PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jack Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Johnson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dan Quinn's chin.

Johnson
vs
Quinn

165 cm
24
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
143 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Quinn!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Quinn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Johnson is aware though and is defending well.
Quinn throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Quinn escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Johnson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Johnson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Johnson pushes down on Quinn's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Johnson escapes and gets back to his feet.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Johnson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Johnson controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Johnson landing strikes from the mount and Quinn is in trouble!
Johnson controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looking to control but Quinn is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Quinn is looking to get to half guard.
Johnson landing strikes from the mount.
Quinn is wriggling around trying to escape.
Johnson trying to control but Quinn is having none of it.
Quinn is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johnson controlling the pace for now.
Quinn is squirming around, avoiding Johnson's attempts to control the action.
Quinn is working to get back to half guard.
Johnson scoring with strikes but Quinn is staying in there.
Quinn tries to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
Johnson breaks from Quinn's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Quinn is looking to get to half guard.
Johnson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Johnson avoids the attempt from Quinn to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Johnson raining down shots from the mount!
Quinn is trying to escape the mount.
Johnson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Quinn is looking to escape.
Johnson with shots to the head and body - Quinn looks very uncomfortable down there.
Quinn takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Johnson controlling the pace for now.
Johnson blocks Quinn's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Johnson trying to control but Quinn is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Quinn throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Johnson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Quinn sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Johnson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Johnson wants to control the pace but Quinn is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Quinn keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Quinn slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Quinn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Quinn is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Johnson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Johnson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Quinn doesn't seem bothered though.
Johnson tries to clinch up.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Johnson content to control rather than advance.
Johnson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Quinn for as long as he can get away with.

Johnson decides to stand up.

Johnson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Quinn looking for a guillotine here but Johnson defends easily.

Quinn looking for a guillotine here but Johnson defends easily.
Quinn is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Quinn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Johnson is aware though and is defending well.

Quinn is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Johnson defends well.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Quinn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Quinn thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Quinn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Johnson is aware though and is defending well.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Quinn won't let him.

Quinn looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jack Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Quinn is working an open guard so Johnson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Johnson clinches.

Johnson lands a takedown into guard.
Johnson stays in close to Quinn's body and controls the position.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quinn works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Quinn working for a triangle but Johnson defends it easily.
Johnson cracks Quinn with a solid left hand.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Quinn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throwing strikes from guard but Quinn blocks nicely.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Quinn is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Johnson defends well.

Quinn looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Johnson passes into side control.
Quinn tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Johnson decides to stand back up.

Johnson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Quinn looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Johnson just content to control the position.
Johnson working away.
Johnson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Johnson laying and praying for a moment but Quinn takes advantage and regains half guard.

Quinn looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quinn flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Johnson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Quinn has his takedown stuffed

and Johnson counters with a single leg into guard. Quinn didn't expect that.

Johnson stands up from Quinn's guard - Johnson perhaps looking for a knockout.
Quinn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Quinn is avoiding it.
Quinn tries to clinch
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quinn lands a jab-cross combination.

Johnson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Quinn's half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quinn is trying to control but Johnson manages to pass to mount!
Quinn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Johnson avoids the attempt from Quinn to control.
Johnson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Quinn is trying desperately to improve position.
Quinn is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Quinn is bucking up trying to escape but Johnson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Johnson controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Johnson.
Quinn can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Johnson tries to control but Quinn wriggling away.
Johnson controlling his opponent.
Johnson avoids the attempt from Quinn to control.
Quinn taking shots to the head.
Quinn is looking to get to half guard.
Jack Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Johnson trying to control but Quinn is having none of it.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jack Johnson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Quinn fails with the takedown

and Johnson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Quinn tries to pull guard but Johnson won't allow it.
Jack Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Quinn.
Johnson is stalling here.
Quinn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Quinn jumps guard but Johnson stands there with Quinn around his waist. Quinn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn tries to pull guard but Johnson won't allow it.
Quinn jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Johnson walks away with a smile on his face. Quinn gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Johnson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Johnson showed some decent athleticism there.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.
Quinn missing with punches from the bottom.
Johnson passes to full mount!
Johnson content just to control the position here.
Dan Quinn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson blocks Quinn's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johnson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Johnson!