PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lion El Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davis Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davies has chosen Wars Of Islam as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

El Johnson
vs
Davies

172 cm
25
154 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
153 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lion El Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Davis Davies!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Davies catches El Johnson right on the button with a cross.
El Johnson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Davies is on the wrong end of a nice combination from El Johnson.
El Johnson throws a hook but Davies blocks it.
El Johnson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
El Johnson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab lands there for Davies.
Davies throws a combination but it was largely blocked by El Johnson.
El Johnson throws out a loose jab but Davies uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davies uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from El Johnson.
Davies bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
El Johnson scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davies needs to keep his hands up - El Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
Lion El Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Davies closes the distance and clinches.
Davies misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from El Johnson.
A short uppercut from El Johnson.
El Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Davies lands a left hand.

Davies ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Davies no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
El Johnson postures up in Davies's guard and throws a big left but Davies blocks it.
El Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Davies is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
El Johnson cracks Davies with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Davies is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Davies working for a triangle but El Johnson defends it easily.
El Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Davies is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davies can't keep his opponent in guard - El Johnson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

El Johnson wants to work for an arm triangle but Davies is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Johnson looks to land a strike but Davies avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
El Johnson trying to control but Davies is working from the bottom.
El Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Davies keeping moving, preventing El Johnson from controlling successfully.
Davies wants to sweep but no luck.
El Johnson looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as El Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
El Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
El Johnson chips away with some ground and pound.
El Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Davies working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. El Johnson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. El Johnson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
El Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
El Johnson looking to sit in guard and control but Davies gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davies pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. El Johnson is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lion El Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

El Johnson cracks Davies with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
El Johnson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jab from Davies.
El Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Davies should have avoided that one.
Davies slips under a jab.
Davies doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
El Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
El Johnson misses with a shot to the body
and Davies cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Davies gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Davies moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies slips a straight right by El Johnson.
El Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Davies counter with a right hand.

El Johnson is rocked!
Davies lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davies cracks El Johnson on the jaw with a powerful right hand and El Johnson falls backwards against the cage. Davies follows up with more strikes that drop El Johnson to his knees. Davies keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save El Johnson! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Davis Davies!
A very excited looking Davis Davies 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.