PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Neece (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roger Johnson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Neece
vs
Johnson

200 cm
26
260 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

197 cm
25
225 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Don Neece!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roger Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson scores with a nice strike.
Neece throws a head kick that misses.

Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Neece. Neece maintains the clinch.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Neece forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Neece taking a breather.
Johnson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Neece just stands there and leans against the cage.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Johnson decides to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neece sitting in guard here, content to control.

Johnson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Neece working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neece is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Johnson working for a triangle but Neece defends it easily.
Neece slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Johnson looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Neece has picked Johnson up and slammed him! Johnson can't keep hold of the triangle and Neece manages to pass to side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnson is being controlled here.
Neece cracks Johnson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Neece moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Neece advances to mount.
Neece landing strikes from the mount.
Neece lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnson hang on?
Johnson is trying to stand up.
Neece sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neece's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Johnson taking shots to the head.

That has opened up Roger Johnson's cut even more.
Neece landing punches.

The cut above Roger Johnson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Neece content just to control the position here.
Johnson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Neece controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson working to try and regain half guard.
Neece landing strikes, looking to finish!

Roger Johnson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Don Neece!
Don Neece decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.