PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jos De Vos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Metallica - The Memory Remains. The key to victory for Jos De Vos has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

De Vos
vs
Johnson

178 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jos De Vos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Vos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side.
Johnson has his takedown stuffed

and De Vos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Johnson's guard.
De Vos trying to move into half guard but instead Johnson has managed to sweep!
De Vos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if De Vos tries to get out of the position.
Johnson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

De Vos is rocked!

It looks like Jos De Vos has been cut.
Johnson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oh De Vos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Vos is breathing heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Johnson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson stands up over De Vos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Johnson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Johnson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson stands and throws De Vos's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Johnson controls the position.
De Vos takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Johnson takes advantage of some sloppy striking from De Vos to pass into mount.
Johnson landing punches.
Johnson dominating with strikes here.
De Vos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.
Johnson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the head.
Johnson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Johnson landing strikes from the mount.
Johnson lands a big shot there that rocks De Vos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Johnson lands a big shot there that rocks De Vos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Johnson working De Vos over with strikes here.
Johnson lands a big elbow.
De Vos is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Johnson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
De Vos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Johnson working for a guillotine from mount but De Vos is in no mood to give up.
Johnson unloading with bombs!
Johnson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Johnson landing shots from mount.

Jos De Vos's cut is getting worse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Johnson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. De Vos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
De Vos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Johnson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Jos De Vos's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Johnson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the head.
Johnson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Johnson with good strikes from the mount here!
Johnson with shots to the head and body - De Vos looks very uncomfortable down there.

Jeez, Jos De Vos's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jos De Vos's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mike Johnson!