PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Johnson

196 cm
26
270 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
245 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

M.O. Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.
Johnson jabs at Silva's body.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.

Johnson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Antonio Silva has been cut.
Johnson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Johnson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva wants to clinch.
Johnson lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Johnson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Nice shot lands for Johnson.
Johnson lands with a nice body punch.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Johnson lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Johnson drops Silva with a beautiful combination! Silva stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Johnson is looking for the KO!

Antonio Silva's cut is getting worse.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson lands a slapping body shot.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Antonio Silva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Johnson has Silva pushed against the cage.
Silva prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Silva tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva misses with the head strike.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Silva.
A short right from Silva.
Johnson is working Silva over against the cage.
Johnson is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Johnson into the cage.
Nice body punch from Johnson - that landed with a thud.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Silva blocking some punches.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Silva'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 fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.

Jeez, Antonio Silva's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Johnson. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Antonio Silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jake Johnson!
Our winner, Jake Johnson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.