugs

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 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chay Willis!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Johnson.
Willis walks into a left hand.
Johnson misses with a hook. Willis ducked under it nicely.
Willis misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Johnson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Willis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson lands a nice shot that snaps Willis's head back.
Willis misses with a body shot
and Johnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Willis's knee momentarily.

Willis feints and as Johnson raises his hands in defense, Willis changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Willis looking to pass the guard.
Willis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Willis is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Willis from controlling successfully.

Chay Willis has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Decent striking displayed by Willis there.
Willis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Johnson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Willis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Willis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Johnson misses with a leg kick.
Willis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Willis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Willis.
Johnson throws a body kick the misses
and Willis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson lands a nice hook to Willis's body. Willis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Willis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Willis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Willis misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.
Johnson throws a shot to the body.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Willis to counter with a crisp jab.
Willis throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Johnson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Willis lands with a shot to the body.
Willis just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson lands a nice looking body kick.
Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson lands a leg kick that knocks Willis off balance momentarily.
Johnson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Willis is out of range.
Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnny Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Willis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Willis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
Willis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Willis really felt that one!
Willis looks gassed!
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Willis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Willis misses with a body punch
and Johnson counters with a good low kick that Willis was not able to check.
Johnson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Willis is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Willis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Johnson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jab from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Johnson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Willis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Johnson is fending him off so far but Willis persists. Nope, Johnson circles away and we're back to standing.
Willis throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnny Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Willis throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Willis thinking.
Johnson scores with a nice right hand.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Willis pushes him off.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Willis circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Willis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Willis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Willis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Willis is breathing heavily.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Willis moved away.
Willis throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A low kick from Johnson misses
enabling Willis to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Willis is avoiding it.
Johnson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Johnson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Willis misses with a body punch
and Johnson counters with an outside leg kick.
Johnson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Willis moves out of range of the leg kick from Johnson.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Willis moved out of range nicely.
Johnson slips under a jab from Willis.
Willis throws an off balance right hand

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Willis.
Johnson lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Johnson pushes Willis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Willis misses with a punch to the body.
Willis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Willis misses with a body punch.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson is pressed up against the cage. Willis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Johnson down to the mat. Johnson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson closes the distance but Willis moves to the side
and Willis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis blocks a leg kick.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Willis throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Willis throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a big head kick but Willis shrugs it off.
Johnson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Willis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jab, jab by Willis - just one landing.
Willis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Willis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Willis's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Johnson. That's going to slow Willis down.
Willis shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Johnson eats them both and turns towards Willis to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Willis throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Willis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Willis can do to turn this around?
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Willis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Willis.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Willis from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson trying to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Willis content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Johnson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson throws a sloppy body shot
and Willis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Johnson slips a straight right by Willis.
Johnson throws a body kick the misses
enabling Willis to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Willis.
Johnson thuds his shin into the meat of Willis's side.
Willis misses with a right hand
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson misses with a leg kick.
Johnson is looking to score with low kicks.
Willis throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Willis misses with a body shot.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Willis.
Willis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis checks a leg kick.
Willis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Willis swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson misses with a low kick as Willis jumps back.
Johnson takes one on the button.
Willis throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a head kick. That will keep Willis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Johnson throws a body kick that misses.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Willis counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Willis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Willis.
Willis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Willis throws out a powerful jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Willis.
Johnson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Williss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Willis checks a leg kick nicely.
Johnson throws a body kick the misses
enabling Willis to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Willis moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Willis is defended easily by Johnson.
Johnny Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chay Willis.
Johnson throws a push kick but Willis slaps the foot to one side.
Willis throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a nice body kick.
Chay Willis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Willis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Willis.
Johnson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Johnson thows a leg kick but Willis checks it
and Willis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson throws a one two combo.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick
and Willis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Willis walks into a jab.

Johnson pushes Willis up against the cage in a clinch.
Willis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Willis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Willis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Willis swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Willis scores with a hook to the body.
Willis is trying to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling him.
A right hook to the body lands for Willis.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.

Willis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Johnson.
Willis throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a leg kick.
Willis misses the body punch
and Johnson counters with a good low kick that Willis was not able to check.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Johnson!