PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Johnson (ranked 5644 p4p, 577 weight class) and Mickey Flannerry (ranked 25316 p4p, 741 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Johnson
vs
Flannerry

177 cm
27
194 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

188 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonny Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey Flannerry!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Columbo Gatti and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flannerry throws out a powerful jab.
Flannerry 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.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Flannerry counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Flannerry walks into a jab.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Flannerry scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Flannerry as he jumps to the side.
Flannerry lands a really nice looking cross but Johnson seems unphased.
Flannerry scores with a jab to the body.
Flannerry's jab looks to have found its range, popping Johnson under the eye.
Flannerry fails to land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flannerry throws a series of strikes that have Johnson backpedaling.
Flannerry lands a head shot.
Johnson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Flannerry cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flannerry throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Flannerry scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson looks for a takedown but Flannerry sprawls well.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
Flannerry thuds a left hand into Johnson's body.
Johnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Flannerry.
Flannerry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Johnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Flannerry.
Johnson has his takedown stuffed
and Flannerry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flannerry lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes one to the chin there.
Mickey Flannerry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice jab there from Flannerry.
Decent striking displayed by Flannerry there.
Flannerry jabs at Johnson's body.
Flannerry lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice jab there from Flannerry.
Flannerry lands a jab to the nose.
Nice cross by Flannerry.
Mickey Flannerry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flannerry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Flannerry scores with a jab.
Flannerry scores with a nice right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Flannerry.
Flannerry stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Flannerry.
Flannerry cracks Johnson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Flannerry tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnson lands with an overhand left.
Flannerry is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Johnson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Flannerry scores with a nice right hand.
Flannerry bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson walks into a stiff left hand from Flannerry.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Flannerry, as that shot connected.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flannerry tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Flannerry is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Flannerry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Flannerry throws a series of strikes that have Johnson backpedaling.
Johnson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johnson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Flannerry cracks Johnson with a good jab.
Flannerry scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Flannerry scores with a nice head shot.
Nice shot lands for Flannerry.
Flannerry swinging wildly here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Flannerry listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice shot by Flannerry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Flannerry dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Some wild striking there from Flannerry.
Flannerry has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Flannerry.
Johnson has his takedown stuffed
and Flannerry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Johnson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Flannerry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Flannerry is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Johnson moves forwards but Flannerry connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flannerry catches Johnson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Flannerry has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Flannerry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Flannerry moves his leg out of the way.
Flannerry throws a one two combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flannerry scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Johnson takes one on the button.
Flannerry connects with a single shot there.
Flannerry lands a lovely overhand right.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Johnson. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Flannerry stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mickey Flannerry seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Flannerry in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Flannerry.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Flannerry stalling against the cage.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Flannerry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson throwing a counter right hand but Flannerry manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson with a poor takedown
and Flannerry counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Flannerry lands a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson tries to clinch but Flannerry is having none of it.
Flannerry is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Flannerry thuds his right hand into Johnson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Flannerry jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jab from Flannerry.
Flannerry jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Johnson misses the jab.
Flannerry takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Flannerry thuds a left hand into Johnson's body.
Flannerry lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flannerry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Flannerry slips a straight right by Johnson.
Flannerry throws a counter combo.
Flannerry lunges at Johnson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Johnson's hand.
Flannerry lands a lovely overhand right.
Flannerry takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Flannerry swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Johnson.
Flannerry misses with a wild combination.
Flannerry is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Flannerry is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson lunges at Flannerry with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Flannerry's hand.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt
and Flannerry counters with a one-two to the body.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Flannerry finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Flannerry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johnson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Flannerry looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Flannerry closes the distance and lands a one-two.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Flannerry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flannerry lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnson wants to clinch but Flannerry slips to the side
and Flannerry counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Flannerry saw that one coming.
Flannerry connects with a looping right hand.
Johnson fails with the takedown
letting Flannerry counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson shoots for a double leg takedown but Flannerry sprawls well. He's pushed Johnson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jab, jab by Flannerry - just one landing.
Flannerry lands with a nice body punch.
Johnson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looks for a takedown but Flannerry sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Flannerry tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Flannerry cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
Flannerry avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Nice jab there from Flannerry.
A lazy left from Flannerry finds it's target.
Flannerry darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fails to land the takedown.
Flannerry throws a combination. Johnson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Johnson is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Johnson is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Flannerry moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey Flannerry!
Our winner, Mickey Flannerry, 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.