PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Johnson (ranked 5434 p4p, 4683 weight class) and Evan Gilbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ethan Johnson looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Johnson
vs
Gilbert

185 cm
25
145
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
154
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ethan Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Evan Gilbert !
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gilbert gets a clinch.
Johnson avoiding damage as Gilbert throws knees to the body.
Johnson tries to break free but Gilbert pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Gilbert throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice elbow from Gilbert .

Ethan Johnson's cut is getting worse.
Gilbert misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Gilbert .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilbert lands a damaging elbow.
Johnson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gilbert lands a nice elbow.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Gilbert gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Ethan Johnson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilbert managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Gilbert avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Gilbert lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gilbert lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Johnson is rocked!
Gilbert lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Gilbert lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Gilbert gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Ethan Johnson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Gilbert misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Gilbert unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Gilbert creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilbert gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ethan Johnson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Evan Gilbert !