PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarek Glaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Glaz

170 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jarek Glaz!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glaz has his takedown stuffed

and Johnson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Johnson.
Glaz looking for a sweep. Not yet Glaz, not yet.
Glaz has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Glaz 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.
Glaz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johnson manages to get himself to full guard.
Glaz trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Glaz throws a big elbow that misses.
Glaz stands up over Johnson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
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.
Glaz prevents Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Johnson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glaz is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Johnson landing shots from mount.
Glaz is looking to get to half guard.
Glaz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Glaz wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Johnson.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Glaz can do anything to dispel that myth.
Johnson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Johnson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Glaz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Glaz tries to lock up and control but Johnson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Glaz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glaz wants to control but Johnson is having none of it.
Glaz is trying desperately to improve position.
Johnson with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson looking to finish with strikes here!
Glaz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Johnson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Glaz is looking to improve his position but Johnson isn't that keen on the idea.
Johnson with good strikes from the mount here!
Glaz sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson trying to control the action but Glaz is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glaz wants to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Johnson seems content to control.
Johnson prevents Glaz from improving his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johnson lands a nice short elbow.
Johnson wants to control but Glaz is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Glaz is looking to control Johnson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Glaz avoid being mounted?
Johnson trying to control the action but Glaz is working from the bottom.
Glaz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Johnson is working away from the top position though.
Johnson is looking to take a break and control but Glaz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because John Johnson wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Glaz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glaz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Johnson's waist but Johnson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Glaz off to one side.

Glaz closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Johnson did well to prevent Glaz getting side control.
Glaz prevents Johnson from improving his position.
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 looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson won't allow Glaz to pass to mount.
Johnson wants to control but Glaz is keeping busy.
Glaz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Johnson is staying active underneath Glaz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Johnson wants to control but Glaz is keeping busy.
Glaz is keen to just control but Johnson is a slippery customer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Glaz trying to pass the guard but Johnson defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that John Johnson will probably get the nod.
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.

Glaz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Johnson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Glaz looking for a sweep. Not yet Glaz, not yet.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Glaz keeps moving.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Johnson throws a big right hand that misses.
Johnson trying to control but Glaz is working from the bottom.
Glaz controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Johnson being controlled here momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glaz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Glaz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Glaz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Glaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Glaz has his foot on Johnson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Johnson works his way back into a safe position though.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
Glaz managing to control the position.
Johnson passes Glaz's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glaz is not content to let Johnson control the position.
John Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Glaz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Johnson.
Johnson trying to control from half guard but Glaz is working away.
Glaz tries to roll over but Johnson keeps him under control.
Johnson is stalling here. Glaz is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Johnson seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Glaz has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Glaz lands some shots froms side control.
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!
The strikes coming from Glaz are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Glaz working away.

Glaz tries for a kimura but Johnson is defending well.
Glaz misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is not content to let Glaz control the position.
Glaz working away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Glaz cracks Johnson with a big elbow.
Johnson is not content to let Glaz control the position.
Johnson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Glaz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Glaz creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnson explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Glaz shoots in but no luck this time.
Jarek Glaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glaz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
John Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jarek Glaz.

Johnson has Glaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Glaz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Johnson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glaz has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Johnson after a bit of a struggle.
Johnson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Glaz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Johnson just leaning against Glaz, taking a breather.
Glaz has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Johnson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson is pressed up against the cage. Glaz 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.

Johnson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Glaz sprawls well initially but Johnson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Johnson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Johnson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Glaz gets caught napping as Johnson dives in and scores a takedown. Glaz manages to retain guard.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Glaz 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.
Glaz controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Johnson trying to control but Glaz is working from the bottom.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Glaz is keeping the position for now.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson won't allow Glaz to sweep him here.
Johnson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Glaz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Johnson!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Johnson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Johnson is working hard here to advance position.
Johnson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Glaz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Glaz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Glaz scoring with strikes but Johnson is staying in there.
Glaz punishing his opponent with strikes.
Johnson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Glaz scoring with strikes but Johnson is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Johnson 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.
Glaz lands a big elbow.
Glaz raining down shots from the mount!
Glaz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Johnson is trying to escape the mount.
Johnson is in a horrible position here. Glaz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Glaz with a couple of short strikes.
Glaz landing strikes from the mount.
Glaz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Glaz tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glaz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Glaz with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Glaz trying to control but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
BOOM! Glaz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Johnson is looking to improve his position but Glaz isn't that keen on the idea.

Glaz is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Johnson has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Johnson!
Glaz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glaz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson won't allow Glaz to sweep him here.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Glaz keeps moving.
Glaz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson is looking to work some ground and pound but Glaz has wrist control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Glaz wants to sweep but no luck.
Jarek Glaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Glaz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Johnson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jarek Glaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Johnson!
John Johnson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.