PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Caballero Rojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Johnson is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Caballero Rojo
vs
Johnson

190 cm
23
193 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

188 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Caballero Rojo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Caballero Rojo moves out of range easily.
Caballero Rojo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson's corner calls for a 1-2. Johnson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Caballero Rojo wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Caballero Rojo slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Caballero Rojo is looking to clinch.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson swinging wilding here.
Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Johnson works over Caballero Rojo's head and body with a nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caballero Rojo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looks to land a combination. Caballero Rojo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Caballero Rojo doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Miguel Caballero Rojo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caballero Rojo is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Caballero Rojo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson lands a head kick. Caballero Rojo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Caballero Rojo.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Caballero Rojo wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson cracks Caballero Rojo with an open hand slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Caballero Rojo moves out of range easily.
Johnson throws a one two combo.

Caballero Rojo gets a clinch.
Caballero Rojo looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Caballero Rojo tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Caballero Rojo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Caballero Rojo prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Caballero Rojo has Johnson pressed against the ropes, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Caballero Rojo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Caballero Rojo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Caballero Rojo is breathing heavily.
Caballero Rojo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caballero Rojo misses with a knee to the head.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Caballero Rojo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson scores with a one two! Caballero Rojo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Caballero Rojo.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Caballero Rojo is looking to clinch.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Caballero Rojo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Caballero Rojo tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A right-left combo lands from Johnson.
Caballero Rojo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Johnson tries to bum rush Caballero Rojo with a series of wild strikes but Caballero Rojo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson throws a head kick but Caballero Rojo moves out of range.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Caballero Rojo wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Caballero Rojo.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Caballero Rojo is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson scores with a three punch combo!
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Caballero Rojo is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Miguel Caballero Rojo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Anthony Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Caballero Rojo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Caballero Rojo is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Caballero Rojo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Caballero Rojo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caballero Rojo is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson throws a one two combo.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Caballero Rojo blocks the body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Caballero Rojo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Caballero Rojo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Caballero Rojo tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caballero Rojo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caballero Rojo moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Caballero Rojo moves out of range easily.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Caballero Rojo is looking to clinch.
Caballero Rojo doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Johnson looks to land a combination. Caballero Rojo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Caballero Rojo is looking to clinch.
Caballero Rojo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Caballero Rojo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Caballero Rojo wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson stalks Caballero Rojo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Caballero Rojo's face. Caballero Rojo staggers backwards, shaken.
Caballero Rojo tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Caballero Rojo tries to move into range but Johnson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Caballero Rojo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Caballero Rojo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Caballero Rojo is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Caballero Rojo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A left and a right from Johnson both land. Nice combination.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Caballero Rojo.
Caballero Rojo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Caballero Rojo wants to clinch.
Caballero Rojo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Caballero Rojo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caballero Rojo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Johnson lands a jab-cross combination.
Johnson lands a nice shot that snaps Caballero Rojo's head back.
Johnson connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Caballero Rojo! He's out on his feet! Johnson rushes in and drops Caballero Rojo with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Anthony Johnson!