PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pather Jhonson (ranked 6997 p4p, 574 weight class) and Shaka Johnson (ranked 6953 p4p, 571 weight class). Johnson has chosen Mandoza - Nkalakatha as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Pather Jhonson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Shaka Johnson's chin.

Jhonson
vs
Johnson

179 cm
26
198 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

174 cm
23
195 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Pather Jhonson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Shaka Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Jhonson fails to land.
Jhonson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.

Johnson jumps guard and drags Jhonson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson controlling the position.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.

Johnson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jhonson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jhonson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson can't keep his opponent in guard - Jhonson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Jhonson is working for a submission of some sort.
Johnson wants to control but Jhonson is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jhonson wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Jhonson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Johnson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jhonson.
Johnson wants to hold on but Jhonson pushes him away.
Jhonson won't let Johnson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Jhonson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnson is looking to escape.
Jhonson lands a nice shot to the head.
Johnson wants to hold on but Jhonson pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jhonson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Johnson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Jhonson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Johnson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Johnson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Jhonson is working for an americana but Johnson has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Jhonson was thinking about the submission.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jhonson tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jhonson throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.
Johnson has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Hardpunch (13 Elite / 1000$. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.

Johnson has his foot on Jhonson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jhonson works his way back into a safe position though.
Jhonson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson controlling the position.
Johnson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Johnson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Johnson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jhonson defends it easily.
Jhonson prevents Johnson from getting back to his feet.

Jhonson drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Jhonson as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Johnson screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Jhonson! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Pather Jhonson!
A very excited looking Pather Jhonson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Shaka Johnson stepped up to the mic, saying 'Sometimes you have to lose to learn how to win.'.