PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mack Ua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Not Afraid. Mack Ua has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eddie Johnson's chin.

Johnson
vs
Ua

187 cm
30
190 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

190 cm
32
200 lbs
6 - 13 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mack Ua!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ua closes the distance and clinches.
Ua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ua lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ua managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Ua lands with a right to the head.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ua scores with a hook to the body.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ua blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Ua on the inside.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ua lands an uppercut.
Ua lands a shoulder strike.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short left from Ua.
Ua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Ua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Ua lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Johnson is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ua lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ua lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Johnson.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.

Ua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crunch! Johnson slams his shin into Ua's torso.
Ua throws a combination that misses
and Johnson counters with a two punch combo.
Ua throws a shot to the body.
Johnson sizes up Ua with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ua throws a combination that misses
and Johnson counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ua steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Johnson.
Ua connects with a jab.
Johnson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ua has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ua there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ua takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've been told by Johnson's head coaches at The Iron Palace that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Johnson lunges at Ua with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ua's hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ua moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson cracks Ua with a good jab.
Johnson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Ua moves out of range easily.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Ua forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Ua blocks it.
Ua throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Ua misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ua lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Ua blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Ua lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson lands a good knee to the midsection. Ua won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Ua swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ua.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.

Ua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ua sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Ua gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mack Ua will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ua digs a good hook to Johnson's body.
Eddie Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ua circles away quickly and effectively.

Ua darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
Ua stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Ua.
Johnson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ua is working Johnson over against the cage.
Ua can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Ua is blocking nicely.
Ua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ua takes a knee to the side of the body.
Johnson scores with a knee to the head.
Ua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ua lands an uppercut.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Ua is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Ua.
Ua lands an uppercut.
Ua lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ua working aggressively here.
Ua throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Ua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Ua is blocking nicely.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Ua.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ua.
Ua scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ua stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Ua is blocking nicely.
Ua tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Ua back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ua lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ua misses with the head strike.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ua scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Ua blocks with his arms.
Johnson scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ua swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Ua avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ua blocks it with crossed arms.
Ua lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short left from Ua.
Johnson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ua's face.
Ua lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Ua scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Ua scores with a nice short uppercut.

Ua floors Johnson with a big punch on the inside! Johnson is trying to recover but Ua dives into side control.
A big shot lands for Ua! That's hurt Johnson! Will he recover? Ua fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mack Ua!