PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Johnstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dandy The Don (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnstone comes to the ring accompanied by Living is a Problem. The Don has chosen Sometime Around Midnight by The Airbourne Toxic Event as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Johnstone
vs
The Don

170 cm
22
157 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

181 cm
24
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

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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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Johnstone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dandy The Don!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnstone throws a series of punches but The Don avoids them all with ease.
Johnstone is looking to clinch.
The Don fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Johnstone scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnstone is looking to clinch but The Don is avoiding it.
Johnstone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Don moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

The Don closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - The Don lands in his opponent's guard.
The Don stays in close to Johnstone's body and controls the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Johnstone utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Johnstone keeping full guard, as The Don tries to pass.
The Don has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johnstone is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The Don in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Don trying to control but Johnstone is working from the bottom.
Johnstone might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Johnstone is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The Don tries for a takedown but Johnstone sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from The Don.
Jimmy Johnstone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dandy The Don.
Johnstone throws a series of punches but The Don avoids them all with ease.

The Don gets the takedown into side control.
The Don wants to control but Johnstone is keeping him busy.
Johnstone is looking to work his way out of this bad position but The Don is controlling him well.
Johnstone is not content to let The Don control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone is trying to buck The Don off.
Johnstone is not content to let The Don control the position.

The Don goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Johnstone rolls with the submission and now he's on top in The Don's guard! Nice work there by Johnstone!
Johnstone trying to control but The Don is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Johnstone throws a leg kick but The Don moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone throws the kick towards the body but The Don avoids it.
Johnstone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Don manages to avoid it.
Jimmy Johnstone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnstone moves in looking to clinch but The Don pushes him off.
The Don shoots in but Johnstone avoids the takedown attempt easily.

The Don shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Johnstone pushes The Don off looking to stand but The Don dives back in and keeps control.

The Don is working for a kimura here but Johnstone manages to reverse the position and he's now in The Don's guard.

The Don working for a triangle but Johnstone defends it easily.
The Don looks gassed!
Johnstone wants to stand but The Don has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Don escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Johnstone gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The Don trying to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnstone wants to stand but The Don has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Johnstone postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dandy The Don dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The Don shoots for a double leg takedown but Johnstone sprawls well. He's pushed The Don's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Don misses with a takedown attempt - Johnstone sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Johnstone fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Don shoots in and drives through. Johnstone sprawls well.
Jimmy Johnstone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dandy The Don.
Johnstone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Don shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Johnstone as he avoids it easily.
The Don steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnstone.
The Don shoots for a takedown but Johnstone saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Johnstone lands with an uppercut that bounces The Don off the ropes and back into rage.
Johnstone misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Johnstone.
Johnstone stuffs the takedown attempt from The Don. The Don gets slowly back to his feet.
The Don is breathing heavily.
Johnstone misses with a looping left.
Johnstone lunges at The Don with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Don's hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Don slips a jab and a cross from Johnstone.

Johnstone looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

The Don looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

The Don looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
It looks like Johnstone is going to stand back up.
Johnstone content to control rather than advance.

The Don looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone is trying to control. The Don wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Johnstone tries to stand but his hand is stuck under The Don.
The Don has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Johnstone is working away from the top position though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnstone closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Johnstone throws a solid leg kick but The Don takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Johnstone.
A head kick misses from Johnstone.
The Don dodges the punch combination from Johnstone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Don shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The Don wants to pass the guard but Johnstone is defending well.
Johnstone wants to improve his position but The Don is controlling well.

The Don looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Johnstone is looking for a sweep. The Don is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone looks like he's trying to stand up.
The Don wants to control but Johnstone is keeping him busy.
Johnstone wants to get back to his feet.
The Don sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johnstone defending well though.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

The Don scores a takedown into full mount!
Johnstone is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

The Don is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Johnstone can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The Don unloads with some shots from mount but Johnstone bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Johnstone dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Johnstone lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The Don gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Johnstone counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The Don is trying to break free.

Johnstone is trying to trip The Don. He has hold of a leg but The Don is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Johnstone persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Johnstone wants to get up but he can't break The Don's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The Don is trying to control the position but Johnstone postures up.
Johnstone preventing the sweep.
Johnstone trying to control but The Don is working from the bottom.
The Don controls Johnstone momentarily but Johnstone frees himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The Don working for submissions but it's allowed Johnstone to get to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnstone decides to return to a standing position.

The Don scores with a takedown into Johnstone's guard.
Johnstone bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The Don's guard.
Johnstone wants to stand but The Don has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Johnstone sitting in guard here, content to control.
The Don controls Johnstone momentarily but Johnstone frees himself.
Johnstone throws a strike but The Don rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The Don trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnstone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Don throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone striking off his back but it's not causing The Don any problems.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The Don dodges the punch combination from Johnstone.
The Don misses with a takedown
and Johnstone counters with a left and a right that stings The Don.
The Don doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Johnstone counters with a single leg into guard. The Don didn't expect that.
Jimmy Johnstone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dandy The Don.

The Don is looking for a triangle but Johnstone pushes his legs off easily.
Johnstone trying to stand up but can't free himself from The Don's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Don is looking for a triangle but Johnstone pushes his legs off easily.
The Don trying to keep a closed guard but Johnstone is proving a slippery customer.
Johnstone tries to stand but The Don is controlling from the bottom.

Johnstone is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but The Don has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Johnstone is looking to defend but The Don has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Johnstone! The Don pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Johnstone taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Dandy The Don!