PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leo Clarke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Johns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johns has chosen By the Sword - Slash as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Clarke
vs
Johns

185 cm
28
223 lbs
23 - 21 - 0

190 cm
29
226 lbs
18 - 25 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Revolution Fatigues
Revolution Fatigues

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Revolution Fatigues

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 23 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leo Clarke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shane Johns!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clarke moves away.
Clarke stuns Johns with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johns scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Clarke throws a hook to the side of Johns's head but Johns sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Johns fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Clarke, pushing him back against the cage.
Clarke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johns misses with some punches.
Clarke tries to stall but Johns uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johns creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clarke tries for a takedown but Johns manages to get underhooks.
Clarke misses with a body punch.
Johns lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clarke takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Leo Clarke has been cut.
Clarke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clarke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johns misses with a body punch.
Clarke avoids the elbow strike from Johns, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johns.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johns.
Johns misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johns.
Clarke lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clarke avoids the elbow strike from Johns, against the cage.
Clarke blocks an elbow strike from Johns.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Johns.
Johns creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clarke's defenses.
Clarke avoids the elbow strike from Johns, against the cage.
Johns tries to work over Clarke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johns.
Clarke stalling.
Johns comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Leo Clarke's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Johns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johns throws a body kick that misses.
Johns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johns lands a head shot.
Johns scores with a head kick. Clarke tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Johns will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clarke missing with a left hand there. Johns was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice cross by Clarke.
Clarke avoids the head kick by Johns.

Johns gets tackled into the cage by Clarke. Clarke maintains the clinch.
Clarke blocks an uppercut.
Johns is trying to force a seperation but Clarke has the dominant position.
A short left from Clarke.
Johns lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johns working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johns misses with an elbow over the top.

Johns pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johns misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johns throws a body punch but Clarke moves out of range.
Clarke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Clarke scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Clarke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clarke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johns.
Johns scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Johns throws a big shot that misses.
Johns looks to land a combination but Clarke avoids it well.
Clarke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clarke smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johns paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Leo Clarke's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Clarke connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johns throws a leg kick which misses Clarke's front leg but catches the back leg as Clarke tries to avoid it.
Clarke throws a leg kick but Johns moved away.
Johns takes a swing at Clarke's ribcage but misses.
Johns misses with a low kick as Clarke jumps back.
Clarke slips a jab from Johns.
Clarke looks for the body kick but Johns saw that one coming.
Clarke misses with a hook
and Johns cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shane Johns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johns throws a leg kick but Clarke sees it coming and moves out of range.
Johns looks to land a right hand but Clarke moved out of range.
Clarke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johns.
Clarke throws the left hand but Johns avoids the punch easily.
Johns attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johns throws a low kick but it's checked well by Clarke.
Clarke takes a jab right on the kisser.
Clarke tries to clinch but Johns moves out of range.
Johns avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Johns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leo Clarke's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Clarke slips a jab and a cross from Johns.
Johns ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johns lands with a right hand.
Johns avoids a punch combination nicely.
Clarke digs a good body shot into Johns's ribs.
Clarke misses with an uppercut. Johns saw that one coming.
Johns throws a right and a left that Clarke avoids nicely.
Clarke misses with a wild body shot.
Clarke throws a body punch but Johns moves out of range.
Johns misses with an uppercut.
Johns throws a hook to the side of Clarke's head but Clarke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johns misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clarke misses the shot to the body.
Johns doesn't manage to clinch there - Clarke circles away.
Johns misses the jab.
Johns jabs Clarke to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns throws a poor cross that misses
letting Clarke counter with a right hand.

Clarke manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Johns on his heels. He'll look to pass Johns's guard now, I'm sure.
Clarke throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Clarke trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Clarke stands up from Johns's guard - Clarke perhaps looking for a knockout.
Clarke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johns throws a nice looking combination but Clarke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johns scores with a nice right hand.
A swing and a miss from Clarke.
Clarke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
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!
Clarke looks to throw the jab but Johns is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Johns closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Clarke takes an elbow to the temple.
Clarke is leaning against Johns and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johns misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clarke.
Clarke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clarke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johns tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johns tries to land knees in the clinch but Clarke avoids the damage to the body.
A right hand to the body from Johns.
Johns tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clarke's elbow.
Johns throws an elbow but it misses.
Johns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johns works on Clarke's body with a couple of short punches.
Johns throws a punch but it's blocked by Clarke.

Clarke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johns.

Jeez, Leo Clarke's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A punch combination from Clarke misses.
Johns keeps the fight on the outside.
Clarke swings for the body but Johns moves out of range.
Johns tries to clinch there but Clarke circles away.
Clarke dives in and grabs Johns's left leg, looking for a takedown. Johns pushes down on Clarke's head and hops out.
Johns is looking to slow Clarke down with leg kicks.
Johns feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Clarke's calf.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clarke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Clarke misses.
Johns tries to clinch but Clarke moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johns misses the shot to the body.
Johns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clarke manages to avoid it.
Clarke scores with the left hand. Johns knows he should have avoided that one.
Johns changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Johns blocks a leg kick.
Johns cracks Clarke with an open hand slap.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Leo Clarke's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Shane Johns!
A victorious Shane Johns thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.