PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurita Kanazawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kanazawa kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Yoshu Fukushu - Maximum the Hormone. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kanazawa
vs
Johnson

200 cm
19
250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

197 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Bad Man Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kurita Kanazawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Earl Johnson !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanazawa moves to clinch but Johnson breaks away

and Johnson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kanazawa's guard now.
Kanazawa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson .

Johnson drops back looking for a leg! Kanazawa is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kanazawa manages to kick Johnson off! Johnson jumps back into Kanazawa's guard.
Johnson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kanazawa's head.
Kanazawa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.
Johnson lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kanazawa wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanazawa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson .
Johnson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson is stalling in the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Earl Johnson .
Kanazawa doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Kanazawa tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Johnson counters with a body kick.
Kurita Kanazawa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kanazawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kanazawa tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanazawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Kanazawa looks to clinch
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.

Kanazawa moves into range and clinches up with Johnson .
Kanazawa is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kanazawa down to the mat. Kanazawa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kanazawa checks a low kick from Johnson .
Kanazawa closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side
and Johnson counters with a left and a right that stings Kanazawa.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kanazawa darts in trying to clinch

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Kanazawa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kanazawa tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kanazawa has momentary wrist control but Johnson slips an elbow through the middle.
Johnson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kanazawa wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson won't allow Kanazawa to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson passes Kanazawa's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Earl Johnson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Johnson shoots for a takedown but Kanazawa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kanazawa tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Kanazawa wants to clinch

and Johnson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Johnson .
Johnson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Kanazawa wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Johnson manages to pass to side control.
Johnson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kanazawa defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kanazawa defending well though.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.
Johnson trying to mount his opponent but Kanazawa defends it.
Kanazawa is in trouble now - Johnson has advanced to mount!
Johnson lands a nice shot to the head.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Johnson ! Kanazawa is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Earl Johnson !