PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yar Bol (ranked 82 p4p, 217 weight class) and Haruki Johnson (ranked 13 p4p, 34 weight class). Johnson has chosen Shooting Stars ft. Toro y moi (Flume Cover) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bol
vs
Johnson

188 cm
33
205
24 - 11 - 0

190 cm
27
211
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)
Conquer

Hoarse Pills
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yar Bol!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Haruki Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bol displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Bol throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Bol looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bol connects with an inside leg kick.
Johnson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bol throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bol moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Bol.

Bol moves into the clinch.
A short right from Johnson.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bol scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Haruki Johnson has been cut.
Johnson lands a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bol fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bol lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bol misses with a head kick.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Bol avoids it with no problem.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bol. Bol obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bol tries to work over Johnson's front leg with a kick but Johnson checks it.
Johnson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bol's hands.

It looks like Yar Bol has been cut.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bol swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bol goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bol cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Bol throws a body shot but no joy.
Bol lands an overhand right.

That has opened up Haruki Johnson's cut even more.
Bol throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
As Bol backs off Johnson throws a huge counter combo but Bol manages to avoid it all.
Bol throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Bol avoids it with no problem.
Johnson with a nice calf kick.
Johnson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bol cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bol cracks Johnson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Bol has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Johnson to stand back up!

Johnson is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bol thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Bol finish him?
Bol bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Johnson looks winded!
Johnson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bol.
Yar Bol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bol lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bol cracks Johnson with an open hand slap.
Johnson walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Bol! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yar Bol!
Yar Bol retains his light heavyweight title!
The defeated Haruki Johnson had this to say: 'Yeah but my nan says I'm really good at this.'.