PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Vegata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vegata
vs
Johnson

175 cm
28
165 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

186 cm
33
159 lbs
28 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Vegata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vegata looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Vegata shoots in but Johnson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Vegata swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vegata rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Vegata scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Vegata missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vegata throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vegata moves into full mount! Johnson won't be happy about that!
Johnson can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson blocking the ground and pound.
Vegata punching from mount but Johnson doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegata controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vegata trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Vegata punching from mount but Johnson doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Vegata jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Johnson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Johnson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Vegata.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegata working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Vegata sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Johnson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Vegata is working Johnson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Vegata cracks Johnson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Vegata misses with the ground and pound.
Johnson can't do much from the bottom here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vegata in side control, throwing shots but Johnson defends.
Vegata wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegata landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Vegata wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Johnson, who protects the arm well.
Vegata working the head with strikes.

Vegata is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Johnson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Vegata working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vegata is trying to get an arm triangle but Johnson is defending well.
Vegata 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.

Vegata is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Johnson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Vegata working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Vegata's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Johnson is not content to let Vegata control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Vegata dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Vegata comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vegata shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson lands with a kick to the temple. Vegata shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Antonio Vegata has been cut.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vegata.
Vegata avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vegata shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Johnson pinned against the cage. Johnson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Vegata throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Vegata moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Antonio Vegata seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vegata keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vegata lands with an uppercut that bounces Johnson off the cage and back into range.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Vegata shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Vegata. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Vegata fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Johnson avoids it really well and circles away.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
John Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Vegata darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Johnson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegata is pressing down on Johnson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Johnson is holding on for now.
Vegata missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Vegata looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Johnson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Vegata is looking to stall here but Johnson recovers full guard.
Vegata trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vegata throws a big elbow that misses.
Vegata works over Johnson with some ground and pound from guard.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vegata wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegata sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Vegata loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vegata looking to sit in guard and control but Johnson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Vegata is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Vegata dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Vegata'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. This is the final round!

Johnson wants to clinch.
Vegata waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
A jab from Vegata misses.
Vegata shoots in but Johnson avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Vegata closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Johnson trying to hold on to Vegata's head to control him but Vegata postures up.
Vegata not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vegata is looking for a kimura but Johnson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Vegata to get the leverage.
Vegata missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Johnson wants to control but Vegata is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Johnson is looking for a sweep. Vegata is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Vegata winds up and cracks Johnson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Vegata is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Johnson still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Johnson has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Johnson working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegata is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Johnson off and has taken his back!
Vegata has good solid back control here.

Vegata has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Vegata trying to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegata missing with punches from the back.
Vegata lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Johnson.
Johnson covering up well under a series of strikes from Vegata.
Vegata lands punches and elbows.
Johnson is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Vegata off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Will Vegata go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Johnson covering up well and avoiding damage.
Vegata misses with an elbow to the head.

Vegata working for a choke but Johnson is defending well.
John Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson tries to roll but Vegata sticks to his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Vegata showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vegata has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Vegata!
Antonio Vegata really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Real Fighters Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.