PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Prokhorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prokhorov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ski Ski kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Johnson
vs
Prokhorov

188 cm
33
220 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

203 cm
21
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mikhail Prokhorov!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Prokhorov.
Johnson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Soul Supremacy Elite Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Prokhorov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Prokhorov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Johnson clinches up with Prokhorov and pushes him back against the cage.
Prokhorov is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Prokhorov is trying to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling him.
Prokhorov is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson tries to circle away but Prokhorov has him pinned against the cage.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Prokhorov has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Johnson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Prokhorov misses with a wild combination.

Johnson forces Prokhorov back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Prokhorov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Prokhorov throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Prokhorov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Prokhorov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Prokhorov tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Prokhorov is keeping busy.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Prokhorov's efforts to push away.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Prokhorov controls the action.
Prokhorov has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Prokhorov lands with a short shot to the head.
Johnson stalling the fight.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Prokhorov won't allow it.
Prokhorov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Prokhorov is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Prokhorov is blocking nicely.
Johnson is trying to push Prokhorov away but Prokhorov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Prokhorov dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Prokhorov won't allow it.
Johnson stalling.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Prokhorov is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Prokhorov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Prokhorov can't break the clinch.
Prokhorov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Prokhorov working hard to break the clinch.
Johnson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Prokhorov tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Johnson prevents Prokhorov from breaking the clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Prokhorov wants to break the clinch but can't.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anthony Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prokhorov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Prokhorov keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prokhorov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Prokhorov counters with a right hand to the body.
Prokhorov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A combination from Prokhorov does no damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Prokhorov moves out of range easily.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Prokhorov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a leg kick
and Prokhorov counters with a three punch combo that has Johnson backing up. Johnson nods at Prokhorov to acknowledge the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Prokhorov lands a big right hand that sends Johnson crashing to the mat! Prokhorov stays standing though and waves Johnson back to his feet!

Johnson is rocked!
Prokhorov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Prokhorov drops his hands momentarily and Johnson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikhail Prokhorov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Prokhorov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Prokhorov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Johnson under the eye.
Prokhorov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Johnson is rocked!
No joy there for Prokhorov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mikhail Prokhorov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Prokhorov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prokhorov throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.

Prokhorov lands a big head kick that sends Johnson tumbling to the mat! Prokhorov takes a step backwards and waves Johnson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prokhorov blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Johnson feints and then cracks Prokhorov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Prokhorov down.
Prokhorov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Prokhorov gets tackled into the cage by Johnson. Johnson maintains the clinch.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.

Prokhorov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Prokhorov. Johnson shrugs it off though.
Prokhorov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson tries to circle away but Prokhorov has him pinned against the cage.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Prokhorov avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson keeps control of Prokhorov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Prokhorov.
Prokhorov has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.

Prokhorov breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Prokhorov circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Prokhorov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson throws a one two combo.
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!
Prokhorov misses with a few strikes there.
Prokhorov tries to clinch but Johnson moves away

and Johnson counters with a crisp one two that drops Prokhorov! Johnson thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Prokhorov to his feet! Prokhorov is in big trouble!

Prokhorov is rocked!
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Prokhorov is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnson finish him?
Crack! A monster head kick from Johnson and Prokhorov falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Johnson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Anthony Johnson!
Anthony Johnson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.