PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taz Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phoo Yung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Johnson
vs
Yung

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Taz Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phoo Yung!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yung throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Yung misses with a head kick.

Johnson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Yung quickly recovers to half guard.
Yung looks like he's trying to stand up.
Yung is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Johnson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson passes to full mount!
Johnson controlling from mount.
Yung wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yung is desperately trying to improve his position but Johnson has a good base and remains in mount.
Johnson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yung is looking to get to half guard.
Johnson controlling his opponent.
Johnson scoring with strikes but Yung is staying in there.
Johnson content just to control the position here.
Johnson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the head.
Yung tries to buck Johnson off but he can't manage it.
Johnson controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Yung is desperately trying to improve his position but Johnson has a good base and remains in mount.
Johnson landing shots from mount.
Yung is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Yung is desperately trying to improve his position but Johnson has a good base and remains in mount.
Johnson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Yung wants to get back to his feet.
Johnson landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Johnson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Yung for as long as he can get away with.
Yung is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Johnson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Johnson controlling his opponent.
Yung wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

Yung showing good submission defense here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Yung controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Johnson has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Yung's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson throwing damaging strikes from the back! Yung could be in trouble here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

Johnson has got one arm under Yung's chin. This could be trouble... Yung trying to control the other hand but Johnson gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Yung has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Taz Johnson!