PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lawerence Barnes (ranked 24121 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sloppy Johnson (ranked 5065 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen Everybody Poops as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sloppy Johnson has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Barnes
vs
Johnson

189 cm
20
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lawerence Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sloppy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Barnes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Barnes showed some decent athleticism there.
Johnson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Barnes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.
Barnes cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
Barnes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Barnes throws a big right hand that misses.
Johnson trying to keep a closed guard but Barnes is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes throws an elbow that misses. Johnson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Barnes's guard. Nice move by Johnson!

Barnes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Barnes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Johnson is controlling him.

Barnes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Johnson is aware though and is defending well.
Johnson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Barnes tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Barnes tries to control the position but Johnson now has his back.
Johnson not allowing Barnes to control his hands.
Barnes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Barnes is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Johnson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Johnson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Johnson keeps control of the position as Barnes tries to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes trying to control but not successfully.

Johnson has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Barnes is in real trouble here. Johnson gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Barnes is tapping out! Johnson wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sloppy Johnson!
Our winner, Sloppy Johnson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.