PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between George Foreman (ranked 4576 p4p, 4527 weight class) and John Arthur Johnson (ranked 217 p4p, 176 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Foreman
vs
Johnson

193 cm
18
266
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
235
1 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
Intelligent

Excellent boxer
Powerful

BRAZEN - Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Foreman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Arthur Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Lou da Vinci and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Foreman misses.
A nice side step and Johnson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Decent striking displayed by Foreman there.
Foreman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Foreman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Foreman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.

It looks like John Arthur Johnson has been cut.
Foreman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Foreman misses with a hook to the body
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Foreman misses with a right hand
and Foreman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Foreman connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Foreman throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Foreman looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Foreman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Foreman has been working on his boxing with his coaches at DF Fitnesscentrum in the buildup to the fight.
Foreman misses with an uppercut.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Foreman.
Foreman with a jab.
Foreman misses with a hook to the body
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Foreman throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Foreman misses with an uppercut
and Foreman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson cracks Foreman with a right hand to the side of the head.
Foreman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Foreman throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.
Foreman misses the jab.
A big right from Foreman misses.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Foreman throws a combination that misses
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Foreman misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight right that drops Foreman to the canvas! Will Foreman beat the count? He's still wobbly and as the count reaches 7, he's still struggling to make it. 8...9...10. He's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). John Arthur Johnson!
An out of breath John Arthur Johnson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.