PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sparticus Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Leijon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Johnson
vs
Leijon

190 cm
23
280 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

225 cm
19
275 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sparticus Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob Leijon!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leijon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leijon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Leijon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Leijon misses with a hook.
Leijon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leijon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Leijon tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Leijon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Leijon misses with a body kick.

Johnson drives through and clinches with Leijon against the ropes.
Leijon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leijon takes an elbow to the forehead.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Leijon.
Leijon misses with a knee strike.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Leijon shrugs off.

It looks like Jacob Leijon has been cut.
Leijon looks gassed!
Leijon throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Leijon tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Leijon wants to break the clinch but can't.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leijon looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.

Johnson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Leijon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson landing knees to the body.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Leijon wants to break the clinch but can't.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Leijon's sensitive parts.
Leijon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leijon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Johnson forces Leijon back against the ropes and clinches.
Knees to the body from Johnson.
Leijon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Johnson breaks the clinch.

Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Leijon, pushing him back against the ropes.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.

Johnson clinches.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Leijon shrugs off.
Johnson lands a knee to the body.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

Johnson rushes Leijon and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leijon.

Johnson clinches up with Leijon and pushes him back against the ropes.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Leijon misses with a series of wild punches.
Leijon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Johnson cracks the inside of Leijon's front leg.
A nice leg kick lands there from Johnson.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Leijon.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Leijon in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Johnson.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Leijon's defenses.
Leijon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson cracks the inside of Leijon's front leg.
Johnson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Leijon's calf.

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leijon takes an elbow to the temple.

Johnson breaks the clinch.

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.

Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Leijon, pushing him back against the ropes.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Leijon shrugs off.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Johnson darts in and clinches Leijon up against the ropes.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson landing knees to the head.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leijon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leijon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.

Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leijon has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Johnson darts in and clinches Leijon up against the ropes.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.
Johnson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johnson lands an elbow just above Leijon 's eye.
Leijon is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the ropes.
Johnson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leijon wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson lands a knee to the body.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Leijon.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Leijon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Johnson breaks the clinch.

Johnson gets a clinch.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Leijon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into Leijon's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sparticus Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacob Leijon's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Johnson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Leijon takes an elbow to the temple.
Leijon can't break the clinch.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Leijon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Leijon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Leijon trying to control the position but instead, Johnson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Leijon into the ropes.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Johnson.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Leijon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Leijon's calf.

Johnson darts in and clinches Leijon up against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leijon takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Leijon's face.

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

Johnson clinches.
Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leijon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

Johnson rushes Leijon and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Johnson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leijon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Leijon.
Leijon tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Sparticus Johnson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leijon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson feints and then cracks Leijon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Leijon down.
Johnson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Leijon. That did some damage!
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Leijon can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leijon tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Johnson counters by clinching up.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Leijon tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Leijon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Johnson clinches with his opponent.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.
Johnson lands an elbow just above Leijon 's eye.
Johnson prevents Leijon from breaking the clinch.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
Leijon takes an elbow to the temple.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
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!
Leijon misses with a double jab

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Leijon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sparticus Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Leijon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leijon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Leijon in a clinch.
Leijon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

Johnson forces Leijon back against the ropes and clinches.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Leijon in his tracks for a moment.
Johnson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Leijon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leijon looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.

Johnson instigates a clinch.
Johnson lands a knee to the head.

Leijon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leijon misses with a combination
and Johnson counters with a nice leg kick.
Leijon throws a head kick that misses.

Leijon tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leijon falls off balance throwing a combination

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Johnson.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leijon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Leijon misses with a low kick.

Johnson instigates a clinch.
Johnson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Leijon's face.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Leijon misses with a shot to the body

and Johnson counters by clinching up.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Leijon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Leijon.
Johnson connects with a solid leg kick.
A low kick from Leijon misses
and Johnson counters with a good low kick that Leijon was not able to check.

Johnson has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sparticus Johnson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jacob Leijon's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson feints and then cracks Leijon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Leijon down.
A low kick from Leijon misses

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Leijon.
Leijon tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Jacob Leijon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Leijon.

Johnson gets a clinch.

Johnson breaks the clinch.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Leijon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Johnson's brow.
Leijon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Johnson has Leijon up against the ropes in a clinch.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Johnson pushes Leijon up against the ropes in a clinch.
Leijon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson keeps control of Leijon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

Johnson drives through and clinches with Leijon against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.

Johnson has managed to clinch.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

Johnson drives through and clinches with Leijon against the ropes.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Johnson gets a clinch.
Leijon tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Leijon in his tracks for a moment.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

Johnson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Johnson scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnson lands a knee to the body.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Leijon.
No joy there for Leijon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Johnson clinches.
Jacob Leijon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.
Leijon misses with a knee strike.
Johnson landing knees to the body.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Leijon in his tracks for a moment.
Leijon is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the ropes.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Leijon tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Leijon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jacob Leijon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Johnson has managed to clinch.
Leijon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Leijon takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Johnson.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Leijon's defenses.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leijon is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the ropes.
Leijon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.

Johnson breaks the clinch.

Johnson pushes Leijon up against the ropes in a clinch.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leijon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Leijon throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Leijon throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson cracks the inside of Leijon's front leg.
Leijon throws a leg kick that is checked

and Johnson counters by clinching up.
Leijon is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

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

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Leijon.
Leijon takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Leijon.
Leijon throws a head kick that misses

and Johnson counters by clinching up.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Leijon shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.
Leijon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Leijon in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Johnson.
Leijon is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the ropes.
Johnson lands a nice knee to the body.
Leijon tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leijon scores with a nice strike.
Leijon misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Johnson moves into the clinch.
Leijon wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Leijon tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Leijon misses with a knee strike.
Sparticus Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sparticus Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johnson 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:24

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