PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arriorus Adee (ranked 1639 p4p, 3463 weight class) and Remi Johnson (ranked 196 p4p, 370 weight class). Remi Johnson has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Adee
vs
Johnson

170 cm
36
170
25 - 22 - 3

174 cm
30
169
12 - 10 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 22 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arriorus Adee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Remi Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adee throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Adee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adee throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Adee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Adee scores with a hook.
Johnson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Adee at a distance.
Adee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Adee walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Adee.
Johnson counters with a body kick.
Adee fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Adee bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Johnson's head backwards.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adee lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Adee's front leg but catches the back leg as Adee tries to avoid it.
Adee throws a half hearted mid kick.
Adee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Adee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adee fires out a quick counter leg kick but Johnson just manages to avoid it.
A head kick from Adee lands but Johnson takes it in his stride.
We've been informed that Johnson 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Adee looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
A swing and a miss from Adee.
Adee jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Adee throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well.
Adee looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Adee swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Adee. Adee obviously looking to wear him down.
A telegraphed right hand from Adee misses the target.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Adee.
Johnson slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adee throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Adee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Adee counters with a quick kick to the body but Johnson blocks it.
Adee throws a body shot but no joy.
Adee connects with a solid leg kick.
Adee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adee.
Adee delivers a nice body kick.
Adee misses with an uppercut
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Adee throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Adee counters with a nice body shot.
Adee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adee throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Adee scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnson should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adee with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Adee looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Adee misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Johnson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Adee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Adee counters with a stiff right hand.
Adee keeps Johnson at a distance using the push kick.
Adee misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adee.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arriorus Adee dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Johnson slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adee throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Adee feints and then cracks Johnson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johnson down.
Adee walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Johnson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A low kick lands for Adee.
Adee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Adee throws a body shot but no joy.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Johnson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Adee has got the better of the exchanges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Arriorus Adee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adee lands a front kick.
Johnson throws a hook but Adee avoids it easily.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Adee gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Adee fails to land.
Adee misses with a body punch.
Johnson stalling in the clinch but Adee improves position.
Johnson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Adee up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adee.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Adee swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A short uppercut from Adee.
Johnson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Adee misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adee swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Adee.

Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Adee. Adee maintains the clinch.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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!
Adee misses the jab.
Johnson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Adee clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice cross by Adee.

Adee moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Adee has him pressed against the cage.
Adee prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Adee misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adee backwards.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adee lands with a short shot to the head.
Adee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adee throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adee misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from Adee.
Adee lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Adee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adee misses with a punch to the body.
Adee has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adee scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Johnson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adee.
Adee misses with a hook to the ribs.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adee working aggressively here.
Adee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Adee.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Johnson.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Johnson on the inside.
Adee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Johnson.
Adee misses with a body punch.
Adee working aggressively here.
Adee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arriorus Adee dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Adee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Adee takes one to the side of the head.
Adee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?

Adee clinches with his opponent.
Adee misses with a body punch.
Adee lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Adee controls his hands.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adee backwards.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Adee controls the action.
Adee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adee misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Adee.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson is looking to control Adee's arms but Adee gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johnson has his back to the cage.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Adee tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adee misses with a low kick.
Johnson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Adee throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Adee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adee connects with a jab.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Adee finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Adee scores with a head kick.
Adee keeps Johnson at a distance using the push kick.
The fighters circling - Adee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adee misses with a body kick.
Adee lands with a nice body kick.
Adee lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson takes a swing at Adee's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adee ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Adee throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Adee.
Remi Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adee scores with a head kick.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adee.

Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Adee. Adee maintains the clinch.
Adee's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to stall.
Adee tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson avoiding damage.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Adee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adee.
Adee lands a hook to the side of the head.
Adee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Johnson tries a body shot but Adee blocks it.
Adee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Adee lands with a straight right. Johnson didn't see that one coming.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Arriorus Adee is winning the standup battle so far.
Adee throws out a powerful jab.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Adee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adee misses with a looping right.
Adee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
Adee throws a counter high kick but Johnson was just alert enough to avoid it.
Adee lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adee digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs.
Adee misses with an uppercut.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Adee.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Arriorus Adee has been cut.
Adee slips under a jab.
Adee scores with a body shot.
Adee throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arriorus Adee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Adee 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arriorus Adee!