PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Costin Claudiu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Johohanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Claudiu kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mice and Gods. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Claudiu
vs
Johohanson

190 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

Excellent MT
Very strong

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Costin Claudiu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dennis Johohanson!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Claudiu lands a slapping body shot.
Johohanson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Claudiu.
Johohanson blocks a low kick nicely.
Claudiu misses the body punch
and Johohanson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Claudiu forces Johohanson back against the ropes and clinches.
Claudiu gets through Johohanson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Johohanson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Claudiu is stalling here.
Claudiu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johohanson is keeping busy.
I was talking to Claudiu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Claudiu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Claudiu.
Claudiu blocks a body shot from Johohanson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Claudiu.
Johohanson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Claudiu blocks a body shot from Johohanson.
Johohanson is trying to stall.
Claudiu misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Claudiu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Claudiu throws a head punch that misses.
Claudiu blocks a body shot from Johohanson.
Claudiu blocking some punches.
Johohanson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Claudiu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Claudiu lands a hook that snaps the head of Johohanson backwards.
Claudiu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johohanson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Johohanson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Claudiu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johohanson backwards.
Johohanson tries to work over Claudiu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The referee is keeping an eye on Claudiu - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Claudiu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johohanson backwards.
Claudiu blocking some punches.
Claudiu pushes Johohanson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Johohanson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Claudiu's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Claudiu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johohansons head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Claudiu lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Claudiu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Claudiu lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Claudiu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Claudiu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Claudiu lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Claudiu.

Johohanson is rocked!
Claudiu blocking some punches.
Johohanson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Claudiu lands a shoulder strike.
Claudiu lands with a right to the head.
Johohanson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Claudiu pushes Johohanson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.

Claudiu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Claudiu.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Claudiu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Claudiu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Claudiu misses with a wild body shot.
Johohanson tries to counter with a clinch but Claudiu shakes him off and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Costin Claudiu dominated that round.
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.

Jab from Claudiu.
Claudiu throws a body punch but Johohanson moves out of range.
Johohanson wants to counter the offense by Claudiu and move into the clinch position.
Costin Claudiu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Claudiu forces Johohanson back against the ropes and clinches.

Claudiu breaks from the clinch.
Johohanson throws a jab but it's blocked by Claudiu.
Johohanson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Claudiu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Claudiu cracks Johohanson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Johohanson is still on wobbly legs! Can Claudiu finish him?
Johohanson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Claudiu.
Johohanson seems to have recovered his senses.
Claudiu is looking to wear down Johohanson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Claudiu delivers a nice body kick.
Johohanson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Claudiu scores with a nice right hand.
Claudiu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Claudiu lands a body shot.
Claudiu misses with a double jab.
Claudiu cracks a nice hook into Johohanson's ribs.
Claudiu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johohanson can do to turn this around?
Claudiu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johohanson tries to clinch up but Claudiu circles away and keeps his distance.
Johohanson is looking to clinch but Claudiu is avoiding it.
Claudiu misses the shot to the body.
Johohanson moves in looking to clinch but Claudiu pushes him off.
Claudiu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Johohanson's head backwards.
Claudiu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johohanson can pounce on him.
Claudiu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Claudiu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Claudiu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johohanson, pushing him back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Johohanson.
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!
Johohanson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Claudiu lands a left hand.
Claudiu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johohanson misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Johohanson.
Johohanson struggles to land a body shot inside as Claudiu controls his hands.
Claudiu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Claudiu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johohanson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Johohanson.
Johohanson throws a punch but it's blocked by Claudiu.
Claudiu pushes Johohanson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Claudiu.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Claudiu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Costin Claudiu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johohanson ducks right into an uppercut from Claudiu.
Johohanson tries to clinch up but Claudiu circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Costin Claudiu dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Claudiu stalks Johohanson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Johohanson's face. Johohanson staggers backwards, shaken.
Claudiu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johohanson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johohanson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Claudiu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
As Claudiu backs off Johohanson throws a huge counter combo but Claudiu manages to avoid it all.
Johohanson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Costin Claudiu is winning the standup battle so far.

