PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Kerr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kerr
vs
Johnson

186 cm
19
197 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Kerr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Johnson!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson shoots for a takedown but Kerr saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kerr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kerr shoots for a takedown but Johnson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kerr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kerr throws a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Nice sprawl there from Kerr as Johnson shoots in.
Kerr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.

Kerr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kerr misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson prevents Kerr from breaking the clinch.

Kerr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Scott Kerr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Johnson.
Kerr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Scott Kerr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kerr wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Kerr tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kerr moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Johnson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kerr on the side of the head.

Johnson rushes Kerr and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson tries for a takedown. No joy.

Kerr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Kerr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kerr tries to clinch but Johnson moves away

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Johnson.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Kerr.
Kerr is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Kerr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kerr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Kerr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kerr tries to clinch but Johnson moves away
and Johnson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

Johnson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kerr's half guard.
Kerr tries to kick Johnson off but Johnson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Johnson stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Kerr tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Johnson counters with a shoot takedown. Kerr fights it but they end up in guard.
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 wants to stand but Kerr has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Johnson thows a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kerr is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Johnson trying to control but Kerr is working from the bottom.

Johnson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Kerr swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Kerr keeps it at a distance.
Kerr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kerr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kerr is looking to clinch.
Kerr tries to clinch but Johnson moves away

and Johnson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kerr has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Kerr fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Kerr trying to land knees to the body.
Kerr misses with the head strike.
Kerr working hard to break the clinch.
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!

Kerr pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Kerr is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kerr throws an elbow but misses.
Kerr misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson has Kerr pressed against the cage, preventing Kerr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kerr gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Johnson.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kerr misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kerr tries to circle away but Johnson has him pinned against the cage.

Kerr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kerr wants to clinch but Johnson slips to the side

and Johnson counters with a single leg into guard. Kerr didn't expect that.
Johnson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Johnson won't allow Kerr to get back to his feet.

Johnson gets to his feet. Kerr looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Kerr shoots in for a takedown but Johnson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kerr misses with a takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson tries to clinch but Kerr moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kerr is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Kerr wants to clinch but Johnson slips to the side
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Kerr closes the distance looking to clinch
and Johnson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kerr really felt that one!
Kerr moves to clinch but Johnson breaks away
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
Kerr swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Horrible takedown by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Kerr which made him look bad.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kerr checks a leg kick.
Kerr wants to clinch but Johnson slips to the side
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
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!
Kerr doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kerr looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
Kerr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kerr.
Kerr tries to clinch but Johnson moves away
and Johnson counters with a three punch combo that has Kerr backing up. Kerr nods at Johnson to acknowledge the strikes.
Kerr tries for a takedown but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Kerr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kerr throws a leg kick that is checked

and Johnson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Kerr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kerr tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kerr tries to clinch but Johnson moves away

and Johnson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Johnson.
Johnson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kerr wants to stand but Johnson is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
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.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Kerr has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Kerr tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kerr is trying to break free.
Kerr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Kerr misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kerr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kerr darts in trying to clinch

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kerr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kerr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kerr has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Kerr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kerr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kerr closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side

and Johnson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kerr keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson stands and steps away. Kerr gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Kerr looks to clinch

and Johnson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson fails to pull guard.
A frustrated look appears on Kerr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kerr is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kerr can't break the clinch.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Kerr won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kerr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson jumps guard but Kerr stands there with Johnson around his waist. Johnson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Scott Kerr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Johnson.
Kerr is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Kerr has double underhooks.
Kerr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Johnson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kerr did well to prevent Johnson getting side control.
Anthony Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Johnson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Johnson stops Kerr from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to control. Kerr wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Johnson prevents Kerr from standing back up.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kerr is trying to stand up here but Johnson is controlling him well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Johnson!