PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leo Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junie Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by tribal entrance. Junie Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnson
vs
Silva

183 cm
24
195 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

185 cm
24
185 lbs
15 - 7 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

MADE IN GERMANY

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leo Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Junie Silva!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Silva seems content to control.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Johnson is defending well.
Silva thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.
Johnson is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Silva is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Johnson is just riding it out for now. Silva eventually gives up the hold.
Johnson wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johnson defending well though.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Johnson controlling the position well.
Johnson is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Johnson is doing well to control the position and prevent Silva from advancing to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Johnson is not content to let Silva control the position.

Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Johnson is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Johnson.
Silva 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.
Johnson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva thows a big elbow that misses.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Johnson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Johnson defends easily.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junie Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Johnson's waist but Johnson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Leo Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junie Silva.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Junie Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Johnson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johnson. That did some damage!
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Johnson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Johnson persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva walks into a jab.

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.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson scores with a nice head shot.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson blocks a low kick nicely.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Junie Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Johnson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Johnson tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss

and Johnson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Silva is striking from the bottom but Johnson uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Johnson prevents Silva from improving his position.
Johnson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Johnson dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva has his takedown stuffed

and Johnson counters by clinching up.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Johnson has picked Silva up - he's going for a ride! Johnson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Johnson connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva strikes from the bottom but Johnson uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Johnson working the ground and pound.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Johnson wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Johnson scoring with strikes.
Johnson landing a few strikes.
Johnson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silva is avoiding damage well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Silva manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Johnson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Johnson throws and elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Johnson's guard. Nice move by Silva!
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Leo Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Johnson trying to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leo 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

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