PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mike Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jon Johnson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Li
vs
Johnson

150 cm
20
139 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
135 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jon Johnson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Li, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson digs a right hand into Li's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Li's gas tank.
Li is breathing heavily.
Johnson lands a right hand.

Johnson breaks the clinch.

Johnson drives through and clinches with Li against the cage.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Li goes for a takedown attempt but Johnson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Li in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Johnson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Li backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.

Li is rocked!
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oh Li is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Li seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Li.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.

Johnson forces Li back against the cage and clinches.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johnson as Li tries to tie him up.
Li throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Li tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Li.
Li has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
Li could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Li in a clinch.
A body shot lands from Johnson.
Johnson prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Li creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Li's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Li drops to his knees and Johnson pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Johnson!
A very excited looking Jon Johnson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.