PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bob Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Bing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johansson comes to the cage accompanied by Electro Rock. Bob Johansson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Johansson
vs
Bing

187 cm
26
177 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

170 cm
23
170 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Johansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Bing!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bing with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johansson swinging wildly here.
Johansson looks to score with a jab to the body but Bing is just out of range.
Bing goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bing tries to clinch there but Johansson circles away.
Johansson clobbers Bing with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bing tries to score with a low kick but Johansson moves his leg out of the way.
An inside leg kick from Bing misses.
Johansson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Johansson misses with a double jab
and Bing connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johansson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bing tries to land a leg kick but Johansson saw it coming and moves away.
Johansson lunges at Bing with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bing's hand.
A punch lands to the side of Bing 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Left hook, right uppercut from Johansson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johansson misses with a two punch combination.
Johansson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bing moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bing fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johansson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johansson throws a combination. Bing tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Johansson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Johansson misses with an uppercut. Bing saw that one coming.
Johansson blocks a low kick nicely.
Johansson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bing walks into a jab.
Johansson jabs at Bing's body.
A slow jab from Johansson misses its intended target.
Johansson cracks Bing with a good jab.
Johansson swings for the body but Bing moves out of range.
Johansson tries to land a leg kick but Bing saw it coming and moves away.
Johansson throws a right hand that Bing ducks under and follows up with a left that Bing also avoids with ease.
Bing takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Johansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bing moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson scores with a three punch combo!
Bing throws a low kick but Johansson moves out of range easily.
Bing moves out of range of the body kick from Johansson.
Bing takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
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!
Bing throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A clash of legs there as Johansson blocks the low kick.
Johansson lands the left hand.
Bing scores with a spinning back kick!

Bing has closed the distance and engaged Johansson in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bing missing with knees to the body.
Bing missing with knees to the body.
Bing controlling the action here for a moment.
Johansson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bing misses with some punches.
Johansson blocks an elbow strike from Bing.
Bing throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bing keeps control of Johansson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johansson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bing has him pressed against the cage.
Bing looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Johansson is trying to force a seperation but Bing has the dominant position.
Johansson is trying to break the clinch but Bing is controlling him.
Bing controlling the action here for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson digs a right hand into Bing's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bing's gas tank.
Johansson is trying to break the clinch but Bing is controlling him.
Johansson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bing connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Bob Johansson has been cut.
A frustrated look appears on Johansson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bing throws an elbow but it misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johansson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Johansson breaks the clinch.
Bing misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bing throws an overhand right that lands on Johansson's shoulder, as Johansson tries to avoid the shot.
Johansson misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Johansson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob Johansson's cut.
That's time! Johansson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Johansson tests Bing's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johansson checks a leg kick nicely.
Bing misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johansson. Bing does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bob Johansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johansson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bing stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johansson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bing manages to avoid it.
Bing lands a leg kick that knocks Johansson off balance momentarily.
Johansson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bing.
Bing avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Johansson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bing on the side of the head.
Johansson misses the shot to the body.
Bing attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bing throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Johansson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johansson misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Johansson. Those never looked like landing.
Johansson misses the shot to the body.
Bing lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johansson.
Johansson checks a leg kick nicely.
Johansson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Johansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bing moves away.
Bing throws a wild body kick that Johansson sees coming a mile off.
A nice combination there by Johansson.
Bob Johansson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bing showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johansson.
Bing uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Johansson has time to react.
Johansson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johansson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bing is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson stalks Bing and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bing's face. Bing staggers backwards, shaken.
Johansson looks to land a combination. Bing sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Johansson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bing is out of range.
Bing is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johansson.
Bing scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johansson doesn't seem bothered though.
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!
A punch combination from Johansson misses.
Johansson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johansson scores with a nice strike.
Johansson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johansson misses with a two punch combination.
Good leg kick by Bing there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Johansson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bing.
Johansson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Johansson misses with a wild body shot.
Johansson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson scores with a jab to the jaw.
A right-left combo lands from Johansson.
Bob Johansson is winning the standup battle so far.
Bing swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johansson scores with the left hand. Bing knows he should have avoided that one.
Bing lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Johansson misses with a jab to the body
and Bing makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Johansson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bing checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johansson misses with a double jab.
Bing scores with a jab. Johansson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Johansson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bing looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bing avoids the body shot from Johansson.
Johansson avoids the head kick by Bing.
No joy there for Johansson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johansson swings for the body but Bing moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bing avoids the body shot from Johansson.
Johansson misses with an uppercut. Bing saw that one coming.
Johansson throws a series of punches but Bing moves out of range.
Johansson blocks a head kick by Bing.
Bing has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Johansson misses with a two punch combination.
Bing is looking to clinch.
Johansson lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johansson checks the leg kick.
Johansson lands a glancing blow to the side of Bing's head.
Johansson thuds his right hand into Bing's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice body punch from Johansson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johansson.
Johansson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bing tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Johansson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Johansson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bob Johansson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Bing tries a head kick but it misses.
Johansson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johansson connects with a single shot there.
Bing throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Johansson just misses with a punch to the body.
Bing attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Johansson thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Bing.
Johansson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bing manages to avoid it.
Bing misses with a wild body shot.
Johansson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bing is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johansson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bing.
Johansson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bing circles away quickly and effectively.
Bing throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johansson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johansson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johansson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johansson tests Bing's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johansson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bing dodges the punch combination from Johansson.
Johansson lands a jab to the nose.
Bing misses with a head kick.
Bing throws a body kick that misses.
Bing throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Johansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bing moves away.
Bing walks into a left hand.
Eric Bing has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bing circles away quickly and effectively.
Johansson misses with a two punch combination.
Johansson digs a good body shot into Bing's ribs.
Johansson connects with a body shot that sends Bing's belly button to the back.
Johansson moves out of range of the body kick from Bing.
Johansson scores with a three punch combo!
Johansson scores with a hook to the body. Bing takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bing showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johansson.
A right-left combo lands from Johansson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bing throws a shot from downtown. Johansson moves away and avoids it.
Johansson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bing lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Johansson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johansson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bing uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johansson.
Johansson throws a good cross that connects.
Bob Johansson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bing throws a chopping leg kick but Johansson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Johansson is looking to wear down Bing with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bing thows a left - swing and a miss!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johansson checks a leg kick.
Bing walks into a jab.
Bing throws a chopping leg kick but Johansson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Johansson throws a right and a left that Bing avoids nicely.
Bing misses with a head kick.
Johansson's corner calls for a 1-2. Johansson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Johansson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bing checks a leg kick.
Johansson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
No joy there for Johansson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Johansson tries to keep at a distance but Bing has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bing is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johansson is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bing throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johansson blocks it with crossed arms.
Bing tries to land knees in the clinch but Johansson avoids the damage to the body.
Johansson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bing looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bing looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bing throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johansson blocks it with crossed arms.

Johansson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice uppercut there from Johansson.
Bing misses with a looping left.
Johansson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johansson lands a jab to Bing's midsection.

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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Johansson!
Bob Johansson managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, nope, into his post fight interview.