PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barlon Mrando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Dale Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen The Village People - Macho Man as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mrando
vs
Dale Johnson

200 cm
19
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barlon Mrando!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Dale Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mrando pushes Johnson away with a front kick.
Mrando throws a chopping leg kick but Johnson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mrando chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ricky Dale Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mrando tried to score with a low kick but Johnson checks it.
Mrando throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mrando connects with an inside leg kick.
Mrando throws a front kick that sends Johnson stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson throws a poor cross that misses
and Mrando counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mrando lands with a nice body kick.
Johnson looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mrando connects with a solid leg kick.
Mrando throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Mrando lands a leg kick that knocks Johnson off balance momentarily.
Johnson checks a low kick from Mrando.
Mrando lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barlon Mrando is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mrando misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mrando fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Mrando throws a leg kick but Johnson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Johnson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Mrando makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mrando.
Mrando lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mrando scores with a leg kick.
Mrando feints and then cracks Johnson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johnson down.
Mrando connects with a high kick.

Mrando lands a big head kick that sends Johnson tumbling to the mat! Mrando takes a step backwards and waves Johnson back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Johnson is rocked!
Mrando scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mrando keeps Johnson at a distance using the push kick.
Mrando is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mrando lands a big head kick that sends Johnson tumbling to the mat! Mrando takes a step backwards and waves Johnson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Mrando finish him?
Johnson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Mrando connects with an inside leg kick.
Mrando throws a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mrando.
Mrando throws a chopping leg kick but Johnson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mrando thuds his shin into the meat of Johnson's side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mrando moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mrando.
Mrando tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mrando tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mrando fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.
Mrando moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Mrando.
Mrando throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mrando finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mrando misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barlon Mrando dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mrando.
Johnson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mrando connects with a leg kick. Johnson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Barlon Mrando is winning the standup battle so far.
Mrando looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mrando feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johnson's calf.
Mrando looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mrando throws a leg kick but Johnson moved away.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Nice body kick there by Mrando.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Johnson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Mrando has got the better of the exchanges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson checks a low kick from Mrando.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mrando tried to score with a low kick but Johnson checks it.
Mrando thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Mrando throws a leg kick but Johnson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Johnson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Johnson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mrando lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mrando connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mrando throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mrando throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Johnson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mrando throws a head kick that half lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mrando cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
Mrando scores with a head kick. Johnson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mrando chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johnson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mrando lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Mrando throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Mrando finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mrando lands a leg kick that knocks Johnson off balance momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mrando. That's going to slow Johnson down.
Mrando is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Mrando wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Johnson 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.
Mrando misses with a head kick.
Mrando fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mrando scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mrando throws a low kick but Johnson moves out of range easily.
Mrando throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mrando lands a high kick!
Johnson tries for a takedown but Mrando circles away easily
and Mrando counters with an inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Mrando there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mrando buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barlon Mrando dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Mrando buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mrando thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mrando.
Johnson misses with a takedown
and Mrando counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mrando feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johnson's calf.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mrando throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mrando lands a nice looking body kick.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt
and Mrando counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Johnson is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mrando fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
Mrando feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johnson's calf.
Mrando scores with a leg kick.
Mrando fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.
Mrando throws a leg kick that misses.
Mrando tries to work over Johnson's front leg with a kick but Johnson checks it.
Mrando cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid body kick from Mrando.
A solid body kick from Mrando.
Mrando buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mrando. That one must have hurt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mrando.
Mrando fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mrando tries to score with a low kick but Johnson moves his leg out of the way.
Johnson blocks a low kick nicely.
Mrando throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well.
Mrando throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Johnson's head.
Mrando lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Mrando throws a head kick that Johnson semi-blocks.
Mrando feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johnson's calf.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mrando can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mrando fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.
Mrando connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A head kick from Mrando lands but Johnson takes it in his stride.
Mrando throws a leg kick but Johnson checks it.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mrando. Mrando obviously looking to wear him down.
An inside leg kick from Mrando misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mrando lands with a slapping head kick.
Ricky Dale Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barlon Mrando is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mrando scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barlon Mrando showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mrando has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:24
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barlon Mrando!
Barlon Mrando retains his light heavyweight title!