PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Crash Bandicoot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendrell Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bandicoot comes to the cage accompanied by Crash Bandicoot: Jungle Rollers Remix. Johnson has chosen 2-Pac (Hit Em Up) as his entrance music. The key to victory for Crash Bandicoot has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Bandicoot
vs
Johnson

172 cm
22
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

165 cm
23
158 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Demonic Drugs

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Crash Bandicoot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kendrell Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bandicoot fails with a takedown attempt.
Crash Bandicoot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bandicoot.
Johnson stuffs the takedown attempt from Bandicoot. Bandicoot gets slowly back to his feet.

Bandicoot gets a clinch.
Bandicoot using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bandicoot has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bandicoot landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bandicoot is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Bandicoot taking a breather.
Bandicoot stalls.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Bandicoot.
Bandicoot tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Bandicoot changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Johnson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Crash Bandicoot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bandicoot gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Johnson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bandicoot wants to sweep here but Johnson controlling him for the moment.

Bandicoot looking for a guillotine here but Johnson defends easily.

Bandicoot escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Johnson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Johnson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Johnson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Johnson trying to control but Bandicoot is working from the bottom.
Johnson scoring with some ground and pound.
Johnson lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandicoot wants to sweep here but Johnson controlling him for the moment.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Johnson is looking to work some ground and pound but Bandicoot has wrist control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bandicoot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bandicoot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bandicoot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bandicoot.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson misses with the combination.

Bandicoot clinches up against the cage.

Bandicoot breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Bandicoot rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.

Bandicoot gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Johnson regains guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandicoot wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bandicoot working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Bandicoot drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Johnson manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Bandicoot has Johnson in his guard.

Bandicoot looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bandicoot is breathing heavily.
Bandicoot is pulling down on Johnson's head to control his posture.

Bandicoot is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Johnson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Bandicoot looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Bandicoot throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bandicoot keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson works over Bandicoot with some ground and pound from guard.
Johnson forces his way into half guard.

Bandicoot looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson working the head and body with strikes.

Bandicoot looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bandicoot has hold of Johnson's hands but Johnson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Crash Bandicoot will probably get the nod.
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 moves into the clinch.
Bandicoot missing with knees to the body.

Johnson has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Bandicoot clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Bandicoot can't escape the position.
Bandicoot is working hard here to advance position.
Can Bandicoot hold on?! Johnson is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Johnson is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Bandicoot up.

Johnson working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Johnson scores with punches from the back.
Johnson has the hooks in. Bandicoot is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Johnson is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Bandicoot. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Johnson scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Bandicoot is looking for a way out.
Bandicoot breaks Johnson's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bandicoot postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Johnson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Bandicoot, into his guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson landing some decent shots from guard.

Bandicoot is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Bandicoot keeps moving.
Johnson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bandicoot controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Bandicoot is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Johnson is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Johnson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bandicoot not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Johnson scoring with some ground and pound.
Johnson landing with the ground and pound.

Bandicoot is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Johnson is aware though and is defending well.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kendrell Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Johnson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Johnson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bandicoot.

Bandicoot closes the distance and clinches.
Bandicoot landing knees to the body.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bandicoot moves away.

Bandicoot shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Johnson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson pulls Bandicoot in close to prevent any damage.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Bandicoot from controlling successfully.
Bandicoot wants to get up but he can't break Johnson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bandicoot postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Bandicoot from controlling successfully.
Bandicoot is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Johnson wants to sweep here but Bandicoot controlling him for the moment.

Bandicoot stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Bandicoot darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
Johnson keeps control of Bandicoot as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bandicoot trying to control the position but instead, Johnson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bandicoot into the cage.
Johnson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bandicoot.
Bandicoot utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kendrell Johnson 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 eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Bandicoot doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bandicoot has his takedown stuffed

and Johnson counters with a single leg into guard. Bandicoot didn't expect that.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Johnson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bandicoot is keeping the position for now.

Bandicoot looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bandicoot's head.
Johnson postures up and lands a big shot to Bandicoot's brow.
Johnson distracts Bandicoot with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bandicoot trying to keep a closed guard but Johnson is proving a slippery customer.
Johnson is pushing down on Bandicoot's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bandicoot is fighting to maintain full guard but Johnson has managed to sneak the leg through.

Johnson decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandicoot lands a head kick. Johnson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bandicoot wants to clinch

and Johnson counters with a single leg into guard. Bandicoot didn't expect that.

Bandicoot looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Johnson distracts Bandicoot with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but Bandicoot is keeping the position.
Johnson lands a couple of digs.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Bandicoot escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Johnson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Johnson trying to control but Bandicoot is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bandicoot is looking for a triangle but Johnson pushes his legs off easily.

Bandicoot looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Bandicoot escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Johnson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Johnson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Johnson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Bandicoot has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Johnson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Johnson scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bandicoot working a defensive guard here.

Bandicoot had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Johnson defends it easily.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Bandicoot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson with a nice head shot there.
Bandicoot is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bandicoot is just content to waste time from the top position. Johnson takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Johnson has Bandicoot pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Bandicoot drops back, looking for a kneebar! Johnson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Johnson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Johnson!
Johnson cracks Bandicoot with a big right hand but Bandicoot just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bandicoot is trying to improve his position.
Bandicoot is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Johnson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson wants to stand up but Bandicoot has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Bandicoot is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Johnson pulls his head out easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kendrell Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Johnson 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kendrell Johnson!