PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balrog Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balrog Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harvey
vs
Johnson

188 cm
22
212 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

192 cm
26
219 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Balrog Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Harvey counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harvey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johnson on the side of the head.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Harvey.
Harvey takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harvey misses with a body punch
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
A good leg kick by Harvey.
Harvey lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Harvey misses the body punch
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice jab there from Harvey.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harvey swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harvey lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson slips a straight right by Harvey.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harvey misses with an uppercut
and Johnson counters with a solid body kick.
Harvey misses with a double jab
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Harvey takes a jab right on the kisser.
Johnson lands with a right hand.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harvey circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Johnson. That's going to slow Harvey down.
Harvey lands a nice shot that snaps Johnson's head back.
Paul Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harvey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Harvey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Harvey misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a low kick, right behind Harvey 's knee.
Johnson ducks right into an uppercut from Harvey.
Harvey lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harvey thows a leg kick but Johnson checks it
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Harvey throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harvey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Danga de danga de dang - Johnson scores with a four punch combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Harvey throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Harvey scores with a body shot.
Harvey connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harvey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harvey swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a nice leg kick.
Harvey misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harvey.
Harvey misses with a hook to the body
and Johnson counters with a low kick, right behind Harvey 's knee.
Harvey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harvey lands a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey throws a predictable looking body shot
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harvey throws a combination that misses
and Johnson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Harvey really felt that one!
Harvey misses with a right hand
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson with a nice cross.
Harvey misses with an uppercut.
Harvey misses with a left hand
and Johnson counters with an outside leg kick.
Harvey just misses with a punch to the body.
Harvey throws a predictable looking body shot
and Johnson counters with an outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Johnson.
Harvey is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Harvey throws a leg kick but Johnson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Harvey scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Harvey dominated that round.
That's time! Harvey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A big right from Harvey misses.
Harvey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Harvey lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Harvey throws a low kick but it's checked well by Johnson.
Harvey lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Johnson defending well as Harvey loads up on a big left hand.
Harvey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harvey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
Harvey lands with an uppercut that bounces Johnson off the cage and back into rage.
Harvey throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a nice leg kick.
Johnson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Harvey connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Johnson scrambles back to his feet.
Johnson looks for a takedown but Harvey sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Harvey.
Harvey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harvey throws a combination that misses

and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Harvey prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Harvey controls the action.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Harvey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harvey is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.

Harvey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harvey checks a low kick from Johnson.
Harvey looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Harvey has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harvey and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harvey swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harvey misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
Harvey is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harvey with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Harvey throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johnson thumps Harvey with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Harvey.
Harvey throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harvey throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harvey thinking.
Paul Harvey is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Harvey does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey misses with a looping left.
Harvey misses with a right hand
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harvey throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Harvey throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
Harvey throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
Harvey throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Harvey.
Harvey misses with a left hand
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Harvey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Harvey swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a wild body kick that Harvey sees coming a mile off.
Harvey throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Harvey throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harvey throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Harvey's knee momentarily.
Harvey misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Harvey stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnson as he connects with a hook.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harvey swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson lands with an uppercut that bounces Harvey off the cage and back into rage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Balrog Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Harvey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Johnson works Harvey's body with a nice hook.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harvey finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Harvey throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good shot there by Harvey.
Harvey throws a sloppy head kick
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harvey misses with an uppercut.
Harvey throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a three punch combo that has Harvey backing up. Harvey nods at Johnson to acknowledge the strikes.
Harvey looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Harvey misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.
Harvey avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Harvey misses with a right hand
and Johnson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Harvey really felt that one!
Johnson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harvey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey lands a nice shot to the body.
Harvey misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harvey. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harvey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harvey manages to avoid it.
Harvey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harvey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harvey throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Harvey throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Harvey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Donk. Harvey catches Johnson right on the button with a cross.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harvey misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harvey misses with a left hand
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harvey throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
A shot to the body from Harvey misses
and Johnson counters with a thumping low kick.
Johnson slips a straight right by Harvey.
Johnson looks for the body kick but Harvey saw that one coming.
Harvey misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey misses with a jab to the body
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harvey throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harvey throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Harvey connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Johnson scrambles back to his feet.
Harvey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Harvey's knee momentarily.
Harvey misses with a jab to the body
and Johnson counters with an outside leg kick.
Harvey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harvey thinking.
Harvey lands a two punch combo.
Harvey throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Harvey throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Harvey throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Harvey swings widly with a right hand
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Nice body punch from Harvey.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harvey misses with a looping right.
Harvey throws a chopping leg kick but Johnson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paul Harvey.
I think Harvey has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Paul Harvey!