PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roscoe Shame (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kane Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kane Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shame
vs
Johnson

198 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

214 cm
20
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roscoe Shame!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kane Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shame slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Shame showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Shame leaves Johnson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Johnson has Shame up against the cage in a clinch.
Shame prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Shame gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Roscoe Shame has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kane Johnson.

Shame has picked Johnson up - he's going for a ride! Shame dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Shame trying to control the pace.

Shame escapes and gets back to his feet.
Shame is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Shame shoots in.

Shame shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Johnson has one foot on Shame's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Shame swivels and escapes.
Johnson looks gassed!
Shame throws out a powerful jab.
Shame leaves Johnson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Johnson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Shame.

It looks like Kane Johnson has been cut.
Shame moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shame shoots in looking for a takedown but Johnson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Shame's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Shame shoots in and gets a takedown into Johnson's guard.
Shame keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johnson's head.

Shame decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Johnson, up you get!

Shame looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Johnson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Shame trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shame works over Johnson with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson striking off his back but it's not causing Shame any problems.

Shame decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Johnson, up you get!

Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Shame. Shame maintains the clinch.
Shame is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Johnson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Shame gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Johnson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Shame is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Shame has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Johnson is trying to keep an underhook but Shame manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Shame works his foot free and advances to mount.
Johnson is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shame can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnson is looking to escape.
Shame raining down hammerfists from mount.
Johnson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Shame looking to control and managing it successfully.
Shame blocks Johnson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Shame landing punches.
Johnson is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is bucking up trying to escape but Shame cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Shame manages to capitalize on a mistake by Johnson to take his back!
Johnson tries to escape but Shame has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Shame wants to control but Johnson is keeping busy.
Shame has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Johnson.
Shame controls the action.
Shame trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

Johnson manages to escape to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Shame closes the distance and clinches.

Shame breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roscoe Shame dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kane Johnson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Shame shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Shame tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shame shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side.
Shame swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson throws a right hand that Shame ducks under and follows up with a left that Shame also avoids with ease.
Shame closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roscoe Shame. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shame shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Johnson sprawls well. Johnson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Shame gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnson dives in and grabs Shame's left leg, looking for a takedown. Shame pushes down on Johnson's head and hops out.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Shame enables Johnson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Shame manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Shame might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson pushing down on Shame's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Shame tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shame missing with punches from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johnson lands a nice short elbow.
Shame blocking the ground and pound attempt from Johnson.
Johnson tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Shame.
Shame won't allow Johnson to pass to mount.
Johnson with the ground and pound but Shame uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Johnson throwing strikes from guard but Shame blocks nicely.
Shame is adopting a defensive guard.
Johnson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to stand but Shame is controlling his posture from full guard.

Shame is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Johnson frees his head nicely. Oh but Shame has switched to an armbar! Johnson is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Roscoe Shame!
A very excited looking Roscoe Shame made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.