PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Wladimir Klitschko (ranked 4808 p4p, 4668 weight class) and John Arthur Johnson (ranked 193 p4p, 177 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Klitschko
vs
Johnson

198 cm
18
240
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
235
2 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very strong

Excellent boxer
Powerful

BRAZEN - Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wladimir Klitschko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Arthur Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klitschko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson ducks right into an uppercut from Klitschko.
Klitschko slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Klitschko misses with a wild body shot.
Klitschko throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Klitschko misses with a jab to the body
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Klitschko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Klitschko throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like John Arthur Johnson has been cut.
Klitschko misses with a left hand
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Klitschko has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hammer House of Horror in the buildup to the fight.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Klitschko to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Johnson connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Klitschko onto his butt! Klitschko bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.

It looks like Wladimir Klitschko has been cut.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Good exchange - Klitschko coming out on top.
Klitschko pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Johnson back to the ropes. Klitschko follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Klitschko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Klitschko slips under a jab.
Johnson throws a jab when Klitschko was well out of range.
Wladimir Klitschko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klitschko's jab looks to have found its range, popping Johnson under the eye.
Johnson throws the left hand but Klitschko avoids the punch easily.
Klitschko throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johnson on the side of the head.
Klitschko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A quick step to the side and Klitschko tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A right-left combo lands from Klitschko.
Klitschko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Johnson in his tracks.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Klitschko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Klitschko misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klitschko misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Klitschko fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Klitschko throws out the jab.
Johnson walks into a jab.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Klitschko slips the punch.
Johnson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Klitschko lands a jab to the nose.
Klitschko is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnson lands with a shot to the body.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Klitschko missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klitschko throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Klitschko is just out of range.
Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Having scored a knockdown, John Arthur Johnson should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Klitschko connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Johnson momentarily.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Klitschko.
Klitschko lands an overhand right.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Klitschko throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Klitschko misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Klitschko scores with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Klitschko.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klitschko misses with a hook.
Klitschko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Klitschko jabs at Johnson's body.
Jab, jab by Klitschko - just one landing.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Klitschko loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Klitschko scores with a jab. Johnson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Johnson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Klitschko.
Klitschko throws a big shot that misses.
Wladimir Klitschko is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook. Klitschko ducked under it nicely.
Klitschko misses with an uppercut
and Klitschko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Klitschko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Klitschko moves away.
Klitschko was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Klitschko cracks Johnson with an open hand slap.
Klitschko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klitschko misses the body punch
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Klitschko slips under a jab from Johnson.
Klitschko lands a jab to the head.
Klitschko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Klitschko throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Klitschko doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Klitschko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wladimir Klitschko dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Klitschko connects with a nice looking jab.
The fighters circling - Klitschko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Donk. Klitschko catches Johnson right on the button with a cross.
Klitschko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Klitschko.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Klitschko.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Klitschko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson tries to bum rush Klitschko with a series of wild strikes but Klitschko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Klitschko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Klitschko is looking to counter punch.
Klitschko uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klitschko scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Klitschko throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Klitschko is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Johnson connects with a body shot.
Klitschko misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Klitschko throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Klitschko backs off Johnson throws a huge counter combo but Klitschko manages to avoid it all.
A big right from Klitschko misses.
Johnson slips a jab from Klitschko.
Johnson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Johnson slips a jab from Klitschko.
Johnson is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A lazy left from Klitschko finds it's target.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Klitschko.
Klitschko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klitschko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson swings for the body but Klitschko moves out of range.
A jab from Klitschko misses.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Klitschko throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Klitschko throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.
Klitschko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Klitschko misses with a hook.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Klitschko saw that one coming.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Klitschko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Klitschko misses its intended target.
Johnson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Klitschko with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wladimir Klitschko clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Klitschko throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Klitschko misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Klitschko throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Klitschko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Klitschko was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Klitschko throws a shot to the body.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klitschko misses the jab.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Johnson thuds a left hand into Klitschko's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klitschko. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Johnson tries to move into range but Klitschko moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klitschko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Klitschko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Klitschko connects with a crisp jab.
Klitschko misses with the combination.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Klitschko.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Klitschko.
Klitschko throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Klitschko.
Klitschko misses with a series of wild punches.
Klitschko ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Johnson slips a jab from Klitschko.
Klitschko misses with a body punch
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Klitschko looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson throws a hook but Klitschko avoids it easily.
Klitschko misses with a hook.
Klitschko lands with a shot to the body.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Klitschko.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Klitschko misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klitschko looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Klitschko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klitschko.
No joy there for Klitschko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Wladimir Klitschko had his way with John Arthur Johnson in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Klitschko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Johnson walks into a stiff left hand from Klitschko.
Klitschko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Klitschko.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Klitschko lunges at Johnson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Johnson's hand.
Klitschko jabs Johnson right on the nose. Johnson blinks but takes it well.
Johnson walks into a straight right hand from Klitschko.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klitschko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Klitschko connects with the punch.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Klitschko.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Klitschko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klitschko throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson slips a jab from Klitschko.
Klitschko misses with a hook to the body
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Klitschko's shoulder, as Klitschko tries to avoid the shot.
Klitschko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Klitschko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Klitschko throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Klitschko.
Despite the aggression on Johnson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klitschko was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Klitschko moves away and avoids it.
A big right from Klitschko misses.
Klitschko throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko misses with a hook
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Klitschko ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Klitschko throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Klitschko.
Klitschko scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnson should have avoided that one.
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!
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Klitschko misses with a left hand
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Johnson lands with a straight right. Klitschko didn't see that one coming.
Klitschko cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
John Arthur Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Klitschko throws an off balance right hand
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to John Arthur Johnson.
Well Klitschko has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 47:47
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 47:47
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 47:47

The fight is ruled a draw!