PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Reis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reis comes into the arena with Enter Sandman blaring out of the sound system. Danny Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reis
vs
Johnson

170 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Ricardo Reis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danny Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reis.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Reis.
Reis misses with a double jab.
Reis wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Reis.
No luck for Reis with that takedown attempt.
Reis tries to clinch but Johnson moves away

and Johnson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Reis's guard now.
Reis throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Reis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reis is keeping the position for now.
Johnson pushing down on Reis's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson prevents Reis from improving his position.
Reis is trying to stand back up but Johnson is controlling him
Reis has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Johnson is working away from the top position though.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Reis!
Poor strikes thrown by Johnson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Johnson manages to capitalize on a mistake by Reis to take his back!
Johnson missing with punches from the back.

Johnson is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Reis has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Will Johnson go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Johnson manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Reis just trying to survive but Johnson is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Reis fending off the submission attempt from Johnson.
Reis manages to reverse the position and now he's in Johnson's guard. Nice work there by Reis.
Johnson looks gassed!
Reis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Reis from controlling successfully.
Johnson working a defensive guard here.
Reis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Johnson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reis is one step ahead there.
Reis trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny 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.

Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Reis circles away.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Johnson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Johnson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Johnson tries to move to mount but Reis blocks the move with his legs.
Reis manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reis prevents Johnson from improving his position.

Johnson actively working from the bottom here.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
Johnson is looking to control Reis's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Johnson avoid being mounted?
Reis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johnson defending well though.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Reis wants to clinch but Johnson slips to the side

and Johnson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Reis with a knee to the head.
Reis wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Reis is trying to stall.
Reis landing knees to the body.
Reis tries to pull guard but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reis tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reis throws an elbow but misses.
Reis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Reis is blocking nicely.
Johnson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Reis blocks with his arms.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnson has Reis pushed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Johnson.
Reis lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Reis is blocking nicely.
Reis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson wants to break free but Reis has control.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reis blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson tries to score a body lock takedown but Reis shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Reis stalling against the cage.
Johnson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Johnson.
Johnson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Reis has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.

Reis breaks from the clinch.

Johnson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Johnson lands in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson won't allow Reis to sweep him here.
Johnson thows a big elbow that misses.
Reis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Johnson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Reis with the ground and pound but Johnson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Reis throws a strike but Johnson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Reis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Reis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson.
Johnson passes into half guard.
Reis trying to control here.

Johnson is working for a kimura but Reis is defending it quite comfortably.
Reis manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Johnson misses with a body kick.
Reis is looking to clinch.
Ricardo Reis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Reis circles away and keeps his distance.
Reis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Reis tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Reis connects with a solid leg kick.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Reis avoids them all with ease.

Reis pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reis jumps guard but Johnson stands there with Reis around his waist. Reis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reis tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Reis tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Reis blocks it.

Johnson pulls guard.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Reis from controlling successfully.

Johnson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Reis wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Reis would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reis would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's two 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Reis tries for a takedown but Johnson circles away easily
and Johnson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Reis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Reis tries to clinch up.

Johnson clinches with his opponent.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Reis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Johnson gets a clinch.
Reis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Johnson smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Reis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reis misses with a body kick.
Reis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson instigates a clinch.
Reis tries to score a body lock takedown but Johnson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reis blocks it with crossed arms.

Reis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Reis.
Reis clinches but Johnson breaks the clinch

and Johnson counters by clinching up.
Johnson lands a knee to the head.
Reis managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Reis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Johnson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

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

Johnson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Reis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Reis keeps it at a distance.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Reis tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Reis.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Reis tries for a takedown but Johnson manages to get underhooks.

Reis breaks from the clinch.
Reis lands a lovely overhand right.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Reis scores with a takedown into Johnson's guard.
Johnson keeping full guard, as Reis tries to pass.
Reis postures up.
Reis stands and throws Johnson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ricardo Reis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reis tries to advance to mount but can't.
Johnson manages to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Danny Johnson.
I've got Johnson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30

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