PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andr De Fran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Johnson
vs
De Fran

175 cm
20
160 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

172 cm
20
158 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bradley Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andr De Fran!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by De Fran there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
De Fran pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Fran.
De Fran moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Fran.
Johnson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A jab lands there for De Fran.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson slips under a jab from De Fran.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Fran has time to react.
Johnson throws a series of punches but De Fran moves out of range.
De Fran ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice body kick from De Fran.
De Fran displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
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 throws a right and a left that De Fran avoids nicely.
De Fran works Johnson's body with a nice hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but De Fran has him pressed against the cage.
De Fran misses with a knee strike.
De Fran is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Fran obliges.
Johnson tries for a takedown. No joy.
De Fran scores with a shoulder strike.
De Fran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Fran is struggling to control the position.
De Fran tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Fran lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De Fran unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Fran.
De Fran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson is trying to push De Fran away but De Fran has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
De Fran utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De Fran takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
De Fran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
De Fran misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from De Fran.
De Fran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but De Fran is controlling him.
De Fran comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Fran with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De Fran throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Fran missing with knees to the body.
De Fran looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
De Fran is pushing Johnson 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 is working for takedown but De Fran is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bradley Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fails to pull guard.
De Fran taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
De Fran misses with a knee strike.
De Fran scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Fran unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Fran leaning his opponent against the cage.
De Fran with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Fran lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andr De Fran dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Johnson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Fran looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice shot by Johnson.
Johnson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Johnson checks the leg kick.
De Fran throws a quick inside leg kick.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and De Fran makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bradley Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as De Fran backs up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Fran throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Fran doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Crunch! De Fran slams his shin into Johnson's torso.
Johnson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Fran.
Johnson lands a nice shot that snaps De Fran's head back.
De Fran cracks Johnson with a good jab.
De Fran cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
Johnson misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to bum rush De Fran with a series of wild strikes but De Fran uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De Fran throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Fran buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
De Fran fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Fran slips a jab from Johnson.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Fran.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but De Fran ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but De Fran slips the punch.
De Fran pushes Johnson away with a front kick.
Johnson tries to bum rush De Fran with a series of wild strikes but De Fran uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De Fran turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Fran connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.

De Fran drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
De Fran lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Fran misses with a body punch.
De Fran scores a nice knee to the body.
De Fran lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from De Fran on the inside.
De Fran scores with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De Fran takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Johnson working aggressively here.
De Fran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
De Fran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Fran makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
De Fran lands a damaging elbow.
De Fran is struggling to control the position.
De Fran lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De Fran lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Fran leaning against his opponent.
De Fran is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De Fran down to the mat. De Fran avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
De Fran throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
De Fran throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but De Fran moved out of range nicely.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Fran fakes the leg kick and cracks Johnson in the body.
De Fran lands with a straight right. Johnson didn't see that one coming.
De Fran throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Fran.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A kick lands to the mid section there for De Fran.
Johnson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Johnson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Fran. That's going to slow Johnson down.
De Fran throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.

De Fran has managed to clinch.
De Fran with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson tries for a takedown but De Fran manages to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andr De Fran showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Fran finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Johnson lands with a right hand.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De Fran turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bradley Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A thudding body kick lands there by De Fran!

De Fran rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
De Fran landing knees to the head.
De Fran lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
De Fran lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De Fran with a knee to the head.
De Fran using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
De Fran lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Fran can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
De Fran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from De Fran.

Johnson is rocked!
De Fran lands a knee to the body.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Fran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
De Fran lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Fran.
A short uppercut from De Fran.
De Fran dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
De Fran receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
De Fran lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Fran.
De Fran using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson is pressed against the cage. De Fran pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Johnson! Two more big strikes from De Fran and Johnson crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Andr De Fran!