PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ted Caves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barrett Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barrett Johnson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Caves
vs
Johnson

200 cm
28
285 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

177 cm
28
257 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Steel Penn LSD Q160-Q158-Q155 (95% Return)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ted Caves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Barrett Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a series of punches but Caves avoids them all with ease.
Caves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Caves closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Caves is looking to clinch.

Johnson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Caves!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Caves is trying to get back to half guard.
Johnson landing a few strikes.
Johnson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Caves sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caves is looking to reverse the position.
Caves is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Johnson stands up.
Caves slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caves wants to clinch.
Caves tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Caves dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Caves tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Caves rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Caves takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Caves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Caves is looking to clinch.
Ted Caves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caves tries to clinch but Johnson moves away

and Johnson counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Caves!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson taking a breather here.
Caves wants to get back to his feet but Johnson drags him back down.
Caves gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson content to control rather than advance.
Caves is looking for a sweep. Johnson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Johnson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Johnson is controlling the pace.
Johnson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Johnson wants to control the pace but Caves is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson content just to control the position here.
Caves wants to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
Caves in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Caves in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

It looks like Ted Caves has been cut.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Caves is looking to get to half guard.
Johnson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Caves is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caves wants to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caves is trying to escape the mount.
Johnson controlling his opponent.
Johnson tries to control but Caves wriggling away.
Caves is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caves slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Johnson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barrett Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ted Caves's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Caves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Caves moves out of range.
Caves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Caves tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caves throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Caves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Caves misses with a double jab

and Johnson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Johnson wants to take a breather but Caves is having none of it.
Johnson controlling the action here.
Johnson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Johnson passes to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Johnson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Caves keeps working.
Caves is looking for a sweep.
Caves wants to control but Johnson postures up.
Johnson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Caves keeps working.
Johnson scores with punches from side control.
Caves struggling a bit here.
Caves is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Johnson controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caves can't escape the position.
The referee warns Caves that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Johnson controlling the pace for now.
Caves regains half guard.
Caves tries to roll over but Johnson keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Johnson in particular looking to stall.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Barrett Johnson.
Caves lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Caves.

It looks like Barrett Johnson has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Caves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Caves swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Johnson.
Caves doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Caves moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice jab there from Caves.
Ted Caves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Caves scores with a three punch combo!
Caves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caves lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Johnson backs up against the cage.
Caves moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Caves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
A combination from Caves does no damage.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Caves tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Caves scores with a one two! Johnson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Caves moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson throws the left hand but Caves avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ted Caves will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Caves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Caves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson swings for the body but Caves moves out of range.
Caves is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Caves wants to clinch.
Caves tries to clinch up.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Caves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Caves tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson misses with a shot to the body
and Caves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt

and Johnson counters with a takedown into side control.
Caves tries to improve position but can't.
Johnson working away.
Caves tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Johnson is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Caves will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Caves struggling a bit here.

Johnson decides to stand back up. Johnson steps back and let's Caves get back to his feet.
Caves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caves.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caves staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a right hand that Caves ducks under and follows up with a left that Caves also avoids with ease.
Johnson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Caves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson takes a swing at Caves's ribcage but misses.
Caves wants to clinch

and Johnson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Caves's guard now.
Johnson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Johnson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Barrett Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Caves keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Caves.
Johnson won't allow Caves to get back to his feet.
Johnson trying to control but Caves is working from the bottom.

Caves 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Caves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
Caves will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Caves wants to stand and escape but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson stops Caves from standing up.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
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.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Barrett Johnson.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caves circles away quickly and effectively.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caves tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Caves.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
and Caves counters with a left and a right that stings Johnson.
Caves is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ted Caves is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Caves wants to clinch.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caves lands a right hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caves slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Caves avoids nicely.
Johnson works over Caves's head and body with a nice combination.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caves tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barrett Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barrett Johnson!
Barrett Johnson took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.