PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Micheal Dunne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dunne comes to the cage accompanied by fight!!!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dunne
vs
Johnson

191 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Micheal Dunne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dunne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dunne swinging wildly here.
Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dunne counters with a thumping low kick.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Tim Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dunne, right into the meat.
Dunne keeps Johnson at a distance using the push kick.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dunne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Dunne moved out of range nicely.
Johnson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dunne is fending him off so far but Johnson persists. Nope, Dunne circles away and we're back to standing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Dunne moved away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Johnson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dunne - the referee stops the clock and Johnson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dunne. Johnson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Johnson looks gassed!
Dunne moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Tim Johnson has been cut.
Dunne tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dunne swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunne is looking to clinch.
Dunne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dunne misses with a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dunne, right into the meat.
Dunne wants to clinch.
Dunne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.

Johnson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Dunne's half guard.
Johnson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Johnson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dunne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Johnson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson stops Dunne from getting back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johnson lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johnson lands a nice short elbow.
Johnson lands with a punch from half guard.
Johnson stops Dunne from getting back to his feet.
Johnson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Johnson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Johnson is nestled in close to Dunne, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dunne knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.
Johnson working Dunne over with strikes.
Dunne taking some punishment here, with Johnson in his half guard.
Dunne is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnson working over Dunne with some ground and pound. Dunne looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Johnson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of Dunne's head.
Johnson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dunne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Johnson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dunne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of Dunne's head.
Johnson is nestled in close to Dunne, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Johnson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Dunne is rocked!
Johnson lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Dunne quite badly. Dunne pulls Johnson in close trying to recover. Johnson postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Dunne on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Dunne doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Johnson!