PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between RJ Berger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taurean Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen DRAKE- JOKER as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Berger
vs
Johnson

182 cm
18
138 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

159 cm
19
135 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, RJ Berger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taurean Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berger misses with a wild body shot.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Johnson is looking to advance position but Berger won't allow it.
Berger is trying to stand.
Johnson trying to mount his opponent but Berger defends it.
Berger wants to get back to his feet.
Johnson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Berger!
Berger is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Berger trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Johnson cracks Berger with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to control but Berger wriggling away.
Berger trying desperately to get to his feet.
Johnson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Berger is rocked!
Berger is bucking up trying to escape but Johnson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oh Berger is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson breaks from Berger's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Berger wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Johnson controlling from mount.
Berger is squirming around, avoiding Johnson's attempts to control the action.
Berger seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Berger covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taurean Johnson!