PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Johnson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around. Leroy Mason is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Johnson
vs
Mason

190 cm
23
218 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

192 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Vandal Fight Boutique (prices $8 - $30)

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, King Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leroy Mason!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson drives through and clinches with Mason against the cage.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mason avoids it.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Mason blocks it.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Mason blocks it.
Mason is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Stalling in the clinch from Johnson.
Mason blocks an elbow strike.

Mason breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mason throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Mason lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Mason counters with a nice body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mason.
King Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Johnson pushes Mason up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mason avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mason's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Mason escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Leroy Mason is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson cracks the inside of Mason's front leg.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson slowing the pace effectively.
Mason wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Mason shrugs off.

It looks like Leroy Mason has been cut.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Mason on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Mason shrugs off.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mason has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mason blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Mason wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson stalling against the cage.
Mason on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mason misses with a punch to the body.
Mason has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mason wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Mason is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mason blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Mason blocks it.
Mason is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Mason on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mason avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mason blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Mason's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mason.
Mason blocks an elbow strike.
Mason is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Mason avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mason has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Mason avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Mason blocks with his arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Mason blocks it.
Mason wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leroy Mason's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Johnson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Johnson checks a leg kick.

Johnson clinches.
Mason wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Mason breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Johnson rushes Mason and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mason's defenses.

That has opened up Leroy Mason's cut even more.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mason pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mason's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Mason blocks the elbow strike.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Mason leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mason stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.
Johnson prevents Mason from breaking the clinch.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson controlling the action here for a moment.
Mason managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason is looking to control Johnson's arms but Johnson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mason has his back to the cage.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mason avoids it.
Mason is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mason is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Mason blocks with his arms.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.

The cut above Leroy Mason's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Johnson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Mason leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Mason blocks with his arms.
Johnson stalling in the clinch.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mason avoids it.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mason blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson connects with a knee to the head.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Mason taking a breather.
Johnson taking a breather.
Mason working hard to break the clinch.
Mason on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mason has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mason blocks it with crossed arms.
King Johnson has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mason's elbow.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mason's brow.
Johnson is struggling to control the position.
Mason is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mason avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Mason wants to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mason's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Mason blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Johnson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Leroy Mason's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Mason connects with the punch.
Mason attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Mason.
Mason looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mason wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mason's brow.
Mason has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mason wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson with a knee to the head.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mason looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mason lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Mason leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Johnson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Mason avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mason tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Mason avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson has Mason pressed against the cage.
Mason tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mason's efforts to push away.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mason's efforts to push away.
Mason tries to circle away but Johnson has him pinned against the cage.
Johnson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mason managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.

Mason manages to break the clinch.
Mason misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Mason circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Mason circles away.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Mason swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Johnson darts in and clinches Mason up against the cage.
Mason is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mason has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Mason avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Mason wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mason dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Mason tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mason.
King Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mason displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mason struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
King Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Johnson!
King Johnson took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Vandal Fight Boutique (prices $8 - $30) for their support in the buildup to the fight.