PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chubby Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Opor Kefir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Kefir

200 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
279 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chubby Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Opor Kefir!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Kefir tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kefir wants to clinch
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Johnson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Johnson is stalling here. Kefir is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Johnson seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Kefir has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Kefir tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Johnson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kefir wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kefir wants to stand but Johnson has his arm trapped.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Kefir is controlling him well.
I wouldn't like to be where Johnson is right now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Kefir stands up.
Kefir tries to clinch but Johnson moves away

and Johnson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Johnson.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kefir is keeping the position for now.

Kefir wriggles free and stands up.
Kefir wants to clinch

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kefir won't be happy with that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Kefir is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Johnson scoring with punches from side control.
Kefir looks gassed!
Johnson is looking to take a break and control but Kefir is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Johnson moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Johnson scoring with punches from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Kefir is not content to let Johnson control the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson controls the position.
Johnson scoring with punches from side control.
Johnson just content to control the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Chubby Johnson wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Johnson gets a takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson working the head and body with strikes.
Kefir has hold of Johnson's hands but Johnson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Johnson wants to control but Kefir is keeping him busy.
Johnson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Johnson working over Kefir with some ground and pound. Kefir looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Johnson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kefir knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kefir has hold of Johnson's hands but Johnson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson wants to control but Kefir is keeping him busy.
Johnson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kefir tries to kick Johnson off but Johnson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kefir is in trouble now - Johnson has advanced to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Johnson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Opor Kefir has been cut.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Johnson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Johnson scoring with strikes but Kefir is staying in there.

Kefir is rocked!
Johnson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kefir on the ground.
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 controlling the pace for now.
Kefir is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Kefir is breathing heavily.
Johnson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Johnson looking to finish Kefir with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kefir!
Kefir is still in real trouble! Can Johnson finish him?
Johnson looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Kefir covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chubby Johnson!