PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vasco Eanes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Johns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Eanes
vs
Johns

190 cm
21
265 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

188 cm
27
288 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vasco Eanes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charlie Johns!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eanes scores with a body shot.
Johns stuns Eanes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johns throws a series of punches but Eanes moves out of range.
Eanes takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A lazy left from Eanes finds it's target.
Eanes connects with a crisp jab.
Johns throws a looping overhand right but Eanes ducks down to avoid it.
Eanes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sloppy strikes from Johns. Those never looked like landing.
Eanes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Johns is trying hard to land a takedown here. Eanes sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Eanes tries to clinch there but Johns circles away.
Johns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Johns misses the target.
Eanes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eanes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johns.
Johns throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Eanes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johns fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Johns throws an off balance right hand

and Eanes moves into the clinch.
Eanes lands with a light punch inside.
I was talking to Eanes's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Johns has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eanes slows down the pace here.
Eanes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johns letting Eanes take a breather here.
Eanes slowing the pace effectively.
Eanes lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eanes tries to throw a body punch but Johns avoids it by throwing Eanes back against the cage.
Eanes lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Eanes.
Eanes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eanes lands a left hand.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Eanes lands with a left to the head.
Eanes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johns looks winded!
Johns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Eanes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Johns tries for a takedown but Eanes manages to get underhooks.
Vasco Eanes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Johns.
Eanes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Eanes has Johns pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eanes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Johns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johns has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Eanes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Johns can turn it around.
Eanes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johns's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Eanes fails to land.
Eanes leaning against his opponent.
Eanes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Eanes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Eanes seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Vasco Eanes.
Johns misses with a hook.
As Johns tries to get set, Eanes tries to push him back and clinch up but Johns manages to avoid the attempt.
Eanes lands the left hand.
Eanes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johns looks to land a combination but Eanes avoids it well.
Eanes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eanes scores with a nice right hand.
Johns throws a poor cross that misses
and Johns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Eanes scores with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eanes's corner calls for a 1-2. Eanes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A jab lands there for Eanes.
Johns pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Eanes back to the cage. Johns follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Vasco Eanes has been cut.
Johns lands a nice hook to Eanes's body. Eanes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Eanes misses with a body shot.
Johns throws a hook but Eanes blocks it.
A shot to the liver by Eanes. Beautiful body shot.
Eanes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vasco Eanes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vasco Eanes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Johns looks to land a combination but Eanes avoids it well.
Johns misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Eanes to counter with a crisp jab.
Johns scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johns misses with a few strikes there.
Eanes appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Johns throws an off balance right hand

and Eanes counters by moving into the clinch.
Eanes slows down the pace here.
Johns wants to break free but Eanes has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eanes misses with some punches.
Eanes lands with a right to the head.
Eanes lands a hook that snaps the head of Johns backwards.
Eanes is struggling to control the position.
Eanes lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Eanes has Johns pushed against the cage.
Johns drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Eanes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Johns tries to circle away but Eanes has him pinned against the cage.
A short uppercut from Eanes.
Vasco Eanes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Johns is trying to push Eanes away but Eanes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Eanes has Johns pushed against the cage.
Eanes is stalling here.
Eanes gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Eanes is pushing Johns up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Johns can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Eanes cracks Johns with a nice body shot.
Johns is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Eanes.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Eanes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Eanes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Eanes lands with a left to the head.
Eanes gets through Johns's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Eanes effectively controlling the action here.
Eanes tries a body shot but Johns blocks it.
Johns is looking for a takedown.
Eanes is working Johns over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eanes digs a right hand underneath Johns's ribcage. Johns let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Eanes leaning against his opponent.
Eanes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Vasco Eanes.
Eanes punishes Johns's body with a nice straight punch.
Johns on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Johns throws a lazy uppercut
and Eanes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Johns is rocked!
Johns rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Eanes counters with a right hand to the body.
Eanes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Johns is still on wobbly legs! Can Eanes finish him?
Eanes plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Johns swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Johns face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vasco Eanes!
Vasco Eanes retains his super heavyweight title!