PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chubby Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Po Panda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson's entrance music is I was made for loving you -by- Kiss. A fine choice. Panda has chosen Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas as his entrance music. Johnson has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Johnson
vs
Panda

200 cm
33
302 lbs
21 - 16 - 0

180 cm
32
300 lbs
23 - 6 - 0

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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chubby Johnson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Po Panda!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panda throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Johnson's waist but Johnson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Panda off to one side.
Panda tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
and Panda counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Panda shoots in but Johnson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Panda scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Panda moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Panda shoots in and bounces Johnson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson keeping full guard, as Panda tries to pass.
Panda working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Panda throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Panda throws a big elbow that misses.
Panda slips nicely into half guard.
Johnson is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Dragon Cage Training Camp, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Panda throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Panda lands strikes from half guard.
Panda not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Panda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Panda moves nicely into side control.
Panda looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Johnson is avoiding damage well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson defending against the ground and pound.
Panda is putting a hurting on Johnson here, landing some big shots from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Panda working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Johnson is rocked!
Panda misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Panda in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Johnson looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Panda turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Po Panda! Po Panda retains his super heavyweight title!
Po Panda decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.