PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apple Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Idi Ota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Ota

200 cm
25
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
19
295 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Apple Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Idi Ota!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ota was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Ota.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ota looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson cracks Ota with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Idi Ota has been cut.
Johnson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson tries to bum rush Ota with a series of wild strikes but Ota uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Ota slips the punch.

Ota closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ota landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ota obliges.
Ota landing knees to the head.

It looks like Apple Johnson has been cut.
Ota lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ota landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ota with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Ota.
Ota lands a knee to the body.
Ota misses with a knee to the head.
Ota is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ota lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ota.
Ota lands a nice knee to the body.
Ota lands a nice knee to the body.
Ota lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Ota.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ota obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ota connects with a knee to the head.

Apple Johnson's cut is getting worse.
Ota lands a knee to the head.
Ota scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Ota.
Knees to the body from Ota.
A knee to the head by Ota.
Ota working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Ota working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!

Apple Johnson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ota connects with a knee to the head.
Ota lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ota is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ota lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ota misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Ota working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Ota tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Johnson avoiding damage as Ota throws knees to the body.
Ota crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Ota lands a knee to the body.
Johnson tries to work over Ota's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ota using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Johnson pulls guard successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Johnson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ota manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ota is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Johnson is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ota has a closed guard, preventing Johnson from standing up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Idi Ota dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ota avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Johnson.
Apple Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ota dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Ota wants to clinch.
Apple Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ota moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ota scores with a knee to the head.
Johnson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees to the body from Ota.
Ota putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ota scores with a knee to the head.
Ota utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ota landing knees to the body.
Ota with a knee to the head.
Ota lands a knee to the head.

Jeez, Apple Johnson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ota lands a knee to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Apple Johnson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Idi Ota!