PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between SF Candidate (ranked 5081 p4p, 578 weight class) and Johnny Truth (ranked 5013 p4p, 572 weight class). Johnny Truth has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Candidate
vs
Truth

188 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

183 cm
18
197 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, SF Candidate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Truth!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Candidate connects with a crisp jab.
Truth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Candidate.
Truth misses with a wild combination.
Candidate misses with a straight right.
A countering left hand to the body from Truth misses.
Candidate misses with a lunging right hand
and Truth counters with a stiff right hand.
Truth misses the shot to the body.
Candidate misses with a hook
and Truth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Candidate slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Truth lands with a hook. Candidate tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Candidate rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Truth moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Candidate misses with a looping right.
Candidate definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Candidate misses with a left hand
and Truth connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Candidate pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Candidate is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Truth.
Truth looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Candidate throws a jab when Truth was well out of range.
Candidate lands a jab to Truth's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Truth misses the shot to the body.
Nice cross by Candidate.
Truth fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Candidate on the side of the head.
Truth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Candidate was well out of range. Poor timing from Truth.
Candidate misses with a looping left.
Candidate throws a shot from downtown. Truth moves away and avoids it.
Candidate swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Truth takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Candidate connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Candidate throws an off balance right hand
and Truth counters with a series of strikes. Candidate will be more careful next time no doubt.
Truth with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Candidate to score with a decent uppercut.
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!
Candidate waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Truth.
Candidate misses with a leg kick
and Truth counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Candidate is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Truth swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Candidate swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
SF Candidate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Truth misses with an uppercut.
Candidate throws a jab but it's blocked by Truth.
Truth doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Candidate misses with a left hand
and Truth counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Candidate misses the jab.
Truth misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Candidate throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Candidate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Truth.
Candidate throws an off balance right hand
and Truth counters with a nice uppercut.
Candidate takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Truth looks to land a right hand but Candidate moved out of range.
Candidate thows a left - swing and a miss!
Candidate slips a jab and a cross from Truth.
Truth lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Candidate looks to score with a jab to the body but Truth is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Truth. Candidate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Truth on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Candidate thuds his right hand into Truth's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A punch combination from Truth misses.
Truth takes a swing at Candidate's ribcage but misses.
Truth scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Truth throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Candidate on the side of the head.
Candidate misses with a looping left.
Candidate throws a hook to the side of Truth's head but Truth sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Truth is looking for the big counter here.
Candidate fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Truth looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Truth looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Truth rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Candidate cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Candidate is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Candidate misses with a lunging right hand
and Truth counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Candidate dodges the punch combination from Truth.
Truth misses the body punch
enabling Candidate to counter with a crisp jab.
Truth scores with a nice right hand.
Truth throws an off balance right hand
enabling Candidate to counter with a crisp jab.
Truth takes a swing at Candidate's ribcage but misses.
Truth takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Candidate throws the left hand but Truth avoids the punch easily.
Truth looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Candidate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Truth manages to avoid it.
Candidate cracks Truth with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Candidate misses with a straight left.
Truth throws a counter combo.
Truth slips under a jab.
Truth swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Candidate takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Truth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Candidate moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Truth dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Truth fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Truth lands a nice looking body shot.
Candidate loads up on a big right hand but Truth slips the punch.
Candidate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Truth.
Truth moves out of range of the strikes.
Truth takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Candidate dodges the punch combination from Truth.
Candidate wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Candidate misses.
Truth appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Candidate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Truth is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Candidate with a body shot.
Truth bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Candidate's head.
Candidate misses with an uppercut. Truth saw that one coming.
Truth throws a series of punches but Candidate avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Candidate misses with a left hand
and Truth counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Truth takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Candidate is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Truth slips under a jab.
Candidate misses with a straight right.
Truth now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Truth slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Candidate takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Candidate lands a body shot.
Candidate lands with a hook. Truth tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Truth throws an overhand right that lands on Candidate's shoulder, as Candidate tries to avoid the shot.
Truth fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Candidate looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Candidate throws a hook but Truth blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Truth is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Candidate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Candidate lands a jab to the head.
A jab from Truth misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Candidate misses the target.
Truth throws an overhand right that lands on Candidate's shoulder, as Candidate tries to avoid the shot.
Candidate loads up on a big right hand but Truth slips the punch.
Candidate throws a nice looking combination but Truth bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Truth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Candidate swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Truth takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Truth throws out a loose jab but Candidate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Candidate wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Candidate lunges at Truth with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Truth's hand.
Candidate slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Candidate swings away with a body shot that misses
and Truth counters with a nice uppercut.
Truth throws a body punch but Candidate moves out of range.
Truth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Candidate moves away.
Truth misses with a straight right.
Johnny Truth seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Candidate misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Truth releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Candidate ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Truth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Truth misses with a body shot.
Truth takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Candidate throws a hook but Truth avoids it easily.
Truth punishes Candidate's body with a nice straight punch.
Truth needs to keep his hands up - Candidate had a free shot at his head there.
Candidate pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Candidate bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Truth's head backwards.
Candidate scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Truth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good shot there by Candidate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Candidate.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Candidate avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Candidate uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Truth.
Candidate connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Candidate works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Candidate scores with a decent looking hook.
The fighters circling - Truth throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Candidate jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Truth takes a swing at Candidate's ribcage but misses.
Candidate jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Truth moves out of range of the strikes.
Truth throws out a counter right but Candidate avoids it with no problem.
Truth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Truth misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

