PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manny Johnson (ranked 61 p4p, 51 weight class) and Vincent Lomax (ranked 13 p4p, 10 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by On The Run Jompson Brothers. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Johnson
vs
Lomax

188 cm
24
206
14 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
207
17 - 2 - 0

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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Johnson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Lomax!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson scores with a jab.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Lomax avoids nicely.
Johnson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lomax cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Lomax to counter with a crisp jab.
Lomax scores with a leg kick.
Johnson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Johnson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lomax's head.
A big right from Johnson misses.

Lomax lands a big head kick that sends Johnson tumbling to the mat! Lomax takes a step backwards and waves Johnson back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Manny Johnson has been cut.
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!
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lomax looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A low kick from Johnson misses
and Lomax counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lomax slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Johnson cracks Lomax with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lomax moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.
Lomax appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson slips a straight right by Lomax.
Some wild striking there from Lomax.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Johnson tests Lomax's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lomax has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johnson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson connects with a leg kick.
Manny Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Lomax moves out of range easily.
Lomax swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Johnson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lomax. Lomax obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lomax counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Johnson lands with a straight right. Lomax didn't see that one coming.
Johnson throws a hook but Lomax avoids it easily.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Lomax.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Lomax moved out of range nicely.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Lomax checks it.
Lomax checks a leg kick.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lomax uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Lomax moved out of range nicely.
Lomax throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Lomax.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lomax throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Lomax keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Lomax takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson misses with a shot to the body
enabling Lomax to counter with a crisp jab.
Lomax takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Lomax checks it.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Johnson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johnson misses with a body punch
and Lomax counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Lomax slips the punch.
Lomax throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab from Lomax.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lomax.
Johnson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lomax.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lomax under the eye.
A head kick misses from Lomax.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnson as he connects with a hook.
A head kick misses from Lomax.
A big left from Lomax misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Manny Johnson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Manny Johnson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lomax looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Johnson's corner calls for a 1-2. Johnson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Johnson tries a low kick but Lomax avoids it.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Lomax.
Lomax throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Lomax throws a counter combo.
Lomax throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson lands with an overhand left.
Jab from Johnson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a poor cross that misses
letting Lomax counter with a right hand.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
A punch lands to the side of Lomax 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lomax pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lomax misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Lomax let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A jab from Johnson does it's job there.
Johnson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Johnson lands a jab to the nose.
Lomax needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
Lomax misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lomax misses with an attempted mid kick.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Johnson misses the jab.
Johnson's corner calls for a 1-2. Johnson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson lands a really nice looking cross but Lomax seems unphased.
Manny Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Lomax moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lomax! But no joy.
Lomax fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johnson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lomax misses with a body kick.
Lomax has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lomax throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Lomax avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Lomax lands with a straight right. Johnson didn't see that one coming.
Johnson with a nice calf kick.
Lomax uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Lomax counters with a nice uppercut.
Lomax's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lomax changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lomax clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Lomax.
A big left from Lomax misses.
Lomax misses with a wild body shot.
Lomax has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Lomax's head.
Lomax connects with a nice looking jab.
Lomax throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson is looking to counter punch.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lomax under the eye.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Lomax avoids it well.
Lomax raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lomax misses with a body shot
and Johnson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lomax takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donk. Johnson catches Lomax right on the button with a cross.
Johnson lands with a straight right. Lomax didn't see that one coming.
A thudding body kick lands there by Johnson!
Johnson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lomax is out of range and Johnson settles back down.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
Johnson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lomax stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lomax can do to turn this around?
Lomax moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Lomax takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Lomax counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lomax throws a lazy uppercut
and Lomax takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Johnson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manny Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lomax throws a shot to the body.
Lomax blocks a jab.
It seemed like Lomax was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lomax ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lomax throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
Lomax drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Lomax defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Lomax as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Lomax on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomax misses the body punch
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Lomax should have avoided that one.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Lomax.
Lomax misses with a looping left.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Lomax might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Johnson has got the better of the exchanges.
Lomax lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson needs to keep his hands up - Lomax had a free shot at his head there.
Lomax steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
Lomax throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Johnson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lomax keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lomax slips a jab from Johnson.
Lomax takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lomax misses with a straight right.
Johnson misses with a jab to the body
and Lomax counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Johnson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lomax swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lomax takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lomax fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lomax.
Lomax throws a body kick that misses
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lomax takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lomax.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like Lomax was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Johnson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lomax checks it well.
Lomax appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Lomax slips a straight right by Johnson.
Lomax throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson moves out of range as Lomax strikes.
Johnson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Johnson scores with a nice head shot.
Johnson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lomax backs up against the cage.
Lomax moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Johnson throws a hook but Lomax blocks it.
Lomax slips a straight right by Johnson.
Good exchange - Lomax coming out on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Lomax is out of range.
Lomax throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lomax uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Lomax was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Lomax ducks down to avoid it.
Lomax shapes to counter with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Lomax.
A punch lands to the side of Lomax 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lomax tries to move into range but Johnson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice shot lands for Johnson.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lomax is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Johnson clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Manny Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lomax throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Lomax takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Lomax connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
Lomax scores with a nice right hand.
Lomax fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lomax digs a good hook to Johnson's body.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lomax under the eye.
Johnson misses the jab.
Lomax staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson sizes up Lomax with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Johnson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.

Lomax sends Johnson crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Lomax is motioning to the referee to let Johnson up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Johnson is rocked!
Johnson gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Vincent Lomax!
Vincent Lomax is the new light heavyweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Vincent Lomax made sure he mentioned Conviction, along with how happy he was to win his fight.