PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Johnson (ranked 1404 p4p, 1577 weight class) and Leonidas Dominguez (ranked 194 p4p, 216 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dominguez's choice of entrance music: Vaso de Cristal. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Dominguez

183 cm
25
181
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
185
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Johnson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonidas Dominguez!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dominguez's sensitive parts.
Dominguez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Dominguez throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Johnson.
Dominguez misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Leonidas Dominguez has been cut.
Dominguez dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Dominguez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dominguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Dominguez.
Johnson misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson slips under a jab from Dominguez.
Johnson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Johnson feints and then cracks Dominguez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dominguez down.
Dominguez misses with a looping right.
Johnson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Dominguez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Dominguez's head.
Dominguez just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Dominguez's head but Dominguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dominguez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dominguez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dominguez scrambles back to his feet.
Johnson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dominguez.
Johnson slips a jab from Dominguez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dominguez swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Dominguez misses with an uppercut.
Johnson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Dominguez is rocked!
Dominguez blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Johnson misses the jab.
Dominguez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Dominguez throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Dominguez slips under a jab.

Dominguez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Dominguez is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Dominguez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dominguez blocks a low kick nicely.
Johnson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jason Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dominguez fails in his attempt to clinch.
That kick from Johnson tenderised Dominguez's leg. Dominguez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dominguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Dominguez.
Dominguez throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Dominguez missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Dominguez.
Johnson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson misses with a looping right.
A big right from Dominguez misses.
As Dominguez backs away, Johnson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Dominguez closes the distance and clinches.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Dominguez's head but Dominguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dominguez tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Jason Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Dominguez jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dominguez looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson lands a head kick!
Dominguez is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnson finish him?
Johnson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dominguez is out of range and Johnson settles back down.
Johnson throws a chopping leg kick but Dominguez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Dominguez seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dominguez defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Dominguez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dominguez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dominguez throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dominguez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Johnson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dominguez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Dominguez's head but Dominguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dominguez misses with a body shot.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Dominguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Dominguez misses with a hook.
Dominguez misses the body punch
and Johnson counters with a leg kick.
Dominguez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dominguez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jason Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson thumps Dominguez with a low kick.
Dominguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Dominguez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dominguez can do to turn this around?
A slow jab from Dominguez misses its intended target.
Johnson throws a right hand that Dominguez ducks under and follows up with a left that Dominguez also avoids with ease.
Johnson throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson throws the left hand but Dominguez avoids the punch easily.
Johnson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dominguez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dominguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dominguez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson counters with a low kick, right behind Dominguez 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Dominguez checks it.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dominguez misses the shot to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Dominguez in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Dominguez moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Johnson slips a jab from Dominguez.
Dominguez throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Dominguez throws a big shot that misses.
Nice uppercut there from Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A big right from Johnson misses.
A little jabbing left from Dominguez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Johnson cracks Dominguez with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Dominguez looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Johnson finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dominguez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Johnson lands a two punch combo.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Dominguez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Dominguez saw that one coming.
Dominguez slips under a jab from Johnson.
Dominguez misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dominguez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Dominguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Dominguez throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dominguez! But no joy.
Dominguez slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Dominguez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Johnson scores with a hook.
Dominguez slips under a jab from Johnson.
A right-left combo lands from Johnson.
Dominguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.

Johnson lands a big head kick that sends Dominguez tumbling to the mat! Johnson takes a step backwards and waves Dominguez back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson drops Dominguez with a straight right hand, right on the button! Johnson follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Johnson!
Jason Johnson is the new welterweight champion!
Jason Johnson spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Leonidas Dominguez spoke after the fight, saying 'I trained hard but it didn’t work out. He’s a great opponent and today just wasn’t my day. '.