PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Monkey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Johansson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Johansson
vs
Monkey

196 cm
25
196 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Johansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vincent Monkey!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johansson misses with a few strikes there.
Johansson misses with the combination.
Johansson throws a series of punches but Monkey avoids them all with ease.
Monkey has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Johansson misses the target.
Monkey misses the shot to the body.
Johansson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johansson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Monkey.
Johansson throws a left and a right that both miss

so Monkey counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Monkey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Monkey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Johansson's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Monkey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Johansson is rocked!
Monkey sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Johansson's guard.
Oh Johansson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johansson is looking to improve his position.
Monkey lands a big elbow - Johansson is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Monkey!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vincent Monkey!
After winning the bout, Vincent Monkey thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.