PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between True Blue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blue comes to the ring accompanied by Land Down Under. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Blue
vs
Johnson

192 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Dangerous knees
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, True Blue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blue checks a leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Blue presses Johnson against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Blue goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Blue.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Blue blocks with his arms.
Blue can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Blue blocks with his arms.
Blue misses with a body punch.
Blue tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Blue managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Blue avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Blue slows down the pace here.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Blue.
Blue effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blue has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blue presses Johnson against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Blue lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blue avoids it.
Blue can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blue avoids it.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Blue.
Johnson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like True Blue has been cut.
Blue avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Blue tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Blue back against the ropes.
Blue takes a knee right on the jaw!
Blue tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blue struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Blue blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blue tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blue goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Blue.
Blue taking a breather.
Blue seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Blue really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Blue blocks with his arms.
Nice body punch from Blue.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blue tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blue struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Blue.
Blue tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blue tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Blue back against the ropes.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Johnson.
Blue goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blue has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Blue.
Blue struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Blue blocks it.
Blue tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blue blocks it with crossed arms.
Blue misses with a body punch.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Blue.
Blue goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Blue blocks with his arms.
Blue managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson letting Blue take a breather here.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Blue.
Blue can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Blue looking to slow down the pace here.
Blue struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Blue is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Blue lands a body shot.
Blue misses with a body punch.
Johnson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blue in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blue misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blue has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blue blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Blue is breathing heavily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Blue tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Blue back against the ropes.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Blue.
Blue tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A knee to the head by Johnson.
Blue tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blue avoids it.
Blue misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Blue tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Blue back against the ropes.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Blue is blocking nicely.
Blue misses with a punch to the body.
The referee calls for Blue to work.
Blue misses with a punch to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Blue can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Blue tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Blue taking a breather.
Blue misses with a body punch.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Blue.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Blue.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blue.
Blue tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Blue is trying to stall.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a good knee to the midsection. Blue won't want to take too many of those.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blue has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Blue on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blue takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Johnson.
Blue blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson scores with a knee to the head.
Johnson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blue's face.
Blue can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Johnson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blue's face.

Blue is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Oh Blue is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Blue is blocking nicely.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Blue blocks with his arms.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blue has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Blue is blocking nicely.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Blue blocks with his arms.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blue tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blue seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Blue blocks with his arms.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Blue is working Johnson over against the ropes.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blue tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Blue misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Blue is trying to stall.
Johnson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Blue avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson is controlling Blue's neck. Johnson unleashes a big knee up the middle! And another! Blue goes down! Can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6... he's not going to make it! 9,10. It's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Steve Johnson!