PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Simon Audley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darron Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Audley
vs
Johnson

173 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 Sydney, Simon Audley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darron Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Audley takes the fight into the clinch.
Audley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Audley is struggling to control the position.
Audley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Audley.
Johnson looks gassed!
The referee calls for Audley to work.
Audley working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Audley lands a nice elbow.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The referee calls for Audley to work.
Audley lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Audley.
Audley stalling the fight.
Audley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Audley is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Audley down to the mat. Audley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Audley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Audley lands a body punch in the clinch.
Audley connects with a knee to the head.
Audley pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Audley with a knee to the head.
Audley is working Johnson over against the cage.
Audley lands an elbow inside.
Audley stalling against the cage.
Audley lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Audley slowing the pace effectively.
Johnson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Audley gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Simon Audley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darron Johnson.
Audley scores with a knee to the head.
Audley is leaning against Johnson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Audley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Audley gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Audley takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Audley with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Audley lands a damaging elbow.
Audley will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Johnson up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Audley.
Audley scores with a knee to the head.
Audley stalling in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short uppercut from Audley.
Audley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Audley dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Audley wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Simon Audley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Audley has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Audley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Audley stalls.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Audley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Audley lands a knee to the head.
Audley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Audley stalling.
Audley lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Johnson is trying to drag Audley to the mat but Audley just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Audley.
Audley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Audley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Audley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Audley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Audley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Audley.
Audley lands an elbow inside.
Audley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Johnson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Audley with a knee to the head.
Audley connects with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Audley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Audley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right handed body shot lands from Audley.
Audley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Audley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Simon Audley has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Audley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Audley is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Audley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Audley lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Audley dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice takedown defense from Audley. No joy for Johnson on that attempt.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Audley.

Audley forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Audley lands a damaging elbow.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Audley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Audley content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Audley unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Audley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Audley is struggling to control the position.
Audley lands a damaging elbow.
Audley lands a knee to the body.
Audley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Audley.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Audley lands an elbow inside.
Audley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Audley lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Audley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Audley.
Audley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Audley leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Audley for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Audley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Audley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Audley leaning against his opponent.
Audley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Audley stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Simon Audley.

Audley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Audley's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Audley stops a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Audley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Darron Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Simon Audley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simon Audley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Audley has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:25
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Audley!