PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between LaTroy Johnson (ranked 98 p4p, 92 weight class) and Jim Bob McDonald (ranked 3 p4p, 2 weight class). McDonald has chosen Ray Wylie Hubbard - Redneck Mother as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
McDonald

196 cm
31
280
20 - 11 - 0

196 cm
36
275
37 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, LaTroy Johnson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Bob McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McDonald.
Johnson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab from Johnson does it's job there.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
enabling McDonald to counter with a crisp jab.
McDonald swinging wildly here.
Johnson slips a jab from McDonald.
McDonald gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big left from McDonald misses.
McDonald lands with a straight right. Johnson didn't see that one coming.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
McDonald looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson avoids the body shot from McDonald.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McDonald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
McDonald misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jim Bob McDonald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonald throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
McDonald throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson lands with a right hand.
Johnson misses with a low kick as McDonald jumps back.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson jabs McDonald right on the nose. McDonald blinks but takes it well.
McDonald just misses with a punch to the body.
McDonald uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
McDonald just misses with a punch to the body.
McDonald blocks a jab.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but McDonald is out of range.
McDonald uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
McDonald ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McDonald.
Johnson slips a straight right by McDonald.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Johnson moves out of range as McDonald strikes.
McDonald lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson with a nice cross.
McDonald keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
McDonald slips a straight right by Johnson.
That kick from Johnson tenderised McDonald's leg. McDonald is trying to keep his angry face on.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
McDonald looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
McDonald throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson throws a quick counter head kick but McDonald was just out of range.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
McDonald misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson misses with a hook. McDonald ducked under it nicely.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McDonald throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
McDonald on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
McDonald scores with a crisp jab that stopped Johnson in his tracks.
McDonald blocks a jab.
Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnson takes a swing at McDonald's ribcage but misses.
McDonald jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McDonald staying out of range there.
A punch lands to the side of McDonald 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McDonald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McDonald.
McDonald is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
McDonald fails to land with a series of punches.
McDonald displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping McDonald under the eye.
Donk. Johnson catches McDonald right on the button with a cross.
McDonald misses with a body shot
and Johnson counters with a nice body kick.
McDonald walks into a stiff left hand from Johnson.

A head kick lands from Johnson that sends McDonald to the canvas. McDonald tries to scramble back to his feet but Johnson brings him back down into side control.

McDonald is rocked!
McDonald tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Johnson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
McDonald is still in real trouble! Can Johnson finish him?
McDonald is still trying to improve position.
Johnson is staying tight to McDonald's torso, preventing him from escaping.

Johnson decides to stand up, so the ref orders McDonald to his feet.
McDonald seems to have recovered his senses.
McDonald throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
McDonald connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
McDonald throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but McDonald moved out of range.
McDonald tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab lands there for McDonald.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

LaTroy Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson cracks McDonald with a big right hand and McDonald goes down!

It looks like Jim Bob McDonald has been cut.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
McDonald pulls Johnson in close to prevent any damage.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McDonald swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Johnson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of McDonald is proving hard to escape from.
McDonald working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson wants to control from the top but McDonald keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson trying to stand up but can't free himself from McDonald's guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
McDonald throws a lazy uppercut
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McDonald has time to react.
McDonald misses with a wild body shot.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Johnson and McDonald goes tumbling to the canvas! Johnson follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McDonald wants to improve his position but Johnson is controlling well.
Johnson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
McDonald is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Johnson jumps into side control!

Johnson stands up.
McDonald misses the shot to the body.
Johnson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
McDonald throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throws a predictable looking body shot

and Johnson counters with a right hand that sends McDonald tumbling to the canvas! Can Johnson finish him? He dives into McDonald's guard looking to do just that!
Johnson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
McDonald bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard.

McDonald throws a big right hand that misses.
McDonald cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
McDonald slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
McDonald trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McDonald throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McDonald can do to turn this around?
McDonald trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
McDonald working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McDonald throws a big elbow that misses.
McDonald wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.

Johnson uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Johnson throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Johnson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Johnson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McDonald is out of range.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McDonald.
Johnson misses with a hook. McDonald ducked under it nicely.
McDonald tries to counter by closing the distance.
McDonald misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson with a nice cross.
Johnson slips under a jab from McDonald.
It looked like Johnson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McDonald.
McDonald's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and McDonald duly obliges.

It looks like LaTroy 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 takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on McDonald's shoulder, as McDonald tries to avoid the shot.
McDonald misses with a combination
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson lands a brutal head kick. McDonald looks out on his feet and Johnson throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). LaTroy Johnson!
LaTroy Johnson retains his super heavyweight title!
After the fight, LaTroy Johnson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Jim Bob McDonald stepped up to the mic, saying 'A country boy can survive'.