PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aze Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toro's entrance music is Hate me or Get DIE tryn' - 50cent. A fine choice. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Toro
vs
Johnson

190 cm
29
164 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

186 cm
33
159 lbs
27 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aze Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toro misses with a left hand

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Toro wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson avoiding damage.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Toro tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Toro avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Toro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Toro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Toro avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.
Toro stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.
Toro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Toro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Toro.
Toro lands a right hand.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Toro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Toro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Toro lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toro misses with the head strike.
Toro is trying to maintain a safe position but Johnson gets an underhook and turns Toro into the cage.
Toro slowing the pace effectively.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Toro.
Toro tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Johnson.
A body shot lands from Johnson.
Toro holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Johnson.
Johnson is trying to stall.
Johnson lands an elbow just above Toro 's eye.
Toro tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Toro has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toro tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Toro lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Toro's defenses.
Toro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Toro is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Aze Toro has been cut.
Johnson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Toro in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Toro misses with a body punch.
Toro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson stalling in the clinch but Toro improves position.
Johnson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toro is defending well for now.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Johnson lands a nice knee to the body.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Toro shrugs off.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
Toro avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Toro can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into Toro's ribcage.
Toro is breathing heavily.
Toro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Toro working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Johnson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Toro wants to stall.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
Toro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Toro tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toro dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Toro takes an elbow to the temple.
Toro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
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!
Toro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Toro's head.
Toro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnson lands an elbow just above Toro 's eye.
Toro throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Toro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into Toro's ribcage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Toro wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Toro managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aze Toro's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Toro lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Toro lands a slapping body shot.
Toro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Toro misses.
Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Toro keeps the fight on the outside.
Toro tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Toro scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnson should have avoided that one.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aze Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
John Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toro lands a jab to the head.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Toro throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Toro.
Toro misses with a series of wild punches.
Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut there from Toro.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Toro.
Toro lands a jab to the nose.
Toro throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toro moves into range and connects with a jab.
A left lands for Toro.
Johnson slips a jab from Toro.
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Toro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toro misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson throws a jab when Toro was well out of range.
Toro catches Johnson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Toro throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Toro throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Toro misses.
Toro avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Toro lands the left hand.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Toro is avoiding it.
Toro misses with a wild combination.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toro is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Toro just misses with a punch to the body.
Toro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Toro lands with an overhand left.
Toro with a nice cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Toro on the side of the head.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Toro walks into a jab.
Toro throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.

Johnson has Toro up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.
Toro misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Toro leaning his opponent against the cage.
Toro trying to stall but Johnson improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aze Toro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aze Toro's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Johnson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Johnson throws a head kick but Toro moves out of range.
Toro throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Toro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Toro misses with a looping left.
Toro scores with a shot to the body.
Toro scores with a jab to the head.
Toro misses the shot to the body.
Toro throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Toro's defenses.
Johnson scores a nice knee to the body.
Toro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Toro working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toro is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Toro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Johnson.
Toro wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson lands an elbow just above Toro 's eye.
Nice elbow from Johnson.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Toro's efforts to push away.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Toro.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Johnson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toro.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
Toro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toro misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Toro shrugs off.
Toro takes an elbow to the temple.
Toro looking to slow down the pace here.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Toro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Toro is rocked!
Johnson just leaning against Toro, taking a breather.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oh Toro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
John Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Toro is pressed against the cage. Johnson pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Toro! Two more big strikes from Johnson and Toro crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). John Johnson!
John Johnson tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.