PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Johns (ranked 3817 p4p, 1804 weight class) and Henri Jospin (ranked 455 p4p, 228 weight class). Jospin has chosen Clash as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johns
vs
Jospin

191 cm
39
220
17 - 16 - 0

192 cm
32
218
17 - 14 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Don Johns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henri Jospin!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jospin instigates a clinch.
Jospin slowing the pace effectively.
Jospin lands with a light punch inside.
Johns has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jospin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jospin missing with knees to the body.
Jospin crunches a lovely knee into Johns's ribcage.
Jospin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johns is breathing heavily.
Jospin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jospin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jospin is struggling to control the position.
Jospin lands a hook that snaps the head of Johns backwards.
Jospin lands a right hand.
Jospin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johns's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jospin avoiding damage as Johns throws knees to the body.
Johns is looking for a takedown.
Johns misses with a punch to the body.

Jospin breaks the clinch.
Johns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johns throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jospin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jospin dodges the punch combination from Johns.
Jospin connects with a crisp jab.
Johns fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jospin lands a nice looking body kick.
Johns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jospin thows a body kick. Johns tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jospin scores with the left hand. Johns knows he should have avoided that one.
Johns takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A swing and a miss from Johns.
Jospin throws out a counter right but Johns avoids it with no problem.
Jospin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Jospin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
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!
Jospin tries a knee to the head but Johns blocks it.
Johns is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jospin is defending well for now.
Jospin misses with the head strike.
Johns tries to pull guard but Jospin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Johns. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jospin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jospin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johns.
Jospin blocks an elbow strike from Johns.
Johns tries to pull guard but Jospin won't allow it.
Johns has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Jospin after a bit of a struggle.
Jospin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johns misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jospin lands a shoulder strike.
Johns is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jospin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Johns managing to block the knees to the body from Jospin.
Johns stalling in the clinch but Jospin improves position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jospin.
Jospin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnss head.
Johns is looking for a takedown.
Jospin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jospin.
Jospin lands a knee to the body.
Jospin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johns lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jospin lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jospin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jospin lands with a right to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jospin.
Jospin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Johns's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jospin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Don Johns has been cut.
Johns wants a takedown but no success here.
A shot in the inside from Jospin.
Jospin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jospin lands with a short shot to the head.

Johns is rocked!
Johns misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jospin.
Oh Johns is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jospin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jospin throws a big uppercut that drops Johns! More strikes from Jospin and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Johns lies dazed against the cage as Jospin celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henri Jospin!
Henri Jospin managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Knock Out Clothing, into his post fight interview.