PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Biru Abuabu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Abuabu

188 cm
19
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Johnson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Biru Abuabu!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tim Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson jabs at Abuabu's body.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Johnson feints and as Abuabu raises his hands in defense, Johnson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses.
Johnson being controlled here momentarily.
Johnson postures up and lands a big shot to Abuabu's brow.
Johnson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Abuabu not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
Abuabu avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson pushing down on Abuabu's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Johnson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Johnson working Abuabu over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson winds up and cracks Abuabu with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Johnson is nestled in close to Abuabu, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Johnson throwing shots but Abuabu is blocking nicely.

Abuabu is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Johnson pulls his head out easily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johnson lands a nice short elbow.
Johnson prevents Abuabu from improving his position.
Abuabu is refusing to be controlled, as Johnson sits in half guard.
Johnson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
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!
Abuabu is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnson is controlling the pace.
Johnson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Johnson is nestled in close to Abuabu, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Abuabu is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.
Johnson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Johnson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Abuabu has hold of Johnson's hands but Johnson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Abuabu is refusing to be controlled, as Johnson sits in half guard.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Johnson connects with a nice short shot to Abuabu's temple.
Abuabu 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.
Abuabu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Abuabu on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Johnson there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.
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 drops an elbow to the side of Abuabu's head.

Abuabu is rocked!
Abuabu is looking for a sweep. Johnson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Abuabu can do anything to dispel that myth.
Abuabu has hold of Johnson's hands but Johnson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Abuabu is still in real trouble! Can Johnson finish him?
Abuabu has hold of Johnson's hands but Johnson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Abuabu is looking for a sweep. Johnson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Abuabu seems to have recovered his senses.
Abuabu looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Johnson.
Johnson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Johnson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Johnson thows a huge punch but Abuabu dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Abuabu does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Johnson is really struggling to control Abuabu but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Abuabu is looking to improve his position.
Johnson is thwarting Abuabu's attempts to control the position.
Abuabu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Johnson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nice strikes from Johnson there.

It looks like Biru Abuabu has been cut.
Johnson working over Abuabu with some ground and pound. Abuabu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Johnson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Abuabu!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson with a couple of short strikes.
Abuabu is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Biru Abuabu's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Abuabu throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abuabu throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abuabu was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Abuabu fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Abuabu.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A slow jab from Abuabu misses its intended target.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Abuabu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Abuabu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Abuabu connects with a single shot there.
Johnson moves out of range as Abuabu strikes.
Abuabu is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.

Johnson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Johnson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abuabu really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Johnson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Johnson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Johnson tries to control but Abuabu wriggling away.
Abuabu is looking to improve his position but Johnson isn't that keen on the idea.
Abuabu is breathing heavily.
Johnson punishing his opponent with strikes.

That has opened up Biru Abuabu's cut even more.
Johnson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

The cut above Biru Abuabu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abuabu wants to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
Johnson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Abuabu is wriggling around trying to escape.
Johnson unloading with bombs!

Biru Abuabu's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Biru Abuabu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tim Johnson!
Tim Johnson retains his light heavyweight title!