PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dee Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ahmad Nabijos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nabijos comes into a darkened arena with his song building. David Guetta - The World Is Mine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Johnson
vs
Nabijos

220 cm
18
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

ENDLESS 152
Red Light Clothing ► Amsterdam!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dee Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ahmad Nabijos!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nabijos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nabijos throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson shoots in but Nabijos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nabijos.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Nabijos misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Nabijos loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Nabijos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nabijos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Nabijos as he connects with a hook.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nabijos.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nabijos, as that shot connected.
Johnson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nabijos is fending him off so far but Johnson persists. Nope, Nabijos circles away and we're back to standing.
Nabijos just misses with a punch to the body.
Nabijos drops Johnson with a beautiful combination! Johnson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Nabijos is looking for the KO!

Johnson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nabijos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabijos misses with a body shot.
Nabijos cracks Johnson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Nabijos has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Johnson to stand back up!
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nabijos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nabijos misses with a straight left.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Nabijos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat.
Nabijos throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nabijos throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nabijos.
Nabijos throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Nabijos and Johnson goes tumbling to the canvas! Nabijos follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

It looks like Dee Johnson has been cut.
Johnson wants to control but Nabijos is keeping busy.

Nabijos stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Johnson to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos cracks Johnson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nabijos might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nabijos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dee Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson slips under a jab from Nabijos.
Nabijos scores with a hook.
Nabijos steps into range and cracks Johnson with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Johnson flops backwards and Nabijos dives into his guard looking to finish!
Nabijos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Nabijos gets to his feet - Johnson follows without any prompting.
Nabijos is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Johnson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nabijos drops Johnson with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Johnson! Nabijos dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ahmad Nabijos!