PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between JD Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buddy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen as his entrance music. Buddy Johnson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Wood
vs
Johnson

169 cm
22
148 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, JD Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Buddy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wood loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Wood throws a combination. Johnson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wood fails to land with a series of punches.
Wood throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Wood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Wood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wood.
Wood is looking to score with low kicks.
Wood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wood lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Johnson backs up against the cage.
Wood throws a combination. Johnson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nice uppercut lands for Wood. That snapped Johnson's head back.

Johnson drives through and clinches with Wood against the cage.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Wood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wood scores with a three punch combo!
Johnson looks gassed!
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson ducks right into an uppercut from Wood.
Wood swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Wood misses with a combination
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Wood circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wood lands a two punch combo.
Wood is working the combinations to good effect here.
Wood tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Wood throws a lazy head kick
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
Johnson's corner calls for a 1-2. Johnson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson wants to slow Wood down by chopping away at his legs.
Johnson tries to bum rush Wood with a series of wild strikes but Wood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
JD Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Johnson rushes Wood and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson pushes Wood back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson wants to stall.
Johnson just leaning against Wood, taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Johnson.
A short body shot lands from Wood as the two fighters clinch.
Johnson keeps control of Wood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wood has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johnson stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Wood backwards.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson tries to clinch up.

Johnson darts in and clinches Wood up against the cage.
The referee calls for Johnson to work.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.
Wood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

Johnson has Wood up against the cage in a clinch.
Wood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson looking to slow down the pace here.
Johnson scores a nice knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson stalling.
Wood has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Wood misses with a body punch.
Johnson stalling in the clinch but Wood improves position.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wood has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Wood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wood wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wood wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wood tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wood wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Wood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeps control of Wood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Wood is trying to break free.
Wood has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Wood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson prevents Wood from breaking the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Wood.
Wood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Wood has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Wood wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Wood throws a combination that misses
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Wood.
Wood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab from Wood.
Wood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wood lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wood throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Wood.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wood darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
Johnson checks a leg kick.

Johnson darts in and clinches Wood up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wood swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Wood gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Wood keeps it at a distance.
Wood checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wood misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson works over Wood's head and body with a nice combination.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
A left and a right from Johnson both land. Nice combination.
Wood throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wood smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wood throws a one two combo.

It looks like Buddy Johnson has been cut.
Wood looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

JD Wood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Buddy Johnson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wood digs a good hook to Johnson's body.
Wood scores with the left hand. Johnson knows he should have avoided that one.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wood.
Johnson takes one on the button.

Johnson is rocked!
Wood tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Jab, jab by Wood - just one landing.
Wood has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Wood lands a jab to the head.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Wood finish him?
Wood lands a head shot.
Jab, jab by Wood - just one landing.
Johnson tries to clinch but Wood is having none of it.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Wood with a nice cross.
Wood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wood lands a two punch combo.
Johnson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wood on the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
Johnson takes one to the chin there.
Wood misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Wood misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
Johnson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wood to score with a decent uppercut.
Wood drops Johnson with a right and a left! Wood comes rushing in but Johnson regains his composure and manages to keep Wood in guard.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wood is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wood keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Wood cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
Wood scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wood has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Wood stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Wood is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wood lands the left hand.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wood lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Wood keeps it at a distance.
Wood lands with an uppercut that bounces Johnson off the cage and back into rage.
Wood tries a head kick but it misses.
JD Wood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wood takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Wood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Wood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Johnson has Wood up against the cage in a clinch.
Wood takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wood is keeping busy.
Wood tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wood or not.
Wood wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Wood wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wood wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Wood tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wood.
Johnson prevents Wood from breaking the clinch.
Wood can't break the clinch.
Wood scores with a shoulder strike.
Wood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wood tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Wood comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wood misses with a combination
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
Wood misses with a two punch combination.
Wood throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
JD Wood is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wood!

Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wood's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson stalling in the clinch but Wood improves position.
A right hand to the body from Johnson.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wood wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Wood wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Wood tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Wood can't break the clinch.
Wood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wood wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson prevents Wood from breaking the clinch.
Wood wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wood is keeping busy.
Wood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson wants to stall.
Wood wants to break free but Johnson has control.

Wood breaks from the clinch.
Johnson takes one to the chin there.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wood throws a good cross that connects.
Wood fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
Wood with a nice cross.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Wood circles away and keeps his distance.
Wood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wood throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wood moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.
Wood has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Wood is rocked!
Johnson connects with a stiff jab that staggers Wood - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Buddy Johnson!