PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eirik Johansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rawdy Sewing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rawdy Sewing has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johansen
vs
Sewing

182 cm
26
195 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

182 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eirik Johansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rawdy Sewing!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johansen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sewing defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Johansen.
Left hook, right uppercut from Johansen.

Sewing closes the distance and pushes Johansen back into the ropes.
Sewing lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johansen backwards.
A short uppercut from Sewing.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Sewing creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sewing.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sewing.
Johansen is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sewing lands with a short shot to the head.
Sewing lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sewing lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sewing lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johansen backwards.
Sewing blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sewing lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sewing lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johansen backwards.
Sewing scores with a shoulder strike.

Johansen is rocked!
A short left from Sewing.
Oh Johansen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right from Sewing.
Johansen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sewing avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eirik Johansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sewing working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sewing scores with a shot to the side of Johansen's head.
Nice body punch from Sewing.
Sewing lands with a left to the head.
Sewing lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sewing stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sewing digs a right hand underneath Johansen's ribcage. Johansen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sewing lands a shoulder strike.

Sewing drops Johansen onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Johansen is propped up by the ropes and works his way back to his feet!
Sewing lands with a left to the head.
Sewing dips a shoulder and cracks Johansen with a mighty uppercut! Johansen falls back against the ropes and Sewing unloads with a barrage of strikes! Johansen is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the ropes! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Sewing screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rawdy Sewing!