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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Moss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen Through The Fire and Flames - Dragonforce as his entrance music. Duke Johnson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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165 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
23
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Billy Moss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Duke Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moss moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Moss pulls his leg out and moves away.
Johnson shoots in but Moss avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Moss tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Moss misses with a takedown
and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Moss moves out of range easily.
Johnson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Moss sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Johnson somewhat.
Billy Moss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duke Johnson.
Johnson has his takedown stuffed
and Moss counters with a nice double leg into side control. Johnson won't be happy with that.
Moss scoring with punches from side control.
Moss tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Johnson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Moss wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moss throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Moss working the ground and pound but Johnson is defending the strikes.
Johnson taking a bit of punishment here - Moss scoring with strikes.
Johnson prevents Moss from moving into mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson regains half guard.
Johnson is staying active underneath Moss, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Johnson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Moss trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Moss loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Johnson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Johnson pulls Moss in to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moss has gone for a leg lock! Johnson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Moss's guard.
Moss is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moss avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Moss on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Moss tries to get out of the position.
Johnson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Moss wants to sweep but no luck.
Johnson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Johnson has managed to clinch.
Johnson manages to pull guard.
Johnson is pulling down on Moss's head to control his posture.
Moss has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but Moss is having none of it.
Moss stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moss throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Johnson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Moss is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.
Moss is looking to stand up but Johnson won't let him.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick
and Moss counters with a single leg into guard. Johnson didn't expect that.
Moss trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Moss wants to get up but he can't break Johnson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Moss throwing strikes from guard but Johnson blocks nicely.
Johnson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moss working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson tries to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Moss dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Moss tries to clinch
and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Moss has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Moss is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Moss's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Moss up against the cage.
Johnson pulls guard successfully.
Johnson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Moss trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson looking to control but Moss passes into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moss thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson moves into full guard.
Johnson is pulling down on Moss's head. It's preventing any offense from Moss, at least for the moment.
Johnson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Moss manages to get himself to full guard.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
Moss really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Moss wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.
Moss avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Johnson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Johnson throws a big right hand that misses.
Moss wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.
Johnson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Johnson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Billy Moss overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Duke Johnson just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson scores with a body shot.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Moss but Moss pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Moss slaps away a takedown attempt from Johnson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Moss tries to avoid it but Johnson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Moss to the ground. Moss escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Billy Moss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duke Johnson.
Johnson fails with the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moss changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Johnson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Moss postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Moss tries to stand but Johnson is controlling his head.
Moss wants to stand but Johnson has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Johnson holds on and takes a little breather.
Moss postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Moss won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Duke Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Moss's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Moss tries to score a power double leg takedown but Johnson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Moss somewhat.
Danga de danga de dang - Moss scores with a four punch combination!
Johnson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Moss wants to control but Johnson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Johnson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Moss tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Johnson has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Johnson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moss is trying to stand up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson breaks from Moss's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Johnson unloads with some shots from mount but Moss bucks and avoids them well.
Johnson controlling from the full mount.
Johnson misses with a head shot.
Johnson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Moss is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Johnson avoids the attempt from Moss to control.
Johnson punching from mount but Moss doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnson controlling from mount.
Moss wants to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
Johnson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Johnson controlling his opponent.
Johnson punching from mount but Moss doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Johnson looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moss keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Johnson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Moss is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Johnson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Moss tries to lock up and control but Johnson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Johnson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Johnson controlling from mount.
Moss is working to get back to half guard.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Despite being in the dominant position, Duke Johnson just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Duke Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duke Johnson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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