PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bob Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rj McLovin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johansson comes to the cage accompanied by Electro Rock. McLovin has chosen Nas - Etherl as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Johansson
vs
McLovin

187 cm
24
187 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

185 cm
32
201 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Johansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Rj McLovin!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johansson thuds his right hand into McLovin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Johansson throws a leg kick but McLovin sees it coming and moves out of range.
McLovin avoids the body shot from Johansson.
Johansson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McLovin has time to react.
McLovin misses the jab.
McLovin avoids the body shot from Johansson.
Johansson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McLovin dives in and grabs Johansson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Johansson pushes down on McLovin's head and hops out.
Johansson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McLovin.
Johansson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McLovin manages to avoid it.
Johansson moves out of range as McLovin strikes.
McLovin jabs at Johansson's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johansson. McLovin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johansson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A shot to the liver by Johansson. Beautiful body shot.
McLovin walks into a stiff left hand from Johansson.
Johansson lands a right hook to the body.
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!
Johansson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McLovin throws a looping overhand right but Johansson ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLovin misses with a body punch
and Johansson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McLovin thinking.
Johansson with a nice cross.
Johansson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Johansson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McLovin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johansson counters with a stiff right hand.
A right-left combo lands from Johansson.
Bob Johansson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johansson misses with a body shot.
McLovin throws a shot to the body.
McLovin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johansson.
McLovin misses with an uppercut.
Johansson connects with a right hand. McLovin shakes it off.
Johansson dodges the punch combination from McLovin.
Johansson is looking to wear down McLovin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Johansson lands a jab to the nose.
Johansson sizes up McLovin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johansson misses with a two punch combination.
Johansson connects with the punch.
Johansson scores with a decent looking hook.
Johansson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McLovin's head.
Johansson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McLovin circles away quickly and effectively.
Johansson lands with a straight right. McLovin didn't see that one coming.
Johansson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
McLovin misses with a straight right.
McLovin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johansson.
McLovin wants to slow Johansson down by chopping away at his legs.
Johansson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Johansson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McLovin was well out of range. Poor timing from Johansson.
McLovin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McLovin avoids the body shot from Johansson.
McLovin throws a head kick that misses.
McLovin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McLovin takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McLovin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johansson thows a body shot but no joy.
McLovin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McLovin throws a lazy uppercut
and Johansson counters with a left and a right that stings McLovin.
McLovin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Johansson connects with a jab.
Bob Johansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johansson lands with a shot to the body.
Johansson thuds his right hand into McLovin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Johansson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McLovin.
Johansson throws a sloppy body shot
enabling McLovin to counter with a crisp jab.
Johansson lands a slapping body shot.
McLovin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
McLovin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McLovin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johansson was well out of range. Poor timing from McLovin.
McLovin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johansson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLovin misses with a straight right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johansson misses with a few strikes there.
Johansson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Johansson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johansson misses with a looping left.
Johansson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McLovin's head backwards.
Johansson misses the shot to the body.
Johansson throws a shot to the body.
McLovin dives in and grabs Johansson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Johansson pushes down on McLovin's head and hops out.
Bob Johansson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rj McLovin.
McLovin swings for the body but Johansson moves out of range.
McLovin misses with a straight right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johansson looks to score with a jab to the body but McLovin is just out of range.
Johansson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Johansson misses with a series of wild punches.
Johansson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Johansson 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.

