PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sylus Sativa (ranked 609 p4p, 1165 weight class) and Joakim Johansson (ranked 72 p4p, 152 weight class). Johansson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Scarlet - Hail the apocalypse. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Sativa
vs
Johansson

173 cm
22
160
6 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
160
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
HARDCORE Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sylus Sativa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joakim Johansson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sativa rushes Johansson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sativa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sativa.
Johansson misses with some punches.
Johansson blocks a body shot from Sativa.
Johansson trying to control the position but instead, Sativa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johansson into the cage.
A short right from Sativa.
Sativa lands an uppercut.
I was talking to Sativa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sativa misses with a punch on the inside.
Johansson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sativa blocks an uppercut.
Sativa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johansson trying to control the position but instead, Sativa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johansson into the cage.
Sativa lands a shoulder strike.
Sativa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sativa lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sativa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sativa is leaning against Johansson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johansson tries a body shot but Sativa blocks it.
Sativa pushes Johansson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sativa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Johansson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sativa lands with a right to the head.
Sativa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sativa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johansson backwards.
Sativa digs a right hand into Johansson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johansson's gas tank.
Sativa misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Sativa.
Sativa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sativa lands a shot to the body.
Johansson looks winded!
Johansson takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Sativa.
A short left from Sativa.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sativa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sativa lands a hook that snaps the head of Johansson backwards.
Sativa digs a right hand into Johansson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johansson's gas tank.
Sativa lands a nice shot to the body.
Sativa digs a right hand into Johansson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johansson's gas tank.
A nice left hand lands by Sativa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johansson.
Sativa is leaning against Johansson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sativa lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Sativa.
Sativa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sativa.
Sativa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johansson is trying to maintain a safe position but Sativa gets an underhook and turns Johansson into the cage.
Sativa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sativa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sativa lands a shoulder strike.

Johansson is rocked!
Sativa blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Sativa as the two fighters clinch.
Johansson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sativa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Sativa.
Johansson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sativa blocking some punches.
A short right from Sativa on the inside.
Sativa lands a shoulder strike.
Sativa lands a right hand.
Sativa throws a head punch that misses.
Sativa is working Johansson over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right handed body shot lands from Sativa.
Sativa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sativa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johansson backwards.
A short body shot lands from Sativa as the two fighters clinch.
Sativa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johansson is still on wobbly legs! Can Sativa finish him?
Sativa digs a right hand underneath Johansson's ribcage. Johansson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johansson seems to have recovered his senses.
Sativa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Sativa.
A shot in the inside from Sativa.
Sativa digs a right hand underneath Johansson's ribcage. Johansson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice left hand lands by Sativa.
A left hand lands to the body for Sativa.
Johansson looking to stall.
Nice body punch from Sativa.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Sativa.
A shot in the inside from Sativa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sativa.
Sativa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sativa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johansson backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Sativa.
A right hook to the body lands for Sativa.
Sativa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johansson backwards.
A short uppercut from Sativa.
Sativa lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sativa.
Good body shot from Sativa.
Sativa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sativa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sativa lands a body punch.
Sativa lands a body punch.
A short left from Sativa.
Sativa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sativa lands a nice uppercut.
Sativa scores with a shot to the side of Johansson's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sativa lands a nice uppercut.
Sativa lands a nice uppercut.
Johansson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sativa lands a left hand.
Sativa digs a right hand underneath Johansson's ribcage. Johansson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sylus Sativa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sativa circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Johansson to the canvas! Johansson doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Sativa keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sylus Sativa!
Sylus Sativa retains his lightweight title!
A relieved looking Sylus Sativa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Joakim Johansson stepped up to the mic, saying 'You win lose, you some some.'.