PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francis Burch (ranked 24618 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Johnson (ranked 6218 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Burch
vs
Johnson

223 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

187 cm
24
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Francis Burch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burch is looking to clinch.
Johnson throws a counter combo.

Johnson gets the takedown into side control.
Burch managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Johnson.
Johnson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Johnson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Johnson working away.
Burch is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Johnson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Johnson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Burch. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnson looks up at the clock and then as Burch takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Johnson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

It looks like Francis Burch has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burch is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Johnson in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Burch looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Johnson turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Johnson!
After winning the bout, Joe Johnson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.