PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Jackson

185 cm
25
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyson Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quinton Jackson !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson looks gassed!
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
A left and a right from Jackson both land. Nice combination.
Jackson leaves Johnson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Johnson shoots in and drives through. Jackson sprawls well.
Jackson cracks Johnson with an open hand slap.
Johnson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jackson swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyson Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Johnson shoots in and gets a takedown into Jackson 's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Jackson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jackson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to work some ground and pound but Jackson has wrist control.
Johnson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jackson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Johnson stands up over Jackson , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Jackson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jackson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jackson 's head.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Johnson throwing strikes from guard but Jackson blocks nicely.
Johnson lands a couple of elbows.
Johnson scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson scoring with some ground and pound.
Johnson arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Jackson 's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tyson Johnson!