PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chico Escuela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escuela's entrance music is Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Johnson's choice of entrance music: East Bound And Down. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Escuela
vs
Johnson

190 cm
28
255 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

195 cm
35
259 lbs
30 - 16 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Balco Boys - Hilo

Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)

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 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chico Escuela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Randall Johnson!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escuela loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson misses with a hook. Escuela ducked under it nicely.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Escuela tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Johnson misses with a double jab
letting Escuela counter with a right hand.
Escuela loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson tries a low kick but Escuela avoids it.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escuela manages to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Escuela lands a body shot.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Johnson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Escuela scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escuela closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Escuela wants to clinch.
Escuela fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.
Escuela looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Johnson.
Escuela is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Escuela tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson tries to work over Escuela's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Escuela jumps guard and drags Johnson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Escuela escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Johnson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Johnson gets to his feet - Escuela follows without any prompting.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escuela avoids a punch combination nicely.
Randall Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
A combination from Escuela does no damage.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Escuela is avoiding it.
A lazy left from Escuela finds it's target.
Escuela scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Escuela scores with a jab.

It looks like Randall Johnson has been cut.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Escuela moves into the clinch.
Escuela tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Escuela lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Escuela lands with a short shot to the head.
Escuela is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Johnson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Johnson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escuela lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Escuela lands a nice elbow.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Escuela gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Escuela with a knee to the head.
Escuela lands a nice uppercut.

Johnson is rocked!
Escuela throws a head punch that misses.
Escuela misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!

Escuela tightens his grip and picks Johnson up, before dumping him to the ground. Johnson manages to land in guard.
Escuela throws an elbow that misses. Johnson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Escuela's guard. Nice move by Johnson!
Johnson is standing up over Escuela. Escuela looks to escape but Johnson dives into side control.
Escuela is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escuela struggling a bit here.
Johnson is looking to take a break and control but Escuela is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Escuela tries to buck Johnson off but Johnson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chico Escuela dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randall 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.

Escuela throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Escuela moves out of range.
Escuela scores with a kick to the midsection.
Escuela slips under a jab from Johnson.
Randall Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Escuela's shoulder, as Escuela tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escuela.
Nice straight punches there by Escuela. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Escuela.
Escuela catches Johnson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escuela.
Johnson scores with a decent looking hook.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Escuela jabs Johnson right on the nose. Johnson blinks but takes it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chico Escuela is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Escuela takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnson misses the jab.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Escuela takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Johnson throws a body kick that misses
and Escuela counters with a left and a right that stings Johnson.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escuela paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Escuela slips a jab from Johnson.
Escuela misses with a body shot.
Johnson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Chico Escuela is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Escuela getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Escuela throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Escuela pushes him off.
Escuela moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That has opened up Randall Johnson's cut even more.
Escuela throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Escuela lands a slapping body shot.

Johnson drives through and clinches with Escuela against the cage.
Escuela gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Escuela lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Escuela throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Escuela creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Escuela lands a nice elbow.

The cut above Randall Johnson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escuela's elbow.
Johnson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Escuela swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Escuela lands a damaging elbow.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson tries to work over Escuela's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.
Escuela lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escuela on the side of the head.
Escuela throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Escuela is avoiding it.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Escuela as he avoids it easily.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
enabling Escuela to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Johnson is looking to chop away at Escuela's legs.
Johnson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Escuela swivels and escapes.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Escuela circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Escuela moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Escuela.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Escuela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Escuela ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a leg kick
letting Escuela counter with a right hand.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Escuela counters with a straight right hand.
Escuela shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Johnson eats them both and turns towards Escuela to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escuela lands with a nice body punch.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Escuela moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.

Johnson rushes Escuela and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Escuela's elbow.
Escuela tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Escuela controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.

Randall Johnson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Escuela blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson digs a right hand into Escuela's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Escuela's gas tank.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Randall Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Randall Johnson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Escuela circles away.
Escuela fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Escuela as he connects with a hook.
Escuela throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Escuela swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Escuela was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Escuela lands with a right to the head.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Escuela.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Escuela lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Escuela.
Johnson looking to stall.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Escuela backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Escuela misses with the head strike.
Escuela using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Johnson tries to break free but Escuela pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Escuela avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Escuela lands an uppercut.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Randall Johnson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Chico Escuela!
After winning the bout, Chico Escuela thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.