PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeus Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen OG Loc Commmmin up as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jr
vs
Johnson

187 cm
25
277 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

201 cm
25
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zeus Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jr closes the distance and clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jr.
Jr tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Johnson tries to break free but Jr pushes him back against the cage.
Jr really is a fat lump.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jr taking a breather.
Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jr manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Jr has double underhooks.
Jr holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jr is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jr seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Zeus Jr.
Jr gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jr is looking to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Jr missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
Johnson lands a nice looking body kick.
Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jr checks a leg kick.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jr wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Jr's leg but Jr calmly moves out of range.

Jr pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson tries to work over Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jr has Johnson pushed against the cage.
Jr lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Carl Johnson has been cut.
Come on Jr - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Come on Jr - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Jr keeps him there for the moment.
Jr taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jr with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jr misses with a knee strike.
Jr stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zeus Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl Johnson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Jr lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Johnson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jr avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Jr checks it.
Jr quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Johnson's corner calls for a 1-2. Johnson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A countering left hand to the body from Johnson misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jr quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johnson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jr rather than just go for the knockout.

Jr moves into the clinch successfully.

Jr drops Johnson with a big knee straight up the middle! Johnson is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson motions for Jr to come forward. Johnson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It appears Jr was looking to counter with a kick there.
Jr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Jr throws a counter high kick but Johnson was just alert enough to avoid it.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jr is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jr looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Jr looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Johnson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Johnson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
Jr throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jr is looking to counter with head kicks.
Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Jr moves his leg out of the way.
Jr blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Johnson scores with a jab to the head.
Carl Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jr moves into the clinch successfully.
Jr has Johnson pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jr prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Jr stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jr will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Johnson up against the cage.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jr looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jr missing with knees to the body.
Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Jr controls the action.
Jr misses with a knee strike.
Jr stalls.
A hook to the body from Johnson.
Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jr effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carl Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carl Johnson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jr moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Jr throws a head kick that misses
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jr fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson motions for Jr to come forward. Johnson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Jr is just out of range.
Jr moves to clinch but Johnson breaks away
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Jr.
Johnson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jr eats them both and turns towards Johnson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jr on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson lands with a good body shot.
Jr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jr misses with a left hand
and Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jr has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jr and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Jr throws a lazy head kick
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson lands with a straight right. Jr didn't see that one coming.
Johnson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jr checks it well.
Johnson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Jr.
Johnson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Johnson misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jr wants to clinch.
Jr dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson lands with a cross.
Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carl Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carl Johnson!
Post fight, an emotional Carl Johnson said 'Grove street mufucka.'.