PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johannis Modigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Modigh
vs
Watson

185 cm
28
215 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

182 cm
37
210 lbs
27 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Namunamu Clothing

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johannis Modigh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Watson!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Modigh misses.
Modigh keeps the fight on the outside.
Modigh lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Modigh moves away.
Modigh scores with a decent looking hook.
Modigh ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
Modigh scores with a jab.

Watson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watson.
Modigh prevents a body shot from Watson.
Modigh working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Modigh scores with a shoulder strike.
Modigh misses with the head strike.
Modigh lands a hook that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
Watson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Watson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Watson slows down the pace here.
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!
Watson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson scores with a shot to the side of Modigh's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watson.
Modigh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Modigh lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
Watson misses with a body punch.
Watson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watson.
Modigh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Modigh lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watson.
Watson gets through Modigh's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Modigh.
Modigh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Modigh lands a body punch in the clinch.
Watson scores with a hook to the body.
Watson lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Modigh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Modigh blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watson.
A head punch on the inside from Modigh fails to land.
Watson working aggressively here.
Watson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Modigh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watson has a couple of punches blocked by Modigh.
Watson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Modigh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Modigh throws a punch but it's blocked by Watson.
Watson throws a head punch that misses.
Watson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Modigh blocking some punches.
Modigh has a couple of punches blocked by Watson.
Watson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Modigh working aggressively here.
The referee calls for Watson to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Watson.
Modigh blocks an uppercut.
Watson lands an uppercut.
Watson misses with the head strike.
Modigh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Modigh misses with a punch on the inside.
Modigh blocking some punches.
Watson throws a head punch that misses.
Watson misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Watson fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Modigh.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Modigh.
Modigh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Modigh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Modigh makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Modigh lands a hook that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watson misses with a punch to the body.
Watson has a couple of punches blocked by Modigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson swings wildly with an uppercut but Modigh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Modigh lands a nice uppercut.
Modigh lands with a right to the head.
Watson has a couple of punches blocked by Modigh.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Modigh on the inside.
Nice body punch from Modigh - that landed with a thud.
Watson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watson.
Watson looking to stall.
Modigh lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Modigh blocking some punches.
Watson working aggressively here.
Modigh lands with a left to the head.
Watson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watson misses with a punch on the inside.
Modigh lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Modigh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johannis Modigh 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.

Watson connects with a single shot there.
Modigh tries a head kick but it misses.
Watson is looking to land body kicks.
Modigh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Modigh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Watson.
Watson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Watson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Modigh takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Modigh tests Watson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Modigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watson. Modigh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Watson checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Watson scores with a push kick.
Modigh avoids the body shot from Watson.
Modigh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Modigh moves out of range of the strikes.
Modigh thinks about countering with a head kick.
Watson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Modigh appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Watson throws the kick towards the body but Modigh avoids it.
Watson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Modigh counters with a two punch combo.
Modigh moves out of range of the body kick.
Modigh tries a head kick but it misses.
Johannis Modigh is winning the standup battle so far.
Modigh misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Modigh thumps Watson with a low kick.
Watson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Modigh at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Modigh wants to slow Watson down by chopping away at his legs.
A slow jab from Watson misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Modigh misses the target.
Watson moves out of range of the body kick.
Watson loads up on a big right hand but Modigh slips the punch.
Watson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Watson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Modigh fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Watson checks it well.
Modigh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Watson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Modigh slips under a jab from Watson.
Modigh looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Watson wants to slow Modigh down by chopping away at his legs.
Modigh tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Watson manages to circle out of the way.
Modigh buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Modigh bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Watson just misses with a punch to the body.
Watson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Modigh counters with a thumping low kick.
Modigh lands a high kick!
Modigh throws a low kick but Watson avoids it.
Modigh is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Modigh throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Watson's head.
Modigh misses with a head kick.
Watson throws a poor cross that misses
and Watson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
John Watson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Modigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Modigh throws a low kick but it's checked well by Watson.
Watson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Modigh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Watson is looking for the big counter here.
Watson avoids the head kick by Modigh.
Modigh closes the distance but Watson moves to the side
and Watson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Modigh connects with a single shot there.
Modigh throws a sloppy head kick and Watson moves out of range easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Modigh finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Watson misses with a hook to the body
and Modigh counters with a one-two to the body.
Watson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johannis Modigh dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Watson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Modigh counters with a head kick that wobbles Watson - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Modigh sends him down. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johannis Modigh!
Johannis Modigh decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.