PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Duffy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duffy comes to the cage accompanied by Down with the Sickness. This should be fireworks!

Duffy
vs
Johnson

185 cm
18
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Red Square Fight Gear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mikey Duffy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Duffy counters with a shoot takedown. Johnson fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Duffy throws a big right hand that misses.
Duffy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Duffy.
Duffy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Johnson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Duffy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Duffy landing with the ground and pound.
Johnson keeping full guard, as Duffy tries to pass.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duffy chips away with some ground and pound.
Duffy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duffy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Duffy content to stall in guard here.
Duffy tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.
Duffy is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Duffy advances to half guard.
Johnson looks winded!
Duffy works his foot free and advances to mount.
Duffy breaks from Johnson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Duffy content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duffy unloading with bombs!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duffy lands a big elbow.
Duffy 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.
Duffy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Duffy is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Johnson is rocked!
Duffy with the ground and pound from mount.
Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Duffy finish him?
Duffy drops a big elbow. That's hurt Johnson! More shots from Duffy and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikey Duffy!
After the fight, Mikey Duffy was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.