PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dick Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xerxes Do Prado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Do Prado has chosen Babylonians Rise as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Do Prado

225 cm
19
267 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

205 cm
19
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Powerful

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
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Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dick Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xerxes Do Prado!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johnson.
The crowd cheers as Do Prado lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
Johnson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Johnson jabs Do Prado right on the nose. Do Prado blinks but takes it well.
A combination from Do Prado does no damage.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Do Prado.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Do Prado moved out of range.
Nice body punch from Do Prado.
Johnson connects with the punch.
Do Prado tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Do Prado moves away and avoids it.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Do Prado.
Johnson is looking to counter the offense by Do Prado and move into the clinch.
Do Prado looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Do Prado throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Do Prado takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Do Prado throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do Prado moves away.
A nice side step and Do Prado releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Do Prado tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Do Prado fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Do Prado fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Do Prado takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson throws the left hand but Do Prado avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Do Prado misses.
Johnson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Do Prado throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Do Prado.
A little feinted left hand from Johnson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Johnson catches Do Prado with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Do Prado avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Do Prado feints a counter leg kick.
Johnson blocks a jab.
Do Prado throws a big shot that misses.
Do Prado is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Do Prado sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Do Prado unleashes a big counter combination but Johnson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Johnson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Do Prado uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do Prado ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Do Prado steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Johnson.
Do Prado lands a jab-cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Do Prado. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Do Prado fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Do Prado fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.
Do Prado tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Do Prado tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Do Prado.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.

It looks like Xerxes Do Prado has been cut.
A big right from Do Prado misses.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice shot lands for Johnson.
Do Prado jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Do Prado saw that one coming.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do Prado.
Do Prado lands a nice hook to Johnson's body. Johnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Do Prado! But no joy.
Do Prado lands with a good body shot.
Do Prado lands a jab to Johnson's midsection.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Do Prado uses good head movement to avoid it.
Do Prado sizes up Johnson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Do Prado throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Do Prado fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Johnson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Do Prado is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
Do Prado looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Do Prado ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Do Prado! But no joy.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Do Prado.
Do Prado avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Do Prado misses with a jab to the body
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheers as Do Prado lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
Do Prado has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Do Prado is looking to clinch.
Do Prado throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do Prado tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab by Do Prado.
Do Prado tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Do Prado misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Do Prado swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do Prado throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Johnson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Johnson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Xerxes Do Prado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Do Prado lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Johnson at a distance.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson blocks a low kick nicely.
Johnson moves forwards but Do Prado connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Do Prado lands with a straight right. Johnson didn't see that one coming.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Johnson swings for the body but Do Prado moves out of range.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Do Prado tries to land a leg kick but Johnson saw it coming and moves away.
Do Prado throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Do Prado jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson is looking for a counter combo.
Do Prado misses the jab.
Do Prado takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Johnson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Do Prado avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do Prado swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Do Prado displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Do Prado throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Do Prado throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Do Prado looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Do Prado tries to get set, Johnson tries to push him back and clinch up but Do Prado manages to avoid the attempt.
Do Prado lands with a shot to the body.
Do Prado on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johnson checks a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Do Prado misses the body punch
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Do Prado saw that one coming.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Do Prado to counter with a crisp jab.
Do Prado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Do Prado.
Johnson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Do Prado on the side of the head.
A clash of legs there as Johnson blocks the low kick.
Do Prado fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Do Prado misses.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Do Prado takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Do Prado avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Do Prado takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Do Prado connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Do Prado slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Do Prado. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Do Prado on the side of the head.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Do Prado manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Do Prado loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Do Prado misses the jab.

Do Prado closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do Prado blocking some punches.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson jabs Do Prado to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Do Prado jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Do Prado throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Do Prado wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Do Prado lands a nice shot to the body.
Do Prado doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Do Prado swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Do Prado ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Do Prado cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Do Prado misses with a two punch combination.
Do Prado misses with a body shot.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Do Prado defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Do Prado slips a straight right by Johnson.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Johnson cracks Do Prado with a right hand to the side of the head.
Do Prado throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Do Prado punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Xerxes Do Prado will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Xerxes Do Prado's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Johnson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Do Prado scores with a nice strike.
Do Prado throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Do Prado throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Do Prado throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Do Prado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Do Prado throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Johnson.
Do Prado misses with a wild body shot.
Do Prado misses with an uppercut
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Do Prado looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Do Prado connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Do Prado.
Xerxes Do Prado seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Do Prado throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a jab when Do Prado was well out of range.
Do Prado throws a leg kick that misses.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Do Prado circles away.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Do Prado was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson defending well as Do Prado loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Do Prado was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Do Prado displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Do Prado comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Do Prado scores with a decent looking hook.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Do Prado counter with a right hand.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Do Prado sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do Prado tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Do Prado slips under a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do Prado rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Do Prado misses the jab.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson defending well as Do Prado loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Do Prado throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Do Prado manages to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do Prado.
A shot to the body from Johnson misses
and Do Prado counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Do Prado moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Do Prado looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
Do Prado is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Do Prado.
Johnson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Do Prado throws a shot to the body.
Do Prado lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Do Prado misses with a jab to the body
and Do Prado takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do Prado.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Do Prado.
Do Prado catches Johnson napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends Johnson crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Do Prado raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Xerxes Do Prado!
During a confident post fight interview, Xerxes Do Prado thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.