PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Lydon (ranked 1190 p4p, 908 weight class) and Thor Hammer (ranked 168 p4p, 129 weight class). Lydon comes to the cage accompanied by Queen - Don't Stop Me Now . This should be a great matchup!

Lydon
vs
Hammer

183 cm
35
207
21 - 18 - 0

188 cm
38
221
27 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Lydon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thor Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer ducks under a wild hook from Lydon.
Lydon throws a hook to the side of Hammer's head but Hammer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hammer throws a counter combo.
Lydon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hammer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hammer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hammer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hammer avoids the head kick by Lydon.
Hammer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lydon throws out the jab.
A head kick by Lydon misses
and Hammer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Johnny Lydon has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lydon.
Hammer just misses with a punch to the body.
Lydon misses with a hook. Hammer ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like Hammer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer throws a hook but Lydon avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lydon. Hammer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lydon swings widly with a right hand
and Hammer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hammer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hammer avoids the body shot from Lydon.
Lydon throws a hook to the side of Hammer's head but Hammer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hammer! But no joy.
Hammer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lydon.
Lydon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lydon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hammer.
Despite the aggression on Hammer's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nice shot lands for Lydon.
Lydon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hammer throws a counter combo.
Lydon throws a lazy uppercut
and Hammer counters with a nice body shot.
Johnny Lydon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer slips a jab from Lydon.
Lydon lands an overhand right.
Lydon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lydon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Hammer.
Hammer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hammer checks a low kick from Lydon.
Hammer unleashes a big counter combination but Lydon bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Lydon scores with a nice strike.
Lydon missing with a left hand there. Hammer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hammer throws a counter combo.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lydon. Hammer shrugs it off though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lydon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A jab from Lydon misses.
Hammer throws out a counter right but Lydon avoids it with no problem.
Lydon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hammer slips under a jab from Lydon.
Lydon cracks Hammer with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lydon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lydon misses with a body shot.
Lydon with a nice cross.
Hammer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lydon.
Hammer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer throws a low kick but Lydon moves out of range easily.
It looked like Lydon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lydon thuds his right hand into Hammer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hammer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lydon throwing a counter right hand but Hammer manages to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammer swinging wildly here.
Lydon jabs Hammer to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hammer slips a jab from Lydon.
Hammer unleashes a big counter combination but Lydon bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Hammer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hammer avoids the body shot from Lydon.
Hammer lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Lydon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Lydon's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Lydon works Hammer's body with a nice hook.
Lydon throws a jab when Hammer was well out of range.
Lydon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hammer moves out of range of the strikes.
Lydon lands a jab.
Hammer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lydon looks to land a right hand but Hammer moved out of range.
Lydon throws a lazy right hand but Hammer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hammer is looking for the big counter here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lydon throws a jab when Hammer was well out of range.
A good leg kick by Lydon.
Hammer moves out of range as Lydon strikes.
Lydon lands with a hook. Hammer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lydon avoids the head kick by Hammer.
Lydon misses with a head kick.
Lydon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hammer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lydon.
Lydon lands a nice hook to Hammer's body. Hammer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hammer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lydon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lydon digs a good hook to Hammer's body.
Lydon throws a lazy uppercut
and Hammer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lydon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lydon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Lydon does it's job there.
Lydon scores with a nice strike.
Lydon throws an overhand right that lands on Hammer's shoulder, as Hammer tries to avoid the shot.
Lydon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hammer counters with a thumping low kick.
Lydon throws a sloppy head kick

and Hammer counters with a nice right hand that sends Lydon toppling to the canvas! Lydon scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Hammer finish him?!
Lydon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lydon swats away the attempt to clinch by Hammer.
Lydon lands the left hand.
Lydon throws a leg kick
and Hammer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lydon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hammer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lydon.
Hammer ducks right into an uppercut from Lydon.
Lydon lands a jab.

Hammer is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer leaves his chin hanging out and Lydon seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Hammer crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Lydon!
Post fight, Johnny Lydon took to the microphone: 'and thanks for sparring partners at the Hell Warriors Gym!'.