PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Johnstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnie Ironz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnstone comes to the cage accompanied by Humpin around, Bobby Brown. Ironz has chosen Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Johnstone
vs
Ironz

193 cm
29
269 lbs
21 - 12 - 1

188 cm
22
279 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

{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 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hank Johnstone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arnie Ironz!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ironz slips a jab and a cross from Johnstone.
Johnstone ducks right into an uppercut from Ironz.
The fighters circling - Ironz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnstone comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnstone misses with a head kick.
Ironz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Johnstone is out of range.
Ironz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnstone avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ironz misses with a head kick.
Ironz misses with a kick to the body.
Ironz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
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!

Johnstone feints and as Ironz raises his hands in defense, Johnstone changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ironz trying to keep a closed guard but Johnstone is proving a slippery customer.
Johnstone with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnstone trying to control the position from guard on top but Ironz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnstone forces his way into half guard.
Johnstone missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Johnstone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ironz tries to get to full guard but Johnstone has control of the leg.
Johnstone stops Ironz from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Johnstone there.
Johnstone trying to control from Ironz's half guard. Ironz has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Ironz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ironz wants to sweep here but Johnstone controlling him for the moment.
Ironz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnstone throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnstone connects with a couple of short punches.
Johnstone trying to control but Ironz is working from the bottom.
Johnstone not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ironz keeping moving, preventing Johnstone from controlling successfully.
Johnstone is looking to work some ground and pound but Ironz has wrist control.
Johnstone in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnstone with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ironz is on top in guard.
Johnstone looking to control.
Johnstone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ironz is looking to stand up but Johnstone won't let him.
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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Johnstone looking for a guillotine here but Ironz defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Johnstone is looking for a triangle but Ironz pushes his legs off easily.
Johnstone is trying to control the position but Ironz postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Johnstone looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Ironz is defending well. Johnstone quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Ironz has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Johnstone celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hank Johnstone!
After winning the bout, Hank Johnstone thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.