PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Shrimp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dwayne Johnson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Shrimp
vs
Johnson

219 cm
22
265 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Alpha-Omega
Alpha-Omega

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Shrimp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dwayne Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shrimp throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Shrimp lands with a nice body punch.
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!
Danga de danga de dang - Shrimp scores with a four punch combination!
Shrimp tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Shrimp avoids nicely.

Shrimp has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.

Shrimp escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shrimp scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Johnson.
Shrimp pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Shrimp settles back down.
Shrimp fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Shrimp takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Shrimp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson fails to land the takedown.
James Shrimp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shrimp.
Johnson looks gassed!

Shrimp clinches up against the cage.

Shrimp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shrimp misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shrimp is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.

Shrimp gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Shrimp softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shrimp has Johnson pressed against the cage.

Shrimp breaks the clinch.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson fails with the takedown.
James Shrimp has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Johnson.

Shrimp closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Shrimp prevents it.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.
Shrimp lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.

Shrimp breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shrimp works over Johnson's head and body with a nice combination.
Johnson is trying desperately to land a takedown but Shrimp is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Johnson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Shrimp has managed to clinch.

Shrimp escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good shot there by Shrimp.
Shrimp misses with a head kick.
Shrimp moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Shrimp swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
James Shrimp is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shrimp scores with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shrimp rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shrimp goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Shrimp throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Shrimp is working the combinations to good effect here.
Shrimp scores with a three punch combo!
Johnson tries to clinch
and Shrimp counters with a series of strikes. Johnson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Shrimp looks to clinch

and Johnson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Shrimp preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Shrimp wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson advances position into side control!
Shrimp is pushing Johnson's head away, looking to escape. Johnson manages to hold on to the position though.
Johnson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Shrimp is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Shrimp is avoiding damage well.
Johnson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Shrimp is avoiding damage well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Shrimp dominated that round.
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 has a takedown stuffed.
Shrimp is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shrimp scores with a nice head shot.
Shrimp scores with a one two! Johnson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Shrimp keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Shrimp tries to work over Johnson's front leg with a kick but Johnson checks it.
Johnson fails to land the takedown.
James Shrimp has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Johnson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shrimp looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shrimp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Shrimp which made him look bad.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shrimp throws a solid leg kick but Johnson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Shrimp.
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Shrimp moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.

Shrimp breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice takedown defense from Shrimp. No joy for Johnson on that attempt.
James Shrimp is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson checks a low kick from Shrimp.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Shrimp scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Shrimp throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.

Shrimp closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shrimp breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson looks for a takedown but Shrimp sprawls well.
James Shrimp is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice combination there by Shrimp.
Shrimp scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Shrimp throws out a powerful jab.

Shrimp moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.

Johnson is trying to trip Shrimp. He has hold of a leg but Shrimp is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Johnson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Johnson is looking to work some ground and pound but Shrimp has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
Johnson throws a big right hand that misses.
Shrimp keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
Johnson wanted to stand there but Shrimp had control of the position.
Johnson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Shrimp is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shrimp paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shrimp scores with a body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Shrimp as Johnson shoots in.
Shrimp lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Johnson backs up against the cage.
Shrimp throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.

Shrimp clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson looking for a takedown.
Johnson misses with the head strike.

Shrimp breaks the clinch.
Johnson shoots in but no luck this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Shrimp dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Shrimp is looking to chop away at Johnson's legs.
Shrimp misses with a double jab.

Johnson instigates a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Shrimp is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Shrimp scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson jumps guard but Shrimp stands there with Johnson around his waist. Johnson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Shrimp breaks the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Shrimp. No joy for Johnson on that attempt.
Shrimp swinging wilding here.
Shrimp throws a series of strikes that have Johnson backpedaling.
Shrimp throws a leg kick

and Johnson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Shrimp!
Shrimp taking shots to the head.
Shrimp on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shrimp tries to get out of the position.
Shrimp is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Johnson.
BOOM! Johnson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Johnson looking to finish Shrimp with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shrimp!
Johnson trying to control but Shrimp is having none of it.
Johnson with the ground and pound from mount.
Shrimp squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Johnson.
Shrimp's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Shrimp is in a horrible position here. Johnson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Johnson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Johnson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Johnson is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Johnson looking to secure an arm triangle but Shrimp defends it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shrimp is trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson working for a guillotine from mount but Shrimp is in no mood to give up.
Shrimp is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Shrimp knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.
Johnson tries to control but Shrimp wriggling away.
Shrimp is trying to stand up.
Dwayne Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Johnson with a couple of short strikes.
Johnson with good strikes from the mount here!
Johnson lands a nice shot to the head.
Johnson is landing with some decent strikes but Shrimp is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson with shots to the head and body - Shrimp looks very uncomfortable down there.
James Shrimp is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shrimp really wants to buck Johnson off and get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dwayne Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Shrimp has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Shrimp!