PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Masters
vs
Johnson

198 cm
19
300 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

194 cm
19
274 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Masters!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson has a takedown stuffed.

Masters shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Johnson is trying to maintain the position but Masters is very close to passing his half guard.
Masters is taking a breather. Johnson 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.
Masters wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Johnson trying to control from the bottom.
Johnson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Johnson wants to control but Masters is keeping busy.
Masters prevents Johnson from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson actively working from the bottom here.
Masters stalling.

Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Johnson is trying to get back to full guard.
Johnson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Masters is working away from the top position though.
Masters thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson wants to improve his position but Masters is controlling well.
Masters wants to pass the guard but Johnson is defending well.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Masters is trying to work for a kimura but Johnson is defending well.
Still in half guard, Masters seems content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Johnson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson missing with punches from the bottom.
Masters blocks the strikes from Johnson.

Johnson looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Masters pushes past his half guard into mount!
Johnson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Masters controlling from the full mount.

Masters is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Johnson has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masters takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Masters tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Masters controlling the pace for now.

Masters has control of Johnson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Johnson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson tries to lock up and control but Masters gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Masters dominated that round.
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.

Masters attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson moves out of range as Masters strikes.

Masters shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Johnson's guard.
Masters's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Chris Masters overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Johnson looking for subs off his back but Masters has passed one foot through into half guard.

Johnson looking for submissions off his back.
Masters is controlling the pace.
Johnson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters is controlling the pace.
Johnson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Masters is working away from the top position though.
Masters sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Johnson wants to improve his position but Masters is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Chris Masters wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Masters misses with a left hand

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Masters won't be happy with that.
Masters is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Johnson tries to pass to full mount but Masters defends it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masters tries to roll over but Johnson keeps him under control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Masters gets full guard.

Masters looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Masters keeps moving.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Masters works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masters is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Johnson has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Masters to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Johnson is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Masters pulls down on the head and he's put Johnson to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Chris Masters!
Chris Masters is the new super heavyweight champion!