PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Anthony Johnson (ranked 3315 p4p, 393 weight class) and Tyga Laxx (ranked 25119 p4p, 622 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Johnson
vs
Laxx

189 cm
30
216 lbs
23 - 18 - 1

189 cm
32
200 lbs
19 - 12 - 3

World class MT
Cardio machine

World class boxer
Granite chin

Dr Zoidberg Office

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Anthony Johnson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Tyga Laxx !
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Laxx throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laxx looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Laxx to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice shot by Laxx .
Laxx throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Laxx counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson scores with a hook.
Laxx tries to work over Johnson's front leg with a kick but Johnson checks it.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laxx was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Laxx tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Laxx avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Laxx is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Laxx keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Laxx does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Laxx avoids nicely.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Laxx throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Laxx throws a wild body kick that Johnson sees coming a mile off.
Nice shot by Laxx .
A jab from Laxx finds it's way through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laxx misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laxx .
Laxx is looking to clinch.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Laxx counters with a slapping leg kick.
Laxx rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laxx jabs at Johnson's body.
Johnson throws a jab when Laxx was well out of range.
A jab from Laxx misses.
Laxx cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

Laxx clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the ropes.
Laxx throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Laxx avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the ropes.
Laxx swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Laxx controls his hands.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Laxx .
Laxx has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Laxx goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyga Laxx dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Laxx uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Laxx is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Johnson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Anthony Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Tyga Laxx is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson misses the body punch
enabling Laxx to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laxx manages to avoid it.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson lands a jab to Laxx 's midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laxx throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Laxx showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laxx was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and as Johnson takes a moment to reset, Laxx counters with a massive combo! Right, left, right! Johnson goes down! He's in big trouble, can he recover? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10. He's out! Laxx is your winner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tyga Laxx !
Tyga Laxx is the new light heavyweight champion!