PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Janjalani Abu Bakhar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abu Bakhar's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Salah Malaikom. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Abu Bakhar
vs
Johnson

178 cm
25
185 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

186 cm
31
174 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Janjalani Abu Bakhar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson thows a body kick. Abu Bakhar tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Abu Bakhar swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into Abu Bakhar's ribcage.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Abu Bakhar is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson lands a knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Abu Bakhar wants a takedown.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Abu Bakhar shrugs off.

It looks like Janjalani Abu Bakhar has been cut.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abu Bakhar's defenses.
Johnson effectively controlling the action here.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abu Bakhar backwards.
Johnson is stalling here.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abu Bakhar's defenses.
Abu Bakhar fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Abu Bakhar.
Johnson taking a breather.
Johnson prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Janjalani Abu Bakhar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abu Bakhar is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Abu Bakhar's face.

Janjalani Abu Bakhar's cut is getting worse.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Abu Bakhar wants a takedown.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Johnson.

Janjalani Abu Bakhar's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Abu Bakhar goes for a takedown attempt but Johnson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Johnson tries to clinch but Abu Bakhar is having none of it.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Abu Bakhar pushes him off.
Janjalani Abu Bakhar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abu Bakhar lands with a shot to the body.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.

Johnson clinches up against the cage.
Johnson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Abu Bakhar blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Jeez, Janjalani Abu Bakhar's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Johnson!
John Johnson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.