Fight Club - LV 4 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jason Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Bad. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Thomas
vs
Johnson

151 cm
22
132 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

155 cm
20
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side.
Thomas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Johnson tries to avoid it but Thomas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Johnson to the ground. Johnson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jimmy Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Thomas shoots in but Johnson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thomas's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Johnson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Thomas desperately trying to maintain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Johnson prevents Thomas from improving his position.
Thomas is doing well to control the position and prevent Johnson from advancing to side control.

Johnson decides to stand and escape the position.
Thomas shoots and misses

and Johnson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Thomas's guard now.
Thomas is breathing heavily.

Johnson drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Johnson seems to have locked his on tight now - Thomas screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Johnson, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jimmy Johnson!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
53%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Devin Roundhouse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Roundhouse
vs
Harrison

169 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Devin Roundhouse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roundhouse ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harrison fails with the takedown.
Harrison looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Roundhouse is fending him off so far but Harrison persists. Nope, Roundhouse circles away and we're back to standing.
Jab by Roundhouse.
Roundhouse throws a nice looking combination but Harrison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roundhouse thows a body shot but no joy.
Roundhouse lands a jab to Harrison's midsection.
Devin Roundhouse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrison takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Harrison shoots in for a takedown but Roundhouse shows good takedown defense.
Devin Roundhouse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harry Harrison.
Roundhouse lands a body shot.

Roundhouse scores a takedown into full mount!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Harrison is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrison looks gassed!
Roundhouse scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Harrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Roundhouse pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Harrison is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roundhouse fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harrison is still in real trouble! Can Roundhouse finish him?
Roundhouse avoids the attempt from Harrison to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roundhouse putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Roundhouse breaks from Harrison's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Roundhouse landing strikes from the mount and Harrison is in trouble!
Roundhouse lands a nice shot to the head.
Harrison throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Roundhouse is landing with some decent strikes but Harrison is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roundhouse punishing his opponent with strikes.
Roundhouse scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roundhouse cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Roundhouse scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Harrison?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roundhouse blocks Harrison's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Roundhouse with good strikes from the mount here!
Roundhouse working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Roundhouse controlling from mount.
Harrison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Roundhouse lands a heavy elbow.
Roundhouse scoring with strikes but Harrison is staying in there.
Roundhouse pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Harrison wants to control but Roundhouse is having none of it.
Harrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
Roundhouse landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roundhouse has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Harrison's face.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The referee warns Harrison that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Roundhouse is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Roundhouse pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns Harrison that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Harrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Roundhouse with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roundhouse cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Harrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Roundhouse lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Roundhouse landing punches.
Harrison bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roundhouse seems keen to control Harrison's posture.
Roundhouse manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Roundhouse dominating with strikes here.
Roundhouse putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Harrison can't escape the position.
Roundhouse cracks Harrison with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Roundhouse could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roundhouse in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roundhouse landing strikes from the mount.
Roundhouse scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devin Roundhouse dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harrison circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Roundhouse. Harrison falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Roundhouse!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Devin Roundhouse!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between LeBron Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Mathis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Johnson
vs
Mathis

175 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, LeBron Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Mathis!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mathis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Johnson's waist but Johnson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mathis off to one side.
Mathis keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
A left and a right from Johnson both land. Nice combination.
Johnson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Mathis is rocked!
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Mathis is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnson finish him?
Johnson throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Mathis crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). LeBron Johnson!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
90%

Undercard bout

Co-main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Mandic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Groth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mandic
vs
Groth

225 cm
22
132 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcel Mandic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martin Groth!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mandic throws a series of punches but Groth moves out of range.
Mandic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Groth.
Mandic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Groth misses with a double jab.
Mandic swings widly with a right hand
and Groth counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mandic misses with a shot to the body
and Groth makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mandic misses with the combination.
Groth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mandic.
The fighters circling - Mandic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Groth cracks a nice hook into Mandic's ribs.
Groth misses the shot to the body.
Mandic throws a sloppy head kick and Groth moves out of range easily.
Mandic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mandic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Groth cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Groth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mandic throws out the jab.
Groth looks to land a combination. Mandic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Marcel Mandic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mandic misses with a head kick.
Mandic is breathing heavily.
Groth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Mandic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mandic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mandic misses with a series of wild punches.
Groth connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mandic. Mandic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mandic ducks right into an uppercut from Groth.
Mandic lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Groth crumples to the floor! Mandic milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Marcel Mandic!