PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and KB Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Johnson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to KB Blair's chin.

Johnson
vs
Blair

178 cm
20
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, KB Blair!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blair drops Johnson with a left right combo! Blair follows him down to the ground into side control.

It looks like Chris Johnson has been cut.
The strikes coming from Blair are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Johnson is trying to get back to half guard.
Johnson regains half guard.
Blair controlling the action here.
Blair prevents Johnson from improving his position.
Blair is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Blair is thwarting Johnson's attempts to control the position.
Blair performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Blair wants to take a breather but Johnson is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair prevents Johnson from standing back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Some wild striking there from Blair.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Blair.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blair scores with a nice right hand.
Blair throws a left that rocks Johnson and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Blair dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Johnson regain composure!
Johnson manages to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson looking for submissions off his back.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blair is thwarting Johnson's attempts to control the position.
Johnson trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Blair manages to pass to mount!
Blair controlling his opponent.
Johnson wants to control but Blair is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Blair wants to control the pace but Johnson is squirming around nicely.
Johnson is working to get back to half guard.
Blair pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Johnson is looking to improve his position but Blair isn't that keen on the idea.
Blair controlling the position easily from mount.
Johnson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Blair sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Johnson wants to control but Blair is having none of it.
The referee warns Johnson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Blair really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Johnson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Blair can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnson is looking to escape.
Johnson is looking to improve his position but Blair isn't that keen on the idea.
Blair looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson wants to hold on but Blair pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

KB Blair dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Johnson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blair circles away.
Blair looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Johnson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Blair's waist but Blair gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnson off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blair lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Chris Johnson's cut is getting worse.
Chris Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blair misses with a series of wild punches.
Blair misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blair scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Blair lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Johnson can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Blair and Johnson drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Blair.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). KB Blair!