PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Johnson (ranked 896 p4p, 3021 weight class) and Donovan Sharpe (ranked 131 p4p, 365 weight class). Jason Johnson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Donovan Sharpe's chin.

Johnson
vs
Sharpe

183 cm
28
181
10 - 1 - 0

182 cm
21
185
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

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Excellent boxer
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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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donovan Sharpe!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Sharpe shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Johnson as he avoids it easily.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sharpe looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sharpe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson is looking to counter punch.
Johnson scores with a hook.
Sharpe closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
Jason Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donovan Sharpe.

Sharpe fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Johnson to the ground. Sharpe is now in Johnson's guard.
Sharpe lands a couple of elbows.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Sharpe isn't so interested in that idea.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Sharpe from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sharpe is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.
Sharpe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sharpe throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but Sharpe is having none of it.
Sharpe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Johnson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Sharpe misses the shot to the body.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Sharpe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sharpe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sharpe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Johnson wants it to stay on the feet.

Sharpe shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Johnson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sharpe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sharpe has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Johnson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sharpe connects with a decent elbow.
Sharpe prevents Johnson from escaping the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Sharpe.
Johnson is pushing Sharpe's head away, looking to escape. Sharpe manages to hold on to the position though.
Johnson's coaches at Mythic Co. have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharpe misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sharpe lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Johnson down.
Sharpe working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sharpe tries to score with some ground and pound. Johnson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Johnson dodges the ground and pound from Sharpe.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sharpe working his ground and pound in the gym.
Johnson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Johnson throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sharpe gets the takedown into side control.
Sharpe working the ground and pound.
Johnson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Sharpe sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Johnson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sharpe in side control lands a decent elbow.
Johnson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Sharpe is chipping away with strikes.
Sharpe scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sharpe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johnson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Sharpe is controlling him well.
Sharpe lands a decent elbow from side control.
Johnson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Sharpe is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe working the head with strikes.

Johnson is rocked!
Check out the look on Sharpe's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee asks Sharpe politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Sharpe prefers to stall for the moment though.
Sharpe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
Johnson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Johnson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sharpe lands an elbow.
Sharpe cracks Johnson with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Sharpe immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Johnson is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Sharpe!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Donovan Sharpe!
Donovan Sharpe 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.
Jason Johnson spoke after the fight, saying 'Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose, but i’m always here to give you a show. '.