PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mack hues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Johnson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to mack hues's chin.

Johnson
vs
hues

180 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, mack hues!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Nice defenses there by hues.
hues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Johnson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like mack hues has been cut.
hues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
hues will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
hues connects with a good right hand that stumbles Johnson. Johnson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
hues swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot by hues.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and hues counters with a lovely straight right hand!
mack hues seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
hues avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Nice uppercut there from Johnson.
Johnson misses with the combination.
No joy there for hues, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but hues slips the punch.
Johnson digs a good hook to hues's body.
A punch combination from hues misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on hues's shoulder, as hues tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from hues.
Johnson misses with a body punch
and hues counters with a three punch combo that has Johnson backing up. Johnson nods at hues to acknowledge the strikes.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from hues does no damage.
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and hues counters with a left and a right that stings Johnson.
hues misses with a double jab
and Johnson counters with a left and a right that stings hues.
hues lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
hues misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson lands a glancing blow to the side of hues's head.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
hues on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
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!
Left hook, right uppercut from hues.
hues takes one on the button.
hues misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
hues walks into a straight right hand from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
hues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between hues's hands.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
hues misses with a combination
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
hues throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
hues misses with a combination
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
hues looks gassed!
hues throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
hues uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
hues throws a left and a right that both miss
and hues takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
hues misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from hues.
hues on the wrong end of a nice hook.
hues drops his hands momentarily and Johnson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on hues's shoulder, as hues tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hues dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
hues throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson lands a nice looking body shot.
hues misses with a double jab.
hues tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnson moves forwards but hues connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from hues misses.
Johnson lunges at hues with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by hues's hand.
Johnson jabs at hues's body.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from hues.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on hues's shoulder, as hues tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
hues throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
hues throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
hues throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
hues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
hues throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
hues swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. hues was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
hues misses with the combination.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from hues.
hues keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on mack hues's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
hues looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
hues darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
hues misses with a two punch combination.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
hues throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a two punch combo.
hues blocks a jab.
hues avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson jabs at hues's body.
hues swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
hues moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
hues swinging wilding here.
hues throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Paul Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
hues looks to land a combination. Johnson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
hues misses with a series of wild punches.
Paul Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson scores with the left hand. hues knows he should have avoided that one.
hues is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hues slips a jab from Johnson.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Johnson tries to bum rush hues with a series of wild strikes but hues uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
hues rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
hues uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
hues throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson cracks hues with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
hues displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnson as he connects with a hook.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but hues manages to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

hues is rocked!
hues fails to land with a series of punches.
hues misses with a wild combination.
hues swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hues throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that hues can do to turn this around?
hues clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johnson misses with a body punch
enabling hues to counter with a crisp jab.
hues throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from hues misses.
A right-left combo lands from Johnson.
hues throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
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 the body punch
and hues counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from hues.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from hues.
hues swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johnson counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
hues swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but hues might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Johnson has got the better of the exchanges.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
A jab from Johnson misses.
A left and a right from hues both land. Nice combination.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson cracks a nice hook into hues's ribs.
Johnson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
hues throws a right and a left that both miss.
hues misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
hues uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
hues rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
hues throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from hues.
Johnson throws a series of punches but hues moves out of range.
hues avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson misses with the combination.
hues misses with a few strikes there.
hues throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
hues misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
hues throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
hues on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but hues manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Johnson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on mack hues's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

hues misses with a jab, cross combination.
hues throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from hues.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. hues was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
hues throws a combination. Johnson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Johnson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A jab lands there for Johnson.
hues throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from hues.
Some wild striking there from hues.
Johnson connects with the punch.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from hues.
hues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson walks into a jab.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
hues takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hues uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Johnson lands a with a good body shot.
hues misses with a double jab
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Johnson misses with a body punch
and hues counters with a right hand to the body.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from hues.
hues doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but hues bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
hues has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
hues throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
hues throws a combination that misses
and hues takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
hues misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson lands with a shot to the body.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Johnson sizes up hues with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
hues lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but hues was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
hues swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
A combination from hues does no damage.
hues misses with a double jab
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson cracks hues with a right hand to the side of the head.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from hues.
hues takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
hues displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
hues slips under a jab.
hues throws a combination. Johnson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
hues misses with a wild combination.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hues throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
hues throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from hues.
hues scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
hues throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from hues.
hues misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
A punch lands to the side of hues 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Left hook, right uppercut from hues.
Johnson scores with a nice head shot.
hues displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
hues misses with a wild combination.
hues fails to land with a series of punches.
mack hues has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on hues's shoulder, as hues tries to avoid the shot.
hues is working the combinations to good effect here.
hues misses with a series of wild punches.
hues falls off balance throwing a combination
and hues takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Some wild striking there from hues.
hues misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson throws a jab when hues was well out of range.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
hues fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Paul Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
hues throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johnson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Johnson!