Johansson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Johansson duly obliges.
Johansson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McLovin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
McLovin lands a slapping body shot.
McLovin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johansson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Johansson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Johansson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McLovin's hands.
Johansson cracks a nice hook into McLovin's ribs.
McLovin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johansson circles away quickly and effectively.
Johansson scores with a jab. McLovin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johansson. McLovin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johansson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johansson swings for the body but McLovin moves out of range.
Johansson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johansson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McLovin has time to react.
A right-left combo lands from Johansson.
Johansson blocks a head kick by McLovin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from McLovin.
Johansson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johansson takes a swing at McLovin's ribcage but misses.
A right-left combo lands from Johansson.
Johansson avoids the body shot from McLovin.
Decent striking displayed by Johansson there.
Johansson scores with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Johansson misses the target.
Johansson misses with a hook to the body
and McLovin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McLovin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johansson throws a right hand that McLovin ducks under and follows up with a left that McLovin also avoids with ease.
McLovin misses the shot to the body.
McLovin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johansson.
Johansson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McLovin on the side of the head.
McLovin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johansson counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLovin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johansson circles away quickly and effectively.
Johansson cracks McLovin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johansson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bob Johansson is winning the standup battle so far.
McLovin throws a hook to the side of Johansson's head but Johansson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johansson thuds a left hand into McLovin's body.
Johansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McLovin moves away.
McLovin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A combination from Johansson does no damage.
McLovin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johansson moves out of range of the body kick from McLovin.
Johansson scores with a nice right hand.
McLovin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McLovin misses with a series of wild punches.
Johansson misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson with a jab.
Johansson misses with a combination
and McLovin finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Johansson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McLovin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McLovin lands a jab to the nose.
Johansson connects with a body shot that sends McLovin's belly button to the back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johansson. McLovin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johansson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johansson throws a right hand that McLovin ducks under and follows up with a left that McLovin also avoids with ease.
Johansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McLovin moves away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for McLovin.
Johansson lands with an uppercut that bounces McLovin off the cage and back into range.
Johansson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McLovin moves away.
Johansson walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johansson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johansson throws a body punch but McLovin moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johansson. McLovin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johansson takes a swing at McLovin's ribcage but misses.
Johansson throws a right and a left that both miss.
McLovin checks a leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but McLovin might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Johansson has got the better of the exchanges.

McLovin shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Johansson wants to control but McLovin is keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McLovin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Johansson dominated that second round.
That's time! Johansson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from McLovin.
Johansson misses with an uppercut. McLovin saw that one coming.
McLovin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johansson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
McLovin blocks a low kick nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johansson. McLovin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johansson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McLovin throws out the jab.

McLovin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johansson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McLovin can't find room to land a body shot as Johansson controls the action.
A short left from McLovin.

McLovin breaks the clinch.
Johansson misses with a wild body shot.
Johansson swats away the attempt to clinch by McLovin.
Johansson scores with a nice head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLovin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McLovin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McLovin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McLovin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Johansson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
McLovin throws out a leg kick but Johansson moves out of range and McLovin only half commits.
McLovin throws a body punch but Johansson moves out of range.
Johansson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McLovin checks it well.
Johansson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johansson misses with a two punch combination.
McLovin dodges the punch combination from Johansson.
McLovin misses with a series of wild punches.
Johansson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McLovin.
Johansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McLovin moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johansson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McLovin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johansson.
A shot to the liver by Johansson. Beautiful body shot.
Johansson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McLovin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McLovin moves away.
Johansson misses the shot to the body.
Johansson misses with a two punch combination.
McLovin thows a body shot but no joy.
Johansson scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McLovin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johansson.
Johansson scores with a one two! McLovin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Johansson throws a body punch but McLovin moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLovin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McLovin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johansson.
McLovin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johansson.
McLovin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Johansson misses with a series of wild punches.
Johansson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McLovin at a distance.
Bob Johansson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McLovin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johansson manages to avoid it.
McLovin throws a head kick but Johansson moves out of range.
McLovin avoids the body shot from Johansson.
Johansson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johansson swings for the body but McLovin moves out of range.
McLovin lands a jab to Johansson's midsection.
Johansson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McLovin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McLovin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLovin takes a swing at Johansson's ribcage but misses.
McLovin moves away from the strike by Johansson.
Johansson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johansson cracks a nice hook into McLovin's ribs.
Johansson ducks under a wild hook from McLovin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johansson lands a jab to the head.
Johansson cracks a nice hook into McLovin's ribs.
Johansson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McLovin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Johansson throws a low kick, looking for McLovin's leg but McLovin calmly moves out of range.
Johansson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johansson throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling McLovin to counter with a crisp jab.
Johansson swings for the body but McLovin moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johansson misses with a hook. McLovin ducked under it nicely.
Rj McLovin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johansson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Johansson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johansson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Johansson!
Bob Johansson took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, nope for their support in the buildup to the fight.