QFC Tournament 1188 Round 4 PBP Commentary

Main event

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Auston Matthews (ranked 3974 p4p, 3972 weight class) and Jimmy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jimmy Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Matthews
vs
Johnson

195 cm
24
300
3 - 0 - 0

200 cm
24
260
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Auston Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jimmy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Matthews clinches with his opponent.
Matthews lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Matthews goes for a takedown attempt but Johnson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Matthews counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Auston Matthews has been cut.
Johnson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Matthews avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Matthews counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Matthews moves away from the strike by Johnson.

Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Matthews. Matthews maintains the clinch.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson is leaning against Matthews and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Matthews is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews blocks an uppercut.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Matthews's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matthews's elbow.
Matthews blocking some punches.
Matthews is trying to maintain a safe position but Johnson gets an underhook and turns Matthews into the cage.
Matthews stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matthews could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Matthews's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Matthews is rocked!
Matthews blocking some punches.
Oh Matthews is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Matthews! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Johnson is unloading with more strikes now! Matthews drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Johnson!