PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Isaac Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Moore
vs
Johnson

177 cm
22
173 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
174 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Isaac Moore!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, King Johnson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore fails in his attempt to clinch.

Moore fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Johnson sprawls well initially but Moore persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Johnson is trying to get back to full guard.
Moore wants to take a breather but Johnson is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Johnson.
Moore stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.

Johnson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Moore doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Moore manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Moore wants to stand but Johnson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Johnson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Moore has managed to free his arm - good work.
Johnson is pressing down on Moore's thigh, looking to free his foot. Moore is holding on for now.

Johnson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Moore doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Johnson.
Johnson looks gassed!
Moore controlling the position for now.
Moore trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Moore lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Johnson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Moore is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Moore shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Moore has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Johnson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Moore controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore is keen to just control but Johnson is a slippery customer.
Johnson wants to improve his position but Moore is controlling well.

Moore stands up out of the half guard.
Moore shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side.
Johnson blocks a jab.
Johnson moves out of range as Moore throws a body kick.
Moore will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Moore shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Johnson tries to roll over but Moore keeps him under control.
Johnson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Moore's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Moore's back!

Johnson is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Moore knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Moore for a finish.

Johnson is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Moore has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Moore fending off the submission attempt from Johnson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Johnson is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Moore has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Johnson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Moore tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Moore tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Moore fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Moore fails to land the takedown.
Moore shoots in but Johnson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Isaac Moore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Johnson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Johnson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Johnson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Johnson swings around for an armbar but Moore sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Johnson's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson has his feet on Moore's thighs here. He's pushed Moore off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Moore screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). King Johnson!
King Johnson is the new welterweight champion!