PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Bowles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taurean Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bowles comes to the cage accompanied by War Machine . Johnson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. AC DC Thunderstruck kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dominick Bowles had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 137.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Dominick Bowles has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bowles
vs
Johnson

176 cm
18
149 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

159 cm
20
135 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dominick Bowles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taurean Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bowles crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Johnson - the referee stops the clock and Bowles gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Johnson. Bowles manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dominick Bowles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowles misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bowles is breathing heavily.
Johnson lands a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Johnson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Johnson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Johnson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Bowles is rocked!
Johnson is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Bowles goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Johnson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Taurean Johnson!