PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pizdets Polniy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pint Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pint Johnson acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Polniy
vs
Johnson

150 cm
21
235 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

193 cm
20
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pizdets Polniy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pint Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polniy walks into a left hand.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Polniy rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Polniy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Polniy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Polniy blocks a body shot from Johnson.

Polniy pulls guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Polniy throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Polniy is pulling down on Johnson's head. It's preventing any offense from Johnson, at least for the moment.
Polniy is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Polniy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Polniy tries to get out of the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Pizdets Polniy wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Johnson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Polniy eats them both and turns towards Johnson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Johnson gets caught flat footed, as Polniy shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Polniy passes into half guard.
Johnson is staying active underneath Polniy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polniy is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Polniy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Polniy with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Polniy lands a nice shot to the head.
Polniy content just to control the position here.
Polniy cracks Johnson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polniy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

It looks like Pint Johnson has been cut.
Johnson looks winded!
Polniy raining down shots from the mount!

Johnson is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Polniy prevents Johnson from getting the reversal.
Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Polniy finish him?
Polniy lands a big shot to the head and Johnson winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Pizdets Polniy!
In his post fight interview, Pizdets Polniy started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.