PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miklo Velka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balrog Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Velka comes to the cage accompanied by Cypress Hill - Insane In The Membrane. Johnson has chosen Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Velka
vs
Johnson

188 cm
39
219 lbs
38 - 26 - 0

192 cm
41
216 lbs
28 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 38 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miklo Velka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Balrog Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velka ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Velka throws a lazy head kick
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Velka scores with a nice right hand.
Velka looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Velka scores with a jab to the head.
Velka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Velka misses with a hook.
Johnson throws a push kick but Velka slaps the foot to one side.
Velka throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Velka throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.

Velka moves into the clinch successfully.
Velka has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Velka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Velka lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Velka misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Velka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Velka misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Velka.
Johnson avoiding damage as Velka throws knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Velka stalling the fight.
Velka dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Velka seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Velka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson is leaning against Velka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Velka.
Johnson dodges an elbow strike from Velka.
Velka lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Balrog Johnson has been cut.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Velka backwards.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Johnson misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Velka controls his hands.
Velka wants to stall.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Velka avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Velka slowing the pace effectively.
Nice elbow from Velka.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Velka.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Velka, against the cage.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Velka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velka tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Velka misses with an elbow strike.
Velka misses with a knee strike.
Velka is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johnson is keeping busy.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson letting Velka take a breather here.
Velka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson is working Velka over against the cage.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Velka.
Velka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Velka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Velka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Velka.
Velka scores with a hook to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Velka just misses with a elbow thrown towards Johnson's brow.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Velka.
Velka stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miklo Velka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Balrog Johnson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Velka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Velka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
Johnson swings for the body but Velka moves out of range.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Velka's front leg but catches the back leg as Velka tries to avoid it.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Velka.
Velka fails to land with a series of punches.
Velka moves out of range of the leg kick from Johnson.
Velka getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Velka throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Miklo Velka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Johnson. That's going to slow Velka down.
Velka tries to clinch up.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson is looking to land body kicks.
Good work by Velka as he checks the leg kick.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Velka.
Johnson takes a swing at Velka's ribcage but misses.
Johnson misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Velka closes the distance and clinches.
Velka crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Velka lands a knee to the body.
Miklo Velka has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Velka throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Velka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Velka is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Velka creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good body shot from Velka.
Velka trying to control the position but instead, Johnson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Velka into the cage.
Velka stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Velka just misses with a elbow thrown towards Johnson's brow.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Velka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Velka looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Velka misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Velka missing with knees to the body.
Velka scores with a knee to the head.
Velka misses with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Velka, against the cage.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Velka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Velka, against the cage.
Velka stalls.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Velka lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Velka is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Velka backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velka trying to land knees to the body.
Velka prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson avoiding damage.
A short right from Johnson on the inside.
Velka lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Johnson avoiding damage as Velka throws knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Velka pushes off an throws an elbow but Johnson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Velka throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Velka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Velka.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johnson as Velka tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miklo Velka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Balrog Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Velka's shoulder, as Velka tries to avoid the shot.
Velka misses the jab.
Velka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Velka misses with a low kick as Johnson jumps back.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Velka is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson feints a counter leg kick.
Velka lands a head kick!
Velka moves to clinch but Johnson breaks away
and Johnson counters with a nice body kick.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Velka checks it.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Velka under the eye.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Velka.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Velka digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs.
Velka wants to clinch.
Velka connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Velka scores with a head kick.
Velka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johnson's calf.
A chopping leg kick lands by Velka.
Velka blocks a leg kick.
Good work by Johnson as he checks the leg kick.
Velka tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
A little jabbing left from Johnson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Velka tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Velka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Velka with a hook.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Velka.
Velka throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Velka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A low kick from Johnson misses
and Velka counters with an outside leg kick.
Velka pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Velka moves out of range of the leg kick from Johnson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Velka misses with a hook to the body
and Johnson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Velka dips to his left and cracks Johnson with an uppercut!
Velka blocks a low kick nicely.
Velka avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Johnson.
Velka throws a low kick but Johnson moves out of range easily.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Velka.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Velka was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Velka throws a leg kick but Johnson moved away.
Velka looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

It looks like Miklo Velka has been cut.
Velka checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velka throws a half hearted mid kick.
Johnson flicks out a counter leg kick but Velka steps away.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Velka should have avoided that one.
Johnson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Velka avoids a kick to the body.
Velka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Velka doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Velka blocks the leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Velka.
Johnson tries to land a leg kick but Velka saw it coming and moves away.
Velka fires out a quick counter leg kick but Johnson just manages to avoid it.
Jab from Velka.
Johnson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Velka pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Velka throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Velka.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Velka lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Velka.
Velka tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Velka.
Velka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Velka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Johnson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Velka misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson wants to stall.
Velka content to slow the pace in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miklo Velka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Velka has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miklo Velka!
Post fight, Miklo Velka stared into the camera and said 'Yo homes....I dedicate this win to Magic....La Onda essa! Hey Red Rider shut your mouth...if you want to scrap meet me at El Pino!'.