PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nate Kyzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyzer's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, All of the Lights. Nate Kyzer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kyzer
vs
Johnson

167 cm
19
145 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

177 cm
20
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nate Kyzer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson has his takedown stuffed
and Kyzer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Kyzer circles away.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kyzer counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Johnson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Kyzer quickly recovers to half guard.
Kyzer regains full guard. Nicely done.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kyzer pulls Johnson in close to his closed guard and prevents Johnson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Kyzer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Kyzer is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Johnson is refusing to be controlled, as Kyzer sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control here.
Kyzer not doing much here.
Kyzer trying to pass the guard but Johnson defending well.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Kyzer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kyzer is pressing down on Johnson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Johnson is holding on for now.
Johnson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kyzer.
Kyzer stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Johnson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

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.
Johnson pushes Kyzer off looking to stand but Kyzer dives back in and keeps control.
Kyzer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kyzer working the head and body with strikes.

Kyzer is looking for a kimura here.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Johnson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kyzer's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kyzer's back!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson doesn't have the hooks in and Kyzer manages to turn into his guard.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Kyzer from controlling successfully.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but Kyzer is having none of it.
Johnson seems keen to control Kyzer's posture.
Kyzer won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyzer throwing strikes but missing.
Kyzer passes Johnson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Johnson is refusing to be controlled, as Kyzer sits in half guard.
Johnson is trying to stand back up but Kyzer is controlling him
Kyzer keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Johnson trying to control from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Johnson closes the distance but Kyzer moves to the side
enabling Kyzer to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson fails with the takedown
and Kyzer counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kyzer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nate Kyzer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Johnson.
Johnson looks gassed!

Johnson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Johnson showed some decent athleticism there.
Johnson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kyzer works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kyzer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Kyzer had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Johnson defends it easily.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Kyzer.
Johnson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kyzer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kyzer shoots in and bounces Johnson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Johnson wants to stand but Kyzer is controlling the position.

Johnson pushes Kyzer off and gets back to his feet.
Kyzer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson shoots and misses

and Kyzer counters with a nice double leg into side control. Johnson won't be happy with that.

Kyzer is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Johnson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Johnson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyzer working the ground and pound but Johnson is defending the strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kyzer thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Johnson is not content to let Kyzer control the position.
Johnson is looking to regain half guard here but Kyzer keeps moving and retains side control.
Kyzer looks up at the clock and then as Johnson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kyzer smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Johnson wants to control but Kyzer postures up.
Johnson sneaks back into half guard.
Johnson is looking for a sweep. Kyzer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Kyzer is trying to control. Johnson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Johnson is looking to escape.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson is looking to control Kyzer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Johnson avoid being mounted?
Kyzer scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kyzer stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Kyzer performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kyzer scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyzer drops an elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kyzer lands a nice short elbow.
Kyzer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kyzer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Johnson manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Johnson with a poor takedown
letting Kyzer counter with a right hand.
Nate Kyzer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Kyzer circles away easily
letting Kyzer counter with a right hand.
Nate Kyzer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Johnson.
Sloppy strikes from Kyzer. Those never looked like landing.

Kyzer closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson wants a takedown but no success here.

Kyzer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kyzer closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Johnson did well to prevent Kyzer getting side control.
Johnson is refusing to be controlled, as Kyzer sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to get back to full guard.
Kyzer is nestled in close to Johnson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Kyzer is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kyzer passes the guard and advances to mount!
Kyzer breaks from Johnson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kyzer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Kyzer working for a guillotine from mount but Johnson is in no mood to give up.
Johnson tries to reverse the position but Kyzer maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Kyzer dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Johnson misses with a takedown attempt
letting Kyzer counter with a right hand.
Johnson fails with the takedown

and Kyzer decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Johnson's guard.
Johnson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson is adopting a defensive guard.

Johnson working for a triangle but Kyzer defends it easily.
Kyzer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kyzer keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Kyzer from controlling successfully.
Johnson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyzer won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
Kyzer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.
Kyzer wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Johnson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kyzer is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but Kyzer is having none of it.
Kyzer sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Johnson's guard.

Kyzer is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Johnson defends it well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johnson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Johnson trying to hold on to Kyzer's head to control him but Kyzer postures up.

