PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Craven Pressley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rampage Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Pressley
vs
Johnson

188 cm
25
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

160 cm
24
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Craven Pressley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rampage Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling eachother endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Pressley avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pressley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pressley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pressley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson is looking to slow Pressley down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pressley throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Pressley throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pressley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Johnson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Pressley throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pressley misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson tries a low kick but Pressley avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pressley misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pressley blocks a low kick nicely.
Pressley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Johnson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pressley lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pressley.

It looks like Rampage Johnson has been cut.
Pressley checks a low kick from Johnson.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pressley.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craven Pressley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rampage Johnson'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 moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson tries to work over Pressley's front leg with a kick but Pressley checks it.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pressley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pressley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Pressley throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Pressley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pressley is out of range.
Pressley throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Pressley misses with a series of wild punches.
Pressley is looking to wear down Johnson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pressley checks a leg kick.
Pressley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pressley checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rampage Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Rampage Johnson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Pressley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pressley throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Johnson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pressley cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pressley misses with an uppercut.
Pressley swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Pressley throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Johnson has eaten all the pies!
A punch combination from Pressley misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pressley throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A bone on bone clash there as Pressley blocks the leg kick.
Johnson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Pressley slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A clash of legs there as Pressley blocks the low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pressley misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Johnson wants to slow Pressley down by chopping away at his legs.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Craven Pressley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pressley has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craven Pressley!
Craven Pressley 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.