PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Louis Lei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balrog Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lei's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Closer. Johnson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights . I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Lei
vs
Johnson

190 cm
38
225 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

192 cm
47
216 lbs
35 - 21 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Louis Lei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Balrog Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson is looking to chop away at Lei's legs.
Lei blocks a low kick nicely.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lei moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson throws a chopping leg kick but Lei manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lei.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Lei looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lei looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Lei.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Lei sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lei can pounce on him.
Lei tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson throws the left hand but Lei avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Lei was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lei is looking to counter with head kicks.
Johnson throws a leg kick
and Lei counters with a body kick.
Johnson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lei is out of range.
Lei checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lei lets loose with a powerful body kick. Johnson will feel that in the morning.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lei.
Lei scores with a nice head shot.
Lei lands with a cross.
Johnson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Lei moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Johnson throws a low kick but Lei avoids it.
Lei connects with a looping right hand.
Lei throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson throws a push kick but Lei slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lei moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
Lei scores a nice knee to the body.
Lei scores with a knee to the head.
Lei stalling in the clinch.
Johnson taking a breather.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Lei misses with an elbow strike.
Lei lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Balrog Johnson has been cut.
Lei looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lei backwards.
Lei utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lei crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Johnson looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lei lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Lei comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lei pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lei blocks an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Lei.
Lei misses with a knee to the head.
Lei is stalling here.

Lei drops Johnson with a big knee straight up the middle! Johnson is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lei scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson throws a hook but Lei avoids it easily.
Johnson 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.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Lei.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Lei.

Lei cracks Johnson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Lei has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Johnson to stand back up!

Johnson is rocked!
Johnson circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Lei. Johnson falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Lei!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Louis Lei!
Louis Lei opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.