PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Raven Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Unkown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas comes to the cage accompanied by Maniac. Johnny Unkown will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Lucas
vs
Unkown

177 cm
21
159 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

173 cm
22
150 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Apex Nutrition
[IMMA] DTK Designs (Laundry)

Apex Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raven Lucas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Unkown!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Unkown lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lucas shoots in but Unkown avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lucas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Unkown is looking to slow Lucas down with leg kicks.
Unkown scores with a hook.
Unkown checks a leg kick.
Lucas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Unkown throws out the jab.
Lucas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Unkown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Unkown scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Unkown checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lucas needs to keep his hands up - Unkown had a free shot at his head there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Unkown moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Unkown scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas avoids a kick to the body.
Unkown misses the jab.
Lucas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Unkown's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lucas under the eye.
Lucas avoids a kick to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Unkown finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Unkown checks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Unkown.

Lucas closes the distance and clinches.
Lucas is trying to push Unkown away but Unkown has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Unkown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Unkown is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unkown stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lucas taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Unkown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Unkown gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lucas.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raven Lucas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Unkown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lucas's elbow.
Lucas taking a breather.
Lucas throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Unkown lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Unkown scores with a nice short uppercut.
Unkown lands a shot to the body.
Unkown lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unkown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lucas wants a takedown but no success here.
Lucas is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Unkown to keep the fight standing.
Unkown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Unkown misses with a punch to the body.
Lucas misses with a knee strike.
Unkown tries to work over Lucas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Unkown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Unkown delivers a nice body kick.
Lucas shoots in for a takedown but Unkown shows good takedown defense.
Unkown displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Raven Lucas has been cut.
Unkown lands a jab to the nose.
Unkown feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lucass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Lucas is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Unkown shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Lucas takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Unkown sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Lucas bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Unkown!
Johnny Unkown is the new featherweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Johnny Unkown thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.