PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anselmo Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeShawn Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Johnson's choice of entrance music: Eazy e- real mother fuckin gs. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harris
vs
Johnson

184 cm
27
184 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

183 cm
29
177 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Nuggetori's Nutritionals

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anselmo Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, DeShawn Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Anselmo Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Harris shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Johnson regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Harris.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Harris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.
Harris trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson is controlling Harris's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harris.
Harris keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Harris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harris distracts Johnson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Harris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Harris throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.
Harris is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harris is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.
Harris preventing the sweep.
Harris trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harris. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harris postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Harris sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Johnson's guard.
Harris is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Johnson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Harris seems content to control.
Harris winds up and cracks Johnson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Harris seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Johnson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Harris scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Harris has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Harris trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harris punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris punishing his opponent with strikes.
Harris throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Harris unloads with some shots from mount but Johnson bucks and avoids them well.
Harris lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

It looks like DeShawn Johnson has been cut.
Harris lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson blocking the ground and pound.
Johnson suckers Harris into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Johnson is now in Harris's guard!
Harris looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Harris is looking for a triangle here but Johnson uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Harris is trying to control Johnson's posture but Johnson avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anselmo Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on DeShawn Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Harris looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson tries a quick counter leg kick but Harris is wise to it.

Harris closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Johnson to the mat! Johnson manages to get full guard.
Johnson pulls Harris in close to prevent any damage.
Harris is pushing down on Johnson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Johnson is fighting to maintain full guard but Harris has managed to sneak the leg through.
Harris thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head.
Johnson wants to improve his position but Harris is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris throwing shots but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Harris not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Harris throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harris.
Anselmo Harris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harris with the ground and pound but Johnson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Harris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harris is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Harris has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Harris scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Harris is pushing down on Johnson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Johnson is fighting to maintain full guard but Harris has managed to sneak the leg through.
Harris thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.
Harris not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Harris controlling the action here.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Harris scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harris.
Johnson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harris.
Harris lands strikes from half guard.
Johnson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Harris.
Harris prevents Johnson from improving his position.
Harris missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Harris sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johnson defending well though.
Johnson is looking for a sweep. Harris is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Harris lands a nice short elbow.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Harris.
Harris looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Harris missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Harris is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Harris is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Harris wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Johnson is trying to maintain the position but Harris is very close to passing his half guard.
Harris working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Harris is trying to control the action in half guard but Johnson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson has hold of Harris's hands but Harris slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Johnson is rocked!
Johnson taking some punishment here, with Harris in his half guard.
Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Harris finish him?
Johnson has hold of Harris's hands but Harris slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Harris lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Johnson quite badly. Johnson pulls Harris in close trying to recover. Harris postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Johnson on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Johnson doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anselmo Harris!