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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Johnson (ranked 946 p4p, 28 weight class) and Pele Ronaldo (ranked 805 p4p, 21 weight class). Johnson comes into the arena with Kung Fu Fighting blaring out of the sound system. Paul Johnson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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272 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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32
266 lbs
13 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
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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
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pele Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson clinches up against the cage.
Ronaldo lands a takedown into guard.
Ronaldo content to stall in guard here.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Ronaldo is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Johnson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Ronaldo wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Ronaldo won't allow Johnson to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ronaldo is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Ronaldo passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo works his way into full mount!
Ronaldo looking to finish with strikes here!
Ronaldo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ronaldo working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Johnson looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Ronaldo! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Pele Ronaldo!
During a confident post fight interview, Pele Ronaldo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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