PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Arthur Johnson (ranked 4876 p4p, 5046 weight class) and Wladimir Klitschko (ranked 197 p4p, 206 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.

Johnson
vs
Klitschko

185 cm
18
235
2 - 0 - 1

198 cm
18
240
2 - 0 - 1

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 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Arthur Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Wladimir Klitschko!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson takes one on the button.
Johnson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Klitschko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Klitschko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Klitschko has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Klitschko slips the punch.
Klitschko misses the shot to the body.
Wladimir Klitschko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Klitschko throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson slips under a jab from Klitschko.
Klitschko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Klitschko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Klitschko throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Klitschko listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like John Arthur Johnson has been cut.

Johnson walks into a big right hand from Klitschko and goes down! The referee sends Klitschko to a neutral corner as Johnson gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Klitschko at a distance.
Klitschko misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klitschko catches Johnson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Klitschko throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson takes a jab right on the kisser.

Johnson is rocked!
Klitschko is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Johnson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Klitschko moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Klitschko is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Klitschko cracks Johnson with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Wladimir Klitschko!
Wladimir Klitschko decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.