PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Craig Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Seyedi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson's entrance music is Blood of Heroes!. A fine choice. Seyedi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hypnotize- Biggie smalls kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Johnson
vs
Seyedi

168 cm
37
200 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

181 cm
36
195 lbs
28 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Craig Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ali Seyedi!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Seyedi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Seyedi.
Seyedi tried to score with a low kick but Johnson checks it.
Johnson avoids a kick to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Johnson misses its target.
Seyedi misses with a looping right.
Johnson lands a nice hook to Seyedi's body. Seyedi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Seyedi misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Johnson finds it's way through Seyedi's defenses.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Seyedi is just out of range.
Seyedi throws out a counter right but Johnson avoids it with no problem.
Craig Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Seyedi.
Seyedi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Johnsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Good work by Seyedi as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson staying out of range there.
As Seyedi looks to move away, Johnson throws a big counter combo but Seyedi just gets out of the way.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seyedi moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Seyedi. That's going to slow Johnson down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seyedi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
Johnson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Seyedi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Seyedi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Craig Johnson has been cut.
Johnson is looking to wear down Seyedi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Seyedi misses with a body kick.
Seyedi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Johnson scores with a body shot.
Seyedi tries a head kick but it misses.
Seyedi misses with a low kick.
A big right from Seyedi misses.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Seyedi is just out of range.
Seyedi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Seyedi blocks a low kick nicely.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seyedi. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seyedi.
Seyedi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a swing at Seyedi's ribcage but misses.
Seyedi connects with an inside leg kick.
Johnson scores with a jab to the head.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Seyedi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Johnson. That snapped Seyedi's head back.
Seyedi connects with an inside leg kick.
Seyedi throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Seyedi tries to work over Johnson's front leg with a kick but Johnson checks it.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Seyedi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice body kick there by Seyedi.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Seyedi shapes to counter with a head kick.
Seyedi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johnson's calf.
A punch lands to the side of Seyedi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Seyedi lands a slapping body shot.
Seyedi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Seyedi.
Seyedi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Seyedi lands a head shot.
Seyedi moves out of range of the leg kick from Johnson.
Seyedi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A jab from Seyedi does it's job there.
Seyedi tries to score with a low kick but Johnson moves his leg out of the way.
Johnson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A jab from Seyedi does it's job there.
Seyedi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Johnson.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seyedi was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Johnson throws a combination. Seyedi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Seyedi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Johnson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Seyedi tries a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Seyedi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Seyedi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seyedi manages to avoid it.
Seyedi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Seyedi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seyedi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Seyedi throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Seyedi misses with a hook.
Seyedi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seyedi lands a nice looking body shot.
Seyedi delivers a nice body kick.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Seyedi avoids it well.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd cheers as Seyedi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Seyedi can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ali Seyedi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Johnson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Seyedi throws a low kick, looking for Johnson's leg but Johnson calmly moves out of range.
Johnson cracks a nice hook into Seyedi's ribs.
Seyedi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Seyedi cracks Johnson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Johnson lands a nice looking body kick.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Seyedi saw that one coming.
Ali Seyedi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Seyedi throws a leg kick but Johnson checks it.
Seyedi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Seyedi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Johnson scores with a nice head shot.
Johnson tries to clinch but Seyedi moves away
and Seyedi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Johnson's knee momentarily.
Johnson misses with a leg kick
letting Seyedi counter with a right hand.
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!
Seyedi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson throws a body punch but Seyedi moves out of range.
Seyedi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seyedi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Seyedi lands a right hook to the body.
A slow jab from Seyedi misses its intended target.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Seyedi avoids it well.
Seyedi throws out a counter right but Johnson avoids it with no problem.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Seyedi is just out of range.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Seyedi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson throws a body punch but Seyedi moves out of range.
Seyedi flicks out a counter leg kick but Johnson steps away.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seyedi manages to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Seyedi.
Seyedi cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Craig Johnson's cut is getting worse.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
letting Seyedi counter with a right hand.
Seyedi with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seyedi throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Seyedi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Seyedi thuds his shin into the meat of Johnson's side.
The fighters circle momentarily. Seyedi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Seyedi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seyedi manages to avoid it.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seyedi manages to avoid it.
Seyedi throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Seyedi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Seyedi misses.
Johnson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Seyedi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Craig Johnson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Seyedi - that will leave a mark!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
Seyedi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Seyedi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Seyedi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Seyedi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Seyedi.
Johnson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Seyedi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Seyedi fakes the leg kick and cracks Johnson in the body.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Seyedi needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
Seyedi throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson tries to bum rush Seyedi with a series of wild strikes but Seyedi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A good leg kick by Seyedi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Seyedi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Johnson throws a push kick but Seyedi slaps the foot to one side.
Seyedi misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Seyedi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Seyedi throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Johnson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Johnson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Seyedi to counter with a crisp jab.

Jeez, Craig Johnson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Seyedi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Seyedi is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Seyedi.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Seyedi is just out of range.
Johnson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Seyedi scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ali Seyedi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Craig Johnson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Seyedi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Seyedi circles away quickly and effectively.
Seyedi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Seyedi throws a nice inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Seyedi misses.
Seyedi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Seyedi connects with the punch.
Johnson misses with a hook. Seyedi ducked under it nicely.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Seyedi finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seyedi works Johnson's body with a nice hook.
Seyedi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Seyedi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ali Seyedi!
Ali Seyedi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.