PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Anus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeorge Johanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Anus might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nick Diaz Rap Song. Johanson has chosen Ain't No Grave- Johnny Cash as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anus
vs
Johanson

190 cm
28
178 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

185 cm
28
180 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Anus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeorge Johanson!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Johanson misses
and Anus counters with a straight right hand.
Anus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johanson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Anus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johanson.
Johanson works the jab nicely.
Anus misses with a wild combination.
Anus misses the shot to the body.
Johanson misses with a straight left.

Anus drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anus is stalling in the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Anus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Johanson keeping moving, preventing Anus from controlling successfully.
Anus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johanson is keeping the position for now.
Anus keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johanson's head.
Anus preventing the sweep.
Anus throws an elbow that misses. Johanson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Anus's guard. Nice move by Johanson!
Johanson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anus is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anus wants to sweep but no luck.
Johanson wants to control from the top but Anus keeps moving.
Johanson throwing strikes from guard but Anus blocks nicely.
Johanson trying to control but Anus is working from the bottom.
Johanson wants to pass the guard but Anus is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anus controls Johanson momentarily but Johanson frees himself.
Anus keeping moving, preventing Johanson from controlling successfully.
Johanson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Anus is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Johanson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Anus seems keen to control Johanson's posture.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Anus's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Anus duly obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anus is trying hard to land a takedown here. Johanson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Anus lands with a cross.
Jeorge Johanson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anus smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johanson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johanson manages to avoid it.
Johanson throws a shot from downtown. Anus moves away and avoids it.
Johanson tries to land a front kick but Anus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anus takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Anus takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
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 Mike Anus will probably get the nod.
That's time! Anus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Anus swats away the attempt to clinch by Johanson.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Johanson enables Anus to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Johanson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Anus throwing strikes from guard but Johanson blocks nicely.
Johanson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Anus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Anus slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Anus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Anus trying to control the position from guard on top but Johanson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anus trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johanson keeping moving, preventing Anus from controlling successfully.
Anus wants to pass the guard but Johanson is keeping the position.
Anus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johanson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Anus working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Anus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Anus trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anus throws a big elbow that misses.
Anus throws an elbow that misses. Johanson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Anus's guard. Nice move by Johanson!
Anus wants to sweep but no luck.
Johanson throws a strike but Anus rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Anus trying to control the position from guard on top but Johanson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Anus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johanson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anus postures up in Johanson's guard and throws a big left but Johanson blocks it.
Anus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johanson is keeping the position for now.
Anus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mike Anus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Anus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johanson trying to keep a closed guard but Anus is proving a slippery customer.
Anus throws an elbow that misses. Johanson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Anus's guard. Nice move by Johanson!
Johanson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Anus pulls Johanson in to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Anus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anus looking for a sweep. Not yet Anus, not yet.
Johanson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Anus keeping moving, preventing Johanson from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jeorge Johanson was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Johanson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anus.
A head kick misses from Johanson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Anus dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Johanson throws a hook but Anus avoids it easily.
Anus avoids the body shot from Johanson.
Johanson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Anus.
Anus blocks a head kick by Johanson.
Anus shoots in looking for a takedown but Johanson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Anus's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A jab from Johanson does it's job there.
Johanson wants to clinch up but Anus keeps it at a distance.

Johanson moves into the clinch successfully.
Johanson lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Johanson fails to land.
Johanson misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johanson keeps control of Anus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johanson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Johanson has a couple of punches blocked by Anus.
Johanson trying to stall but Anus improves his position.
Johanson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johanson has Anus pushed against the cage.
Johanson pushes Anus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johanson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Anus can't get the takedown.
Anus can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Anus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anus has had enough of the clinch but Johanson keeps him there for the moment.
Jeorge Johanson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johanson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anus up against the cage.
Johanson is pressed up against the cage. Anus has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Johanson down to the mat. Johanson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Johanson tries to clinch but Anus is having none of it.
Nice shot by Johanson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anus swings widly with a right hand
and Anus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johanson looks to land a left hand but Anus moved out of range nicely.
Johanson throws a good cross that connects.
Jeorge Johanson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johanson lands with a straight right. Anus didn't see that one coming.
Johanson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johanson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by Johanson.

Anus drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Anus looking to sit in guard and control but Johanson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Johanson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johanson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anus swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Johanson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johanson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Johanson is in close to Anus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Johanson throws an elbow that misses. Anus uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Johanson's guard. Nice move by Anus!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johanson pulls Anus in close to his closed guard and prevents Anus from doing any damage or advancing position.

Johanson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Anus defends it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anus throwing strikes but missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeorge Johanson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Anus has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Anus!