PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Rourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Johnson
vs
Rourke

176 cm
27
195 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

172 cm
27
185 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Rourke!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rourke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rourke back to the cage. Johnson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
No luck for Rourke with that takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Rourke or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson which made him look bad.
Johnson scores with the left hand. Rourke knows he should have avoided that one.
Rourke swinging wildly here.
Johnson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rourke.
Rourke walks into a straight right hand from Johnson.
Johnson feints and then cracks Rourke's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rourke down.
Johnson lands an overhand right.

Rourke tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Rourke is just out of range.
Rourke shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Johnson as he avoids it easily.
Josh Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Rourke.
Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Johnson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Rourke looks gassed!
Rourke seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Johnson shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Rourke is backing up but Johnson catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Rourke covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Johnson Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Johnson!
Josh Johnson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.