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 is refusing to be controlled, as Kyzer sits in half guard.
Johnson is trying to stand back up but Kyzer is controlling him
Kyzer wants to pass to mount but Johnson is defending the position.
Kyzer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head.
Johnson is in trouble now - Kyzer has advanced to mount!
Kyzer scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kyzer is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Johnson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Johnson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Kyzer lands with some strikes.
Johnson is looking to get to half guard.
Kyzer fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kyzer wants to control the pace but Johnson is squirming around nicely.
Kyzer lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is desperately trying to improve his position but Kyzer has a good base and remains in mount.
Kyzer landing strikes from the mount.
Kyzer landing punches.
Johnson is trying to stand up.
Kyzer raining down hammerfists from mount.

Johnson is rocked!
Kyzer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Kyzer finish him?
Kyzer landing strikes from the mount.
Johnson wants to hold on but Kyzer pushes him away.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Johnson can't escape the position.
Kyzer putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kyzer tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.
Kyzer looking to finish Johnson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Johnson!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Kyzer clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A slapping leg kick lands for Kyzer.
Johnson with a lazy takedown attempt

and Kyzer moves into the clinch.
Johnson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kyzer pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kyzer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Johnson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kyzer to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Kyzer from controlling successfully.
Kyzer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Johnson wants to sweep here but Kyzer controlling him for the moment.
Kyzer tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyzer prevents Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kyzer's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kyzer postures up.
Kyzer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Kyzer from controlling successfully.
Kyzer is really struggling to control Johnson but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Johnson tries to clinch up

and Kyzer decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Johnson's guard.
Kyzer trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyzer throws a big right hand that misses.
Kyzer stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
Kyzer wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Nate Kyzer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johnson is controlling Kyzer's posture.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Kyzer from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Nate Kyzer.
Johnson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Kyzer counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kyzer.
Nate Kyzer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy Johnson.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Kyzer is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Kyzer from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyzer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnson looking for a sweep. Not yet Johnson, not yet.
Johnson working a defensive guard here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Kyzer circles away easily

and Kyzer moves into the clinch.
Kyzer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A short right from Johnson.
Kyzer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johnson is keeping busy.
Johnson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kyzer slows down the pace here.

That's four 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.
Kyzer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A right hand to the body from Kyzer.
Kyzer prevents a takedown attempt there.

Kyzer ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kyzer no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Kyzer seems keen to control Johnson's posture.
Kyzer trying to strike off his back.
Kyzer manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johnson manages to get himself to full guard.

Johnson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Kyzer off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Johnson misses with a takedown
and Kyzer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Kyzer had his way with Andy Johnson in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Kyzer forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kyzer stalling against the cage.

Johnson manages to pull guard.
Kyzer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Johnson is trying to control the position but Kyzer postures up.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Kyzer from controlling successfully.

Johnson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Kyzer off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Johnson is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Johnson shoots and misses

and Kyzer counters with a single leg into guard. Johnson didn't expect that.
Kyzer sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Johnson's guard.
Kyzer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kyzer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyzer winds up and cracks Johnson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kyzer stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Kyzer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Kyzer trying to mount his opponent but Johnson defends it.
Kyzer drops an elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
Kyzer stalling.
Johnson trying to control but Kyzer postures up.
Kyzer slows the pace down in half guard.
Johnson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two 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.
Kyzer postures up.
Kyzer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Johnson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kyzer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kyzer scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but Kyzer is having none of it.
Kyzer is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.
Kyzer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kyzer wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyzer won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kyzer passes into half guard.
Johnson is trying to get back to full guard.

Johnson makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Johnson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Johnson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kyzer moves into full guard.
Kyzer looking for a sweep. Not yet Kyzer, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a couple of digs.
Kyzer manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johnson manages to get himself to full guard.

Johnson pushes Kyzer off and scrambles back to his feet.
Johnson doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Kyzer counters with a single leg into guard. Johnson didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kyzer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Andy Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Johnson is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Kyzer is working for takedown but Johnson is calmly controlling the position for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kyzer misses with the combination.
Andy Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nate Kyzer.
Well Kyzer 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 50:45
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 50:45
Judge William Peck scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nate Kyzer!
Nate Kyzer retains his featherweight title!