PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Jones has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eddie Johnson's chin.

Johnson
vs
Jones

187 cm
24
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Jones!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Johnson keeps Jones at a distance using the push kick.

Jones shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jones showed some decent athleticism there.
Jones is pressing down on Johnson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Johnson is holding on for now.
Jones slips a nice elbow through Johnson's hands, connecting with Johnson's forehead.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Jones tries to pass to full mount but Johnson defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson gets back to full guard.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones stops Johnson from standing up.
Johnson keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Johnson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Johnson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones controlling from the top position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jones stands up over Johnson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Johnson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson trying to control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a crisp jab that stopped Johnson in his tracks.

It looks like Eddie Johnson has been cut.
Johnson closes the distance looking to clinch

and Jones counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Jones works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jones wants to control the pace but Johnson is squirming around nicely.
Johnson is looking to improve his position but Jones isn't that keen on the idea.
Jones scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Johnson?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jones can't control as he wanted to and Johnson manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Johnson is trying to stand up here but Jones is controlling him well.
Johnson is trying to control but can't.
Jones keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Jones working Johnson over with strikes.
Jones frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
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!
Jones with a couple of short strikes.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jones with good strikes from the mount here!
Jones scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Johnson?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Johnson's cut.
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.

Johnson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jones wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.

Johnson looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
Jones postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Johnson is trying to keep Jones in close.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Johnson's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones is in close to Johnson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Johnson trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Jones wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones wants to slow Johnson down by chopping away at his legs.
Johnson throws a combination. Jones tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jones connects with the punch.

Johnson drops Jones with a beautiful combination! Jones stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Johnson is looking for the KO!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Eddie Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones's coach down at Quick Fingers BEST BANG FOR BUCK Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Jones's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.

Jones clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the cage.

Jones has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Johnson regains guard immediately.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson can't keep his opponent in guard - Jones advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jones is stalling here. Johnson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Jones seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Johnson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Jones struggling a bit here.
Jones is trying to work for a sweep but Johnson has mounted him!
Jones controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Johnson's attempts to control the action.
Jones can't escape the position.
Jones tries to hold on but Johnson postures up.
Johnson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jones is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Eddie Johnson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eddie Johnson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jones with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jones stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones is pressing down on Johnson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Johnson is holding on for now.
Steve Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson pushes Jones off looking to stand but Jones dives back in and keeps control.
Johnson is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
A big right from Jones misses.

Jones drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones stops Johnson from standing up.
Jones with a nice head shot there.
Jones works over Johnson with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jones advances position into side control!

Jones thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Johnson is looking to regain half guard here but Jones keeps moving and retains side control.
Johnson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Johnson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jones is controlling him well.
Johnson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jones connects with a decent elbow.
Jones works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jones looking to control but instead Johnson has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Johnson is defending well.
Johnson trying to control from the bottom.
Jones slips a nice elbow through Johnson's hands, connecting with Johnson's forehead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Eddie Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Jones was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Johnson is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.

Jones wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Johnson, who protects the arm well.
Johnson is looking to reverse the position.

Jones is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Johnson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones tries to move to full mount but Johnson actually manages to regain half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jones 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Jones!