PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bethany Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Noel

186 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bethany Noel!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a series of punches but Noel avoids them all with ease.
Johnson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Noel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch lands to the side of Noel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Noel tries to move into range but Johnson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Johnson tries to bum rush Noel with a series of wild strikes but Noel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnson as he connects with a hook.
Noel looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Johnson.
Noel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Noel takes one to the chin there.
A shot to the liver by Johnson. Beautiful body shot.
Noel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Johnson stuns Noel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Noel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Noel slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Johnson catches Noel with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Johnson lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
David Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Johnson scores with a nice strike.
Johnson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Noel. Noel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a jab to the nose.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Noel.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson throws a right hand that Noel ducks under and follows up with a left that Noel also avoids with ease.
Noel walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Noel takes one on the button.
Johnson cracks Noel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Johnson. That snapped Noel's head back.
Noel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Johnson enables Noel to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Johnson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Noel from controlling successfully.
Johnson wants to stand up but Noel is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Noel wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Noel passes Johnson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Johnson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Noel.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson looks to land a combination. Noel sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Johnson works over Noel's head and body with a nice combination.
Johnson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Noel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Noel circles away.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Noel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Noel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson scores with a jab.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Noel moves out of range.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Noel decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Johnson's guard.
Noel trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Noel throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Noel drops back looking for a leg! Johnson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Johnson manages to kick Noel off! Noel jumps back into Johnson's guard.
Noel prevents Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Noel preventing the sweep.
Noel throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Noel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Noel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
Johnson looking to control.
Noel engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Noel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Noel won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
Noel is in close to Johnson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeping full guard, as Noel tries to pass.
Noel is fighting to break Johnson's control of his arms but Johnson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Noel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnson trying to control the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

We're going to have a standup here because David Johnson wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Noel.
Johnson works over Noel's head and body with a nice combination.
David Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Noel circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Noel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Johnson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Noel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Noel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Noel missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Noel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Johnson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson throws a right and a left that Noel avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Noel has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Johnson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Noel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Johnson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Noel.
Noel takes one to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a looping right hand.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Noel circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Noel shoots in.
Noel walks into a jab.
Johnson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Johnson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Noel tries for a takedown but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
David Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bethany Noel.
Noel moves forwards but Johnson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
David Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Noel moves out of range.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Noel's hands.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Noel circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson scores with a nice strike.
Johnson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Noel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Noel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Johnson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Noel to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Noel trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Noel preventing the sweep.
Bethany Noel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Noel stands up over Johnson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
David Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Johnson tries to get out of the position.
Noel preventing the sweep.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Noel is controlling him.
Johnson is trying to keep Noel in close.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Noel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bethany Noel has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noel throwing strikes but missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Johnson!