PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Fernandez
vs
Johnson

185 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
199 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Prefers standup

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 New York, Xavier Fernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Fernandez.
Fernandez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fernandez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fernandez misses with a double jab.
Fernandez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fernandez misses with a few strikes there.
Fernandez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fernandez staying out of range there.

Johnson cracks Fernandez with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Fernandez looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Johnson finish him?

It looks like Xavier Fernandez has been cut.
Fernandez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fernandez walks straight into a right hand from Johnson - that's dropped him! Johnson jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Fernandez from any more punishment! Fernandez complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Scott Johnson!