PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Appllo Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Appllo Cage will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Johnson
vs
Cage

165 cm
22
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Appllo Cage!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cage tries to score a power double leg takedown but Johnson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cage somewhat.
Cage slaps away a takedown attempt from Johnson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Johnson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Cage closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Johnson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Cage sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Johnson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Cage is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Johnson is surviving well by controlling Cage's body position as best he can.
Johnson tries to hold on but Cage postures up.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Cage lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnson hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage unloads with some shots from mount but Johnson bucks and avoids them well.
Cage looking to finish with strikes here!
Johnson is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Cage.
Cage unloads with some shots from mount but Johnson bucks and avoids them well.
Cage lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Johnson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Johnson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Cage tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Cage misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Johnson because Cage loaded up on that one.
Cage can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnson is looking to escape.

Cage is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Johnson is surviving well by controlling Cage's body position as best he can.
Johnson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
BOOM! Cage connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cage has isolated one of Johnson's arms. Johnson looking to fight him off but Cage twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Appllo Cage!