PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Johnson (ranked 6966 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Butcher (ranked 2687 p4p, 0 weight class). Butcher has chosen Won't Back Down as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Johnson
vs
Butcher

190 cm
19
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
34
210 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyrone Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Billy Butcher!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butcher stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Butcher rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
Butcher keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Butcher controls the action.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Butcher has him pressed against the cage.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Butcher moves into the clinch successfully.
Butcher has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Butcher scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butcher lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Tyrone Johnson has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Butcher pressing his opponent against the cage.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butcher slows down the pace here.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the cage, Butcher throws an elbow but misses.
Butcher using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Butcher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Butcher is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The referee is keeping an eye on Butcher - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Butcher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries a body shot but Butcher blocks it.
Butcher blocks a body shot from Johnson.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson tries to work over Butcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.
Johnson letting Butcher take a breather here.
Butcher unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Butcher lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Butcher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Butcher with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Butcher has double underhooks.
Butcher dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Butcher is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to work over Butcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Butcher slows down the pace here.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Butcher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Butcher misses with an elbow strike.
Butcher lands a nice elbow.
Butcher stalls.
Butcher keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Butcher.
Butcher scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Butcher is stalling here.
Johnson working aggressively here.

Butcher drops Johnson with a big knee straight up the middle! Johnson is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Butcher with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Butcher gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Johnson is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Butcher!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Billy Butcher made sure he mentioned KnockOut, along with how happy he was to win his fight.