PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gokou San (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demetrious Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

San
vs
Johnson

190 cm
22
270 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

209 cm
22
287 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gokou San!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Demetrious Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
San thows a body shot but no joy.

San shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Johnson is trying to defend but San finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
San prevents Johnson from standing back up.
Johnson works his way to full guard. Good work.
San postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing San from controlling successfully.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
San controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
San postures up.

Demetrious Johnson has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

San shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Johnson is trying to defend but San finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
San is figuring out what he wants to do next.
San is thwarting Johnson's attempts to control the position.
San working Johnson over with strikes.
San is controlling the pace.
San missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
San throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
San looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
San wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
San content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
San is looking to advance position but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson is not content to let San control the position.
San controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to stand back up but San is controlling him

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gokou San.
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and San counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Demetrious Johnson has been cut.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
San looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
San takes a body punch but keeps moving.
San throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
San swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Jab from Johnson.
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!

San shoots in and bounces Johnson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Johnson looking to control.
San throws a big elbow that misses.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
San wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
San might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gokou San dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Demetrious Johnson's cut.
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.

Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from San.

San drives through with a takedown into guard.
Johnson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from San.
Gokou San overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
San is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Johnson is trying to keep San in close.
San throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.

Johnson looking for a guillotine here but San defends easily.

Johnson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but San can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing San from controlling successfully.
Johnson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
San trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
San trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
San throws a big elbow that misses.
Johnson is trying to keep San in close.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
San tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.
San stands up over Johnson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
San not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
San postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Demetrious Johnson.
San misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps San thinking.
Johnson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
San uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but San moves away.
The crowd cheers as Johnson lands an impressive looking overhand right. San doesn't seem phased though.
Johnson connects with a body shot.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from San.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but San moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. San does a little dance to reset his feet.
Demetrious Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson takes a swing at San's ribcage but misses.
San avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Demetrious Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by San.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

San drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing San from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
San passes easily into side control. Nice work.
San 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Johnson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Johnson is looking for a sweep.
San landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
San lands a decent elbow from side control.
Johnson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
San is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Johnson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
San lands a strong strike to the head of Johnson. That's dazed him! San looking to finish here. Johnson is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - San lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gokou San!