PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Johnsson (ranked 936 p4p, 122 weight class) and Shannon Chille (ranked 1147 p4p, 147 weight class). Chille is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ms. Fortune. Shannon Chille has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnsson
vs
Chille

180 cm
32
178 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

186 cm
28
183 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

THE END 32

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Johnsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shannon Chille!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Johnsson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chille doesn't seem phased though.
Chille's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnsson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Chille scrambles back to his feet.
Chille takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Johnsson.
Chille moves out of range of the body kick.

Chille closes the distance and clinches.
Johnsson tries to throw a body punch but Chille avoids it by throwing Johnsson back against the cage.
Chille throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Johnsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Johnsson moves into range and clinches up with Chille.
Johnsson avoids a wild elbow strike from Chille.
Johnsson is trying to break the clinch but Chille is controlling him.
Johnsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Chille.
Johnsson lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnsson tries to work over Chille's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnsson managing to block the knees to the body from Chille.
Chille slows down the pace here.
Chille throws a head punch that misses.
Johnsson blocks the elbow strike.
Chille controlling the action here for a moment.
Chille is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Johnsson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Chille won't allow it.
Chille manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Chille lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Gunnar Johnsson has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Johnsson fails to land.
Chille pushes off an throws an elbow but Johnsson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Johnsson breaks from the clinch.
Johnsson connects with a right hand. Chille shakes it off.
Chille takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Johnsson throws a head kick but Chille moves out of range.
Johnsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Chille.
Chille is looking to chop away at Johnsson's legs.
Chille throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnsson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnsson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Johnsson sizes up Chille with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Johnsson lands.
Johnsson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chille.
Johnsson misses with an uppercut. Chille saw that one coming.
Chille wants to counter with a clinch but Johnsson pushes him away.
Chille staying out of range there.
Chille lands with an overhand left.
Johnsson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Chille lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Johnsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gunnar Johnsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnsson throws a series of punches but Chille avoids them all with ease.
Johnsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Johnsson takes the fight into the clinch.
Chille lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chille landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnsson is trying to break the clinch but Chille has him pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnsson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Chille tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnsson avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chille.

Johnsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chille throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnsson.
Johnsson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Chille fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnsson checks it well.
Chille doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnsson circles away.
Johnsson tried to counter with a leg kick but Chille avoided it.
Johnsson lands an overhand right.
Johnsson throws a nice outside leg kick.

Chille pushes Johnsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Chille keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnsson's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gunnar Johnsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Johnsson's cut.
That's time! Johnsson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Chille throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Chille drives through and clinches with Johnsson against the cage.
Johnsson lands with a right to the head.
Chille'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.
Chille blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chille can do to turn this around?
Johnsson gets through Chille's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chille misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnsson.
Johnsson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Chille won't allow it.
Chille blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chille lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johnsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Chille is rocked!
Johnsson misses with the head strike.
Chille is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnsson finish him?
Johnsson misses with some punches.
Johnsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnsson has a couple of punches blocked by Chille.
Johnsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnsson.
Johnsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Chille.
Johnsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chille blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnsson has a couple of punches blocked by Chille.
Johnsson stalling.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chille.
Johnsson misses with a short punch on the inside.

Johnsson breaks from the clinch.
Chille walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Chille limp body while Johnsson jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gunnar Johnsson!