PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bumble Bman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bman comes to the cage accompanied by Why can't we be friends?. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bman
vs
Johnson

180 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
176 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bumble Bman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Bman tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bman closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Bman won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnson stalling in the clinch.
Bman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Bman effectively controlling the action here.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Bman has him pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bman connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like John Johnson has been cut.
Bman gets underhooks to prevent Johnson's takedown attempt.
Bumble Bman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Johnson.
Johnson looks gassed!
Bman lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Bman stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bman lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Bman scores with a knee to the head.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bman has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Bman has double underhooks.
Johnson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bman smiles and moves away.

Bman closes the distance and clinches.
Bman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bman pushes off an throws an elbow but Johnson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Johnson wants a takedown but no success here.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bman connects with a knee to the head.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bman lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Bman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bman scores with a knee to the head.
Bman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bman obliges.
Bman scores with a knee to the head.
Bman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Bman keeps him there for the moment.
Bman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bman lands a nice elbow.
Bman misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bman lands a knee to the body.
Bman is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Bman.
Bman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Bman holds him up against the cage and eventually Johnson drops back down to his feet.
Bman taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Bman has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson tries to score a body lock takedown but Bman shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson letting Bman take a breather here.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bman's elbow.
Johnson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bman just leaning against Johnson, taking a breather.
Bman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bman.
Bman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bman scores a nice knee to the body.
Bman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bman tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Bman holds him up against the cage and eventually Johnson drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bumble Bman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Johnson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Johnson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bman did well to prevent Johnson getting side control.
Johnson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bman wants to control but Johnson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bman is not content to let Johnson control the position.
Johnson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson trying to control from Bman's half guard. Bman has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Johnson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Bman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bman wants to sweep but no luck.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bman trying to keep a closed guard but Johnson is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

OK we're going to have a standup here. John Johnson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson fails with the takedown.
Bman is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bman circles away.
Bman cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
Bman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bman tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Bumble Bman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bman bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bman scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Bman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bman is struggling to control the position.
Bman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bman is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bman looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Bman won't allow it.
Bumble Bman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Johnson.
Bman lands a knee to the head.
Johnson tries to score a body lock takedown but Bman shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bman scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bman.
Bman with a knee to the head.
Bman tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A knee to the head by Bman.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bman.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.

Bman has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Bman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bman obliges.
Bman misses with a knee strike.
Johnson goes for a takedown attempt but Bman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bman swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bumble Bman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Johnson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson moves to clinch but Bman breaks away

and Bman counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bman.
Bman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bman is trying to stall.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Johnson tries to score a body lock takedown but Bman shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bman is keeping busy.
Bman prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Bman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Bman is controlling him.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Bman lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Bman lands an elbow inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Bman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bumble Bman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Bman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bman tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Johnson jumps guard but Bman stands there with Johnson around his waist. Johnson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Bman looking to stall.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Bman.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson feints a jab promting Bman to slip. Johnson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bman slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Bman clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two 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.
Bman stalling.
Johnson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bman smiles and moves away.
Bumble Bman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Johnson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bman misses with a combination
and Johnson counters with a solid body kick.
Johnson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bman's waist but Bman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnson off to one side.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Johnson.
A combination from Bman does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bman tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bman stuffs the takedown attempt from Johnson. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Bman tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Bman is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Bman tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnson.

Bman closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.
Bman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Bman counters by moving into the clinch.
Bman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.
Johnson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bman just stands there and leans against the cage.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Bman has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bman scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Johnson avoiding damage as Bman throws knees to the body.
Bman missing with knees to the body.
John Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bumble Bman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Bman won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bumble Bman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bman, 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bumble Bman!