PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robb Spewak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spewak has chosen The German National Anthem as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Johnson
vs
Spewak

186 cm
24
174 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

180 cm
26
185 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robb Spewak!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spewak misses the shot to the body.
Spewak throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well.
Johnson tries to clinch but Spewak is having none of it.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Spewak scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Spewak throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spewak moves out of range of the body kick.
Spewak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spewak takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Spewak on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Spewak sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Johnson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Spewak moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.
Spewak moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Spewak keeps the fight on the outside.
Spewak fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Johnson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Spewak avoids a kick to the body.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johnson moves into the clinch.
Spewak takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Robb Spewak has been cut.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A frustrated look appears on Spewak's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spewak dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Spewak wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Spewak avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Spewak leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.

Spewak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body kick from Johnson.
Johnson thows a body kick. Spewak tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Spewak looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
Spewak swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spewak circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spewak stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Johnson.
Johnson lands a nice hook to Spewak's body. Spewak takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Spewak tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Spewak is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
Johnson tries to clinch but Spewak is having none of it.

Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
Spewak wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Johnson lands a good knee to the midsection. Spewak won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson lands an elbow just above Spewak 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Spewak takes an elbow to the temple.
Spewak has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Johnson.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Spewak shrugs off.

That has opened up Robb Spewak's cut even more.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
Spewak avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Spewak takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spewak.
Nice elbow from Johnson.

The cut above Robb Spewak's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Spewak avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Spewak avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Spewak shrugs off.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Spewak takes an elbow to the forehead.

Robb Spewak's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Johnson lands an elbow just above Spewak 's eye.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Spewak wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spewak backwards.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Spewak's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson has Spewak pressed against the cage, preventing Spewak from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Spewak throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson prevents Spewak from breaking the clinch.
Spewak avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Spewak's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Spewak shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robb Spewak's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Spewak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Spewak throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Crunch! Johnson slams his shin into Spewak's torso.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spewak swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Johnson lands a nice looking body kick.
Spewak is breathing heavily.
Spewak moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spewak takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Spewak.
Johnson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Spewak's head.
Spewak sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Spewak takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
John Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses.
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Spewak takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Johnson keeps Spewak at a distance using the push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spewak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson thuds his shin into the meat of Spewak's side.
Spewak's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Johnson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Johnson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Johnson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Spewak's head.
Johnson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson pushes Spewak away with a front kick.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Spewak circles away and keeps his distance.
Spewak chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.

Johnson has Spewak up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Robb Spewak's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Johnson!