PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otto Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cadu Monteiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Otto Johnson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Johnson
vs
Monteiro

185 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
206 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Otto Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cadu Monteiro!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Monteiro comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Monteiro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Monteiro jabs at Johnson's body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Monteiro!
Johnson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Monteiro to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Monteiro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Monteiro stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab lands there for Monteiro.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson swinging wilding here.
Monteiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Johnson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Monteiro to score with a decent uppercut.
Monteiro takes one on the button.
Monteiro is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
A cross from Monteiro lands.
Monteiro lands a jab to the nose.
Monteiro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Monteiro fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Monteiro stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Monteiro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Monteiro tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Monteiro scores with a nice strike.
Johnson walks into a stiff left hand from Monteiro.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Monteiro jabs at Johnson's body.
Monteiro swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Monteiro cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
Monteiro jabs Johnson right on the nose. Johnson blinks but takes it well.
A combination from Monteiro does no damage.
A lazy left from Monteiro finds it's target.
Monteiro with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Monteiro jabs Johnson right on the nose. Johnson blinks but takes it well.

Monteiro scores a takedown into full mount!
Johnson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Monteiro tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Monteiro wants to finish this one by submission but Johnson is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Monteiro.

Monteiro moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Johnson has worked his arm free - good work by Johnson!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Monteiro tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Monteiro has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Johnson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Monteiro misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Johnson is looking for a sweep.

Monteiro stands up and beckons Johnson to his feet.
Monteiro throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Monteiro works the jab nicely.
Monteiro scores with a punch to the head.
Monteiro waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monteiro just misses with a punch to the body.
Monteiro scores with a hook.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Monteiro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Monteiro lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Monteiro.
Johnson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Monteiro swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Johnson duly obliges.
Monteiro with a jab.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Monteiro ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson throws a right hand that Monteiro ducks under and follows up with a left that Monteiro also avoids with ease.
Monteiro misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Monteiro throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Monteiro.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Monteiro clinches with his opponent.
A nice left hand lands by Monteiro.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Monteiro digs a right hand underneath Johnson's ribcage. Johnson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Monteiro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Monteiro pulls guard successfully.

Monteiro manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Monteiro catches Johnson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Johnson takes one on the button.
Monteiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Decent striking displayed by Monteiro there.
Monteiro misses with a wild combination.
Monteiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Monteiro connects with a body shot.
Johnson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Monteiro lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Johnson backs up against the cage.
Monteiro stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Monteiro lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cadu Monteiro dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Monteiro scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Monteiro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Monteiro.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Monteiro waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

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

Monteiro is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Johnson defends it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson wants to get back to full guard.

Monteiro is working for a submission of some sort.
Monteiro trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Monteiro is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Johnson defends it well.

Monteiro is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Johnson is just riding it out for now. Monteiro eventually gives up the hold.

Johnson is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Monteiro pulls his head out easily.
Monteiro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Monteiro lands a with a good body shot.
Johnson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Monteiro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Cadu Monteiro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Monteiro throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Monteiro.

Monteiro tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Monteiro has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Johnson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Monteiro wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson regains half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Johnson manages to get to full guard.

Johnson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Monteiro thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.

Monteiro drops back looking for a leg! Johnson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Johnson manages to kick Monteiro off! Monteiro jumps back into Johnson's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Monteiro manages to reverse the position and now he's in Johnson's guard. Nice work there by Monteiro.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Monteiro thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Monteiro is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Monteiro wants to stand but Johnson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Monteiro is controlling him.
Monteiro would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cadu Monteiro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Monteiro misses with a straight left.
Monteiro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson scores with a three punch combo!
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Monteiro.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Monteiro misses the jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Johnson scores with a four punch combination!
Monteiro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Monteiro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Monteiro scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Monteiro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Monteiro looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Monteiro drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Monteiro jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Monteiro drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Monteiro jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Monteiro is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Johnson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Monteiro's back instead.
Monteiro holding both Johnson 's hands and preventing any damage.
Monteiro rolls, trying to escape but Johnson keeps control of the position.

Johnson is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Monteiro knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Monteiro for a finish.
Johnson is hanging on to Monteiro's back as he tries to escape.
Johnson struggling to land strikes to the head as Monteiro covers up.

Johnson has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Monteiro is defending well but eventually Johnson manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Monteiro has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Otto Johnson!