PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Kaczjarg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaczjarg is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: BMTH - Alligator Blood. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Kaczjarg

179 cm
47
183 lbs
38 - 15 - 0

178 cm
44
183 lbs
22 - 21 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 21 - 1, fighting out of New York, Adrian Kaczjarg!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Kaczjarg manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Kaczjarg wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Johnson manages to pass to side control.

Kaczjarg really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Kaczjarg tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.
Johnson working the head and body with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Johnson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaczjarg wants to control but Johnson is keeping busy.
Johnson tries to pass to full mount but Kaczjarg defends it.
Johnson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Kaczjarg is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnson 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.
Johnson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Johnson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kaczjarg's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luke Johnson!
Luke Johnson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.