PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Johnson
vs
Santos

182 cm
25
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyson Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rodrigo Santos!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson lands with a hook. Santos tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Johnson lands with a cross.

It looks like Rodrigo Santos has been cut.
Santos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a nice body kick.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Johnson, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Johnson against the cage but Johnson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Santos looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson lands a nice shot that snaps Santos's head back.
Johnson lands with a kick to the temple. Santos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.

Oooooh!!! Johnson has knocked Santos down with a huge combo! Johnson steps away and waves a wobbly Santos back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Santos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Johnson.
Santos shoots and misses
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That has opened up Rodrigo Santos's cut even more.
Tyson Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos misses with a takedown
and Johnson counters with a one-two to the body.
Johnson cracks Santos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Johnson sizes up Santos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Johnson scores with a one two! Santos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Johnson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Johnson scores with the left hand. Santos knows he should have avoided that one.
Santos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson throws a combination. Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

The cut above Rodrigo Santos's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tyson Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Johnson.
Johnson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson scores with a jab to the body.
Santos with a poor takedown
and Johnson counters with a three punch combo that has Santos backing up. Santos nods at Johnson to acknowledge the strikes.
Good exchange - Johnson coming out on top.
Santos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Santos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Santos misses with a takedown
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Santos moves forwards but Johnson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Johnson tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
Santos with a lazy takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Rodrigo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Santos doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice takedown defense from Johnson. No joy for Santos on that attempt.

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.
Johnson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Santos throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santos looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Santos on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Santos misses with a takedown
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Santos is trying desperately to land a takedown but Johnson is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Santos.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Santos with a lazy takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a series of strikes. Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Santos avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson lands with a nice body punch.
Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Johnson sprawls well. He's pushed Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Santos's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Santos's head.
Santos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Santos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Santos should have avoided that one.
Tyson Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good shot there by Johnson.
Johnson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Johnson lands a jab to the head.
Johnson throws a combination. Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Santos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johnson scores with a jab.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
Left hook, right uppercut from Santos.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.

Santos scores a takedown into full mount!
Santos tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.
Johnson is trying to escape the mount.

Santos working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to get to half guard.

Santos working for a submission but Johnson is keeping him at bay.

Johnson somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Santos swings away with a body shot that misses
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Santos tries for a takedown but Johnson circles away easily
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tyson Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Santos.
Santos tries for a takedown but Johnson circles away easily
and Johnson counters with a three punch combo that has Santos backing up. Santos nods at Johnson to acknowledge the strikes.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body. Santos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Santos, as that shot connected.
Tyson Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Santos shoots and misses
and Santos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Johnson sprawls well. He's pushed Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Johnson with a nice cross.
Santos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Johnson lands a two punch combo.
Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four 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 keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Johnson pinned against the cage. Johnson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Johnson throws a combination. Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Santos is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Johnson's half guard.

Santos 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. Santos eventually gives up the hold.

Santos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Johnson has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tyson Johnson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Santos's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Johnson cracks Santos with an open hand slap.
Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santos misses with a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Santos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Johnson slips a jab from Santos.
Johnson misses with a combination

and Santos counters with a takedown into side control.
Johnson gets back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson kicks off Santos and gets to his feet.
Johnson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santos.
Johnson scores with a one two! Santos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Johnson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Santos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Johnson has time to react.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santos.
Johnson connects with a looping right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos staying out of range there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Santos.

Santos feints and as Johnson raises his hands in defense, Santos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Johnson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Santos defends it easily.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Johnson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Santos defends well.
Santos looking to pass the guard.
Rodrigo Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.

Johnson looking for a triangle here. Santos is fighting it but it looks tight! Johnson pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Santos is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tyson Johnson!