PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Damian Hitman (ranked 8474 p4p, 819 weight class) and Paul Johnson (ranked 7055 p4p, 752 weight class). Paul Johnson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Damian Hitman's chin.

Hitman
vs
Johnson

186 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
19
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Great elbows
Good gas tank

Venom Combat Sports

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damian Hitman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson moves out of range as Hitman throws a body kick.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hitman.
A nice side step and Johnson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Hitman.
Hitman scores with a head kick.
Johnson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hitman tries to land a front kick but Johnson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Johnson throws a head kick but Hitman moves out of range.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hitman throws out the jab.
Hitman lands a really nice looking cross but Johnson seems unphased.

It looks like Paul Johnson has been cut.
Hitman explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hitman jabs Johnson right on the nose. Johnson blinks but takes it well.
Hitman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hitman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson is looking for the big counter here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hitman thumps Johnson with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hitman can pounce on him.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hitman thuds his shin into the meat of Johnson's side.
Johnson moves out of range as Hitman throws a body kick.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hitman.
Johnson moves out of range as Hitman throws a body kick.
Johnson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Johnson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hitman cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnson.
Hitman jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Hitman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Hitman throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Damian Hitman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hitman throws a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a series of strikes. Hitman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Hitman misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hitman.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Damian Hitman has been cut.
Hitman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Hitman swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hitman avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch on the inside from Hitman fails to land.
Hitman blocks an elbow strike.
Hitman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Hitman dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Johnson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Johnson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hitman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Hitman pushes him off.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Hitman.
Hitman throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
Hitman motions for Johnson to come forward. Hitman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Hitman pushes him off.
Johnson throws a solid leg kick but Hitman takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Johnson.
Hitman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hitman is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson checks a low kick from Hitman.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Hitman moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hitman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hitman throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hitman is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.
Hitman throws a sloppy head kick
and Johnson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hitman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hitman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johnson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Paul Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hitman lands a head kick. Johnson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Hitman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hitman.
A low kick from Hitman is predictable there
and Johnson counters with a nice body kick.
Hitman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Hitman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hitman throws a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a slapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson tries to clinch up but Hitman circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Hitman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Johnson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hitman throws a leg kick but Johnson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hitman staying out of range there.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Hitman counters with an outside leg kick.
Hitman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Hitman fails to land.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Hitman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.
Hitman has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Johnson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Hitman shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Hitman dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hitman gets tackled into the ropes by Johnson. Johnson maintains the clinch.
Johnson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hitman takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Hitman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Hitman.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hitman.
Hitman misses with a head kick.
Hitman looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Hitman avoids them all with ease.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Damian Hitman is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hitman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Hitman lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hitman throws a leg kick but Johnson checks it.
Johnson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Hitman circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hitman.
Hitman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hitman misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson throws a wild body kick that Hitman sees coming a mile off.
Hitman keeps the fight on the outside.
Hitman is looking to chop away at Johnson's legs.
Johnson is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Hitman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson throws a leg kick
and Hitman counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hitman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hitman keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hitman scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hitman throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hitman.
Hitman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnson feints a counter leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hitman thuds his shin into the meat of Johnson's side.
Hitman 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.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hitman 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 Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Hitman counters with a good low kick that Johnson was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Hitman clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Johnson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Johnson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hitman lands a head kick!
Hitman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hitman throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hitman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hitman jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Johnson moves out of range as Hitman throws a body kick.
Johnson looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hitman checks a low kick from Johnson.
A little feinted left hand from Hitman on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hitman.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnson thows a leg kick but Hitman checks it
and Hitman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A telegraphed right hand from Hitman misses the target.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch
and Hitman counters with a nice uppercut.
Hitman throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hitman is looking to score with low kicks.
Hitman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hitman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hitman finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Hitman keeps it at a distance.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Hitman moved away.

Johnson forces Hitman back against the ropes and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitman swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hitman working hard to break the clinch.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hitman avoids it.
Paul Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hitman struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hitman cracks Johnson with a nice body shot.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Hitman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hitman lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson taking a breather.
Hitman tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.

Hitman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Hitman had his way with Paul Johnson in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson checks the leg kick.
Hitman throws a solid leg kick but Johnson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hitman.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hitman scores with a decent looking hook.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Hitman makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hitman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hitman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Johnson tries to clinch but Hitman moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hitman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson tries to clinch but Hitman is having none of it.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Hitman walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Johnson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice defenses there by Hitman.
Hitman throws a quick counter kick to the body but Johnson avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitman throws a head kick that Johnson semi-blocks.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch

and whilst Johnson still has his hands down, Hitman counters with a perfectly aimed head kick that sends Johnson crashing to the mat! Will he recover? 3,4,5,6,7 - he's back up! The referee looks into his eyes and asks him to walk forwards. He's going to allow this one to continue but will Johnson be able to survive another onslaught?

Johnson is rocked!
Hitman lands with a right hand.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Hitman finish him?
Hitman connects with a right hand. Johnson shakes it off.
Hitman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hitman scores with a push kick.
Hitman misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hitman misses with a low kick as Johnson jumps back.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnson.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Johnson is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hitman lands a front kick.
Hitman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Damian Hitman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson stalling in the clinch.
Hitman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hitman throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Johnson.
Come on Johnson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hitman avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Hitman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hitman, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 50:44
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 50:44
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damian Hitman!
Damian Hitman spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.