PBP Commentary

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

Jr
vs
Johnson

187 cm
25
277 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

201 cm
25
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zeus Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jr could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
A low kick from Jr misses
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Jr gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jr missing with knees to the body.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Jr's ribcage. Jr let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johnson is looking to control Jr's arms but Jr gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johnson has his back to the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jr throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson taking a breather.
Jr will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Johnson up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jr stalling the fight.
Jr has Johnson pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Jr for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Jr tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jr tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stalling in the clinch from Johnson.
Jr misses with a knee strike.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.
Jr looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Jr displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage.
Johnson tries to break free but Jr pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson tries a body shot but Jr blocks it.
Jr tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jr prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jr has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Jr has double underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jr connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.

It looks like Carl Johnson has been cut.
Stalling in the clinch from Jr.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Jr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zeus Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl 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.

Jr moves into the clinch.
Jr's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jr just leaning against Johnson, taking a breather.
Jr displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage.
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Johnson on the inside.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Jr keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Jr is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jr content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jr controlling the action here for a moment.
Jr has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jr blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jr stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jr tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jr stalling the fight.
Jr tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jr misses with a knee strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jr stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jr is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Zeus Jr.
Jr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Jr's legs.
Jr throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Johnson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jr checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jr fires out a quick counter leg kick but Johnson just manages to avoid it.
Jr throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zeus Jr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carl Johnson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson scores with a nice right hand.
Johnson tries to land a leg kick but Jr saw it coming and moves away.
Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Jr throwing a counter right hand but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jr moves away.
Jr moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Jr lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Jr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As Johnson looks to move away, Jr throws a big counter combo but Johnson just gets out of the way.

Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Jr has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jr's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Jr prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jr looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Jr stalling.
Jr manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jr is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jr looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Jr stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jr tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson is working Jr over against the cage.
Jr pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jr tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jr's elbow.
Jr misses with a knee strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jr.
Jr lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson works on Jr's body with a couple of short punches.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Jr working the clinch nicely. Johnson is working for position but Jr cracks him with a big knee to the head! Johnson crumples up against the cage and Jr lands two more shots before the ref can save Johnson! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Zeus Jr!