PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henri Jospin (ranked 2148 p4p, 3304 weight class) and Don Johns (ranked 283 p4p, 406 weight class). Jospin comes to the cage accompanied by Clash. 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.

Jospin
vs
Johns

192 cm
32
218
16 - 14 - 1

191 cm
39
220
17 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 16 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henri Jospin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Don Johns!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jospin tries to keep at a distance but Johns has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johns tries to stall but Jospin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Johns takes a shot to the head.
Jospin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johns's face.

It looks like Don Johns has been cut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jospin as Johns tries to tie him up.
Johns trying to land knees to the body.
Johns misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jospin.
Johns's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jospin pushes Johns back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jospin has a couple of punches blocked by Johns.

Jospin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jospin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Kuznia in the buildup to the fight.

Jospin closes the distance and pushes Johns back into the cage.
Jospin slowing the pace effectively.
Jospin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jospin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johns stalling in the clinch but Jospin improves position.
Johns changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jospin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A jab lands there for Jospin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jospin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut there from Jospin.
Johns tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Johns looks to land a body kick but Jospin moved away.

Johns tries to keep at a distance but Jospin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jospin lands a good knee to the midsection. Johns won't want to take too many of those.
Johns is trying to pull guard but Jospin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Johns misses with a body punch.
Johns can't find room to land a body shot as Jospin controls the action.
Jospin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jospin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jospin tries to land a knee to the head but Johns blocks with his arms.
Jospin landing knees to the body.
Jospin stalling.
Jospin pushes Johns back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johns blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jospin misses with the head strike.
Jospin struggles to land a body shot inside as Johns controls his hands.
Jospin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johns is trying to drag Jospin to the mat but Jospin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Henri Jospin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Johns.
Jospin looking to throw knees to the head but Johns is blocking nicely.
Johns landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jospin looking to throw knees to the head but Johns is blocking nicely.

Johns manages to pull guard.

Johns looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Johns looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jospin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jospin's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Johns has an active guard here but Jospin has managed to pass into half guard.
Jospin is controlling the pace.
Jospin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Johns does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jospin prevents Johns from standing back up.

Johns actively working from the bottom here.
Johns is refusing to be controlled, as Jospin sits in half guard.
Jospin is taking a breather. Johns says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Johns plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Henri Jospin has been cut.

Johns takes the fight into the clinch.
Johns managing to block the knees to the body from Jospin.
Jospin lands a hook that snaps the head of Johns backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jospin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch but Jospin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johns 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.
Johns scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jospin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johns can do to turn this around?
Jospin lands a slapping body shot.
Jospin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jospin jabs at Johns's body.
Johns throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Jospin was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Johns changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jospin looks to throw the jab but Johns is out of range.
Johns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jospin manages to avoid it.
Jospin throwing a counter right hand but Johns manages to avoid it.
Jospin lands the left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johns misses with a straight left.
Johns throws a lazy right hand but Jospin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Jospin clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jospin crunches a lovely knee into Johns's ribcage.
Jospin scores a nice knee to the body.
Johns is breathing heavily.
Johns managing to block the knees to the body from Jospin.
Johns can't find room to land a body shot as Jospin controls the action.
Jospin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johns backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Johns is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jospin is defending well.

Jospin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jospin lands a body shot.
Jospin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johns. That did some damage!
Jospin scores with a jab. Johns acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jospin swings for the body but Johns moves out of range.
Johns takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johns gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jospin lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jospin closes the distance and pushes Johns back into the cage.

Jospin breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jospin throws a head kick that half lands.
Jospin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Johns momentarily.
Johns throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Jospin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jospin scores with a nice head shot.
Jospin misses with the combination.
Jospin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henri Jospin is winning the standup battle so far.
Jospin tests Johns's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johns swats away the attempt to clinch by Jospin.
Johns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jospin tried to counter with a leg kick but Johns avoided it.
Johns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jospin lands with an uppercut that bounces Johns off the cage and back into range.
Jospin tests Johns's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Johns is rocked!
Jospin drops Johns with a straight right hand, right on the button! Jospin follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henri Jospin!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Henri Jospin made sure he mentioned Knock Out Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.