PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Åke Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Bane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johansson comes to the cage accompanied by remember the name. Åke Johansson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johansson
vs
Bane

190 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

200 cm
19
283 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Åke Johansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lucas Bane!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Johansson misses.
Bane just misses with a punch to the body.
Johansson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bane tries to bum rush Johansson with a series of wild strikes but Johansson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bane scores with a nice right hand.
Bane ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johansson lands a leg kick that knocks Bane off balance momentarily.
Johansson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johansson avoids the body shot from Bane.
Jab, jab by Bane - just one landing.
Bane scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bane falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johansson counters with a low kick, right behind Bane 's knee.
Bane misses the shot to the body.
Johansson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A head kick misses from Johansson.
Johansson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bane is out of range and Johansson settles back down.
Johansson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson looks to land a body kick but Bane moved away.
Bane connects with a crisp jab.
A punch lands to the side of Bane 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bane gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bane staying out of range there.
Bane takes a swing at Johansson's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Bane, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johansson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bane throws out the jab.
Bane misses with the combination.
Johansson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johansson tries to score with a low kick but Bane moves his leg out of the way.
Bane on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good work by Bane as he checks the leg kick.
Bane throws a looping overhand right but Johansson ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bane has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Johansson.
Lucas Bane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bane scores with a decent looking hook.
Bane has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bane lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johansson circles away quickly and effectively.
A telegraphed right hand from Johansson misses the target.
Johansson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johansson misses with a head kick.
Johansson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Johansson misses with a hook. Bane ducked under it nicely.
Johansson slips under a jab from Bane.
Johansson blocks a jab.
Bane throws a big shot that misses.
Bane misses with a looping right.
Johansson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bane throws a right and a left that Johansson avoids nicely.
A slow jab from Bane misses its intended target.

Johansson feints and as Bane raises his hands in defense, Johansson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Johansson looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson trying to control the position from guard on top but Bane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Johansson drops back looking for a leg! Bane is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bane manages to kick Johansson off! Johansson jumps back into Bane's guard.
Johansson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johansson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson throws a big elbow that misses.
Johansson throwing strikes but missing.
Bane trying to control the position.
Bane looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johansson throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bane jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johansson shoots in looking for a takedown. Bane tries to sprawl out of it but Johansson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bane manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lucas Bane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johansson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bane tries to clinch but Johansson moves out of range.
Bane tries to bum rush Johansson with a series of wild strikes but Johansson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bane scores with a hook to the body. Johansson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johansson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bane. Johansson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bane moves in looking to clinch but Johansson pushes him off.
Johansson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bane has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bane digs a good hook to Johansson's body.
Johansson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bane lands a nice hook to Johansson's body. Johansson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Johansson dodges the punch combination from Bane.
Bane is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Banes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bane throws a big shot that misses.
Bane misses with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Johansson.
A jab from Bane misses.
Johansson dips to his left and cracks Bane with an uppercut!

It looks like Lucas Bane has been cut.
Bane takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Johansson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Johansson misses.
An inside leg kick from Johansson misses.
Johansson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bane swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bane's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bane duly obliges.
Johansson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bane's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bane has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Johansson.
Donk. Johansson catches Bane right on the button with a cross.
Johansson throws a front kick that sends Bane stumbling back into the cage.

Johansson drops Bane with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bane looks back up at him and smiles so Johansson waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Bane is rocked!
Bane ducks into an uppercut from Johansson and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Åke Johansson!
A relieved looking Åke Johansson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.