PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quinn Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Night (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Ice Cube - It Was a Dood Day. Quinn Johnson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Travis Night's chin.

Johnson
vs
Night

185 cm
30
215 lbs
24 - 8 - 0

188 cm
22
218 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Quinn Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Travis Night!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson fails with the takedown.
Night tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Night counters with a nice leg kick.
Quinn Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Night takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnson misses with a combination
and Night counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Night counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Night misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a three punch combo that has Night backing up. Night nods at Johnson to acknowledge the strikes.
Night works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Night.
Johnson misses with a jab to the body
and Night counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Night wants to clinch.
Night lands a body shot.
Night fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Night misses with a hook to the body
and Johnson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Night cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A solid body kick from Night.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Night can pounce on him.
Night tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Night counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Johnson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Night counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand

and Night moves into the clinch.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.

Night escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Night is looking to clinch.
Night throws a good cross that connects.
Night bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson misses with a hook to the body
and Night counters with a stiff right hand.
Night lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Night throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Night misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
and Night counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Night tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Night makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Night comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Night fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Night lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

Night breaks from the clinch.
Night is looking to land body kicks.
Night scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.

Night gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.

Night breaks the clinch.
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Night cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Night lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Night, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Night is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Johnson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Night throws a series of strikes that have Johnson backpedaling.
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Night counters with a nice leg kick.
Night scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Night connects with a good right hand that stumbles Johnson. Johnson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Night connects with a leg kick. Johnson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Night dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Night scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Night to counter with a crisp jab.
Night looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson misses with a hook
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson throws a sloppy body shot
and Night counters with a nice uppercut.
Night lands with a straight right. Johnson didn't see that one coming.
Johnson misses with a double jab
and Night counters with a nice uppercut.
Night fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Night counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Night.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Night counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and Night counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Quinn Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Night digs a good hook to Johnson's body.
Night digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs.
Night digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs.
Night moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Night scores with a push kick.
Travis Night seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Night stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Night takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Night. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Night.
Johnson misses with a hook
and Night counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Night takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Night connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Johnson momentarily.
Johnson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Night scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Night scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Johnson misses with a double jab
enabling Night to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Night. Night maintains the clinch.

Night breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Night tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Night counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Night throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Night has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Night breaks the clinch.
Night throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Night tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson misses with a hook
enabling Night to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab by Night.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
letting Night counter with a right hand.
Night fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnson misses with a double jab
enabling Night to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Night lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Night to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot lands for Night.
Night ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Night lands an overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Night showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Night lands with a kick to the temple. Johnson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Night misses with a body shot.
Night tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and Night counters with a series of strikes. Johnson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Night lands a nice hook to Johnson's body. Johnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Johnson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Night goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johnson misses with a combination
and Night counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson throws a sloppy body shot
letting Night counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Night counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Night is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Night feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johnson's calf.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Night counters with a body kick that stops Johnson in his tracks momentarily.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and Night counters with a good low kick that Johnson was not able to check.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Johnson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Night tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Night cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Travis Night is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Quinn Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Night connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
Night lands with a kick to the temple. Johnson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Night scores with a decent looking hook.
Night scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnson should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Night changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Night catches Johnson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Night rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Night blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking for a takedown.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Night avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Night's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Night.
Night has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Night blocking some punches.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Night lands an uppercut.

Johnson has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Night regains guard immediately.
Night wants to get back to his feet but Johnson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Johnson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Night pushes Johnson off and gets back to his feet.
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Johnson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Night is looking to clinch.
Night connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Johnson's hands.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Night counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Night counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Night tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Night to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson digs a good hook to Night's body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Night.
Night dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Night comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Night winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Night!