PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manny Johnson (ranked 628 p4p, 714 weight class) and Gen Tenryu (ranked 89 p4p, 100 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by On The Run . Gen Tenryu acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Johnson
vs
Tenryu

188 cm
34
196
27 - 14 - 1

182 cm
28
189
15 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gen Tenryu!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson thows a leg kick but Tenryu checks it

and Tenryu counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tenryu lands a body punch.
Tenryu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Tenryu lands a left hand.
Tenryu blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tenryu backwards.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tenryu to keep the fight standing.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Tenryu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Tenryu is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tenryu misses with an uppercut.
Tenryu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a jab when Tenryu was well out of range.
Tenryu cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tenryus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Tenryu moves away and avoids it.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tenryu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenryu misses with a hook to the body
and Johnson counters with a nice leg kick.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Tenryu saw that one coming.

Tenryu has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tenryu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Tenryu backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
The referee calls for Johnson to work.
Tenryu has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Tenryu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Tenryu forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Tenryu has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Tenryu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tenryu lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
Tenryu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson connects with a crisp jab.
Tenryu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Tenryu's shoulder, as Tenryu tries to avoid the shot.
Tenryu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tenryu's sensitive parts.
Johnson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tenryu checks a leg kick.
Tenryu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Johnson with a body shot.
A jab from Tenryu misses.
Johnson lands a jab.
Johnson misses with a body punch
and Tenryu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Manny Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson connects with a single shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenryu scores with a decent looking hook.
Johnson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Tenryu's front leg but catches the back leg as Tenryu tries to avoid it.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tenryu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tenryu checks a leg kick.
Johnson with a jab.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Tenryu is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Johnson takes a swing at Tenryu's ribcage but misses.
Good work by Tenryu as he checks the leg kick.
Johnson sizes up Tenryu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tenryu tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Johnson misses with a leg kick.
Tenryu ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tenryu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Tenryu moves his leg out of the way.
Tenryu wants to counter the offense by Johnson and move into the clinch position.
Johnson throws out a leg kick but Tenryu moves out of range and Johnson only half commits.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Tenryu slips the punch.
Johnson connects with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tenryu is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Johnson feints and then cracks Tenryu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tenryu down.
Tenryu throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Tenryu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tenryu tries to counter with a clinch but Johnson shakes him off and moves away.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Tenryu moved out of range.
Tenryu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tenryu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Johnson jabs Tenryu right on the nose. Tenryu blinks but takes it well.
Tenryu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Johnson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tenryu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Tenryu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tenryu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tenryu just misses with a punch to the body.
Tenryu throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Tenryu is out of range.
Tenryu tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tenryu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tenryu has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tenryu there as he acknowledges the shot.
Johnson lands a jab to the nose.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Tenryu wants to counter the offense by Johnson and move into the clinch position.
Tenryu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
An inside leg kick from Johnson misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Johnson slips a straight right by Tenryu.
Tenryu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson connects with a looping right hand.
Nice shot by Johnson.
Johnson throws a hook but Tenryu blocks it.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Manny Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson cracks Tenryu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tenryu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Johnson sets himself, and Tenryu steps forward looking for the clinch! Johnson avoids it this time.
Tenryu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Tenryu.
Tenryu misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Tenryu fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tenryu moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Tenryu on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tenryu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tenryu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tenryu tries to counter by closing the distance.

Tenryu moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
Tenryu struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Tenryu blocks an uppercut.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Tenryu.
Tenryu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tenryu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Tenryu blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenryu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tenryu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tenryu misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Johnson.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Tenryu staying out of range there.
Johnson dips to his left and cracks Tenryu with an uppercut!
Johnson throws a leg kick but Tenryu sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tenryu is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tenryu was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.

Tenryu has managed to clinch.
A shot in the inside from Tenryu.
A short left from Tenryu.
Tenryu is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tenryu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Tenryu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.

Tenryu pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson gets through Tenryu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tenryu backwards.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson lands with an uppercut that bounces Tenryu off the cage and back into range.
Tenryu checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tenryu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Johnson with a body shot.
Johnson lands a slapping body shot.
A jab from Johnson misses.
A good leg kick by Johnson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Johnson dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Tenryu counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tenryu.

Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Tenryu is out of range.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Tenryu moved out of range nicely.
Tenryu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tenryu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tenryu wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tenryu checks a leg kick.
Tenryu throws a big shot that misses.

Tenryu moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tenryu taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tenryu slows down the pace here.

Johnson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Johnson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Tenryu trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenryu is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Tenryu trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tenryu won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
Tenryu postures up.
Tenryu trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tenryu slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Johnson has his foot on Tenryu's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Tenryu works his way back into a safe position though.
Gen Tenryu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manny Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tenryu misses with a wild combination.
Tenryu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Tenryu is out of range.
Tenryu wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Tenryu checks it.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Johnson throws a low kick but Tenryu moves out of range easily.
Tenryu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tenryu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenryu moves away from the strike by Johnson.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Tenryu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Johnson misses the jab.
Johnson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tenryu lands the left hand.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Tenryu moved away.
Tenryu throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson sets himself, and Tenryu steps forward looking for the clinch! Johnson avoids it this time.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Tenryu moves away and avoids it.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tenryu's sensitive parts.
Johnson with a hook.
Tenryu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Tenryu wants to clinch.

Tenryu has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
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!
Tenryu misses with some punches.
Tenryu has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Tenryu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson blocking some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Johnson!
A relieved looking Manny Johnson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.