PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kido Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Johnson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to lunatic fringe. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Moon

185 cm
28
210 lbs
10 - 12 - 0

180 cm
24
210 lbs
9 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kido Moon!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moon is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Moon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches up with Moon, looking for a takedown. Johnson pushes Moon against the cage but Moon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Moon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moon wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Johnson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Moon to the ground. Johnson is now in Moon's guard.
Moon pulls Johnson in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Let's hope that Moon has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Moon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Moon wants to sweep but no luck.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Moon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson dives in and grabs Moon's left leg, looking for a takedown. Moon pushes down on Johnson's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moon fails with an attempt to clinch.

Johnson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Moon is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Johnson trying to control but Moon postures up.
It looks like Moon is going to stand back up.

Moon escapes and gets back to his feet.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moon keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kido Moon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moon tries to clinch up.

Johnson gets a takedown into half guard.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Moon keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Moon moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Moon.
Moon is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Moon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moon pulls Johnson in close to prevent any damage.
Moon keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
Moon looking for a sweep. Not yet Moon, not yet.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Moon keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Moon moves into the clinch successfully.
Moon tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Moon tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson tries to score a body lock takedown but Moon shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Moon connects with a knee to the head.
Moon lands a knee to the body.
Moon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moon.
Moon tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Moon lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moon tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Moon gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Moon with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moon.
Johnson goes for a takedown attempt but Moon pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Moon has managed to clinch.
Moon misses with a knee strike.
Moon lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kido Moon dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Moon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Michael Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moon tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Moon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Johnson.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Moon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Moon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moon slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Moon closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side
and Johnson counters with a three punch combo that has Moon backing up. Moon nods at Johnson to acknowledge the strikes.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Moon pinned against the cage. Moon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Moon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Moon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Moon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.
Moon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Michael Johnson has been cut.
Moon landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moon lands a knee to the head.
Moon tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Moon lands a knee to the head.
Moon tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Moon looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Moon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moon trying to land knees to the body.
Moon tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Moon.
Moon looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson wants a takedown but no success here.
Moon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Moon misses with a knee strike.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Moon manages to get underhooks.
Johnson is looking for a takedown.
Johnson goes for a takedown attempt but Moon pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Moon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Moon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Moon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson shoots for a takedown but Moon saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Moon tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.

Moon rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
Moon landing knees to the head.
Moon with a knee to the head.
Moon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Moon landing knees to the body.
Moon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Moon scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Moon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Moon misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Moon after a bit of a struggle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Moon gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Moon lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moon tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Moon manages to get underhooks.
Moon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Moon prevents it.
Moon misses with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Moon tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Kido Moon seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Johnson is looking to take this one to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kido Moon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michael Johnson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Moon tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Johnson counters with a shoot takedown. Moon fights it but they end up in guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Moon holds on and takes a little breather.
Johnson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Johnson trying to control the position but Moon is working away.
Johnson controls the position.
Moon tries to improve position but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moon manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Johnson uses his free foot to push down on Moon's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Moon.
Moon can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon wants to control but Johnson is having none of it.

Johnson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Moon manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Moon is trying to control Johnson's posture but Johnson avoids it.
Moon is trying to get back to half guard.
Moon is not content to let Johnson control the position.
Moon is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Johnson off and has taken his back!

Moon has decided that he can't make progress quickly enough from the back position and has rather unusually decided to stand up from the dominant position. Obviously he's going to be looking for the knockout on the feet here!
Moon is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Moon's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Johnson trying to control the position but Moon is working away.
A control attempt from Moon but he's now mounted!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson looking to control but Moon is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Moon is wriggling around trying to escape.
Moon is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Johnson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Moon working to try and regain half guard.
Johnson controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Johnson looking to control but Moon is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Johnson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Moon is trying to escape the mount.
Johnson trying to control but Moon is having none of it.
Moon is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson controlling the pace for now.
Michael Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johnson prevents Moon from getting the reversal.
Moon wants to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
Moon really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Johnson is landing with some decent strikes but Moon is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson prevents Moon from getting the reversal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson unloading with bombs!
Moon wants to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
Johnson landing shots from mount.
Michael Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Johnson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Moon has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight for Kido Moon!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Kido Moon!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Kido Moon!

Kido Moon wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Kido Moon, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.