PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damian Wolkowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lion El Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damian Wolkowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Wolkowski
vs
El Johnson

180 cm
26
168 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

172 cm
22
162 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damian Wolkowski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lion El Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolkowski shoots in but El Johnson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wolkowski avoids the head kick by El Johnson.
Wolkowski shoots in for a takedown but El Johnson shows good takedown defense.
Wolkowski fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damian Wolkowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wolkowski shoots in but no luck this time.
Wolkowski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and El Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wolkowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wolkowski throws a lazy right hand but El Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wolkowski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wolkowski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wolkowski fails with the takedown
enabling El Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wolkowski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and El Johnson counters with a good low kick that Wolkowski was not able to check.
Wolkowski is breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick from Wolkowski misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolkowski tries for a takedown but El Johnson circles away easily
and El Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
El Johnson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
El Johnson connects with a leg kick. Wolkowski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
El Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

El Johnson cracks Wolkowski with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Wolkowski looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can El Johnson finish him?

Wolkowski is rocked!
El Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oh Wolkowski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wolkowski with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling El Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Wolkowski seems to have got his legs back now.
El Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
El Johnson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wolkowski's hands.
Wolkowski with a poor takedown
and El Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wolkowski thinking.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by El Johnson.
El Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wolkowski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wolkowski there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Johnson drops Wolkowski with a straight right hand, right on the button! El Johnson follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lion El Johnson!
Lion El Johnson is the new lightweight champion!
Lion El Johnson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.