PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Floyd Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dragon Warfist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Johnson
vs
Warfist

186 cm
28
218 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

198 cm
29
216 lbs
16 - 10 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

LOPS 160q $149
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Floyd Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Dragon Warfist!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnson.
Warfist ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Warfist changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Warfist lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Warfist to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Warfist.
Warfist misses with a body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Warfist.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Johnson moves out of range as Warfist strikes.
Warfist connects with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Warfist misses.
Johnson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Johnson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Warfist scoring well with a low kick there.
Warfist slips a jab from Johnson.
Warfist walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Johnson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Warfist with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Warfist.
Warfist lands a nice looking body shot.
Dragon Warfist is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Warfist throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Warfist lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Warfist throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson is looking to land body kicks.
Dragon Warfist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Warfist keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Warfist moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Warfist swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Warfist scores with a head kick.
Johnson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Warfist scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Warfist looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Warfist moves away and avoids it.
Warfist now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Warfist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Warfist.
Johnson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's two 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!
Warfist fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A jab from Warfist misses.
Warfist throws a shot to the body.
Warfist fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
A solid leg kick lands there for Warfist.
Good leg kick by Warfist there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Warfist turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Warfist throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Warfist misses with a few strikes there.
Warfist throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warfist throws a low kick but it's checked well by Johnson.
Warfist is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
Johnson moves out of range as Warfist strikes.
Johnson jabs at Warfist's body.
Warfist swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Warfist moves his leg out of the way.
Warfist lands a right hook to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Warfist crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Johnson - the referee stops the clock and Warfist gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Johnson. Warfist manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Warfist follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Warfist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Johnson.
Warfist has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Johnson.
Warfist misses with a body shot.
Warfist misses with a body punch
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Warfist checks the leg kick.
Johnson looks for the body kick but Warfist saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Warfist throws a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a body kick.
Warfist looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Warfist's front leg but catches the back leg as Warfist tries to avoid it.
Warfist cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
Warfist lands a nice shot to the body.
Warfist lands a head kick!
Johnson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Warfist's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Warfist swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson counters with a low kick, right behind Warfist 's knee.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson connects with a body shot.
Warfist throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warfist misses with a straight left.
Warfist throws a leg kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dragon Warfist dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Johnson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Warfist.
Warfist throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Warfist is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Warfist keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Warfist misses with a hook.
Warfist looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
Warfist thows a body kick. Johnson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dragon Warfist seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Warfist walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Johnson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Warfist tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Johnson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Johnson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Warfist throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Warfist moves his leg out of the way.
Johnson backing away here, and Warfist unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Warfist looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Warfist changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Warfist.
A telegraphed right hand from Warfist misses the target.
Warfist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Warfist.
Warfist throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Warfist lands a jab.
Warfist throws out a leg kick but Johnson moves out of range and Warfist only half commits.
Warfist tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
Warfist misses with a low kick.
Johnson defending well as Warfist loads up on a big left hand.
Warfist with a nice cross.
Warfist takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Warfist blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a body punch but Warfist moves out of range.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A low kick from Johnson misses
and Warfist counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Warfist lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Warfist doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Warfist connects with a single shot there.
Warfist throws a body kick that misses.
Johnson throws a quick counter kick to the body but Warfist avoids it.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Warfist misses with a body kick.
Warfist throws a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a thumping low kick.
Johnson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Warfist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Warfist.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Warfist is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Warfist scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson checks the leg kick.
Johnson fires out a quick counter leg kick but Warfist just manages to avoid it.
Johnson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Warfist. That did some damage!
Warfist keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Warfist fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Warfist throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Warfist appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Warfist. Beautiful body shot.
A shot to the body from Johnson misses
and Warfist makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Warfist can pounce on him.
Johnson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Warfist wants to slow Johnson down by chopping away at his legs.
Warfist takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Warfist walks into a stiff left hand from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt - Warfist sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Warfist lands a nice shot to the body.
Warfist misses the body punch
and Johnson counters with a solid body kick.
Warfist keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Warfist.
Warfist looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Warfist lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Warfist moved away.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Warfist.
Warfist tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Warfist thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Johnson if he has to take too many more of those.
Warfist throws a leg kick
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dragon Warfist showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Good leg kick by Warfist there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Johnson scores with a push kick.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Warfist moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Warfist wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Warfist fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Warfist cracks Johnson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Warfist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Warfist takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warfist scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Johnson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Warfist throws a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Warfist lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
Warfist feints and then cracks Johnson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johnson down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warfist scores with a push kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Warfist checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Warfist throws a low kick but it's checked well by Johnson.
Warfist has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Warfist misses with a low kick.
Johnson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Johnson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson catches Warfist with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Warfist closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Warfist tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Johnson tries to work over Warfist's front leg with a kick but Warfist checks it.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Warfist.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Warfist fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Warfist works Johnson's body with a nice hook.
Floyd Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt - Warfist sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Warfist misses.
Warfist connects with a body shot.
Warfist chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Warfist takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Warfist appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Johnson lands a nice looking body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
Warfist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson throws a wild body kick that Warfist sees coming a mile off.
Warfist lands with a shot to the body.
Warfist fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johnson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Warfist has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Dragon Warfist is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warfist scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Warfist sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Warfist's legs.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Warfist lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Warfist chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Warfist.
Warfist cracks Johnson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warfist looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnson as he connects with a hook.

It looks like Dragon Warfist has been cut.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Warfist finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That kick from Warfist tenderised Johnson's leg. Johnson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Johnson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Warfist at a distance.
Warfist lands a jab.
Warfist misses with a body kick.
Johnson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Johnson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Warfist scores with a nice strike.
Warfist ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Warfist misses with a low kick.
Warfist throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Warfist lands a head kick!
Warfist chopping away at his opponent's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dragon Warfist comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Warfist has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dragon Warfist!
Our winner, Dragon Warfist, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.