PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Johnson (ranked 1222 p4p, 167 weight class) and Hank Lombard (ranked 1008 p4p, 138 weight class). Lombard has chosen Shinedown - Sound Of Madness as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Lombard

189 cm
27
216 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

190 cm
36
212 lbs
25 - 15 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hank Lombard!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lombard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Anthony Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lombard is looking to land body kicks.
Lombard walks into a stiff left hand from Johnson.

It looks like Hank Lombard has been cut.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Lombard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lombard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lombard scores with a punch to the head.
Lombard stalks Johnson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Johnson's face. Johnson staggers backwards, shaken.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
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!
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Lombard ducks down to avoid it.
Lombard connects with a right hand. Johnson shakes it off.
Johnson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Johnson throws a hook but Lombard blocks it.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnson moves forwards but Lombard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lombard slips under a jab.
Lombard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A punch lands to the side of Johnson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Johnson throws a jab when Lombard was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Lombard.
A jab from Johnson does it's job there.
Johnson misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombard is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lombard tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Lombard.
Nice defenses there by Lombard.
Lombard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Johnson throws a hook but Lombard avoids it easily.
Lombard throws out a counter right but Johnson avoids it with no problem.
Lombard lands with a kick to the ribs.
Johnson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jab by Lombard.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lombard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Johnson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Good standup being displayed there by Lombard as he connects with a hook.
Johnson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Lombard moved out of range.
Lombard moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Lombard lands with a straight right. Johnson didn't see that one coming.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Lombard moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Lombard connects with a right hand. Johnson shakes it off.
Lombard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
Lombard scores with a jab to the head.

Johnson is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lombard throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
A jab lands there for Lombard.
Decent striking displayed by Lombard there.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Lombard moved out of range.
Lombard clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Lombard saw that one coming.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Lombard counters with a slapping leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Lombard finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lombard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Lombard moved out of range nicely.
Nice shot lands for Lombard.
Lombard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lombard throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lombard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lombard thumps Johnson with a low kick.
A big left from Johnson misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lombard paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lombard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lombard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johnson on the side of the head.
Lombard punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
Lombard wants to land a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Lombard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lombard 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.
Nice straight punches there by Lombard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lombard.
Nice shot lands for Lombard.
Jab by Lombard.
Lombard slips under a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lombard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Johnsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lombard lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson cracks Lombard with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lombard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Johnson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Lombard flicks out a counter leg kick but Johnson steps away.
Lombard connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Lombard slips the punch.
Johnson connects with a right hand. Lombard shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lombard.
Lombard with the counter takedown but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lombard.
It seemed like Lombard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lombard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lombard jabs Johnson right on the nose. Johnson blinks but takes it well.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Lombard moves away and avoids it.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good exchange - Johnson coming out on top.

That has opened up Hank Lombard's cut even more.
Lombard connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Lombard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lombard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lombard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Danga de danga de dang - Lombard scores with a four punch combination!
Lombard moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lombard moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Johnson is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Nice cross by Lombard.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lombard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Lombard uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Lombard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hank Lombard's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Lombard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lombard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lombard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lombard!
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lombard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Lombard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Johnson has time to react.
Lombard lands with a right hand.
Lombard walks into a straight right hand from Johnson.
Lombard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lombard slips a straight right by Johnson.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lombard has time to react.
Johnson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lombard counters with a nice uppercut.
Lombard cracks Johnson with a hook to the temple - Johnson is on wobbly legs here! Lombard swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Johnson falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Lombard wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Hank Lombard!
A very excited looking Hank Lombard made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.