PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Sparrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Johnson
vs
Sparrow

188 cm
29
215 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

188 cm
26
212 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Sparrow!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparrow avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Sparrow has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Johnson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Johnson lands with an uppercut that bounces Sparrow off the cage and back into range.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sparrow connects with a good right hand that stumbles Johnson. Johnson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

It looks like Tim Johnson has been cut.
Sparrow wants to clinch.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sparrow tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sparrow sprawls well. Sparrow wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sparrow throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Johnson lands a two punch combo.
Sparrow tries to score a power double leg takedown but Johnson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sparrow somewhat.
Johnson punishes Sparrow's body with a nice straight punch.

Sparrow shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sparrow throws a strike but Johnson avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Sparrow being controlled here momentarily.
Sparrow tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson wants to stand up but Sparrow is controlling him.
Sparrow looking to sit in guard and control but Johnson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sparrow trying to keep a closed guard but Johnson is proving a slippery customer.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Johnson gets back to full guard.
Sparrow must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Johnson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Johnson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Johnson.
Johnson working Sparrow over with strikes.
Sparrow is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparrow tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but Sparrow defending well.
Johnson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sparrow with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Johnson working over Sparrow with some ground and pound. Sparrow looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Sparrow is rocked!
Johnson lands with a punch from half guard.
Sparrow is still in real trouble! Can Johnson finish him?
Sparrow works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sparrow seems to have recovered his senses.
Sparrow looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Sparrow looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson chips away with some ground and pound.
Johnson scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Johnson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sparrow circles away.
Sparrow throws a low kick but Johnson moves out of range easily.
Sparrow misses with a left hand
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Sparrow misses with the combination.
Sparrow shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson scores with the left hand. Sparrow knows he should have avoided that one.
Johnson scores with a jab.
Sparrow misses with a hook.
Johnson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Johnson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Johnson showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
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 Sparrow's temple.

Sparrow looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Johnson pushes past his half guard into mount!
Oooh a big shot lands for Johnson! Sparrow is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tim Johnson!