PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Terry Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: It's A Fight. Roger Johnson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Tate
vs
Johnson

162 cm
22
152 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
29
150 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roger Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tate.
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.
Tate throws a front kick that sends Johnson stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tate moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Terry Tate has been cut.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tate, right into the meat.

Tate scores with a takedown into Johnson's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tate trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson wants to stand but Tate is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Tate pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tate accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tate trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tate content to stall in guard here.
Tate trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Tate 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tate counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tate.
Johnson looks gassed!
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tate moves away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tate, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tate avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Johnson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tate to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Johnson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tate accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tate slips nicely into half guard.
Tate is trying to control. Johnson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tate not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tate sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson taking some punishment here, with Tate in his half guard.
Tate tries to pass to full mount but Johnson defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johnson defending well though.
Tate lands strikes from half guard.
Tate missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tate misses with a head shot. Johnson uses the momentum to regain guard.
Tate trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tate landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tate with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Tate dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Terry Tate's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tate moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tate avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tate sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Tate.
The ground and pound from Tate seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tate has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Tate landing strikes from the mount and Johnson is in trouble!
Tate landing strikes from the mount and Johnson is in trouble!
Tate landing strikes from the mount.
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 in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Johnson is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Tate finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tate scoring with strikes but Johnson is staying in there.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Tate thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Tate lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tate looking to ground and pound but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Tate dominating with strikes here.
Tate throwing strikes here but Johnson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tate is landing with some decent strikes but Johnson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tate raining down shots from the mount!
Tate content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate looking to finish Johnson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Johnson!
Tate scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Johnson?
Tate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Tate thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Tate putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tate unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Johnson wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Tate celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terry Tate!