PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between DaMarcus Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Howlett

175 cm
23
160 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

176 cm
23
168 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, DaMarcus Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Howlett!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howlett throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Howlett misses with a body shot.
Howlett scores with a jab to the head.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Howlett lands a with a good body shot.
A combination from Howlett does no damage.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Howlett takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Howlett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson slips a jab from Howlett.
Howlett throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Howlett looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Howlett keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Howlett lands with an overhand left.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Johnson is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett misses the jab.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Howlett connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Howlett.
Howlett lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Johnson at a distance.
Howlett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Howlett gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Howlett keeps him there for the moment.
Howlett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.

Howlett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Howlett looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Howlett moves away.
Howlett rushes Johnson with punches - Johnson moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Johnson goes down! Howlett follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Howlett!