PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Tripplet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes into the arena with Oh...Canada blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Johnson
vs
Tripplet

175 cm
18
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

165 cm
19
150 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roy Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Tripplet!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson shoots in but Tripplet avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A punch combination from Tripplet misses.
Johnson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bruce Tripplet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tripplet has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Tripplet will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Johnson up against the cage.
Tripplet scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Tripplet breaks the clinch.

Tripplet drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
Tripplet gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Tripplet fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Tripplet pushes him off.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Tripplet forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
Tripplet looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tripplet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tripplet connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Johnson to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Tripplet!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bruce Tripplet!
Post fight, an emotional Bruce Tripplet said 'After my last fight I knew I would come back with a win and what a win this was. Roy Johnson can't hold my jock with that skill set of his. I take fights on 3 day notice and a long flight from New York and Destroy Dudes'.