PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Justin Johnson (ranked 3694 p4p, 5926 weight class) and Asaki Hanaki (ranked 354 p4p, 445 weight class). Hanaki is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The HU - Wolf Totem. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Johnson
vs
Hanaki

171 cm
22
153
3 - 2 - 0

173 cm
27
155
2 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Timothy Justin Johnson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Asaki Hanaki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson swings for the body but Hanaki moves out of range.

Hanaki clinches.
Hanaki throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson .
A short right from Johnson .
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hanaki's brow.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson swings for the body but Hanaki moves out of range.
Hanaki lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
We've been hearing reports that Johnson has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hanaki fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Hanaki is out of range.

Hanaki closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanaki looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hanaki backwards.

Hanaki is rocked!
Hanaki blocks an uppercut.
Hanaki is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnson finish him?

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Hanaki walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Johnson ! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Timothy Justin Johnson !
Our winner, Timothy Justin Johnson , made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.