PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Winchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winchester comes into the arena with Dean Winchester Lip Sings Eye Of The Tiger blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Winchester
vs
Johnson

183 cm
23
219 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dean Winchester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson gets the takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Johnson.
Winchester is being controlled here.
Winchester is trying to control Johnson's posture but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson throws an elbow but Winchester slips to the side and avoids it well.
Johnson tries to move to mount but Winchester blocks the move with his legs.
Winchester can't do much from the bottom here.
Johnson lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winchester is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Johnson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Johnson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Winchester regains half guard there - taking advantage of Johnson's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Winchester has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Johnson is working away from the top position though.
Johnson working Winchester over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Winchester defending well though.
Johnson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winchester is looking for a sweep. Johnson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Johnson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Winchester defending well though.
Johnson looks to land a strike but Winchester avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Winchester is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winchester bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard.

Johnson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Winchester tries for a takedown but Johnson circles away easily

and Johnson counters with a takedown into side control.
Winchester is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Johnson is controlling him well.
Winchester seems a little lost for a moment, as Johnson dominates the positioning.
Johnson looks gassed!
Johnson throws an elbow but Winchester slips to the side and avoids it well.
Winchester regains half guard there - taking advantage of Johnson's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Winchester wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winchester wants to get back to full guard.
Johnson is taking a breather. Winchester says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Let's hope that Johnson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Johnson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Winchester's head.
Winchester slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Winchester looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Johnson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Winchester tries for a takedown but Johnson circles away easily

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Winchester won't allow Johnson to pass to mount.
Winchester has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Johnson is working away from the top position though.
Johnson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Johnson wants to control but Winchester is keeping him busy.
Winchester trying to hold on to Johnson's head to control him but Johnson postures up.
Winchester keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Johnson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Johnson working the head and body with strikes.
Winchester is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Winchester on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Winchester moves into full guard.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Winchester swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Winchester tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winchester keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Winchester working a defensive guard here.
Winchester manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johnson manages to get himself to full guard.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Winchester is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Winchester trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Charles Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winchester looking to pass the guard.
Johnson can't keep his opponent in guard - Winchester advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Winchester sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johnson defending well though.
Winchester trying to control from half guard but Johnson is working away.

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

Winchester shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Winchester was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Winchester scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Johnson?
Winchester throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Johnson because Winchester loaded up on that one.

Winchester is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Johnson is surviving well by controlling Winchester's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Winchester lands with some strikes.
Johnson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Johnson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Winchester looking to secure an arm triangle but Johnson defends it well.
Winchester landing punches.
Johnson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

Winchester looking for a guillotine from mount but Johnson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Charles Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Winchester's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Winchester shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Johnson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Winchester looking for a sweep. Not yet Winchester, not yet.
Winchester controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Winchester utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Winchester keeps moving.
Winchester lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Johnson!
Johnson is trying to stand up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is in a horrible position here. Winchester smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Winchester throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Winchester tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Winchester thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johnson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Winchester is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Winchester throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Winchester tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.
Johnson is bucking up trying to escape but Winchester cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is bucking up trying to escape but Winchester cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Winchester controlling the pace for now.
Winchester trying to control but Johnson is having none of it.
Dean Winchester has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Winchester with the ground and pound from mount.
Winchester connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Winchester jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Johnson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Winchester lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Winchester looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Johnson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Winchester cracks Johnson with a big right hand but Johnson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Johnson dodges the ground and pound from Winchester.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johnson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Winchester has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Winchester tries for a kimura but Johnson is defending well.
Charles Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Winchester scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Winchester gets caught flat footed, as Johnson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Winchester trying to control the position.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but Winchester is keeping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dean Winchester.
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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:30

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