PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dick Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanzo Mori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Chic - Good Times. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Johnson
vs
Mori

185 cm
18
184 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dick Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hanzo Mori!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mori throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Mori throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Mori sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mori paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Mori throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Mori.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Johnson clinches up with Mori and pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mori lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mori's elbow.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Mori's head.
Mori lands a right hand.
Mori tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mori scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Mori is looking to control Johnson's arms but Johnson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mori has his back to the cage.
Johnson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mori lands an uppercut.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mori backwards.
Mori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mori has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Johnson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mori is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Johnson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mori.
Mori swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Mori.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Mori's leg but Mori calmly moves out of range.
Mori throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mori misses with a double jab
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Mori looks gassed!
Mori throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Johnson counters with a nice right hand that sends Mori toppling to the canvas! Mori scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Johnson finish him?!

Mori is rocked!
Mori rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mori is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnson finish him?

Johnson gets a clinch.
Johnson has Mori pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mori manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dick Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mori throws a head punch that misses.
Mori seems to have recovered his senses.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Mori's ribcage. Mori let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johnson stalling against the cage.
Mori tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Mori lands a body shot in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mori.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Mori pushes Johnson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mori lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mori lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mori lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Mori softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Mori.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Mori won't allow it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Mori swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Mori.
Mori lands a right hand.
Johnson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mori has him pressed against the cage.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mori throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Johnson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short left from Mori.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson cracks Mori with a nice body shot.
Mori tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mori.
Mori misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
A shot in the inside from Mori.
Mori takes a shot to the head.
Mori lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mori blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mori lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mori has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Mori throws a head punch that misses.
Mori is working Johnson over against the cage.
Mori swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Mori has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Mori.
Mori makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Mori swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mori lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Mori.
Mori struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Mori avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mori lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mori.
Mori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mori.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mori throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Mori should have avoided that one.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mori throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mori misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Mori tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mori misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Mori ducks down to avoid it.
Mori fails to land with a series of punches.
Mori rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson misses with a hook. Mori ducked under it nicely.
Mori throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Johnson shoots in and bounces Mori off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Mori wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Mori is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson won't allow Mori to get back to his feet.
Mori has a closed guard, preventing Johnson from standing up.

Mori pushes Johnson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Mori throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mori's hands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mori throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mori looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mori rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Mori, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson shoots for a takedown but Mori saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mori swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Johnson.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Mori swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson lands a jab to the head.
Mori throws a combination that misses
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson shoots in but Mori avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Mori avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mori fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mori avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Mori.
Mori works over Johnson's head and body with a nice combination.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Mori.
Mori throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mori throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Dick Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mori throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mori paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Mori rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mori looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mori throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mori throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Mori misses with a few strikes there.
Mori fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mori blocks a jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mori misses with a few strikes there.
Mori throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Mori fails to land with a series of punches.
Hanzo Mori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mori misses with a double jab.
Mori stalks Johnson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Johnson's face. Johnson staggers backwards, shaken.
Mori swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mori misses with a wild combination.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mori paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mori misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mori backs up against the cage.
Mori looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
Hanzo Mori is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mori keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Mori misses with a double jab
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Mori throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Johnson counters with a double leg that slams his opponent to the canvas! Mori is in trouble here! Johnson pounds away until the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Dick Johnson!