PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Johnson (ranked 3992 p4p, 3888 weight class) and Luke Naison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Naison

172 cm
18
139
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
26
140
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luke Naison!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naison staying out of range there.
Johnson scores with a jab. Naison acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Naison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Naison counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Johnson misses the jab.
Naison throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Naison looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Naison moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Naison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Naison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Naison misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Johnson misses its target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a hook but Naison avoids it easily.
Naison is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Naison ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Naison's head.
Johnson throws the left hand but Naison avoids the punch easily.
Naison scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Danga de danga de dang - Johnson scores with a four punch combination!
Johnson misses the jab.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Naison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Naison.
Johnson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Naison.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naison moves out of range of the strikes.
Naison throws out a counter right but Johnson avoids it with no problem.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Naison avoids nicely.
Naison let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Johnson lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson throws a hook but Naison blocks it.
A jab lands there for Johnson.
Naison drops his hands momentarily and Johnson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Naison throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson misses with the combination.
It seemed like Naison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
James Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Naison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A slow jab from Naison misses its intended target.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Naison.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Naison.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Johnson throws a jab when Naison was well out of range.
Naison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Naison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Naison.
Naison let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Naison moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Naison is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Johnson with a body shot.
Johnson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Johnson misses the jab.
Naison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Naison tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Naison just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Naison has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Naison there as he acknowledges the shot.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Johnson throws a jab when Naison was well out of range.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Naison moves away and avoids it.
Johnson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Naison blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naison scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Naison is out of range.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Naison makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Naison counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Naison counters with a left to the body.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Naison throws an overhand right that drops Johnson like a sack of potatoes! Naison dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Naison!