PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roy Johnson (ranked 2200 p4p, 245 weight class) and James Smith (ranked 602 p4p, 74 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Three 6 Mafia - It's a Fight. The key to victory for Roy Johnson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Johnson
vs
Smith

181 cm
21
169 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

176 cm
29
164 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roy Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Smith!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Smith throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Johnson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Smith in his tracks.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like James Smith has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Smith is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson throws a leg kick
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Smith 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Smith takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Smith's corner calls for a 1-2. Smith obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Johnson is rocked!
Roy Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut

and Smith counters with a nice double leg into side control. Johnson won't be happy with that.
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith working the ground and pound.
Johnson looking for a sweep but Smith has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Johnson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Smith looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Johnson covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Smith!