PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Craig Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan McClelland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Blood of Heroes!. McClelland comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Born And Raised In Lowell kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bryan McClelland has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Johnson
vs
McClelland

168 cm
31
200 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

170 cm
21
201 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Master Lee's One Stop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Craig Johnson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryan McClelland!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson lands a nice shot that snaps McClelland's head back.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
McClelland ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McClelland manages to avoid it.
McClelland fails in his attempt to clinch.
McClelland misses with a wild body shot.
McClelland uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson misses with the combination.
McClelland throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Nice takedown defense from Johnson. No joy for McClelland on that attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McClelland is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like Craig Johnson has been cut.
Bryan McClelland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

McClelland is rocked!
Johnson dances in with a quick combination. McClelland is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Johnson snaps McClelland's head back. McClelland stumbles backwards against the cage. Johnson steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with McClelland's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. McClelland just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Craig Johnson!
Craig Johnson is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Craig Johnson 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.
In defeat, Bryan McClelland stepped up to the mic, saying 'I think it's funny he knew I was going to do that!'.