PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rock Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Feodore Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Johnson
vs
Sabre

196 cm
30
273 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

195 cm
25
290 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very strong

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rock Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Feodore Sabre!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
and Sabre counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Rock Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sabre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sabre swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.

Sabre looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sabre wants to pass to mount but Johnson is defending the position.
Sabre is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Johnson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Johnson trying to keep a closed guard but Sabre is proving a slippery customer.

Johnson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Sabre is now in half guard.
Sabre looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Johnson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Johnson.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sabre content to stall in guard here.
Sabre trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sabre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sabre throwing strikes but missing.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sabre scores with a shot to the body.
Sabre misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses the jab.
Sabre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sabre throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson shoots and misses
and Sabre counters with a right hand to the body.
Sabre throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.

Sabre shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Johnson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Johnson wants to sweep here but Sabre controlling him for the moment.
Sabre is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control the position.
Johnson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Johnson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sabre is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
Sabre takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sabre misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Sabre throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rock Johnson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Johnson misses with a low kick.
Sabre closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Sabre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. Sabre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
Sabre checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sabre is breathing heavily.
Johnson lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
Johnson throws a head kick but Sabre moves out of range.
Rock Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Sabre needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
Good leg kick by Johnson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Sabre is out of range.
Johnson connects with the punch.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sabre.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sabre circles away quickly and effectively.
Sabre takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a really nice looking cross but Sabre seems unphased.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sabre with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Sabre misses with a left hand
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson thumps Sabre with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sabre checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt - Sabre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sabre.
Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Sabre counters with a nice double leg into side control. Johnson won't be happy with that.
Johnson struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sabre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Johnson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Johnson is looking for a sweep. Sabre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Johnson is working hard here to advance position.
Sabre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson gets back to full guard.
Sabre with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sabre preventing the sweep.
Sabre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sabre won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rock Johnson dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Johnson throws a push kick but Sabre slaps the foot to one side.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Sabre circles away.
Sabre shoots for a takedown but Johnson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sabre misses with a body punch
and Johnson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sabre moves away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Johnson, as that shot connected.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson misses with a body punch

and Sabre counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Johnson's guard now.
Sabre scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre controlling from the top position.
Sabre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Johnson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Sabre from controlling successfully.
Johnson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Johnson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Johnson pulls Sabre in to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnson trying to keep a closed guard but Sabre is proving a slippery customer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Rock Johnson.
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A shot to the liver by Johnson. Beautiful body shot.
Johnson takes a swing at Sabre's ribcage but misses.
Sabre misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Sabre should have avoided that one.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sabre circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
Johnson thumps Sabre with a low kick.
Sabre looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson feints a jab promting Sabre to slip. Johnson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sabre slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Johnson lands a head kick!
Rock Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sabre blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Johnson thumps Sabre with a low kick.
Sabre looks for a takedown but Johnson sprawls well.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Sabre pushes him off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Johnson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Feodore Sabre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sabre tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Johnson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rock Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Rock Johnson!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Rock Johnson!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Rock Johnson!

Rock Johnson wins by unanimous decision!