PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Antone Pennington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Johnson has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Pennington
vs
Johnson

219 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

167 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antone Pennington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Al Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Johnson showed some decent athleticism there.
Pennington gets full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johnson working some strikes from top position.

Pennington is rocked!
Johnson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pennington's head.
Oh Pennington is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson stays in close to Pennington's body and controls the position.
Johnson arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Pennington's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Al Johnson!