PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miroslav Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Johnstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Filipovic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lijepa Naša Domovino. Johnstone is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hardrock Hallelujah by Lordi. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Filipovic
vs
Johnstone

225 cm
23
328 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

193 cm
21
272 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miroslav Filipovic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hank Johnstone!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnstone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Filipovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnstone slips a jab from Filipovic.
Johnstone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Filipovic moves out of range as Johnstone strikes.
Johnstone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Filipovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Filipovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnstone circles away quickly and effectively.
Filipovic cracks Johnstone with a right hand to the side of the head.
Filipovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Filipovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Filipovic tries to bum rush Johnstone with a series of wild strikes but Johnstone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnstone misses with a double jab
and Filipovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Filipovic misses with a jab to the body
and Johnstone counters with a right hand to the body.
Filipovic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Filipovic is breathing heavily.
Filipovic swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Johnstone counters with a stiff right hand.
Filipovic throws a jab when Johnstone was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Johnstone.
Johnstone throws a right and a left that both miss.
Filipovic misses with a looping left.
Nice jab there from Johnstone.
Filipovic misses with an uppercut.
Johnstone misses the shot to the body.
Johnstone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Filipovic throws a good cross that connects.
Johnstone lands a lovely overhand right.
A slow jab from Johnstone misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Johnstone misses.
No joy there for Johnstone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Filipovic throws a lazy right hand but Johnstone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Filipovic throws a hook to the side of Johnstone's head but Johnstone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filipovic defending well as Johnstone loads up on a big left hand.
Johnstone throws a left and a right that both miss
and Filipovic counters with a straight right hand.
Johnstone lands with a straight right. Filipovic didn't see that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnstone fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Filipovic throws a combination that misses
and Johnstone counters with a left to the body.
Johnstone misses with a jab to the body
and Filipovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Filipovic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnstone comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Filipovic avoids the body shot from Johnstone.
A jab-cross combination lands for Johnstone and sends Filipovic crashing to the mat! Johnstone follows him down to the mat - Filipovic regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

It looks like Miroslav Filipovic has been cut.

Filipovic looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Johnstone pushes past his half guard into mount!
Filipovic is wriggling around trying to escape.
Johnstone looking to control but Filipovic is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Johnstone.
Filipovic is looking to get to half guard.
Johnstone controlling the pace for now.
Johnstone tries to control but Filipovic wriggling away.
Filipovic is trying desperately to improve position.
Johnstone looking to control and managing it successfully.
Filipovic reaches up to try and control the position but Johnstone seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Filipovic rolls and tries to escape and now Johnstone has his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone tries to keep control of the position but Filipovic is staying busy.
Filipovic manages to reverse the position and now he's in Johnstone's guard. Nice work there by Filipovic.
Filipovic looking to pass the guard.
Johnstone is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Johnstone throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Johnstone is looking for a triangle but Filipovic pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnstone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Johnstone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miroslav Filipovic's cut.
That's time! Filipovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Filipovic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnstone counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Filipovic thinking.
Johnstone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnstone swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Filipovic counters with a straight right hand.
Johnstone avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnstone misses with an uppercut.
Filipovic throws a hook but Johnstone avoids it easily.
A left and a right from Johnstone both land. Nice combination.
Johnstone scores with a jab. Filipovic acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Johnstone is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Filipovic rather than just go for the knockout.
Johnstone throws a nice looking combination but Filipovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnstone ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnstone throws a one two combo.
Johnstone throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Johnstone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Filipovic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Johnstone. Beautiful body shot.
Johnstone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Johnstone misses.
Johnstone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Filipovic.
Johnstone lands an overhand right.
Hank Johnstone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnstone listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnstone throws a hook but Filipovic avoids it easily.
Johnstone lands with a right that hurts Filipovic. Filipovic looks to clinch but Johnstone throws a short knee that drops Filipovic. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Hank Johnstone!
Hank Johnstone is the new super heavyweight champion!