PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Lancaster (ranked 20 p4p, 74 weight class) and Manny Johnson (ranked 4 p4p, 13 weight class). Johnson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: On The Run Jompson Brothers. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lancaster
vs
Johnson

188 cm
28
220
20 - 8 - 0

188 cm
25
206
16 - 2 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Oliver Lancaster!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lancaster takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Lancaster takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson connects with a right hand. Lancaster shakes it off.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lancaster.
Johnson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The crowd cheers as Johnson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lancaster doesn't seem phased though.
Lancaster rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Lancaster swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lancaster avoids a kick to the body.
Lancaster has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Johnson, as that shot connected.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Lancaster.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Lancaster.
Lancaster jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lancaster throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Lancaster moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromJohnson.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Johnson, as that shot connected.
Johnson throws a hook but Lancaster blocks it.
Lancaster is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lancaster tries to move into range but Johnson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Johnson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Lancaster slips a straight right by Johnson.
Johnson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Johnson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lancaster's head.
Good exchange - Johnson coming out on top.
Johnson stuns Lancaster with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Manny Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Lancaster counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lancaster ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Lancaster smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lancaster had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Lancaster saw that one coming.
Johnson throws a shot to the body.
Lancaster swings away with a body shot that misses
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson throws a hook but Lancaster avoids it easily.
Johnson thumps Lancaster with a low kick.
Lancaster on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lancaster misses with a body shot
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lancaster.
Johnson lands the left hand.
Johnson feints and then cracks Lancaster's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lancaster down.
Lancaster tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
A jab lands there for Johnson.
Lancaster steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Lancaster slips the punch.
Lancaster chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Lancaster wants to clinch
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson throws a hook but Lancaster avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
Lancaster throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson scores with a decent looking hook.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lancaster.
Lancaster looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a glancing blow to the side of Lancaster's head.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lancaster ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Good shot there by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a left hand
enabling Lancaster to counter with a crisp jab.
Lancaster walks into a jab.
Lancaster lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lancaster lands a really nice looking cross but Johnson seems unphased.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson throws a good cross that connects.
Lancaster is looking to wear down Johnson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lancaster throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.

Lancaster steps into range and cracks Johnson with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Johnson flops backwards and Lancaster dives into his guard looking to finish!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Johnson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Johnson with a nice cross.
Johnson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Johnson throws a nice head kick!
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lancaster.
Lancaster fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Lancaster throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lancaster lands the left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Lancaster sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lancaster fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Lancaster.
Lancaster is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A jab from Lancaster misses.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Lancaster has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lancaster.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
A right-left combo lands from Johnson.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Lancaster counters with a nice uppercut.
Lancaster swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lancaster doesn't seem bothered though.
Johnson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Lancaster moved out of range nicely.
Lancaster misses with a jab to the body
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lancaster misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a nice leg kick.
Lancaster on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Johnson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Lancaster might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lancaster wants to clinch
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lancaster avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson moves out of range as Lancaster strikes.
Johnson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lancaster with a body shot.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Lancaster bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Lancaster slips under a jab.
Lancaster misses with a body shot.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
Lancaster thuds a left hand into Johnson's body.
Johnson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lancaster's head.
Johnson misses with the body kick
and Lancaster counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Lancaster takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lancaster lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lancaster swings away with a body shot that misses
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lancaster misses with a body shot.
Lancaster tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Lancaster.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lancaster finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Lancaster throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Lancaster saw that one coming.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Lancaster seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lancaster blocks a jab.
Lancaster throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lancaster walks into a left hand.
Johnson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Manny Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lancaster staying out of range there.
Lancaster was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lancaster.
Lancaster swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Johnson misses with a low kick as Lancaster jumps back.
Johnson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Lancaster is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Lancaster slips the punch.
Lancaster tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Johnson manages to circle out of the way.
That kick from Johnson tenderised Lancaster's leg. Lancaster is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lancaster throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Lancaster misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson misses with a hook

and Lancaster counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Johnson!
Lancaster content to control rather than advance.

Lancaster stands up from half guard.
A jab from Lancaster does it's job there.
Lancaster wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson cracks a nice hook into Lancaster's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lancaster throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lancaster throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Johnson raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lancaster takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lancaster fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lancaster misses with a hook.
That kick from Johnson tenderised Lancaster's leg. Lancaster is trying to keep his angry face on.
Johnson throws a leg kick

and Lancaster counters with a left hand that sends Johnson to the canvas!
Lancaster trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lancaster wants to stand but Johnson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Johnson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Lancaster stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
Lancaster wants to get up but he can't break Johnson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Lancaster ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lancaster.
Johnson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lancaster's head.
Johnson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Johnson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lancaster misses the body punch
and Johnson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Lancaster looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lancaster was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson scores with a nice strike.
Lancaster slips under a jab.
Lancaster throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Johnson really dominated that round.
That's time! Lancaster's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Lancaster moves away and avoids it.
Lancaster is looking for a counter combo.
Johnson misses with a double jab
and Lancaster counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson throws a chopping leg kick but Lancaster manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Lancaster misses.
Lancaster moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Lancaster checks a leg kick nicely.
Lancaster throwing a counter right hand but Johnson manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Johnson swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Johnson face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Oliver Lancaster!
Oliver Lancaster retains his light heavyweight title!