PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Battousai The Slasher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justice has chosen Straight Outta Compton as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Johnny Justice enters the ring!

The Slasher
vs
Justice

188 cm
30
200 lbs
20 - 8 - 2

190 cm
25
220 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Great elbows
Granite chin

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Battousai The Slasher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Justice!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Slasher moves out of range of the strikes.
A thudding body kick lands there by The Slasher!
Justice checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Justice has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
The Slasher wants to clinch.
Justice lands a jab to the head.
The Slasher stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Justice.
Justice throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Slasher will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A head kick misses from Justice.
The Slasher gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Justice is looking to clinch.
The Slasher just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been told by The Slasher's head coaches at Dynamite Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Slasher takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The Slasher moves in looking to clinch but Justice pushes him off.
Justice appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The Slasher doesn't manage to clinch there - Justice circles away.
A little jabbing left from Justice on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Justice blocks a jab.
The Slasher misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Justice. That's going to slow The Slasher down.
Justice pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The Slasher wants to clinch up but Justice keeps it at a distance.
The Slasher checks a leg kick.
Justice scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Slasher misses with a looping left.
The Slasher comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That kick from Justice tenderised The Slasher's leg. The Slasher is trying to keep his angry face on.
The Slasher tries a low kick but Justice avoids it.
Despite the aggression on Justice's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! The Slasher crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Justice - the referee stops the clock and The Slasher gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Justice. The Slasher manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The Slasher misses with a hook
and Justice counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by The Slasher there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body kick there by The Slasher.
The Slasher moves out of range of the leg kick from Justice.
The Slasher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Slasher throwing a counter right hand but Justice manages to avoid it.
The Slasher blocks the body kick.
Justice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Slasher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Justice was well out of range. Poor timing from The Slasher.
Justice misses with an attempted mid kick.
The Slasher lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Justice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Justice looks to land a right hand but The Slasher moved out of range.
The Slasher is looking to chop away at Justice's legs.
The Slasher chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The Slasher avoids the body shot from Justice.
The Slasher appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Justice looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The Slasher lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Justice circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Justice dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The Slasher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Justice misses with a kick to the body.
The Slasher rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Justice counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The Slasher throws a nice outside leg kick.
Battousai The Slasher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Slasher doesn't manage to clinch there - Justice circles away.
The Slasher tries to score with a low kick but Justice moves his leg out of the way.
The Slasher throws a left and a right that both miss
and Justice counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Justice tries to score with a low kick but The Slasher moves his leg out of the way.
The Slasher throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The Slasher dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justice fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Slasher.
Justice feints and then cracks The Slasher's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Slasher down.
The Slasher throws a leg kick but Justice moved away.
It seemed like Justice was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Justice moves into range and connects with a jab.
The Slasher has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Justice.
Justice thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice pivots, looking for a leg kick but The Slasher is out of range and Justice settles back down.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Justice has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Justice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Justice managing to block the knees to the body from The Slasher.
Nice elbow from The Slasher.

It looks like Johnny Justice has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Justice.
Justice lands with a left to the head.
Justice misses with some punches.
The Slasher is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Justice.
Justice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Justice tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, The Slasher throws an elbow but misses.
The Slasher throws an elbow that misses.
Justice lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Slasher backwards.
Justice managing to block the knees to the body from The Slasher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice lands a nice shot to the body.
Justice misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Justice fails to land.
The Slasher landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Slasher is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Justice is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, The Slasher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Justice's brow.
The Slasher throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Slasher.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, The Slasher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Justice's brow.
Justice doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Justice tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Battousai The Slasher has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Justice takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Slasher throws an elbow but it misses.
Justice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Justice.
The Slasher is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Justice is defending well for now.
The Slasher using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Johnny Justice will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Johnny Justice's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Slasher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Justice manages to avoid it.
Justice misses with a wild body shot.
Justice moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Justice waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Slasher.
The Slasher fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Justice is out of range.

The Slasher clinches with his opponent.
Justice avoids a wild elbow strike from The Slasher.
Justice blocks an elbow strike.
Justice throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Slasher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Justice blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justice doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Justice softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, The Slasher throws an elbow but misses.
Justice lands with a short shot to the head.

