PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Anthony Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ebrahim Azhari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azhari has chosen Jedi Mind Tricks - Blood in Blood out as his entrance music. Ebrahim Azhari is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Johnson
vs
Azhari

175 cm
26
147 lbs
10 - 8 - 1

171 cm
23
149 lbs
6 - 5 - 1

World class MT
Very strong

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthony Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ebrahim Azhari!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Azhari is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.
A lazy body kick from Johnson
and Azhari counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Azhari pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Azhari avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Azhari's face.
Azhari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Azhari working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Azhari blocks the elbow strike.
Azhari is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Azhari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Azhari avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Azhari wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Azhari unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azhari has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Azhari avoids the damage to the body.

Azhari's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Azhari circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson thows a leg kick but Azhari checks it
and Azhari counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Azhari throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Azhari lands with a kick to the temple. Johnson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Azhari tries a head kick but it misses.
Azhari turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Azhari throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Azhari scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azhari lands with a shot to the body.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Azhari has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Azhari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Azhari lands a left hand.
Azhari tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Azhari misses with a knee to the head.
Azhari with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Azhari working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Johnson is rocked!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Azhari.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson working aggressively here.
Azhari throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azhari lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Azhari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ebrahim Azhari dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Azhari trying to control the position but instead, Johnson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Azhari into the cage.
Azhari throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson prevents Azhari from breaking the clinch.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Azhari avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.
Azhari throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Azhari lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Azhari throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Azhari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Azhari.
Still in the clinch, Azhari scores with a nice short uppercut.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Azhari blocks it.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Azhari's efforts to push away.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azhari dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Azhari misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Azhari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Azhari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Azhari scores with a knee to the head.
Azhari throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azhari misses with a knee to the head.
Azhari wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Azhari unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Azhari lands a nice knee to the body.
Azhari trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson avoiding damage as Azhari throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Azhari wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Ebrahim Azhari seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azhari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Azhari.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Azhari wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Azhari lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azhari.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Azhari is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Azhari.
Azhari creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Johnson crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Johnson face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Azhari takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ebrahim Azhari!
Ebrahim Azhari seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.