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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Waki Sashi (ranked 5863 p4p, 295 weight class) and Bob Johnson (ranked 5485 p4p, 281 weight class). Sashi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Guano Apes - Big in Japan . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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147 lbs
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135 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Waki Sashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Sashi.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Sashi swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Johnson clinches with his opponent.
Sashi trying to stall but Johnson improves his position.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sashi backwards.
Sashi blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Sashi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sashi looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sashi takes a shot to the head.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson pushes Sashi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sashi stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sashi has Johnson pressed against the cage.
Sashi misses with a body punch.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Sashi tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Sashi back against the cage.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Sashi controls the action.
Sashi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Sashi.
Sashi swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sashi misses with a punch to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Sashi's ribcage. Sashi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sashi struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johnson as Sashi tries to tie him up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sashi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage.
Sashi throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Sashi backwards.
Sashi just leaning against Johnson, taking a breather.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Sashi misses with the head strike.
Sashi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Sashi fails to land.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Sashi.
Sashi blocking some punches.
Sashi trying to stall but Johnson improves his position.
A short left from Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Sashi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sashi looking to slow down the pace here.
Sashi looking to slow down the pace here.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Sashi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sashi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Johnson tries to clinch but Sashi moves out of range.
Johnson lands a jab.
Sashi moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson moves out of range as Sashi strikes.
Johnson throws a body punch but Sashi moves out of range.
Sashi tries to counter by clinching up but Johnson breaks away and moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sashi.
As Sashi backs off Johnson throws a huge counter combo but Sashi manages to avoid it all.
Sashi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sashi.
Bob Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sashi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A slow jab from Sashi misses its intended target.
Sashi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Johnson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Sashi circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch but Sashi moves away
and Sashi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Johnson tries to get to full guard but Sashi has control of the leg.
Sashi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sashi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Johnson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sashi swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Bob Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sashi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Sashi just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Sashi.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sashi backwards.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sashi stalling in the clinch but Johnson improves position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Sashi has double underhooks.
Sashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Johnson has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sashi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sashi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Johnson - that landed with a thud.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson lands a body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johnson.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
Sashi throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
A short left from Johnson.
Johnson pushes Sashi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sashi misses with a punch to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Sashi is trying to maintain a safe position but Johnson gets an underhook and turns Sashi into the cage.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Sashi.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Johnson.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sashi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Johnson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Johnson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johnson as Sashi tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sashi tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Sashi controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sashi takes a shot to the head.
Sashi is looking to control Johnson's arms but Johnson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sashi has his back to the cage.
Sashi just leaning against Johnson, taking a breather.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sashi swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sashi is looking to control Johnson's arms but Johnson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sashi has his back to the cage.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Sashi backwards.
Sashi tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Sashi back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sashi trying to stall but Johnson improves his position.
Bob Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sashi can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Sashi stalls.
Johnson pushes Sashi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Johnson pushes Sashi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sashi controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Waki Sashi.
Sashi throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Sashi circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Sashi misses.
Johnson with a jab.
Sashi is rocked!
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!
Sashi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Oh Sashi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson rushes Sashi with punches - Sashi moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Sashi goes down! Johnson follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Johnson!
Bob Johnson was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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