PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felix Johnson (ranked 5728 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wang Long (ranked 6271 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Johnson
vs
Long

187 cm
18
268 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
18
266 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felix Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wang Long!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson scores with a decent looking hook.
A bone on bone clash there as Johnson blocks the leg kick.
As Long looks to move away, Johnson throws a big counter combo but Long just gets out of the way.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Long avoids it well.
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson throws a body punch but Long moves out of range.
Johnson really is a fat lump.
Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Long throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson blocks a jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Long, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Long fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson lands with a nice combination. Long backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick from Long misses.
Long is looking to land body kicks.
Long looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Long counters with a single leg into guard. Johnson didn't expect that.
Johnson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Long on the ground.
Long is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Long slips nicely into half guard.
Long looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Long slips a nice elbow through Johnson's hands, connecting with Johnson's forehead.

It looks like Felix Johnson has been cut.
Long works his foot free and advances to mount.

Long is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Johnson is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Johnson flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Long anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Johnson and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Long slips an arm under Johnson chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Long has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Long is squeezing on Johnson like an anaconda would it's prey. Johnson fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Wang Long!