PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustaw Morcinek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustaw Morcinek has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnson
vs
Morcinek

185 cm
26
178 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

178 cm
19
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gustaw Morcinek!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morcinek avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Horrible takedown by Morcinek or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson which made him look bad.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Morcinek bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morcinek is trying hard to land a takedown here. Johnson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Morcinek throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Morcinek does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morcinek looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Johnson is fending him off so far but Morcinek persists. Nope, Johnson circles away and we're back to standing.
Jimmy Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gustaw Morcinek.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Johnson gets a takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Morcinek has one foot on Johnson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Morcinek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.

Morcinek shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Johnson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Morcinek prevents Johnson from improving his position.
Morcinek seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Johnson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morcinek lands strikes from half guard.
Johnson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morcinek missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Johnson moves into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morcinek working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Johnson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morcinek defends well.
Morcinek lands a couple of decent looking shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morcinek works over Johnson with some ground and pound from guard.
Morcinek scoring with some ground and pound.
Morcinek is in close to Johnson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Johnson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Johnson trying to mount his opponent but Morcinek defends it.

Morcinek kicks Johnson off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morcinek dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Morcinek dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson swings for the body but Morcinek moves out of range.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morcinek defends it nicely.
Johnson is looking to clinch.

Morcinek bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morcinek working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Morcinek in side control lands a decent elbow.
Johnson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morcinek grinds an elbow into Johnson's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morcinek working the ground and pound from side control.
Johnson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson tries to bench press Morcinek off him but Morcinek keeps the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morcinek scores with punches from side control.
Johnson tries to buck Morcinek off but Morcinek is having none of it.
Morcinek in side control lands a decent elbow.
Johnson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Morcinek working the head and body with strikes.
Johnson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morcinek scores with a couple of nice shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson has hold of Morcinek's hands but Morcinek slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Morcinek there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morcinek seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Morcinek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Morcinek back to the cage. Johnson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Gustaw Morcinek has been cut.
Good leg kick by Johnson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Morcinek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.

Johnson forces Morcinek back against the cage and clinches.
Johnson stops a takedown attempt from Morcinek.
Morcinek is trying to drag Johnson to the mat but Johnson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morcinek avoids it.
A knee to the head by Johnson.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morcinek.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Morcinek shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Johnson pinned against the cage. Johnson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jimmy Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gustaw Morcinek.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morcinek.
Morcinek misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson tries to bum rush Morcinek with a series of wild strikes but Morcinek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Morcinek feints and as Johnson raises his hands in defense, Morcinek changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morcinek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Morcinek landing some decent shots from guard.
Johnson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gustaw Morcinek has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson is pressing down on Morcinek's thigh, looking to free his foot. Morcinek is holding on for now.
Johnson is working hard here to advance position.

Johnson gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morcinek throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morcinek has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Morcinek's head.

Johnson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnson tries to work over Morcinek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morcinek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Morcinek avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson working Morcinek over with knees to the body.
Morcinek is breathing heavily.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice takedown defense from Johnson. No joy for Morcinek on that attempt.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morcinek circles away quickly and effectively.
Jimmy Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Morcinek sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morcinek shoots in but no luck this time.
Johnson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Morcinek's head.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Morcinek on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Johnson. Johnson obviously looking to wear him down.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. Morcinek looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morcinek shoots in for a takedown but Johnson shows good takedown defense.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Johnson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gustaw Morcinek's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Johnson throws a low kick but Morcinek moves out of range easily.
Morcinek dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Morcinek avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson throws a right hand that Morcinek ducks under and follows up with a left that Morcinek also avoids with ease.
Nice takedown defense from Morcinek. No joy for Johnson on that attempt.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Morcinek avoids them all with ease.

Johnson has managed to clinch.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morcinek is trying hard to land a takedown here. Johnson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jimmy Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson throws a low kick but Morcinek moves out of range easily.
Jimmy Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Morcinek slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a right hand that Morcinek ducks under and follows up with a left that Morcinek also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Johnson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morcinek is fending him off so far but Johnson persists. Nope, Morcinek circles away and we're back to standing.
Morcinek drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Morcinek throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Johnson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Morcinek is in Johnson's guard.
Morcinek lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Johnson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Morcinek puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Morcinek working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Morcinek working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Morcinek looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Johnson moves into full guard.
Morcinek distracts Johnson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morcinek postures up and lands a big shot to Johnson's brow.
Morcinek must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Morcinek with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morcinek stands up over Johnson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morcinek working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morcinek lands a couple of digs.
Morcinek cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
Morcinek lands a couple of elbows.
Morcinek postures up and lands a big shot to Johnson's brow.
Morcinek postures up and lands a big shot to Johnson's brow.

Johnson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Morcinek is aware though and is defending well.

Johnson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morcinek gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Johnson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morcinek is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Johnson is on top in guard.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morcinek is keeping the position for now.

Morcinek pushes Johnson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morcinek paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Johnson catches Morcinek right on the button with a cross.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Morcinek takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That kick from Johnson tenderised Morcinek's leg. Morcinek is trying to keep his angry face on.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morcinek is out of range and Johnson settles back down.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morcinek misses with the combination.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Morcinek tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morcinek manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

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 Jimmy Johnson.
I think Johnson 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Johnson!
Jimmy Johnson thanked the fans post fight for their support.