PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Buffet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balrog Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buffet comes to the cage accompanied by Margaritaville. Johnson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Buffet
vs
Johnson

192 cm
37
220 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

192 cm
45
216 lbs
33 - 17 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition

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 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jimmy Buffet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Balrog Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Buffet is out of range.
Buffet thuds his right hand into Johnson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Buffet uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Buffet swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Johnson throws a low kick but Buffet moves out of range easily.
Buffet connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
Buffet definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Buffet misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Buffet is out of range.
Donk. Buffet catches Johnson right on the button with a cross.
Buffet throws a leg kick that misses.
Buffet misses with an uppercut.
Buffet stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Buffet closes the distance and clinches.
Buffet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson working aggressively here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buffet scores with a shoulder strike.
Buffet displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buffet lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.

Buffet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Buffet.
Buffet blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Buffet takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Johnson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Buffet.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson slips a straight right by Buffet.
Johnson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Buffet misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buffet is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Buffet waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Buffet misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Buffet closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buffet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Buffet checks the leg kick.

Buffet gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Buffet.
Buffet content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.

Buffet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Buffet has managed to clinch.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buffet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Buffet.
Buffet lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Buffet creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Buffet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Buffet.
Buffet avoiding damage.
Buffet misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Buffet backwards.
A short left from Johnson.
Johnson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Buffet uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buffet lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Buffet breaks from the clinch.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Buffet on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Buffet tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Buffet moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Buffet sizes up Johnson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Buffet keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Buffet checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Buffet pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Buffet counters with a right hand to the body.
Buffet throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Buffet tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Buffet dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Buffet lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Buffet attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Buffet tries to land a front kick but Johnson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Buffet.
Buffet fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.
Buffet connects with a nice looking jab.
Buffet checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johnson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Johnson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jimmy Buffet is winning the standup battle so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Johnson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Buffet checks it well.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Buffet scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Johnson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Johnson throws a body punch but Buffet moves out of range.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Buffet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
A cross from Buffet lands.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Buffet throws out the jab.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Buffet counters with a flying knee that drops Johnson! Buffet dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Buffet!
A very excited looking Jimmy Buffet rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.