PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Salah Ad Din (ranked 21373 p4p, 535 weight class) and Riley Johnson (ranked 20884 p4p, 545 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Ad Din
vs
Johnson

177 cm
22
169 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

186 cm
25
185 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Salah Ad Din!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Riley Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ad Din jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ad Din misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Ad Din swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ad Din swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ad Din moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromJohnson.
Ad Din throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Ad Din.
A big left from Ad Din misses.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Ad Din avoids it with no problem.
Ad Din loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Ad Din misses with a body punch
and Johnson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Ad Din.
Salah Ad Din seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ad Din's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ad Din duly obliges.
Ad Din misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson moves away from the strike by Ad Din.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Ad Din avoids it with no problem.
Ad Din misses with a left hand
and Johnson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ad Din misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ad Din lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Johnson at a distance.
Johnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ad Din.
A big left from Ad Din misses.
Johnson is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Ad Din misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ad Din throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ad Din lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ad Din misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ad Din misses with a jab to the body
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson slips a jab from Ad Din.
Ad Din misses with a series of wild punches.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ad Din misses with a looping right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ad Din lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ad Din throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ad Din misses with a body shot
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ad Din fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ad Din tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Ad Din.
Ad Din misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.

Ad Din is rocked!
Ad Din misses with a right hand
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Oh Ad Din is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ad Din is breathing heavily.
Ad Din falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Ad Din badly! He tries to strike back but Johnson puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Ad Din out cold! Oh man, Ad Din will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Riley Johnson!
Riley Johnson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.