PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Johnstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bud Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnstone comes to the cage accompanied by Humpin around, Bobby Brown. Spencer has chosen Banana Joe Theme as his entrance music. Hank Johnstone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnstone
vs
Spencer

193 cm
27
267 lbs
19 - 9 - 1

194 cm
26
275 lbs
16 - 7 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients
{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hank Johnstone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bud Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnstone shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Spencer sprawls well. Spencer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Johnstone gets slowly back to his feet.
Spencer thows a body shot but no joy.
Johnstone scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Spencer ducks under a wild hook from Johnstone.
Johnstone shoots in and drives through. Spencer sprawls well.
Spencer blocks a jab.
Johnstone looks to score with a jab to the body but Spencer is just out of range.
Spencer pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Johnstone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Spencer, pushing him back against the cage.

Spencer breaks the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Johnstone blocks the leg kick.
Johnstone throws a looping overhand right but Spencer ducks down to avoid it.

Johnstone has closed the distance and engaged Spencer in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Johnstone has a couple of punches blocked by Spencer.

Johnstone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnstone throws a jab when Spencer was well out of range.
Spencer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Spencer slips under a jab.
Johnstone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnstone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spencer.
Johnstone blocks a head kick by Spencer.
Johnstone avoids a kick to the body.

Johnstone manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Spencer on his heels. He'll look to pass Spencer's guard now, I'm sure.

Johnstone drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Johnstone jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Spencer wants to stand up but Johnstone is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnstone is looking to work some ground and pound but Spencer has wrist control.
Spencer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Spencer is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Johnstone sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Johnstone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone tries to free his leg and advance position but Spencer is retaining full guard.
Johnstone missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Spencer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnstone with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnstone working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Spencer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnstone has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Johnstone works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone trying to control the action but Spencer is working from the bottom.
Spencer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Johnstone.
Johnstone missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Spencer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Johnstone.
Johnstone throwing shots but Spencer is blocking nicely.
Johnstone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Spencer keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Johnstone is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Johnstone dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Spencer swings widly with a right hand
letting Johnstone counter with a right hand.
Spencer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Spencer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnstone is able to avoid easily.
Johnstone scores with a jab to the head.
Hank Johnstone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnstone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spencer moves away.

Johnstone pushes Spencer up against the cage in a clinch.

Johnstone pulls guard effortlessly.
Spencer working some strikes from top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spencer wants to control from the top but Johnstone keeps moving.
Spencer preventing the sweep.

Johnstone looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Spencer has picked Johnstone up and slammed him! Johnstone can't keep hold of the triangle and Spencer manages to pass to side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnstone gets back to half guard.
Johnstone wants to get back to full guard.
Spencer not doing much here.
Johnstone tries to roll over but Spencer keeps him under control.

Johnstone looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Johnstone!
Johnstone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Johnstone in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
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!
Spencer avoids the attempt from Johnstone to control.
Johnstone working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hank Johnstone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johnstone works his way to full guard. Good work.
Spencer throwing strikes but missing.
Spencer must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Spencer got a little sloppy there for a moment and Johnstone has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Spencer has managed to get both his arms back between Johnstone's legs - danger averted.
Spencer content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Spencer got a little sloppy there for a moment and Johnstone has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Spencer has managed to get both his arms back between Johnstone's legs - danger averted.
Spencer wants to control from the top but Johnstone keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone wants to sweep but no luck.
Spencer throwing strikes from guard but Johnstone blocks nicely.
Johnstone looking to hit a scissor sweep but Spencer is one step ahead there.
Spencer postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hank Johnstone will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Spencer misses with a body kick.

Spencer clinches with his opponent.
A short uppercut from Spencer.
Spencer wants to stall.
Spencer works on Johnstone's body with a couple of short punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Spencer.
Spencer presses Johnstone against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Still in the clinch, Spencer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spencer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spencer stalling in the clinch.

Spencer breaks the clinch.
Hank Johnstone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spencer connects with a solid leg kick.
Spencer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hank Johnstone is winning the standup battle so far.
A big left from Johnstone misses.
Spencer lands a jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spencer scores with a push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnstone steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Spencer. That one must have hurt.
Spencer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Decent striking displayed by Spencer there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spencer throws a nice outside leg kick.

Johnstone has closed the distance and engaged Spencer in a clinch.
Spencer cracks Johnstone with a nice body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Spencer.
Spencer lands with a light punch inside.
Spencer lands a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Spencer lands an uppercut.
Spencer scores with a shoulder strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Spencer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Spencer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Johnstone tries to work over Spencer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spencer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Come on Spencer - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A shot in the inside from Spencer.
A right hand to the body from Spencer.
The referee is keeping an eye on Spencer - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Spencer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Spencer stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bud Spencer.
Spencer throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Spencer throws a leg kick which misses Johnstone's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnstone tries to avoid it.

Spencer has Johnstone up against the cage in a clinch.
Spencer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnstone backwards.
Spencer lands a body punch.

Spencer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Spencer gets a clinch.
Spencer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spencer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnstone backwards.

Spencer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spencer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Johnstone is rocked!
Spencer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bud Spencer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spencer drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Johnstone right on the button. Johnstone goes down! Spencer follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Spencer gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bud Spencer!