PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Skippy Johnson (ranked 4743 p4p, 6865 weight class) and Sven Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Johnson
vs
Karlsson

182 cm
24
182
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
181
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Skippy Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sven Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Johnson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Karlsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Karlsson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Karlsson misses with a wild combination.
Karlsson throws a right and a left that both miss.
As Karlsson looks to move away, Johnson throws a big counter combo but Karlsson just gets out of the way.
Karlsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Karlsson works over Johnson's head and body with a nice combination.

Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Karlsson tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karlssons head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Karlsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Johnson clinches with his opponent.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook.

Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Karlsson's efforts to push away.
Karlsson is trying to drag Johnson to the mat but Johnson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Johnson just leaning against Karlsson, taking a breather.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Johnson.
Karlsson is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karlsson.
Karlsson tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Skippy Johnson.

Karlsson gets tackled into the cage by Johnson. Johnson maintains the clinch.
Johnson prevents Karlsson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Karlsson can't break the clinch.
Johnson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karlsson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body.
Nice elbow from Johnson.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karlsson checks a leg kick nicely.
Karlsson connects with a right hand. Johnson shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Karlsson duly obliges.
Skippy Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson moves to clinch but Karlsson breaks away
and Karlsson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karlsson counters with a left and a right that stings Johnson.
Johnson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Karlsson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson throws a big counter combination but Karlsson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Johnson is struggling to control the position.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karlsson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Johnson gets a clinch.
Johnson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
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 Skippy Johnson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Karlsson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Karlsson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.

Johnson rushes Karlsson and presses him up against the cage.
Skippy Johnson has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Johnson tries to clinch up
and Karlsson counters with a one-two to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson closes the distance but Karlsson moves to the side

and Karlsson counters with a crisp one two that drops Johnson! Karlsson thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Johnson to his feet! Johnson is in big trouble!

Johnson is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Karlsson catches Johnson napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Johnson to the canvas!
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Karlsson stands up from Johnson's guard - Karlsson perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson lands with a big right hook that stumbles Johnson - he's out on his feet here! Karlsson follows up with another monster hook that separates Johnson from consciousness! Johnson falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Karlsson stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Sven Karlsson!
Sven Karlsson spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.