It looks like Battousai The Slasher has been cut.
The Slasher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Slasher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Justice avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Justice scores with a nice short uppercut.
Justice lands a shot to the body.
Justice goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, The Slasher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Justice's brow.
The Slasher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Justice lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Slasher backwards.
The Slasher creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Slasher dodges an elbow strike from Justice.
The Slasher lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Justice looking to throw knees to the head but The Slasher is blocking nicely.
Justice throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Slashers head.
Justice blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Justice scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Slasher pushes off an throws an elbow but Justice leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
The Slasher lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Justice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Slasher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Justice moves away.
Justice blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice slips a straight right by The Slasher.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! The Slasher crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Justice - the referee stops the clock and The Slasher gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Justice. The Slasher manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The Slasher dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Slasher swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The Slasher misses with a series of wild punches.
Justice throws out a counter right but The Slasher avoids it with no problem.
Justice feints and then cracks The Slasher's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Slasher down.
Justice uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Slasher.
Justice thows a leg kick but The Slasher checks it
and The Slasher counters with a good low kick that Justice was not able to check.
The Slasher misses with a looping left.
Justice keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Slasher.
Justice dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Slasher misses with a right hand
and Justice counters with an inside leg kick.
The Slasher takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Johnny Justice just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Justice fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The Slasher throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Justice buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Justice. That snapped The Slasher's head back.
Justice throws a hook but The Slasher blocks it.
Justice lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The fighters circling - The Slasher throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Justice flicks out a counter leg kick but The Slasher steps away.
The Slasher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Justice.
Justice looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The Slasher moves into range and connects with a jab.
The Slasher doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Justice throws a hook but The Slasher avoids it easily.
The Slasher thinks about countering with a body kick.
The Slasher turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A solid body kick from Justice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Justice throws a body kick that misses.
The Slasher is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Justice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from The Slasher.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice wants to land a leg kick but The Slasher is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Justice misses the target.
The Slasher walks into a straight right hand from Justice.
Justice is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The Slasher connects with a leg kick. Justice looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The Slasher takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Justice gets tackled into the ropes by The Slasher. The Slasher maintains the clinch.
Justice throws a punch but it's blocked by The Slasher.
The Slasher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Slasher trying to land knees to the body.
Justice landing knees to the body.
Justice utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The Slasher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Slasher obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Slasher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Slasher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Justice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Justice managing to block the knees to the body from The Slasher.
The Slasher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Justice.
Justice lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Slasher backwards.
Knees to the body from Justice.
The Slasher lands a knee to the body.
The Slasher prevents a body shot from Justice.
The Slasher throws an elbow that misses.
Justice dodges an elbow strike from The Slasher.
Justice misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Justice.
The Slasher missing with knees to the body.
Justice throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Slashers head.
Justice lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Justice dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

An inside leg kick lands from Justice.
The Slasher misses with a low kick.
The Slasher has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Justice.
Justice punishes The Slasher's body with a nice straight punch.
The Slasher misses with a looping right.
The Slasher fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The Slasher tries to close the distance and clinch but Justice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Slasher misses with a body shot.
Justice moves out of range of the body kick.
Justice chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justice dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Slasher. That did some damage!
Justice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Slasher.
The Slasher walks into a jab.
Justice misses with a low kick.
The Slasher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Justice swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Slasher fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Justice. The Slasher shrugs it off though.
Justice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Slasher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Slasher is looking to clinch.
Justice swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Justice misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Justice, right into the meat.
Johnny Justice seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Justice blocks a low kick nicely.
The Slasher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Justice moves away.
Justice misses with a low kick as The Slasher jumps back.
The Slasher appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
The Slasher is looking to clinch but Justice is avoiding it.
Justice checks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by The Slasher.
Justice fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Slasher looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The Slasher takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Good leg kick by Justice there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Justice gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Justice softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Justice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Slasher.
The Slasher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Johnny Justice is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The Slasher throws an elbow that misses.
Justice throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Slashers head.
Justice goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, The Slasher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Justice's brow.
A right hand to the body from Justice.
The Slasher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Justice tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Justice pushes The Slasher back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Slasher missing with knees to the body.
Justice lands a nice uppercut.
Battousai The Slasher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Justice blocks an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Justice comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Justice has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 45:50
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 45:50
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Justice!
A very excited looking Johnny Justice made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.