PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Johnson (ranked 3475 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Balafor (ranked 5625 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Johnson
vs
Balafor

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 New York, James Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Balafor!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Columbo Gatti and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Balafor looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Balafor 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.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Balafor 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 Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson throws a big counter combination but Balafor scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Balafor throws a head kick that misses.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Balafor has eaten all the pies!
A head kick misses from Balafor.
Balafor connects with an inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Balafor, right into the meat.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Balafor looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balafor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Johnson is trying to trip Balafor. He has hold of a leg but Balafor is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Johnson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Balafor is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Johnson dives into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Balafor is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). James Johnson!