PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Jansen (ranked 6273 p4p, 6385 weight class) and John Johnnington (ranked 429 p4p, 434 weight class). John Johnnington has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Jansen
vs
Johnnington

185 cm
25
145
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
145
0 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Jansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Johnnington!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jansen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Johnnington sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Johnnington is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Johnnington instigates a clinch.
Jansen stops a takedown attempt from Johnnington.
Jansen stalling.
Jansen tries to circle away but Johnnington has him pinned against the cage.

Johnnington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnnington connects with a high kick.
Jansen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jansen wants it to stay on the feet.
Jansen tried to counter with a leg kick but Johnnington avoided it.
Jansen misses with a takedown attempt - Johnnington sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Johnnington has managed to clinch.
Jansen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Johnnington smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alistair Jansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnnington fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnnington closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jansen can't break the clinch.
Johnnington goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jansen prevents it.
Jansen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Johnnington prevents it.
Jansen wants to break free but Johnnington has control.
Jansen swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Johnnington drags the fight down to the ground.
Jansen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jansen stopping the sweep attempt from Johnnington.

Johnnington is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Jansen presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jansen is trying to break free.

Johnnington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnnington moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Johnnington.
Johnnington shoots in and drives through. Jansen sprawls well.
Jansen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Johnnington changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Johnnington tries to clinch there but Jansen circles away.
Johnnington throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jansen drops down looking for a counter takedown but Johnnington sprawls and moves away.
Johnnington shoots for a takedown but Jansen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Johnnington looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jansen tries a head kick but it misses.
Jansen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnnington tries for a takedown but Jansen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Johnnington shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jansen pinned against the cage. Jansen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Johnnington shoots in but no luck this time.

Jansen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee asks Jansen politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jansen prefers to stall for the moment though.
Jansen trying to control the position but Johnnington is working away.
Jansen working the head and body with strikes.

Jansen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jansen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnnington is not content to let Jansen control the position.
Johnnington is looking to reverse the position.

Jansen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Johnnington tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Johnnington 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.

Johnnington shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice sprawl there from Johnnington as Jansen shoots in.
Johnnington pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jansen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnnington.
Johnnington stuffs the takedown attempt from Jansen. Jansen gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnnington shoots in but Jansen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
John Johnnington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnnington shoots in looking for a takedown. Jansen tries to sprawl out of it but Johnnington keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jansen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Alistair Jansen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Johnnington.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jansen fails with the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnnington closes the distance and clinches.
Johnnington keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jansen's efforts to push away.
Johnnington has Jansen pressed against the cage, preventing Jansen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnnington wants to take the fight to the mat but Jansen manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Johnnington is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Johnnington is breathing heavily.

Johnnington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jansen fails with the takedown.
Johnnington leaves Jansen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jansen tries to clinch there but Johnnington circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnnington shoots in but Jansen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jansen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Johnnington lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jansen throws a leg kick but Johnnington checks it.
Despite the aggression on Johnnington's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Jansen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Johnnington defends well and Jansen ends up having to push Johnnington into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Johnnington is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Johnnington holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jansen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Johnnington jumps guard.
Jansen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jansen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jansen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnnington utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Johnnington is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Jansen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnnington has him pressed against the cage.
Jansen is trying to break the clinch but Johnnington is controlling him.
Jansen gets underhooks to prevent Johnnington's takedown attempt.
Jansen is trying to pull guard but Johnnington has him pressed against the cage.

Johnnington manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Jansen trying to control but Johnnington is working from the bottom.
Jansen wants to pass the guard but Johnnington is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnnington is looking for a triangle but Jansen pushes his legs off easily.
Jansen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Johnnington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jansen postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jansen would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Jansen connects with a couple of short punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Johnnington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Jansen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Johnnington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jansen tries to clinch but Johnnington moves out of range.
Jansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnnington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnnington defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jansen.
Despite the aggression on Johnnington's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Johnnington defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jansen.
Jansen tries to clinch but Johnnington moves out of range.
Johnnington fails with a takedown attempt.
Jansen appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Johnnington closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jansen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Johnnington pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alistair Jansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnnington will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jansen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice sprawl there from Johnnington as Jansen shoots in.
Jansen throws a head kick that misses.
Jansen tries to clinch up.
Johnnington shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnnington takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Johnnington misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnnington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jansen.
Jansen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnnington misses with a takedown attempt - Jansen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jansen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jansen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Johnnington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jansen.
Jansen looks to clinch
and Johnnington counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Johnnington stuffs the takedown.
Jansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jansen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Johnnington swats away the attempt to clinch by Jansen.
Johnnington is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Johnnington.
Jansen tries to counter by clinching up but Johnnington breaks away and moves out of range.
Jansen misses with a takedown attempt
and Johnnington counters with a series of strikes. Jansen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jansen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Johnnington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jansen jabs at Johnnington's body.

Jansen forces Johnnington back against the cage and clinches.
Jansen has Johnnington pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Johnnington manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Johnnington gets underhooks to prevent Jansen's takedown attempt.

Johnnington breaks the clinch.
Johnnington has his takedown stuffed
and Jansen counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnnington swats away the attempt to clinch by Jansen.
Johnnington leaves Jansen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnnington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnnington shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jansen dives in and grabs Johnnington's left leg, looking for a takedown. Johnnington pushes down on Jansen's head and hops out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jansen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Johnnington sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Johnnington slaps away a takedown attempt from Jansen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Johnnington is looking for the big counter here.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Johnnington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnnington 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Johnnington!