PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jihadi John (ranked 3638 p4p, 4787 weight class) and Hamed Juniorss (ranked 454 p4p, 497 weight class). Hamed Juniorss will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

John
vs
Juniorss

192 cm
19
210
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
220
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jihadi John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hamed Juniorss!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Juniorss throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Juniorss throws a right hand that misses
and John connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
John looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
John displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Juniorss throws out the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from John misses its target.
Juniorss takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Juniorss throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Juniorss misses with an uppercut.
Juniorss misses with a right hand
and John counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Juniorss misses the jab.
A jab from Juniorss misses.
Hamed Juniorss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Juniorss connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Juniorss misses the jab.
Juniorss misses with a lunging right hand
and John counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
John ducks under a wild hook from Juniorss.
Juniorss misses with a hook
and Juniorss takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juniorss takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
John dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
John uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Juniorss.
John throwing a counter right hand but Juniorss manages to avoid it.
John jabs Juniorss to the body, keeping him at a distance.
John is looking to wear down Juniorss with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice defenses there by John.
John on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
John lands a nice looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Juniorss.
John bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
John connects with a right hand. Juniorss shakes it off.
John stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Juniorss throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting John counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
John lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Juniorss.
John seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Juniorss moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Juniorss looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Juniorss misses with a looping left.
John scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Juniorss is rocked!
A swing and a miss from Juniorss.
Juniorss lunges at John with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by John's hand.
Juniorss scores with a nice head shot.
Juniorss takes a jab right on the kisser.
Juniorss takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
John keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Juniorss throws a looping overhand right but John ducks down to avoid it.
John takes a swing at Juniorss's ribcage but misses.
Juniorss looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Juniorss throws out a loose jab but John uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Juniorss sends John crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Juniorss is motioning to the referee to let John up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Juniorss tries to keep at a distance but John has taken the fight into the clinch.
Juniorss trying to land knees to the body.
Juniorss trying to stall but John improves his position.
Juniorss with a knee to the head.
Juniorss using the Thai plumb to throw knees but John has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Juniorss is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
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!
Knees to the body from Juniorss.
John is breathing heavily.
Juniorss tries to land a knee to the head but John blocks with his arms.
Juniorss is trying to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Juniorss misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Juniorss tries a body shot but John blocks it.
John pressing his opponent against the cage.
John blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as John takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Knees to the body from Juniorss.
Juniorss tries to land knees in the clinch but John avoids the damage to the body.
A short uppercut from Juniorss.
Juniorss lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of John backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
John lands a body punch.
John swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Juniorss struggles to land a body shot inside as John controls his hands.
Juniorss struggles to land a body shot inside as John controls his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hamed Juniorss will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

John on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
John walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles John limp body while Juniorss jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hamed Juniorss!