PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Dancer (ranked 1730 p4p, 1814 weight class) and Polly Johnson (ranked 208 p4p, 214 weight class). 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.

Dancer
vs
Johnson

188 cm
29
190
5 - 7 - 1

183 cm
27
186
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

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 5 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Dancer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Polly Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dancer throws a low kick, looking for Johnson's leg but Johnson calmly moves out of range.
Dancer throws a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Dancer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Dancer misses.
Dancer tries a head kick but it misses.
Dancer throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Dancer lands a left hand.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dancer misses with the head strike.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Dancer.
Dancer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dancer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dancer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dancer misses with a body punch.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Dancer.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Dancer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dancer working aggressively here.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dancer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Dancer lands a body shot.
Dancer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dancer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

It looks like Polly Johnson has been cut.
A left hand lands to the body for Dancer.
Dancer misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Dancer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Johnson tries to work over Dancer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Dancer.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.

Dancer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dancer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Tom Dancer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Johnson.
Dancer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johnson. That did some damage!
Dancer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Dancer looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dancer 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 misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dancer.
Dancer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dancer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Johnson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dancer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dancer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Dancer misses with a low kick as Johnson jumps back.
Dancer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dancer throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Dancer connects with a leg kick.
Dancer throws a head kick that half lands.
Johnson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Johnson lands a nice looking body shot.
A big right from Dancer misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson closes the distance and pushes Dancer back into the cage.
Dancer working aggressively here.
Johnson presses Dancer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Dancer tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dancer is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson tries a body shot but Dancer blocks it.
Dancer struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Dancer tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dancer lands a shot to the body.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Johnson.
Dancer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dancer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Dancer backwards.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Dancer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dancer lands with a right to the head.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dancer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dancer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.

Dancer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Polly Johnson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Polly Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dancer misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
Johnson lands with a nice body kick.
Dancer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Johnson's hands.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Tom Dancer is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dancer will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dancer throws a head kick that misses
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good work by Johnson as he checks the leg kick.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Dancer.
A low kick from Dancer is predictable there
and Dancer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson steps in with a hook that catches Dancer right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Johnson follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Dancer looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Polly Johnson!
Polly Johnson thanked the fans post fight for their support.