PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Redondo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sergio Redondo had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. 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.

Redondo
vs
Johnson

190 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

PURE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Redondo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Redondo shoots in.
Redondo misses with a body kick.
Redondo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Redondo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergio Redondo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Redondo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson cracks the inside of Redondo's front leg.
Johnson stuffs the takedown.

Johnson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Redondo is looking to improve his position.
Redondo is breathing heavily.

Johnson is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Redondo has managed to free his arm - good work.
Redondo has hold of Johnson's hands but Johnson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Johnson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Redondo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Johnson stands up from half guard.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Redondo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Redondo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Johnson jumps guard.
Redondo postures up.
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.
Redondo is trying to maintain the position but Johnson is very close to passing his half guard.
Johnson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Johnson is keen to just control but Redondo is a slippery customer.
Johnson passes to side control.
Redondo taking punishment in the form of punches.

Johnson stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Johnson is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson darts in and clinches Redondo up against the cage.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Redondo throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Redondo tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Redondo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Redondo misses with a body shot.

Johnson rushes Redondo and presses him up against the cage.
Redondo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Redondo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Redondo prevents the takedown attempt.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Redondo thows a body shot but no joy.

Johnson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Redondo is looking to control Johnson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Redondo avoid being mounted?
Redondo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Redondo is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson is trying to keep Redondo in close.
Redondo lands a couple of elbows.
Redondo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Johnson is proving hard to escape from.
Redondo trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Redondo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Johnson is proving hard to escape from.
Redondo stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
Johnson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Johnson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Johnson tries for a kimura but Redondo is defending well.
Redondo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Johnson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Redondo wants to control but Johnson postures up.
Johnson trying to control the action but Redondo is working from the bottom.

Johnson stands up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Johnson drives through and clinches with Redondo against the cage.
Johnson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Johnson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Redondo with a lazy takedown attempt

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Johnson passes Redondo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Johnson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Johnson working over Redondo with some ground and pound. Redondo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Johnson wants to control but Redondo is keeping him busy.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Johnson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Redondo trying to control here.
Redondo flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like Johnson is going to stand back up.
Redondo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jab from Redondo.

Redondo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Redondo pulls guard successfully.
Johnson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Johnson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Redondo is proving hard to escape from.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but Redondo is keeping the position.
Redondo trying to control the position.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Redondo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Redondo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Redondo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Redondo misses with a body shot.
Redondo has a takedown stuffed.
Redondo fails with the takedown

and Johnson moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergio Redondo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Redondo is fighting off a takedown attempt but Johnson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Redondo to the mat. Redondo regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Redondo tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Johnson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Redondo trying to strike off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control but Redondo is working from the bottom.
Redondo controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson postures up.
Johnson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Johnson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Redondo.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Redondo tries to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
Johnson looking to finish Redondo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Redondo!
Redondo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Johnson looking to ground and pound but Redondo is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redondo tries to hold on but Johnson postures up.
Johnson prevents Redondo from getting the reversal.
Redondo manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Johnson tries to pass to full mount but Redondo defends it.
Redondo is trying to maintain the position but Johnson is very close to passing his half guard.
Johnson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Redondo is trying to get back to full guard.
Seth Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Johnson thows a huge punch but Redondo dodges it nicely.
Johnson content to control rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

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!
Redondo is desperately trying to improve his position but Johnson has a good base and remains in mount.
Johnson lands a big elbow.
Redondo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Redondo is squirming around, avoiding Johnson's attempts to control the action.
Johnson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Redondo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Redondo wants to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
Redondo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson controlling from the full mount.
Johnson scoring with strikes but Redondo is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redondo is working to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Redondo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Johnson looking to control but Redondo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Redondo is desperately trying to improve his position but Johnson has a good base and remains in mount.
Redondo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Johnson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johnson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Redondo is looking to escape.
Redondo is desperately trying to improve his position but Johnson has a good base and remains in mount.
Redondo wants to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
Redondo blocking the ground and pound.
A nice elbow there by Johnson.
Johnson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Johnson looking for a guillotine from mount but Redondo is having none of it.
Johnson wants to control the pace but Redondo is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redondo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Johnson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Redondo manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Johnson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Redondo can't escape the position.
Redondo bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Redondo from controlling successfully.
Redondo tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redondo passes Johnson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Redondo seems to be working for a kimura but Johnson defends the submission attempt.
Redondo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
Johnson is looking to control Redondo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Johnson avoid being mounted?
Redondo prevents Johnson from improving his position.
Redondo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Johnson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Redondo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seth Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seth Johnson!