PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jeremiah Travers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Canelo Jhonson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Travers
vs
Jhonson

164 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Homey's Head Shop
S.W.A.T.

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremiah Travers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Canelo Jhonson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jhonson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Travers fails with a takedown attempt.
Jhonson is looking to clinch but Travers is avoiding it.
Jhonson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Travers closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jhonson circles away.

Travers shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Travers showed some decent athleticism there.
Travers slips a nice elbow through Jhonson's hands, connecting with Jhonson's forehead.
Travers is nestled in close to Jhonson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Travers knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jhonson on the ground.
Jhonson wants to improve his position but Travers is controlling well.
Travers is taking a breather. Jhonson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Travers stops Jhonson from getting back to his feet.
Travers lands with a punch from half guard.
Travers is looking to pass Jhonson's guard but actually Jhonson recovers to full guard.
Travers trying to control but Jhonson is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travers stops Jhonson from standing up.

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

Jhonson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jhonson with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Travers managing to control the position.
Jhonson wanted to stand there but Travers had control of the position.
Jhonson looks gassed!
Travers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Travers working a defensive guard here.
Jhonson tries to stand but Travers is controlling from the bottom.
Jhonson advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jhonson stands up.

Travers feints and as Jhonson raises his hands in defense, Travers changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Travers slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Jhonson.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jhonson wants to get back to his feet.
Jhonson landing a few short strikes.
Jhonson wants to get back to his feet.

Jhonson pushes Travers off and gets back to his feet.
Travers doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Jhonson counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremiah Travers. That's going to take a lot out of him.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travers with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jhonson counters with a series of strikes. Travers will be more careful next time no doubt.
Travers shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jhonson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Travers gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Jhonson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jhonson prevents the takedown attempt.
Jhonson tries for a takedown. No joy.

Jhonson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jhonson tries to clinch but Travers is having none of it.
Travers misses with a takedown attempt
and Jhonson counters with a straight right hand.
Jhonson works over Travers's head and body with a nice combination.
Travers fails with the takedown
and Jhonson counters with an inside leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jhonson.
Jhonson shoots in for a takedown but Travers shows good takedown defense.

Travers feints and as Jhonson raises his hands in defense, Travers changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jhonson wants to get back to his feet but Travers is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Travers looking to sit in guard and control but Jhonson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Travers might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Jhonson gets to his feet. Travers looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jhonson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Travers if he has to take too many more of those.
Travers misses with a takedown
enabling Jhonson to counter with a crisp jab.
Travers misses with a takedown
and Jhonson counters with a left and a right that stings Travers.
Travers gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Jhonson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Travers's guard now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Travers trying to keep a closed guard but Jhonson is proving a slippery customer.

Jhonson gets to his feet. Travers looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Travers gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jhonson counters with a three punch combo that has Travers backing up. Travers nods at Jhonson to acknowledge the strikes.
Jhonson looks to land a combination. Travers sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Jhonson feints and as Travers raises his hands in defense, Jhonson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jhonson wanted to stand there but Travers had control of the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Travers wants to sweep but no luck.
Travers lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Travers is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Travers fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jhonson sprawls well initially but Travers persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Travers winds up and cracks Jhonson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

It looks like Canelo Jhonson has been cut.
Travers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jhonson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jhonson has hold of Travers's hands but Travers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jhonson wants to improve his position but Travers is controlling well.
Travers stops Jhonson from getting back to his feet.
Well, if Travers is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Jhonson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jhonson.
Travers controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Travers pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jhonson is keeping the position for now.
Jhonson wants to stand and escape but Travers is having none of it.
Travers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jhonson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jhonson is looking to stand up but Travers isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jhonson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Jhonson uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Travers bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Travers in side control, throwing shots but Jhonson defends.
Travers scoring with punches from side control.
Travers scoring with punches from side control.
Travers is putting a hurting on Jhonson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jhonson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Travers trying to control the action but Jhonson is working from the bottom.
Travers scores with punches from side control.

Jhonson is rocked!
Travers working the body and head with strikes.
Jhonson is still on wobbly legs! Can Travers finish him?
Travers scores with a couple of short elbows.
Travers working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travers scores with punches from side control.
Jhonson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Travers advances to mount.
A nice elbow there by Travers.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Travers landing punches.

That has opened up Canelo Jhonson's cut even more.
Travers with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Travers lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns Jhonson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Travers lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jhonson hang on?
Travers looking to control and managing it successfully.
Travers lands with some strikes.
Travers working Jhonson over with strikes here.
Travers connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Travers working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jhonson taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travers sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jhonson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Travers with a couple of short strikes.
Jhonson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Jhonson regains half guard.
Jhonson tries to kick Travers off but Travers keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Travers winds up and cracks Jhonson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jhonson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Travers is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

The cut above Canelo Jhonson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Travers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Travers lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jhonson taking some punishment here, with Travers in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travers stalling.
Travers winds up and cracks Jhonson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Travers lands a nice short elbow.
Travers scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Travers winds up and cracks Jhonson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Travers lands a nice short elbow.

Canelo Jhonson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jeremiah Travers!