PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Roads (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen The Longest Day by Iron Maiden as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Roads
vs
Johnson

193 cm
24
214 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
217 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

•• Beast Mode ••

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damien Roads!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calvin Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and Roads counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Roads walks into a stiff left hand from Johnson.
Roads misses with a straight right.
Johnson lands with a cross.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson punishes Roads's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Roads lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.

It looks like Calvin Johnson has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roads was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Roads moved out of range nicely.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Roads looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Roads in a clinch.
Roads fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Roads tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roads misses with the head strike.
Roads has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Roads avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Roads blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Roads.
Roads blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roads wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Roads lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
Roads being controlled against the cage.
Johnson pushes Roads back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from Johnson on the inside.

Roads manages to break the clinch.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Roads was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Calvin Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roads's sensitive parts.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roads.
Johnson swings for the body but Roads moves out of range.
Roads doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roads moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good leg kick by Johnson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Roads.
Roads takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson tries to clinch but Roads is having none of it.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roads is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roads.
Roads throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Roads under the eye.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Roads looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Roads is breathing heavily.
Johnson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Johnson moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roads blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Johnson.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
Roads tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Roads can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson tries to work over Roads's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Roads uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Roads or not.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Johnson lands a left hand.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roads backwards.
Roads stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.
Roads misses with a punch on the inside.
Roads stalling in the clinch.
Johnson tries a body shot but Roads blocks it.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Roads blocking some punches.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson stalling in the clinch.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Roads controls his hands.
Roads fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Roads uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Roads lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Roads blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson works on Roads's body with a couple of short punches.
Roads wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Roads backwards.
Roads has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Johnson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roads backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Roads tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Roads tries to stall but Johnson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Roads.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roads is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Roads blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson is leaning against Roads and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roadss head.
Roads is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roads backwards.
Roads blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Johnson - that landed with a thud.
Johnson lands a right hand.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
Roads tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Roads wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Roads controls the action.
Roads blocks an uppercut.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Roads can't break the clinch.
Roads taking a breather.
Roads has Johnson pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Johnson.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Roads.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson misses with some punches.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson tries a body shot but Roads blocks it.
A body shot lands from Johnson.
Johnson keeps control of Roads as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roads blocking some punches.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Roads wants to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.

Roads is rocked!
Johnson lands a body shot.
Oh Roads is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roads wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Calvin Johnson's cut.
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 scores with a nice head shot.
Roads seems to have got his legs back now.

Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Roads looking to stall.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Roads.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Johnson is pushing Roads up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roadss head.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Roads with a big uppercut! Roads tries to clinch up but Johnson pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Roads to the mat! Roads covers up and Johnson unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Calvin Johnson!
A very excited looking Calvin Johnson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.