PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dana Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Johnson looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Johnson
vs
Black

200 cm
18
290 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

215 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dana Black!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Black closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Johnson's guard.
Black stops Johnson from standing up.
Black lands a couple of digs.

Black drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Black jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Black forces his way into half guard.

Black is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Johnson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Black looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Johnson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Black working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Johnson!
Johnson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Black controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Black.
You get the feeling that Johnson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Black has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Black takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Black has isolated one of Johnson's arms. Johnson looking to fight him off but Black twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dana Black!