PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rowdy Nickoson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Nickoson
vs
Johnson

185 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rowdy Nickoson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nickoson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Johnson clinches up against the cage.
Johnson can't break the clinch.

Nickoson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nickoson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson looks for a takedown but Nickoson sprawls well.
Nickoson shoots in looking for a takedown but Johnson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nickoson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Johnson tries to bum rush Nickoson with a series of wild strikes but Nickoson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Johnson gets a clinch.

Nickoson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nickoson looks for a takedown but Johnson sprawls well.

Nickoson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Johnson to the mat! Johnson manages to get full guard.
Nickoson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Nickoson from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickoson forces his way into half guard.
Nickoson tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Nickoson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Johnson is trying to stand back up but Nickoson is controlling him
Johnson has a hand on Nickoson's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Nickoson takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nickoson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to lock up and control but Nickoson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nickoson trying to control but Johnson is having none of it.
Nickoson raining down hammerfists from mount.
Johnson is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickoson looking to control and managing it successfully.

Nickoson has control of Johnson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Johnson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Nickoson looking to control but Johnson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nickoson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Johnson tries to improve his position but instead Nickoson has taken his back!

Johnson defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Nickoson's arms.

Johnson preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Nickoson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nickoson wants to control but Johnson is keeping busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nickoson lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rowdy Nickoson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nickoson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson fails with the takedown.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Johnson wants it to stay on the feet.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Nickoson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nickoson wants it to stay on the feet.
Johnson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nickoson.

Nickoson pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nickoson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An inside leg kick from Nickoson misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Nickoson has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rowdy Nickoson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson stalks Nickoson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nickoson's face. Nickoson staggers backwards, shaken.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Nickoson tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nickoson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nickoson tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Nickoson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nickoson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rowdy Nickoson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Nickoson avoids it well.
Bruce Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nickoson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Nickoson with that takedown attempt.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Nickoson avoids it well.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nickoson.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Nickoson.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Nickoson tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nickoson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nickoson fails with a takedown attempt.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Nickoson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickoson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Johnson tries to avoid it but Nickoson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Johnson to the ground. Johnson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Johnson throws a shot to the body.

Nickoson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Nickoson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Johnson is trying to improve his position.
Johnson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Nickoson is controlling him well.
Nickoson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson trying to remain calm as Nickoson controls from the top position.
Nickoson gets to mount! Johnson was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Johnson is working to get back to half guard.
Nickoson raining down hammerfists from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson is looking to get to half guard.
Johnson is bucking up trying to escape but Nickoson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rowdy Nickoson 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. This is the final round!

Nickoson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Nickoson moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Nickoson breaks the clinch.

Johnson gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Johnson jumps guard and drags Nickoson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Johnson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Nickoson pushing down on Johnson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Nickoson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Nickoson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nickoson works his way into side control.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Nickoson drags him back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to reverse the position.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

Nickoson tries for a kimura but Johnson is defending well.
Nickoson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Rowdy Nickoson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nickoson scoring with punches and elbows.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Nickoson is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Johnson stops Nickoson from passing to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Nickoson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Johnson tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Johnson has a hand on Nickoson's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Nickoson takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Nickoson lands with some strikes.
Nickoson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Johnson has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.

Johnson fending off the submission attempt from Nickoson.
Nickoson throwing damaging strikes from the back! Johnson could be in trouble here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson holding both Nickoson 's hands and preventing any damage.
Nickoson lands strikes to the head.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Nickoson's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bruce Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rowdy Nickoson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nickoson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 for Rowdy Nickoson!
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight for Rowdy Nickoson!
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight for Rowdy Nickoson!

Rowdy Nickoson wins by unanimous decision!