PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jones might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Let The Bodies Hit The Floor. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Jones
vs
Johnson

188 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

188 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Jones.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jones blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling him.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson slowing the pace effectively.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson is pressed up against the cage. Jones has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Johnson down to the mat. Johnson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jones is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Johnson with that takedown attempt.

Jones clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson just leaning against Jones, taking a breather.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson which made him look bad.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joseph Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones closes the distance and clinches up with Johnson, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes Johnson against the cage but Johnson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson fails with the takedown.

Johnson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Jones changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Johnson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
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 fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Johnson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson stalling the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Johnson smiles and moves away.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Johnson tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.

Jones fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Johnson sprawls well initially but Jones persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Johnson trying to hold on to Jones's head to control him but Jones postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mark Johnson will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Johnson closes the distance and pushes Jones back into the cage.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jones taking a breather.
Johnson tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson working Jones over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johnson into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Johnson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Johnson tries to sprawl out of it but Jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Johnson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joseph Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Jones shoots in.

Jones tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones leaning his opponent against the cage.
Johnson is pressed up against the cage. Jones has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Johnson down to the mat. Johnson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Jones pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.

Jones breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jones.

Johnson pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Johnson controlling the action here for a moment.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jones instigates a clinch.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Jones.
Johnson tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.

Johnson has managed to clinch.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson is pushing Jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Johnson receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Jones breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Horrible takedown by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jones instigates a clinch.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson slows down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Johnson to keep the fight standing.

Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Johnson looking to slow down the pace here.
Johnson seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jones darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jones has picked Johnson up - he's going for a ride! Jones dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Johnson is not content to let Jones control the position.

Jones is trying to work for a kimura but Johnson is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones is controlling the pace.
Johnson is controlling Jones's trapped leg to prevent Jones from advancing to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Jones passes into side control, despite Johnson's attempt to control the position.
Joseph Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.

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 Joseph Jones.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!