PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Craig Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan McClelland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Blood of Heroes!. McClelland has chosen Born And Raised In Lowell as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Johnson
vs
McClelland

168 cm
31
200 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

170 cm
21
201 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Master Lee's One Stop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Craig Johnson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryan McClelland!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson scores with a hook to the body. McClelland takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McClelland fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McClelland.
Johnson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McClelland momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - McClelland throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McClelland takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McClelland tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
McClelland takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Johnson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McClelland on the side of the head.

McClelland is rocked!
Crack! Johnson connects with the perfect overhand right and McClelland falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Johnson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Craig Johnson!
Craig Johnson retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Craig Johnson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Bryan McClelland was interviewed post fight and said 'I think it's funny he knew I was going to do that!'.