PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tito Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Johansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Henry
vs
Johansen

188 cm
18
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Inexperienced

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tito Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jan Johansen!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Henry throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Johansen's waist but Johansen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henry off to one side.
Henry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johansen.

Johansen shoots in and bounces Henry off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Johansen content to stall in guard here.
Johansen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Henry wants to stand but Johansen is controlling the position.
Henry looking for a sweep. Not yet Henry, not yet.
Johansen trying to control but Henry is working from the bottom.
Henry looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansen is working Henry over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Johansen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Henry looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Johansen preventing the sweep.
Johansen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johansen looking to sit in guard and control but Henry gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Henry won't allow Johansen to sweep him here.
Johansen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johansen looking for a sweep. Not yet Johansen, not yet.
Henry wanted to stand there but Johansen had control of the position.
Henry preventing the sweep.
Henry pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johansen is keeping the position for now.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Henry fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Henry has his takedown stuffed

and Johansen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Henry's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tito Henry. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry wants to stand up but Johansen is controlling him.
Johansen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Henry has control of Johansen's left arm, preventing Johansen from doing any damage.
Henry is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Henry wants to take a breather but Johansen is having none of it.
Johansen preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Henry passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Johansen!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansen blocking the ground and pound.
Johansen sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Johansen wants to get back to full guard but Henry has passed into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johansen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Johansen wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Johansen 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.

Henry misses with a two punch combination.
Henry wants to clinch.
Henry with a lazy takedown attempt

and Johansen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Henry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Henry wants to control but Johansen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Henry keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Johansen trying to control from Henry's half guard. Henry has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Johansen distracts Henry with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Johansen throws and elbow that misses. Henry uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Johansen's guard. Nice move by Henry!
Henry trying to control the position from guard on top but Johansen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henry is one step ahead there.
Henry tries to stand but Johansen is controlling from the bottom.

Johansen is working an open guard so Henry takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Henry with a poor takedown

and Johansen counters with a takedown into side control.
Henry taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Henry to see if he's OK.
Henry is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Johansen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Henry manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Henry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Johansen prevents Henry from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johansen is stalling here. Henry is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Johansen seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Henry has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johansen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Johansen wants to control but Henry postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Johansen is squirming around, avoiding Henry's attempts to control the action.
Henry misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Johansen is looking to improve his position but Henry isn't that keen on the idea.
Johansen is squirming around, avoiding Henry's attempts to control the action.
Johansen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Henry throwing strikes here but Johansen is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Henry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johansen hang on?
Henry tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Johansen is squirming around, avoiding Henry's attempts to control the action.
BOOM! Henry connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Johansen is desperately trying to improve his position but Henry has a good base and remains in mount.
Henry can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johansen is looking to escape.
Johansen is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Johansen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Johansen feints and as Henry raises his hands in defense, Johansen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Henry is looking to stand up but Johansen isn't so interested in that idea.
Henry keeping moving, preventing Johansen from controlling successfully.
Henry is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Johansen is not content to let Henry control the position.
Johansen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Henry. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Henry controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansen trying to hold on to Henry's head to control him but Henry postures up.
Henry throwing shots but Johansen is blocking nicely.
Henry wants to get back to his feet.
Johansen is trying to maintain the position but Henry is very close to passing his half guard.
Henry is trying to control. Johansen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
No luck for Henry with that takedown attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Henry checks a leg kick.
Henry clinches but Johansen breaks the clinch

and Johansen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Henry's guard.
Johansen trying to control the position from guard on top but Henry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Henry uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Johansen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Johansen in side control lands a decent elbow.
Henry is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Johansen off and has taken his back!
Henry throwing sloppy strikes.
Henry misses with an elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansen looking very determined here, making life difficult for Henry.
Henry scores with strikes from the back.
Johansen wants to escape the position.
Johansen trying to control the hands but Henry breaks the grip.
Henry controls the position.
Tito Henry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Henry scores with punches from the back.
Henry is looking to control Johansen but Johansen is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Henry is really struggling to control Johansen but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Johansen takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Henry is hanging on to Johansen's back as he tries to escape.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Henry.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jan Johansen.
I've got Johansen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Johansen!