PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Thomas (ranked 263 p4p, 197 weight class) and Manny Johnson (ranked 44 p4p, 38 weight class). Thomas's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, LUNIZ -- I GOT 5 ON IT. Johnson has chosen On The Run as his entrance music. 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

195 cm
25
215
12 - 4 - 0

188 cm
27
206
17 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson tries to clinch up but Thomas circles away and keeps his distance.
Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thomas throws a one two combo.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Thomas moved out of range.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Thomas's front leg but catches the back leg as Thomas tries to avoid it.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Thomas misses with a head kick.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Johnson connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson throws a hook but Thomas blocks it.
Thomas tries a head kick but it misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Johnson scores with a four punch combination!
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thomas. Thomas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Manny Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Johnson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Johnson tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Thomas jabs at Johnson's body.
A lazy left from Thomas finds it's target.
Thomas sizes up Johnson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Thomas.
Thomas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Johnson cracks Thomas with a right hand to the side of the head.
Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thomas throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johnson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Thomas if he has to take too many more of those.
Thomas slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Johnson scores with a decent looking hook.
Johnson scores with a spinning back kick!
Thomas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Johnson sizes up Thomas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A swing and a miss from Thomas.
Johnson scores with a kick to the body.

Thomas gets tackled into the cage by Johnson. Johnson maintains the clinch.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Johnson.
Thomas working hard to break the clinch.
Thomas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.

Johnson successfully pulls guard.
Johnson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Thomas's guard.

Johnson content to stall in guard here.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Thomas keeps moving.
Thomas can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Johnson controls the pace.
Thomas wants to stand and escape but Johnson is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Johnson stands up and waves to Thomas to follow him.
Thomas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Thomas's head but Thomas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
Donk. Johnson catches Thomas right on the button with a cross.
Thomas lands with a nice body kick.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson scores with a shot to the body.
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 tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thomas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fighters circling - Thomas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Johnson wants to slow Thomas down by chopping away at his legs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Johnson throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A good leg kick by Johnson.
Thomas misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Thomas connects with a nice looking jab.
Thomas throws a head kick that misses
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas misses with a hook.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson connects with a single shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Thomas avoids it with no problem.
A jab from Johnson does it's job there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Manny Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson tries a quick counter leg kick but Thomas is wise to it.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Johnson scores with the left hand. Thomas knows he should have avoided that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Thomas backing away here, and Johnson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Thomas punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
Thomas moves out of range of the strikes.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A jab from Johnson does it's job there.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Thomas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thomas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and Thomas counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas misses with a head kick.
Thomas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Johnson lands with a kick to the ribs.
A big left from Thomas misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Johnson.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Thomas's front leg but catches the back leg as Thomas tries to avoid it.
Johnson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Johnson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thomas under the eye.
Thomas checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands with a cross.
Johnson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thomas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Thomas takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Johnson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thomas. Thomas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thomas moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Thomas is looking to counter punch.
Thomas misses with an uppercut
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Thomas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Thomas pushes him off.
An attempted straight right counter from Thomas misses the target.
Johnson lands a head kick!
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 misses with an uppercut.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Johnson lands a two punch combo.
Thomas throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Johnson's head.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thomas.
Thomas throwing a counter right hand but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Johnson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Thomas.
Johnson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thomas fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thomas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnson tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson blocks a jab.
Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thomas.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Thomas misses with a hook
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Thomas moves his leg out of the way.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Thomas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Johnson throws a hook but Thomas blocks it.
Thomas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Thomas misses with a head kick.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Thomas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Thomas misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Thomas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thomas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Thomas misses the target.
Johnson connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson slips under a jab from Thomas.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Thomas avoids the head kick by Johnson.
A slow jab from Thomas misses its intended target.
Johnson throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Thomas scores with a punch to the head.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
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 connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Johnson misses with a hook. Thomas ducked under it nicely.
Thomas seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Johnson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thomas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johnson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Thomas scores with a head kick. Johnson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
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 throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Johnson is rocked!
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thomas lands with a hook. Johnson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab lands there for Johnson.

Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thomas, pushing him back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.

Thomas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas checks a leg kick.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Johnson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thomas doesn't seem phased though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Thomas's front leg but catches the back leg as Thomas tries to avoid it.
Johnson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Johnson misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas drops his hands momentarily and Johnson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Thomas.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A low kick lands for Johnson.
Thomas misses with a jab to the body
and Johnson counters with a series of strikes. Thomas will be more careful next time no doubt.
Thomas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Thomas blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Johnson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Patrick Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thomas cracks Johnson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Thomas misses with a head kick.
Donk. Johnson catches Thomas right on the button with a cross.
Johnson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Johnson cracks Thomas with a good jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Johnson. That's going to slow Thomas down.
Johnson thumps Thomas with a low kick.
Johnson scores with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnson staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
Thomas lands a jab-cross combination.
Thomas throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Thomas works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Thomas throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Johnson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thomas. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
Johnson fakes the leg kick and cracks Thomas in the body.
Johnson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thomas's head.
Thomas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Johnson!
An out of breath Manny Johnson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.