PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lars Jenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Jenson
vs
Johnson

185 cm
26
189 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Jenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenson misses with a body shot.
Jenson misses with a body shot.
Jab from Jenson.

It looks like Jimmy Johnson has been cut.
Jenson lands a jab.
Jenson thows a body shot but no joy.
Jenson scores with a jab. Johnson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A cross from Jenson lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Johnson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Johnson taking a breather here.
Jenson is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to take a break and control but Jenson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jenson taking a bit of punishment here - Johnson scoring with strikes.
Jenson is pushing Johnson's head away, looking to escape. Johnson manages to hold on to the position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson misses with the ground and pound.
Johnson taking a breather here.
Johnson with the ground and pound but Jenson regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is keen to just control but Jenson is a slippery customer.
Jenson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jenson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.
Johnson throwing strikes from guard but Jenson blocks nicely.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jenson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jenson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnson throws a strike but Jenson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jenson is looking to stand up but Johnson won't let him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Jenson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Lars Jenson.
Jenson misses with a hook

and Johnson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jenson!
Johnson controlling his opponent.
Johnson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jenson is squirming around, avoiding Johnson's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jenson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jenson tries to get out of the position.
Jenson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jimmy Johnson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Johnson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jenson throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Jenson scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jenson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Jenson.
The crowd cheers as Jenson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
Jenson misses with a hook
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Lars Jenson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws a poor cross that misses
and Jenson counters with a right hand to the body.
Jenson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jenson throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jenson.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Jenson scores with a nice right hand.
Jenson connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Oooooh!!! Jenson has knocked Johnson down with a huge combo! Jenson steps away and waves a wobbly Johnson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Jenson cracks Johnson with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Johnson tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Jenson pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Johnson is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lars Jenson!