PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jens Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafinha Capoeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Johansson
vs
Capoeira

167 cm
24
155 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

178 cm
23
168 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jens Johansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rafinha Capoeira!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capoeira wants to clinch.
Capoeira darts in trying to clinch

so Johansson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Johansson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Capoeira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Capoeira is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johansson trying to control but Capoeira is working from the bottom.
Johansson wants to pass the guard but Capoeira is keeping the position.
Capoeira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson throws a big right hand that misses.
Capoeira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Capoeira keeping full guard, as Johansson tries to pass.
Johansson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Johansson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johansson stops Capoeira from standing up.
Johansson trying to control but Capoeira is working from the bottom.

Capoeira has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Johansson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Capoeira wants to clinch up but Johansson keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Johansson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Capoeira ducks under a wild hook from Johansson.
Johansson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Capoeira.
Capoeira slips under a jab from Johansson.
Johansson looks to score with a jab to the body but Capoeira is just out of range.

Capoeira takes the fight into the clinch.
Johansson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Capoeira has him pressed against the cage.
Capoeira tries a knee to the head but Johansson blocks it.
Capoeira crunches a lovely knee into Johansson's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson managing to block the knees to the body from Capoeira.
Capoeira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johansson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Capoeira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johansson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johansson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johansson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Capoeira smiles and moves away.
Jens Johansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Capoeira tries to clinch but Johansson moves out of range.
Capoeira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Capoeira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johansson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johansson missing with a left hand there. Capoeira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira tries to clinch up but Johansson circles away and keeps his distance.
Capoeira moves in looking to clinch but Johansson pushes him off.
Capoeira is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johansson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johansson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johansson misses with a few strikes there.
Capoeira tries to clinch but Johansson is having none of it.
Rafinha Capoeira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut there from Johansson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johansson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johansson throws a jab when Capoeira was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jens Johansson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johansson throws a shot from downtown. Capoeira moves away and avoids it.
Johansson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Capoeira on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab from Johansson finds it's way through Capoeira's defenses.
Capoeira wants to clinch.
Johansson stuns Capoeira with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jens Johansson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Capoeira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johansson misses with a straight right.

Capoeira instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capoeira with a knee to the head.
Capoeira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johansson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Capoeira throws a knee to the head but misses.
Capoeira landing knees to the body.
Capoeira with a knee to the head.
Capoeira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Capoeira tries to land knees in the clinch but Johansson avoids the damage to the body.
Capoeira crunches a lovely knee into Johansson's ribcage.
Capoeira landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Capoeira landing knees to the body.
Capoeira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johansson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Capoeira unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Capoeira obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johansson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Capoeira landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Capoeira misses with a knee strike.
Capoeira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johansson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johansson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Capoeira lands a knee to the body.
Johansson is trying to push Capoeira away but Capoeira has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rafinha Capoeira seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Johansson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Capoeira keeps control of Johansson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johansson wants to stall.
Johansson is trying to break the clinch but Capoeira has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johansson.
Capoeira has Johansson pressed against the cage, preventing Johansson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johansson avoiding damage as Capoeira throws knees to the body.
Johansson managing to block the knees to the body from Capoeira.
Capoeira lands a nice knee to the body.
Capoeira tries to land a knee to the head but Johansson blocks with his arms.
Capoeira tries to land knees in the clinch but Johansson avoids the damage to the body.
Capoeira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johansson blocks it with crossed arms.
Capoeira throws a knee to the head but misses.
Capoeira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Capoeira tries to land knees in the clinch but Johansson avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johansson.
Johansson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johansson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Capoeira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Capoeira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johansson blocks it with crossed arms.

Johansson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Capoeira on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Capoeira walks into a left hand.
Johansson misses with the combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johansson throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafinha Capoeira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Johansson misses with a straight left.
Johansson tests Capoeira's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johansson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Capoeira displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johansson throws out the jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Capoeira lands a good knee to the midsection. Johansson won't want to take too many of those.
Capoeira landing knees to the head.
Capoeira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Capoeira lands a good knee to the midsection. Johansson won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capoeira lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johansson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Capoeira lands an elbow that stopped Johansson in his tracks for a moment.
Johansson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Capoeira lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Capoeira crunches a lovely knee into Johansson's ribcage.
Capoeira crunches a lovely knee into Johansson's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Capoeira landing knees to the body.
Capoeira tries a knee to the head but Johansson blocks it.
Capoeira misses with a knee to the head.

Johansson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Capoeira has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira is looking to clinch.
Capoeira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Capoeira doesn't manage to clinch there - Johansson circles away.
Johansson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johansson misses the shot to the body.
Capoeira wants to clinch.
Johansson swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capoeira tries to clinch but Johansson is having none of it.
Capoeira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Capoeira closes the distance but Johansson moves to the side
enabling Johansson to counter with a crisp jab.
Johansson looks to land a right hand but Capoeira moved out of range.
Johansson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johansson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Capoeira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Capoeira doesn't manage to clinch there - Johansson circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson misses with an uppercut.
Jens Johansson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johansson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Capoeira doesn't manage to clinch there - Johansson circles away.
Capoeira dodges the punch combination from Johansson.
Johansson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Capoeira.
Johansson throws an overhand right that lands on Capoeira's shoulder, as Capoeira tries to avoid the shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Capoeira tries to clinch up but Johansson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johansson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rafinha Capoeira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Capoeira has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafinha Capoeira!
After winning the bout, Rafinha Capoeira thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.