PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akira Hendrix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hendrix
vs
Johansson

191 cm
24
205 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

196 cm
24
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akira Hendrix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Johansson!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Johansson.

Hendrix clinches with his opponent.

Hendrix breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hendrix avoids the body shot from Johansson.
Hendrix ducks under a wild hook from Johansson.
Johansson lands with a right hand.
Hendrix with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johansson to score with a decent uppercut.

Hendrix is rocked!

Hendrix gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Hendrix manages to break the clinch.

Hendrix closes the distance and clinches.
Hendrix definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A short uppercut from Hendrix.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hendrix breaks from the clinch.
Johansson throws a jab when Hendrix was well out of range.
Johansson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johansson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Alexander Johansson has been cut.
Johansson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hendrix lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Johansson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johansson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hendrix slips under a jab.
Hendrix tries a head kick but it misses.
Alexander Johansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johansson throws a series of punches but Hendrix avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hendrix has time to react.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hendrix, as that shot connected.
Johansson stuns Hendrix with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johansson scores with a punch to the head.
Johansson misses with an uppercut. Hendrix saw that one coming.
A jab from Johansson misses.
Hendrix tries to counter with a takedown but Johansson is quick to defend against it.
Hendrix gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Oh Hendrix is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johansson lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Hendrix up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Johansson from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Hendrix's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alexander Johansson!