PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Markus Red (ranked 9317 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boi Johnson (ranked 4339 p4p, 0 weight class). Markus Red could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Boi Johnson's chin.

Red
vs
Johnson

175 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

160 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

JD's Island Shack

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Markus Red!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Boi Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Red gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Red is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Johnson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Red uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Red is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Johnson pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Red breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Red swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Red has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Johnson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Red closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side

and Johnson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson winds up and cracks Red with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Red is defending against the submission attempts here by Johnson.
Johnson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red taking some punishment here, with Johnson in his half guard.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.
Johnson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Johnson maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Red could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Johnson has cracked it and Red is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Johnson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Boi Johnson!
A relieved looking Boi Johnson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.