PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sic Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdul Khaliq Khalid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abdul Khaliq Khalid is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Johnson
vs
Khaliq Khalid

180 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
19
220 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sic Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abdul Khaliq Khalid!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Khaliq Khalid.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Khaliq Khalid trying to control the position but instead, Johnson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khaliq Khalid into the cage.
Khaliq Khalid lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Khaliq Khalid avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khaliq Khalid avoids it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Johnson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khaliq Khalid's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khaliq Khalid pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khaliq Khalid blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khaliq Khalid has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
I was talking to Johnson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Khaliq Khalid takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khaliq Khalid's brow.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Khaliq Khalid blocks with his arms.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Khaliq Khalid blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khaliq Khalid has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khaliq Khalid lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khaliq Khalid.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khaliq Khalid blocks the elbow strike.
Khaliq Khalid lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Khaliq Khalid lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Khaliq Khalid.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khaliq Khalid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Khaliq Khalid lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khaliq Khalid dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Khaliq Khalid lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaliq Khalid lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Khaliq Khalid blocks the elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Khaliq Khalid scores with a nice short uppercut.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khaliq Khalid.

It looks like Sic Johnson has been cut.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Khaliq Khalid lands a nice elbow.
Khaliq Khalid trying to control the position but instead, Johnson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khaliq Khalid into the cage.
Nice elbow from Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khaliq Khalid is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Khaliq Khalid lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khaliq Khalid taking a breather.
Khaliq Khalid has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Khaliq Khalid lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khaliq Khalid wants to stall.
Khaliq Khalid looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khaliq Khalid with a knee to the head.
Khaliq Khalid takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khaliq Khalid.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khaliq Khalid has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson scores with a knee to the head.
Khaliq Khalid blocks the elbow strike.
Khaliq Khalid lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson with a knee to the head.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khaliq Khalid is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Khaliq Khalid blocks it.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Khaliq Khalid wants to stall.
Khaliq Khalid landing knees to the head.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Khaliq Khalid content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Khaliq Khalid avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khaliq Khalid's brow.
Khaliq Khalid gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Khaliq Khalid leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khaliq Khalid is trying to maintain a safe position but Johnson gets an underhook and turns Khaliq Khalid into the cage.
Khaliq Khalid comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Khaliq Khalid lands a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khaliq Khalid creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abdul Khaliq Khalid dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sic Johnson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Johnson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khaliq Khalid to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Johnson clinches.
Khaliq Khalid looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johnson as Khaliq Khalid tries to tie him up.
Johnson letting Khaliq Khalid take a breather here.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
Khaliq Khalid has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khaliq Khalid tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Khaliq Khalid back against the cage.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Khaliq Khalid blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khaliq Khalid avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Khaliq Khalid lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khaliq Khalid gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khaliq Khalid lands a body punch.
Khaliq Khalid softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khaliq Khalid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khaliq Khalid lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khaliq Khalid lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Khaliq Khalid shrugs off.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khaliq Khalid lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Khaliq Khalid scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Khaliq Khalid creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Khaliq Khalid working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khaliq Khalid lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khaliq Khalid cracks Johnson with a nice body shot.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khaliq Khalid is working Johnson over against the cage.
Khaliq Khalid lands an elbow inside.
Khaliq Khalid creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khaliq Khalid.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaliq Khalid scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khaliq Khalid blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Khaliq Khalid comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Johnson is rocked!
Khaliq Khalid lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khaliq Khalid lands a nice knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Khaliq Khalid.
Khaliq Khalid lands an elbow inside.
Khaliq Khalid stalling in the clinch.
Khaliq Khalid stalling in the clinch.
Khaliq Khalid creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Johnson's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Johnson drops to his knees and Khaliq Khalid pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdul Khaliq Khalid!
After the big win, Abdul Khaliq Khalid made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Sully's Bar & Grill and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.