PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seymour Til Alexandros The Seventeenth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Til Alexandros The Seventeenth has chosen X Japan - Week End 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!

Johnson
vs
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth

195 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

185 cm
22
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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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 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Seymour Til Alexandros The Seventeenth!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth lands with a good body shot.
Johnson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Johnson shoots for a takedown but Til Alexandros The Seventeenth saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
And Til Alexandros The Seventeenth tries to counter it with a takedown but Johnson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johnson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Til Alexandros The Seventeenth back to the ropes. Johnson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Til Alexandros The Seventeenth counters with a nice double leg into side control. Johnson won't be happy with that.
Johnson's coaches at Den of Tears (22 coaches, $425 fee) have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Til Alexandros The Seventeenth thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Johnson prevents Til Alexandros The Seventeenth from improving position.
Johnson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Johnson sneaks back into half guard.

Til Alexandros The Seventeenth is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Til Alexandros The Seventeenth there.
Johnson tries to get to full guard but Til Alexandros The Seventeenth has control of the leg.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth slows the pace down in half guard.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth passes to full mount!
Johnson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth is trying to control the action in half guard but Johnson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth drops an elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth landing strikes from the mount and Johnson is in trouble!
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth dominating with strikes here.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth content just to control the position here.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth lands a big shot there that rocks Johnson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Johnson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth lands a big shot there that rocks Johnson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth landing strikes, looking to finish!
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth landing strikes, looking to finish!

Johnson is rocked!
Johnson is bucking up trying to escape but Til Alexandros The Seventeenth cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson tries to hold on but Til Alexandros The Seventeenth pushes him away.
Johnson taking shots to the head.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth with shots to the head and body - Johnson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth trying to control but Johnson is having none of it.
Til Alexandros The Seventeenth connects with a bit shot that sees Johnson covering up! More strikes from Til Alexandros The Seventeenth and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Til Alexandros The Seventeenth is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seymour Til Alexandros The Seventeenth!
After winning the bout, Seymour Til Alexandros The Seventeenth thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.