PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Holden Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Johns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosenthal comes to the cage accompanied by Rick Derringer - I Am a Real American. Johns has chosen By the Sword - Slash as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rosenthal
vs
Johns

185 cm
27
224 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

190 cm
27
222 lbs
11 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Revolution Fatigues

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 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Holden Rosenthal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shane Johns!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rosenthal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rosenthal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johns.
Johns throws a low kick but Rosenthal avoids it.

Johns darts in and clinches Rosenthal up against the cage.
Rosenthal has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Johns is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rosenthal is looking to control Johns's arms but Johns gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rosenthal has his back to the cage.
Johns scores with a shoulder strike.
Rosenthal avoids the elbow strike from Johns, against the cage.
Johns throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rosenthal dodges an elbow strike from Johns.
Rosenthal has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Johns is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nice elbow from Johns.
Johns throws an elbow that misses.
Johns throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rosenthal blocks it with crossed arms.
Rosenthal trying to stall but Johns improves his position.
Rosenthal has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Johns avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Holden Rosenthal. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenthal dodges an elbow strike from Johns.
A right hook to the body lands for Rosenthal.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johns.
Rosenthal blocks the elbow strike.
Rosenthal manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Johns scores with a knee to the head.
Rosenthal trying to stall but Johns improves his position.
Rosenthal seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Johns is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Rosenthal blocks an elbow strike.
Johns throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johns creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johns throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johns.
Johns misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johns throws an elbow but misses.
Johns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns misses with an elbow strike.
Johns blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rosenthal misses with a body punch.
Johns throws an elbow but it misses.
Johns misses with some punches.
Rosenthal digs a right hand underneath Johns's ribcage. Johns let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johns just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rosenthal's brow.
Rosenthal looking for a takedown.
Rosenthal throws a head punch that misses.
Johns throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johns tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rosenthal blocks an elbow strike.
Johns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johns lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rosenthal lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johns or not.
Johns lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rosenthal backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johns prevents a body shot from Rosenthal.
Rosenthal avoids the elbow strike from Johns, against the cage.
Johns lands an elbow that stopped Rosenthal in his tracks for a moment.
Rosenthal trying to stall but Johns improves his position.
Johns misses with an elbow strike.
Johns lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rosenthal backwards.
Rosenthal stalling in the clinch but Johns improves position.
Johns tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johns throws an elbow but it misses.
Johns throws an elbow but it misses.
Johns throws an elbow but it misses.
Rosenthal presses Johns against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Johns looks gassed!
Rosenthal tries to throw a body punch but Johns avoids it by throwing Rosenthal back against the cage.
Johns throws an elbow that misses.
Rosenthal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rosenthal stalling against the cage.
Johns throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johns creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice left hand lands by Rosenthal.
Rosenthal lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rosenthal avoids the elbow strike from Johns, against the cage.
Johns blocks a body shot from Rosenthal.
Rosenthal struggles to land a body shot inside as Johns controls his hands.
Rosenthal stalling in the clinch.
Rosenthal lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johns or not.
Johns throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rosenthal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rosenthal is stalling here.
Johns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rosenthal dodges an elbow strike from Johns.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johns lands an elbow just above Rosenthal 's eye.
Rosenthal digs a right hand into Johns's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johns's gas tank.
Johns lands a nice elbow.
Johns pushes Rosenthal back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johns misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Shane Johns will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rosenthal drops his hands momentarily and Johns takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rosenthal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johns misses with a wild body shot.

Rosenthal shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Johns manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Johns looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Rosenthal has picked Johns up and slammed him! Johns can't keep hold of the triangle and Rosenthal manages to pass to side control!
Rosenthal landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Johns is looking to regain half guard here but Rosenthal keeps moving and retains side control.
Johns is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Johns is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rosenthal's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Rosenthal! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Johns has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Holden Rosenthal!
After winning the bout, Holden Rosenthal thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.