PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sammy Boy has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Boy
vs
Johnson

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

194 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 Montreal, Sammy Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rock Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Boy clinches with his opponent.
Boy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Boy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Johnson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Boy wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sammy Boy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Johnson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Boy manages to pull guard.

Boy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Johnson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Johnson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Boy is trying to keep Johnson in close.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boy's head.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Boy working a defensive guard here.
Boy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
Johnson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Johnson tries to free his leg and advance position but Boy is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson stands up over Boy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Boy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Boy is breathing heavily.
Johnson landing some decent shots from guard.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but Boy is keeping the position.
Boy wants to sweep but no luck.
Johnson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boy's head.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Johnson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Johnson landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy wants to sweep but no luck.
Boy is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
Boy is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Boy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Boy wants to sweep here but Johnson controlling him for the moment.
Boy is trying to keep Johnson in close.
Johnson with a nice head shot there.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Boy shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Boy showed some decent athleticism there.
Johnson is refusing to be controlled, as Boy sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy wants to pass to mount but Johnson is defending the position.
Boy has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Johnson can't escape the position.
Boy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnson is looking to escape.

Boy wants to finish this one by submission but Johnson is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Boy.

Boy looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boy trying to control but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy wants to take a breather but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Boy jumps into side control!
Boy looks up at the clock and then as Johnson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Boy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Boy is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Johnson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Boy trying to control the position but Johnson is working away.
Johnson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Boy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Boy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Boy is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Sammy Boy just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rock Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rock Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Boy has managed to clinch.

Johnson turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Johnson working away.
Boy manages to get back to half guard.
Boy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Johnson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Johnson's back!
Boy trying to control momentarily.
Johnson covers up after that shot from Boy.
A lull in the action here.
Johnson tries to break free.
Johnson staying busy and making it hard for Boy to control.

Boy working for a choke but Johnson is defending well.
Boy struggling to keep hold of the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Boy trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Johnson breaks Boy's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Johnson working some strikes from top position.
Johnson throws and elbow that misses. Boy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Johnson's guard. Nice move by Boy!
Boy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Johnson can't keep his opponent in guard - Boy advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Boy is trying to control the action in half guard but Johnson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Boy is really struggling to control Johnson but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Boy works his way into full mount!
Boy wants to control the pace but Johnson is squirming around nicely.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Sammy Boy just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Boy fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Johnson as he avoids it easily.
Boy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sammy Boy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Johnson's waist but Johnson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Boy off to one side.
Boy fails to land the takedown.
Boy shoots in and drives through. Johnson sprawls well.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Boy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Johnson scores with a takedown into Boy's guard.
Rock Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Boy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Johnson!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy controlling from mount.

Boy stands up from mount. Strange move.

Boy shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Boy was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Johnson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Johnson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Boy controlling from the full mount.
Johnson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Boy trying to control but Johnson is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Boy tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.

Boy looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Boy blocks Johnson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Johnson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Johnson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Johnson is squirming around, avoiding Boy's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sammy Boy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rock Johnson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Boy is looking to improve his position.
Boy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Johnson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Johnson's back!
Johnson looking very determined here, making life difficult for Boy.
Johnson manages to reverse the position and now he's in Boy's guard. Nice work there by Johnson.
Johnson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Boy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson cracks Boy with a solid left hand.
Boy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Boy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Boy is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Boy.
Boy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Johnson!

Boy looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Boy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Johnson is squirming around, avoiding Boy's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Boy is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Johnson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Boy punishing his opponent with strikes.

Boy looking to secure an arm triangle but Johnson defends it well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johnson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Boy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Boy landing strikes from the mount and Johnson is in trouble!
Boy dominating with strikes here.

That has opened up Rock Johnson's cut even more.
The referee warns Johnson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Johnson is rocked!

Rock Johnson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Boy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Boy finish him?

Boy is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Johnson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Boy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rock Johnson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sammy Boy!