PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Conrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamarcus Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conrad's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rider Part II. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Conrad
vs
Johnson

195 cm
26
259 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

187 cm
30
210 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Conrad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jamarcus Johnson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Conrad is looking to clinch.
Conrad takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Conrad.
Conrad tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Conrad thows a left - swing and a miss!
Conrad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.

Conrad gets a double leg takedown into Johnson's guard.
Conrad pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
Conrad postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Conrad throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johnson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Conrad pushing down on Johnson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Conrad throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Johnson to regain full guard.
Conrad has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Johnson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
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.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Conrad from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.
Johnson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Conrad slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Conrad is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conrad slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Conrad pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
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.
Conrad pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
Conrad trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson is trying to hold Conrad in close to prevent damage but Conrad has managed to pass into half guard.
Conrad passes to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conrad sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Johnson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Johnson tries to improve position but can't.
Conrad working away.
Conrad wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Johnson is trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Conrad dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Johnson misses with a straight right.
Conrad misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Conrad closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Conrad lands in his opponent's guard.
Johnson is trying to keep Conrad in close.
Johnson can't keep his opponent in guard - Conrad advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Conrad not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conrad not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Conrad landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Conrad is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Conrad looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Conrad throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Johnson has hold of Conrad's hands but Conrad slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Conrad 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Conrad pulls his head out easily.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Conrad in particular looking to stall.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conrad lands strikes from half guard.
Conrad trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Conrad looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Conrad wants to take a breather but Johnson is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Johnson wants to improve his position but Conrad is controlling well.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jack Conrad just wasn't active enough.
A punch combination from Conrad misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Conrad.

Conrad closes the distance and clinches.
Conrad keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Conrad is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conrad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Conrad.
Conrad misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Conrad.
Conrad drops down looking for an ankle pick but Johnson pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Conrad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Conrad with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conrad misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conrad dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Nice shot lands for Conrad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Conrad dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Conrad swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Johnson.
Conrad lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Jamarcus Johnson has been cut.
Johnson throws a body punch but Conrad moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Conrad shoots in.
Jamarcus Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Conrad misses with a takedown attempt - Johnson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Conrad tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Conrad misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Conrad. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson cracks Conrad with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

It looks like Jack Conrad has been cut.
Conrad throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Conrad shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Johnson's guard.
Conrad postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Jack Conrad overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Conrad accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.

Conrad thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Conrad controlling from the top position.
Jack Conrad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
Conrad controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Conrad seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Johnson for as long as he can get away with.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conrad won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Jack Conrad has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Conrad staying out of range there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Conrad.
Jack Conrad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson scores with a head kick. Conrad tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jamarcus Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jamarcus Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Conrad looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Conrad feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Johnsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Conrad fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Johnson avoids it really well and circles away.

Johnson gets caught flat footed, as Conrad shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conrad is stalling in the full guard.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson tries to strike from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Conrad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Conrad has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Conrad!
Jack Conrad seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.