PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manny Johnson (ranked 420 p4p, 531 weight class) and Ryszard Wojcik (ranked 67 p4p, 81 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by On The Run . Manny Johnson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Johnson
vs
Wojcik

188 cm
33
196
26 - 12 - 1

177 cm
42
197
35 - 21 - 0

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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 26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryszard Wojcik!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Wojcik misses the target.
Johnson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Wojcik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wojcik.
Manny Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wojcik stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
An inside leg kick from Johnson misses.
Johnson slips a jab from Wojcik.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Johnson, as that shot connected.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Wojcik.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Wojcik.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wojcik looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Far-Q Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Wojcik with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnson lands a really nice looking cross but Wojcik seems unphased.
Johnson lunges at Wojcik with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wojcik's hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johnson.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wojcik.
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 Wojcik.
Wojcik ducks right into an uppercut from Johnson.
Johnson lands a nice shot that snaps Wojcik's head back.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Wojcik takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Wojcik misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Wojcik ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
We've been informed that Wojcik has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Wojcik defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojcik bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice side step and Wojcik releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Wojcik moves his leg out of the way.
Wojcik throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Wojcik takes a kick to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wojcik takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wojcik tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wojcik throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wojcik.
Wojcik swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson misses with a shot to the body
and Wojcik counters with a right hand to the body.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Wojcik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A low kick from Johnson is predictable there
enabling Wojcik to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wojcik throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Wojcik throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson scores with a nice strike.
Wojcik walks into a straight right hand from Johnson.
Johnson tests Wojcik's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson misses with a double jab
and Wojcik counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wojcik defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.
Johnson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wojcik tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Wojcik.
Wojcik misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
Johnson misses with a hook
and Wojcik counters with a right hand to the body.
Johnson connects with a crisp jab.
Wojcik misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Wojcik misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick from Johnson lands but Wojcik takes it in his stride.
Johnson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wojcik checks a leg kick.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Johnson misses with a jab to the body
and Wojcik counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wojcik misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Johnson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
Wojcik's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wojcik scrambles back to his feet.
Wojcik misses with a straight right.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wojcik can do to turn this around?
Wojcik takes one to the side of the head.
Wojcik throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wojcik steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Wojcik uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wojcik scores with a jab to the head.
Johnson throws a hook but Wojcik avoids it easily.
A low kick lands for Johnson.
Johnson connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Wojcik is out of range.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Wojcik throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Wojcik.
Wojcik misses with a jab to the body
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Wojcik misses with a body shot
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
A left lands for Johnson.
Johnson swings for the body but Wojcik moves out of range.
Wojcik swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wojcik throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Wojcik defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Wojcik misses with a hook.
A big right from Johnson misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands the left hand.
A jab from Johnson misses.
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!
Wojcik misses with a hook.
Wojcik looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Wojcik missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson scores with a nice head shot.
Wojcik lands with a cross.
Johnson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wojcik doesn't seem bothered though.
Wojcik scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wojcik throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Wojcik tries to counter by closing the distance.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Wojcik fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wojcik throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Wojcik might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Johnson has got the better of the exchanges.
Johnson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wojcik looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Wojcik gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wojcik looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wojcik on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wojcik 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 throws a hook to the side of Wojcik's head but Wojcik sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It seemed like Wojcik was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Manny Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Good work by Wojcik as he checks the leg kick.
A head kick by Johnson misses

and Wojcik holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wojcik has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wojcik misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Wojcik fails to land.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Wojcik.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wojcik.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Wojcik.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Wojcik.
Wojcik swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wojcik's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wojcik.
Wojcik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wojcik lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wojcik misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Wojcik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
Wojcik landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Wojcik slips under a jab.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wojcik waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
A bone on bone clash there as Wojcik blocks the leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Johnson dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Wojcik avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wojcik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wojcik lands a jab to the head.
Wojcik dips to his left and cracks Johnson with an uppercut!
Johnson scores with a nice strike.
Wojcik uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson lands the left hand.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Johnson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wojcik slips under a jab.
Wojcik stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Wojcik is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wojcik misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wojcik slips under a jab from Johnson.
Wojcik swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wojcik tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wojcik jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
Wojcik bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson connects with a leg kick.
Wojcik is looking to clinch.
Johnson moves out of range as Wojcik strikes.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wojcik tries to move into range but Johnson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wojcik's sensitive parts.
Wojcik getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wojcik on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ryszard Wojcik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manny Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook
and Wojcik counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Wojcik gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wojcik trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Wojcik has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Wojcik is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wojcik creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Wojcik uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wojcik makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wojcik using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wojcik lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Wojcik lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wojcik backwards.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Wojcik.
Wojcik missing with knees to the body.
Wojcik tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.
Wojcik blocking some punches.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Wojcik tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Wojcik ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Johnson lands with a right hand.
A lazy left from Wojcik finds it's target.
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!
Wojcik looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wojcik throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wojcik slips under a jab from Johnson.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wojcik slips under a jab.
Wojcik lands with a right hand.
Wojcik throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Wojcik throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Wojcik with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Jab by Johnson.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
Wojcik with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Manny Johnson.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Johnson!
A victorious Manny Johnson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.