Johohanson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Claudiu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johohanson backwards.
Johohanson misses with a punch to the body.
Johohanson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johohanson throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johohanson tries to throw a body punch but Claudiu avoids it by throwing Johohanson back against the ropes.
Claudiu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johohansons head.
Claudiu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johohanson backwards.
Claudiu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johohanson tries to work over Claudiu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Claudiu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johohanson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Claudiu tries to work over Johohanson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johohanson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Claudiu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Claudiu cracks Johohanson with an open hand slap.
Claudiu drops his hands momentarily and Johohanson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Claudiu throws a hook to the side of Johohanson's head but Johohanson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Claudiu has closed the distance and engaged Johohanson in a clinch.
Claudiu prevents a body shot from Johohanson.
Johohanson tries to work over Claudiu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Claudiu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Johohanson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Claudiu's elbow.
Johohanson misses with a punch to the body.
Costin Claudiu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hook to the body lands for Claudiu.
Claudiu working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Claudiu breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Claudiu lands with a hook. Johohanson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Claudiu throws a leg kick
and Johohanson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Claudiu misses with a body punch
and Johohanson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Claudiu lands a jab to Johohanson's midsection.

Claudiu has closed the distance and engaged Johohanson in a clinch.
Claudiu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johohanson blocks a body shot from Claudiu.
Johohanson misses with a hook from the clinch.

Claudiu manages to break the clinch.
Johohanson takes one to the chin there.
Claudiu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Claudiu thumps Johohanson with a low kick.
Claudiu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Johohanson just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Costin Claudiu clearly takes that round.
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.

Claudiu connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A decent looking cross lands there for Claudiu.
Claudiu connects with a leg kick. Johohanson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Claudiu has Johohanson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Claudiu lands a shoulder strike.
Johohanson misses with a body punch.
Johohanson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Claudiu tries to throw a body punch but Johohanson avoids it by throwing Claudiu back against the ropes.
Claudiu blocks a body shot from Johohanson.
Johohanson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Claudiu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johohanson can't find room to land a body shot as Claudiu controls the action.
Claudiu lands an uppercut.
A short left from Claudiu.
Johohanson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Claudiu lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Claudiu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Claudiu.

Claudiu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Claudiu has taken the fight to the clinch.
Claudiu lands a left hand.
Claudiu is working Johohanson over against the ropes.
Johohanson can't find room to land a body shot as Claudiu controls the action.
Johohanson prevents a body shot from Claudiu.
A right hook to the body lands for Claudiu.
Claudiu blocks a body shot from Johohanson.
Claudiu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Claudiu misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Johohanson.
Johohanson can't find room to land a body shot as Claudiu controls the action.
Johohanson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Johohanson.
Claudiu lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Claudiu.
Claudiu blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Claudiu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johohanson misses with some punches.
Claudiu has a couple of punches blocked by Johohanson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johohanson tries a body shot but Claudiu blocks it.
Claudiu lands with a left to the head.
Claudiu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johohanson misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johohanson.
Claudiu blocks an uppercut.
Claudiu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Claudiu lands with a light punch inside.
Claudiu taking a breather.
Johohanson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johohanson tries to throw a body punch but Claudiu avoids it by throwing Johohanson back against the ropes.
Johohanson has a couple of punches blocked by Claudiu.
Claudiu pushes Johohanson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Claudiu lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Costin Claudiu had his way with Dennis Johohanson in 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 crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Claudiu pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johohanson is out of range and Claudiu settles back down.
Johohanson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Claudiu throws a jab but it's blocked by Johohanson.
Johohanson unleashes a big counter combination but Claudiu bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Claudiu throws a jab when Johohanson was well out of range.
Claudiu throws out a powerful jab.

Claudiu gets a clinch.
Claudiu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johohanson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johohanson misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Claudiu on the inside.
Claudiu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Claudiu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johohanson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Claudiu lands a hook that snaps the head of Johohanson backwards.
Johohanson working aggressively here.
A short right from Johohanson.
Claudiu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Claudiu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johohansons head.
Johohanson tries to work over Claudiu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Claudiu creates a bit of distance and cracks Johohanson with a big uppercut! Johohanson goes down! The referee pushes Claudiu away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Johohanson make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Claudiu takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Costin Claudiu!
During a confident post fight interview, Costin Claudiu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.