PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rae Fon (ranked 6415 p4p, 623 weight class) and Andrew Johnson (ranked 5473 p4p, 561 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fon
vs
Johnson

183 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

178 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes musicals

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rae Fon!
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, Andrew Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fon stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fon wants it to stay on the feet.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Fon throws a quick counter kick to the body but Johnson avoids it.

Fon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fon prevents the takedown attempt.
Rae Fon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Johnson.
Stalling in the clinch from Fon.
Johnson fails to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fon is struggling to control the position.
Fon stalling the fight.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Fon for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Fon stalls.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Fon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson wants to break free but Fon has control.
Fon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Fon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Fon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fon leaning against his opponent.
The referee calls for Johnson to work.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fon lands a damaging elbow.
Johnson slows down the pace here.
Johnson avoiding damage as Fon throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fon missing with knees to the body.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Fon.
Johnson wants to stall.
Fon stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fon 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.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Johnson looks winded!
Fon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fon stalling in the clinch.
Fon is stalling here.
A short uppercut from Fon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fon avoids it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fon.
Fon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Fon looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Fon leaning against his opponent.
Fon content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Fon.
Fon tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Fon working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Fon gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fon tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fon.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fon obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fon lands with a light punch inside.
Fon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fon lands a nice elbow.
Fon trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Fon.
Johnson is trying to stall.

Johnson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Johnson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rae Fon dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Fon clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the cage.
Fon lands with a right to the head.
Fon taking a breather.
Fon crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Fon is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Fon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Fon lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Fon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fon lands with a short shot to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fon obliges.
Fon lands a nice knee to the body.
Fon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Fon scores a nice knee to the body.
Fon 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.
Fon landing knees to the body.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fon landing knees to the body.
Fon pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee calls for Fon to work.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fon takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fon gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fon stalling against the cage.
The referee calls for Fon to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rae Fon.
Johnson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rae Fon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fon scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A combination from Fon does no damage.

Fon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fon lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Fon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fon missing with knees to the body.
Rae Fon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Johnson wants to stall.
Fon has Johnson pressed against the cage.
Come on Fon - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fon seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Fon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson has Fon pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Fon manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Fon trying to land knees to the body.
Fon lands a nice knee to the body.
Fon landing knees to the body.
Fon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fon lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fon pressing his opponent against the cage.
Fon landing knees to the body.
Fon taking a breather.
Fon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rae Fon dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fon misses with a head kick.
Fon avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Fon clinches with his opponent.
Stalling in the clinch from Fon.
Fon lands with a light punch inside.
Fon lands with a light punch inside.
Fon missing with knees to the body.
Fon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Andrew Johnson has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fon stalling.
Fon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Fon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Fon.
Johnson is trying to maintain a safe position but Fon gets an underhook and turns Johnson into the cage.
Fon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fon lands a shoulder strike.
Fon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fon obliges.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fon lands a shoulder strike.
Fon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fon effectively controlling the action here.
Fon pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Fon.
Johnson avoiding damage as Fon throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Fon tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Fon avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Fon to keep the fight standing.
Fon 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.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Fon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fon tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Fon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Fon won't allow it.
Fon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fon obliges.
Andrew Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fon working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Fon has Johnson pushed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Fon is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Fon stalling against the cage.
Fon lands a knee to the body.
Fon stalling the fight.
Stalling in the clinch from Fon.
Fon working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Fon lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson letting Fon take a breather here.
Fon crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Fon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fon holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Fon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fon pressing his opponent against the cage.
Fon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rae Fon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fon blocks an uppercut.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rae Fon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fon, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Rae Fon!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Rae Fon!
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Rae Fon!

Rae Fon wins by unanimous decision!
Rae Fon tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.