SF Candidate dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Candidate just misses with a punch to the body.
Candidate scores with a nice right hand.
Truth misses with a body shot.
Candidate slips under a jab from Truth.
Truth misses with a looping left.
Candidate misses with a left hand
and Truth counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Truth throws a jab but it's blocked by Candidate.
Truth defending well as Candidate loads up on a big left hand.
Truth throws a body punch but Candidate moves out of range.
Candidate throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Candidate lands with a right hand.
Candidate defending well as Truth loads up on a big left hand.
Truth misses with a straight right.
Truth slips a jab from Candidate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Candidate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Candidate throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Truth.
Candidate takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Candidate throws a right hand that misses
and Truth counters with a nice uppercut.
Candidate misses with a straight left.
Truth's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Candidate connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Truth scrambles back to his feet.
Candidate with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Truth to score with a decent uppercut.
Candidate throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Truth counters with a nice uppercut.
Truth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Truth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Candidate.
Candidate throws an overhand right that lands on Truth's shoulder, as Truth tries to avoid the shot.
Truth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Candidate.
Truth has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Truth misses with a body shot.
Truth lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Candidate at a distance.
Candidate displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Truth throws out the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Candidate throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Truth sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Candidate fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Truth is out of range.
The fighters circling - Candidate throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Truth cracks Candidate with an open hand slap.
A looping hook to the body misses from Truth. Candidate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Candidate throwing a counter right hand but Truth manages to avoid it.
Truth punishes Candidate's body with a nice straight punch.
Truth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Candidate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Truth looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Candidate throws a right hand that misses
and Truth counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Candidate pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Truth misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Truth dips to his left and cracks Candidate with an uppercut!
Truth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Candidate darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A shot to the body from Truth misses
and Candidate counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Candidate throws a hook to the side of Truth's head but Truth sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Truth misses with a looping right.
Truth ducks under a wild hook from Candidate.
Candidate misses with a body shot.
Candidate blocks a jab.
Candidate throws a leg kick
and Truth counters with a nice uppercut.
Truth lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Candidate circles away quickly and effectively.
Truth avoids the body shot from Candidate.
Candidate swings for the body but Truth moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Candidate cracks Truth with a good jab.
Candidate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Truth was well out of range. Poor timing from Candidate.
Candidate moves away from the strike by Truth.
Candidate throws a hook but Truth avoids it easily.
A big right from Truth misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Candidate misses with a right hand
enabling Truth to counter with a crisp jab.
Truth throws an overhand right that lands on Candidate's shoulder, as Candidate tries to avoid the shot.
Truth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Candidate.
Truth misses with a looping right.
Truth throws a jab but it's blocked by Candidate.
Candidate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Truth.
Truth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Candidate was well out of range. Poor timing from Truth.
Candidate tried to counter with a leg kick but Truth avoided it.
The crowd cheers as Candidate lands an impressive looking overhand right. Truth doesn't seem phased though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Truth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Truth has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 28:29
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Truth!
Johnny Truth thanked the fans post fight for their support.