PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esa Tikkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chubby Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Smooth up in ya -by- Bulletboys kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Chubby Johnson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Tikkanen
vs
Johnson

186 cm
35
208 lbs
34 - 15 - 1

200 cm
40
291 lbs
34 - 19 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER

Conviction
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Esa Tikkanen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chubby Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson darts in and clinches Tikkanen up against the cage.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Tikkanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Tikkanen.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tikkanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Tikkanen struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Tikkanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson misses with a body punch.

Tikkanen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tikkanen lands with a nice body punch.
Tikkanen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Tikkanen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tikkanen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Tikkanen.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson pushes Tikkanen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tikkanen lands an uppercut.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Tikkanen's head.

It looks like Esa Tikkanen has been cut.
Tikkanen throws a head punch that misses.
Tikkanen throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tikkanens head.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Tikkanen.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
A right hand to the body from Tikkanen.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Tikkanen controls the action.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tikkanen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tikkanen misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tikkanen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tikkanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
I was talking to Tikkanen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Tikkanen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tikkanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.

Johnson drops Tikkanen onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Tikkanen is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Tikkanen is rocked!
Tikkanen blocking some punches.
Oh Tikkanen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Tikkanen with a big uppercut! Tikkanen tries to clinch up but Johnson pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Tikkanen to the mat! Tikkanen covers up and Johnson unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Chubby Johnson!
Chubby Johnson is the new heavyweight champion!
After the big win, Chubby Johnson made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Beaver Jooce! and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.