PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shaquille ONeal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atlanta Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ONeal's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Shaq's Highlight. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

ONeal
vs
Johnson

216 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

213 cm
25
296 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shaquille ONeal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Atlanta Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

ONeal closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Johnson's guard.
ONeal works a leg free and moves into half guard.
ONeal is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
ONeal wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
ONeal looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
ONeal trying to control the pace.
ONeal passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to hold on but ONeal pushes him away.
ONeal lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
ONeal controlling the position easily from mount.

ONeal working for a submission but Johnson is keeping him at bay.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ONeal content just to control the position here.

ONeal working for a submission but Johnson is keeping him at bay.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
ONeal looking to finish Johnson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Johnson!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ONeal controlling his opponent.
Johnson tries to hold on but ONeal pushes him away.
ONeal content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

ONeal working for a submission but Johnson is keeping him at bay.
ONeal tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
ONeal looking to control and managing it successfully.
ONeal tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
ONeal is landing with some decent strikes but Johnson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

ONeal has control of Johnson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Johnson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shaquille ONeal dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

ONeal fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson landing some nice looking knees to the body.

ONeal breaks from the clinch.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
ONeal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
ONeal shoots for a double leg takedown but Johnson sprawls well. He's pushed ONeal's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
ONeal shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Johnson sprawls well. Johnson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. ONeal gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnson fakes the leg kick and cracks ONeal in the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson with a nice cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch up but ONeal circles away and keeps his distance.
ONeal stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and ONeal wants it to stay on the feet.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with ONeal.
Johnson landing knees to the body.
Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
ONeal shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Johnson sprawls well. Johnson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. ONeal gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shaquille ONeal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - ONeal circles away.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but ONeal pushes him off.
Atlanta Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ONeal swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but ONeal swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Johnson scores with a takedown into ONeal's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but ONeal is keeping the position.
Johnson trying to stand up but can't free himself from ONeal's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as ONeal holds on and takes a little breather.
Shaquille ONeal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Johnson throws a sloppy strike and ONeal has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Johnson is forced to tap! Great BJJ from ONeal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shaquille ONeal!
Shaquille ONeal took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.