PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Nava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by The Longest Day by Iron Maiden. Calvin Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnson
vs
Nava

185 cm
22
217 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
204 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calvin Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jesus Nava!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Nava circles away.
Nava looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
Nava connects with a body shot.
Johnson slips under a jab from Nava.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nava.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Nava swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Nava ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Nice shot lands for Nava.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Nava circles away.
Nava misses with a wild body shot.

Nava clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Nava.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nava lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Nava lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Johnson.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nava throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nava swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nava is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
Nava swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Nava.
Nava misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nava is leaning against Johnson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Johnson trying to stall but Nava improves his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Johnson on the inside.
Nava misses with a punch to the body.
Nava lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nava avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nava waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Nava looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Nava misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Johnson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Nava misses with the head strike.
Nava swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Johnson.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nava just misses with a punch to the body.
Nava ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nava swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nava swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nava misses the shot to the body.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Nava.
Nava looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson tries to clinch but Nava is having none of it.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Johnson has managed to clinch.
Johnson trying to control the position but instead, Nava has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johnson into the cage.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Nava misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from Johnson.
Nava misses with the head strike.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Nava controls the action.
Nava has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nava.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Nava tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nava misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nava swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nava misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nava backwards.
Johnson slowing the pace effectively.
Nava throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson pushes Nava back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nava struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Johnson.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Nava can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Nava goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nava lands a body shot.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nava's elbow.
Nava tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Nava back against the cage.
A short right from Johnson.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Nava's ribcage. Nava let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nava swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nava lands a jab.
Johnson wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nava. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nava avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nava throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nava swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Nava keeps it at a distance.
Nava tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Nava.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nava manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nava throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nava swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nava misses with a double jab

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Johnson.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Nava controls the action.
Johnson tries to work over Nava's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson trying to control the position but instead, Nava has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johnson into the cage.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Johnson gets a clinch.
Nava presses Johnson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nava missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nava keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nava.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nava manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nava wants to clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Nava lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.

Johnson clinches up with Nava and pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nava tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Nava is avoiding it.
Nava looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nava swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nava circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nava misses with a wild body shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nava throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Nava is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Nava pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nava avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nava just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nava paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Johnson has Nava up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Nava.
A right hand to the body from Johnson.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nava working hard to break the clinch.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson looking to slow down the pace here.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nava swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nava misses with a jab to the body

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nava tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nava swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nava.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big left from Nava misses.

Johnson instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Nava misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Johnson 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. This is the final round!

Nava swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nava circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nava misses with a wild body shot.

Johnson instigates a clinch.
Johnson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nava.
Nava misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Nava tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Nava back against the cage.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nava digs a good hook to Johnson's body.
Johnson tries to clinch but Nava is having none of it.
Nava throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Nava jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nava throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson rushes Nava and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Nava.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nava backwards.
Nava working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Johnson.
Johnson lands a shot to the body.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nava is leaning against Johnson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Nava.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson digs a right hand into Nava's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nava's gas tank.
Nava fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nava misses with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Nava misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson 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.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Nava controls the action.
Nava misses with the head strike.
Nava goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nava is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nava is breathing heavily.
Nava tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Nava back against the cage.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson just leaning against Nava, taking a breather.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Navas head.
Nava tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nava throws a head punch that misses.
Nava lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Johnson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Nava wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Johnson lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nava pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nava struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson pushes Nava back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson working aggressively here.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Nava swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Nava circles away and keeps his distance.
Sloppy strikes from Nava. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Nava keeps it at a distance.
Nava swings widly with a right hand

and Johnson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nava swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Nava lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right handed body shot lands from Nava.
Nava swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson looking to stall.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nava tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nava struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Nava swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Johnson.
Nava doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nava struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Nava digs a right hand into Johnson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johnson's gas tank.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Nava on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Nava controls the action.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Nava backwards.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Nava.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nava takes a shot to the head.
Nava misses with some punches.
Nava scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nava digs a right hand underneath Johnson's ribcage. Johnson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson stalling the fight.
Nava tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Calvin Johnson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nava working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johnson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nava backwards.
Nava blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nava misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Nava throws a head punch that misses.
Nava pushes Johnson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nava lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson gets through Nava's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Nava.
Johnson digs a right hand into Nava's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nava's gas tank.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Nava circles away.
Nava misses with a body shot

and Johnson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Nava avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Johnson tries to work over Nava's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson digs a right hand into Nava's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nava's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nava.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nava lands a lovely overhand right.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jesus Nava seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nava swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nava misses with a double jab.

Nava clinches up against the cage.
Nava misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Nava.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Nava avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johnson.
Nava misses with a body punch.
Johnson presses Nava against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Johnson slows down the pace here.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Nava doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nava swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nava misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Nava keeps it at a distance.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Nava is avoiding it.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nava swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nava missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nava misses with a looping left.
A shot to the liver by Nava. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nava misses with a body shot.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nava misses the shot to the body.
Nava throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nava scores with a jab.
Nava ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nava paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nava manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nava keeps the fight on the outside.
Nava fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nava jabs at Johnson's body.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Nava pushes him off.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nava keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson tries to clinch but Nava is having none of it.
Nava misses with an uppercut.
Nava misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Nava throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Nava circles away.
Jesus Nava seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nava thows a left - swing and a miss!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Calvin Johnson.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Calvin Johnson!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Calvin Johnson!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Calvin Johnson!

Calvin Johnson wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Calvin Johnson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.