PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rex Tremendous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casey Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tremendous's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rex Tremendae. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Casey Johnson was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Tremendous
vs
Johnson

180 cm
20
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rex Tremendous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Casey Johnson!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Tremendous.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Tremendous.
Johnson scores with a jab to the head.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Tremendous counters with a good, hard body kick but Johnson shrugs it off.
Tremendous scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tremendous connects with the punch.
Tremendous looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Tremendous counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johnson fails with the takedown.
Rex Tremendous is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tremendous swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson throws a leg kick
and Tremendous counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Tremendous misses.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and Tremendous makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Johnson takes one on the button.
Tremendous lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tremendous throws a predictable looking body shot
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tremendous misses with a body shot

and Johnson counters with a shoot takedown. Tremendous fights it but they end up in guard.
Johnson postures up.
Tremendous tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tremendous pulls Johnson in close to prevent any damage.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Tremendous.
Tremendous is trying to keep Johnson in close.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Rex Tremendous just wasn't active enough.
Tremendous fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tremendous moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Johnson misses with a hook
and Tremendous counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tremendous looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Tremendous misses with an uppercut.
Tremendous misses with a kick to the body

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rex Tremendous dominated that 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.

Tremendous takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tremendous lands a nice looking kick to the body. Johnson takes a step back to recover.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tremendous misses with a hook

and Johnson counters with a takedown into side control.
Tremendous wants to control but Johnson postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tremendous tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Johnson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Johnson controlling the position.
Tremendous sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Tremendous is trying to stand back up but Johnson is controlling him
Tremendous wants to control but Johnson is keeping busy.
Johnson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Tremendous is trying to get back to full guard.
Tremendous manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tremendous looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tremendous is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tremendous looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Tremendous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tremendous thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses the jab.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Tremendous counters with a low kick, right behind Johnson 's knee.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tremendous as he jumps to the side.
Tremendous misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tremendous lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Tremendous counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A solid body kick from Tremendous.
Tremendous scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tremendous swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rex Tremendous will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tremendous misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson throws a hook but Tremendous blocks it.
Tremendous lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Tremendous connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rex Tremendous is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tremendous will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice jab there from Tremendous.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tremendous.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tremendous manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tremendous is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tremendous looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Tremendous defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheers as Tremendous lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
Tremendous swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johnson lands a jab to the head.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Tremendous counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tremendous misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Tremendous stuffs the takedown attempt from Johnson. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tremendous.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tremendous throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tremendous jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tremendous counters with a nice leg kick.
Tremendous misses with a hook to the body

and Johnson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tremendous misses with some punches.

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 misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tremendous struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Tremendous swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Tremendous.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Tremendous misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson has Tremendous pressed against the cage, preventing Tremendous from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Tremendous in his tracks for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Tremendous misses with a punch to the body.
Tremendous blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Tremendous.
Nice body punch from Tremendous.
Tremendous can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Tremendous has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Tremendous working aggressively here.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tremendous avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tremendous's brow.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Tremendous as the two fighters clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tremendous tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Tremendous.
Johnson tries to score a body lock takedown but Tremendous shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tremendous.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Tremendous in his tracks for a moment.
Tremendous lands with a right to the head.
Casey Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson blocks a body shot from Tremendous.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Tremendous leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rex Tremendous showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tremendous, 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rex Tremendous!