PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cheick Kongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dwayne Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kongo
vs
Johnson

194 cm
22
234 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

202 cm
18
246 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cheick Kongo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dwayne Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kongo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kongo throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kongo scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnson tries to move into range but Kongo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kongo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kongo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kongo throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Kongo's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kongo duly obliges.
Kongo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kongo.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson looks gassed!
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Kongo.
Kongo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kongo misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Kongo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looks for a takedown but Kongo sprawls well.
Kongo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Kongo drops Johnson with a beautiful combination! Johnson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Kongo is looking for the KO!
Kongo misses with a wild combination.
Johnson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kongo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kongo lands a right hook to the body.
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cheick Kongo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Kongo lands a left and a right that send Johnson crashing to the mat, dazed. Kongo thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Johnson is rocked!
Kongo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Kongo finish him?
Kongo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Kongo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kongo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Kongo drops Johnson with a beautiful combination! Johnson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Kongo is looking for the KO!
Kongo throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Kongo misses.
Kongo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Johnson backs up against the cage.
Decent striking displayed by Kongo there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kongo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kongo throws a one two combo.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kongo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kongo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kongo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Kongo drops Johnson with a beautiful combination! Johnson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Kongo is looking for the KO!
Kongo lands a two punch combo.
Kongo throws a one two combo.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kongo throws a one two combo.
Kongo misses with a few strikes there.
Kongo lands a two punch combo.
Kongo lands a jab-cross combination.
Kongo lands a really nice looking cross but Johnson seems unphased.
Johnson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kongo's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kongo duly obliges.
Danga de danga de dang - Kongo scores with a four punch combination!
Johnson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cheick Kongo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Johnson.
Johnson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kongo to score with a decent uppercut.
Kongo tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kongo throws a shot to the body.
Kongo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kongo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kongo digs a good hook to Johnson's body.
Kongo swinging wildly here.
Kongo connects with a body shot.
Kongo throws a one two combo.
Kongo cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kongo.
Kongo throws a series of strikes that have Johnson backpedaling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kongo lands with a nice body punch.
Kongo scores with a jab.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Kongo.
Kongo lands a jab-cross combination.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Kongo.

Johnson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kongo to the mat! Kongo manages to get full guard.
Kongo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kongo keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson wants to control from the top but Kongo keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cheick Kongo dominated that 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.

Johnson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kongo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Johnson forces Kongo back against the cage and clinches.
Johnson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kongo smiles and moves away.
Johnson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kongo defends it nicely.
Cheick Kongo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dwayne Johnson.
Kongo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kongo throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Kongo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kongo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kongo misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kongo lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cheick Kongo is winning the standup battle so far.
Kongo throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Kongo lands with a nice combination. Johnson backs away looking to recover.
Kongo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kongo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
Kongo scores with a body shot.
Kongo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kongo is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kongo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kongo lands a two punch combo.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kongo!
Johnson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kongo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Kongo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Kongo lands with a nice body punch.

Johnson has Kongo up against the cage in a clinch.
Kongo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kongo is defending well for now.
Kongo is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Kongo tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Come on Johnson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Johnson has hold of one of Kongo's legs. Kongo is fighting the takedown attempt but Johnson gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kongo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Johnson controls the pace.
Johnson trying to control but Kongo is working from the bottom.
Johnson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kongo is keeping the position for now.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Kongo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Johnson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kongo is proving hard to escape from.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Kongo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cheick Kongo dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Kongo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Kongo.
A left and a right from Kongo both land. Nice combination.
A nice combination there by Kongo.
Johnson misses with a leg kick.
Kongo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kongo.
No joy there for Kongo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kongo digs a good hook to Johnson's body.
Kongo throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Kongo throws a combination. Johnson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A left and a right from Kongo both land. Nice combination.
Kongo is looking to wear down Johnson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kongo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kongo jabs at Johnson's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kongo lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kongo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kongo lands with a good body shot.
Kongo misses with a two punch combination.
A left and a right from Kongo both land. Nice combination.
Kongo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kongo fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd cheers as Kongo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Kongo.
Cheick Kongo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kongo lunges at Johnson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Johnson's hand.
Kongo throws a one two combo.
Cheick Kongo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kongo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Johnson rushes Kongo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson prevents Kongo from breaking the clinch.
Kongo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.

Johnson pulls guard effortlessly.
Kongo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Johnson wriggles free and stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Kongo in a clinch.
Kongo is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson prevents Kongo from breaking the clinch.

Johnson has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Kongo clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Johnson trying to control momentarily.
Kongo avoids the strikes from Johnson.
Kongo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kongo avoids the strikes from Johnson.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kongo trying to get back to his feet but Johnson is in full control for now.
Johnson is trying to control but Kongo is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Kongo is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Johnson tries to control but Kongo wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kongo taking shots to the head.
Johnson looking to control but Kongo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Johnson looking for a guillotine from mount but Kongo is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cheick Kongo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kongo, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cheick Kongo!