PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lou Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knuckles McKill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knuckles McKill will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Johnson
vs
McKill

185 cm
23
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

187 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lou Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Knuckles McKill !
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - McKill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Johnson instigates a clinch.
McKill jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Johnson walks away with a smile on his face. McKill gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnson as he connects with a hook.
McKill avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
McKill throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Johnson drives through with a takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses.
McKill is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
Johnson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
McKill is looking to improve his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson decides to stand and escape the position.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McKill lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Johnson clinches up against the cage.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Johnson moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McKill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from McKill .
Lou Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Knuckles McKill .
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as McKill shoots in.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKill changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Johnson tries to avoid it but McKill manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Johnson to the ground. Johnson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
McKill throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson throws a series of punches but McKill avoids them all with ease.
Johnson throws the kick towards the body but McKill avoids it.
McKill takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
McKill misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
McKill blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Johnson throws a right and a left that McKill avoids nicely.
Johnson moves away from the strike by McKill .
Johnson leaves McKill with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Johnson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
McKill taking a breather.
McKill tries to pull guard but Johnson holds him up against the cage and eventually McKill drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with McKill .

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but McKill bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McKill throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
McKill tried to score with a low kick but Johnson checks it.
McKill shoots in and drives through. Johnson sprawls well.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McKill looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.

Johnson darts in and clinches McKill up against the cage.
McKill is trying to break free.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces McKill back to the cage. Johnson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
McKill shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McKill fails with a takedown attempt.
McKill looks winded!
Johnson misses with a double jab.

Johnson gets the takedown into side control.
Johnson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but McKill is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
McKill avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Johnson.
Johnson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
McKill is looking for a sweep.
Johnson in side control, throwing shots but McKill defends.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McKill is looking for a sweep.
McKill parries the strikes from Johnson easily there. Johnson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable McKill to escape.
McKill looks to move to half guard but instead Johnson has passed into mount! Damn!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lou Johnson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

McKill is looking to clinch.

Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson stalls.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson throws a right and a left that McKill avoids nicely.
Johnson tries to bum rush McKill with a series of wild strikes but McKill uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Johnson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. McKill sprawls well initially but Johnson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Johnson content to control rather than advance.
Johnson passes into side control, despite McKill 's attempt to control the position.
Johnson lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKill is trying to buck Johnson off.

Johnson tries for a kimura but McKill is defending well.
Johnson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Johnson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but McKill is avoiding damage well.

Johnson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
McKill tries to improve position but can't.
McKill managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKill is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Johnson tries to score with some ground and pound. McKill controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Johnson trying to control the position but McKill is working away.
McKill is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Johnson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Johnson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Johnson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Johnson landing shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McKill tries to lock up and control but Johnson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of McKill 's face.
McKill tries to lock up and control but Johnson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Johnson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
McKill tries to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
McKill takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Johnson looking to finish with strikes here!
Johnson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Johnson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
McKill really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Johnson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lou Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McKill is in a horrible position here. Johnson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
McKill wants to control but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson looking to finish with strikes here!
McKill blocking the ground and pound.
Johnson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Johnson lands a big shot there that rocks McKill but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Johnson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Johnson lands a couple of good shots and McKill has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Johnson throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lou Johnson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson misses with a head kick.
McKill misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Johnson throws a right and a left that McKill avoids nicely.
Johnson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
McKill darts in looking for a takedown but Johnson gets double underhooks and turns McKill into the cage.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson slaps away a takedown attempt from McKill , before circling back to the center of the mat.
Lou Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Knuckles McKill .
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McKill moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson throws a series of strikes that have McKill backpedaling.

Johnson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in McKill 's guard.
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses.
McKill takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson is standing up over McKill . McKill looks to escape but Johnson dives into side control.
A control attempt from McKill but he's now mounted!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Johnson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McKill can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The referee warns McKill that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
McKill throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Johnson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Johnson is landing with some decent strikes but McKill is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Johnson is landing with some decent strikes but McKill is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Johnson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
McKill really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnson punching from mount but McKill doing a good job of avoiding damage.
A nice elbow there by Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McKill is trying desperately to improve position.
Johnson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Johnson unloading with bombs!
The referee warns McKill that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Johnson looking to finish with strikes here!
Poor strikes thrown by Johnson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Johnson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Johnson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
McKill is bucking up trying to escape but Johnson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Johnson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
McKill avoids a series of strikes thrown by Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

McKill is rocked!
Johnson punishing his opponent with strikes.
McKill is still in real trouble! Can Johnson finish him?
McKill in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Johnson lands a big elbow - McKill is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and McKill is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Lou Johnson!