PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Khaba Dagestanskiy (ranked 380 p4p, 1631 weight class) and CJ Johnson (ranked 55 p4p, 247 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Dagestanskiy
vs
Johnson

175 cm
27
175
9 - 3 - 0

183 cm
29
176
12 - 9 - 0

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Insanely flexible

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World class MT
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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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Khaba Dagestanskiy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, CJ Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dagestanskiy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Dagestanskiy holds him up against the cage and eventually Johnson drops back down to his feet.
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dagestanskiy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dagestanskiy misses with a hook to the ribs.

Dagestanskiy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson 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 moves away from the strike by Dagestanskiy.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dagestanskiy.
Dagestanskiy backing away here, and Johnson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

Dagestanskiy bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Johnson throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dagestanskiy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dagestanskiy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice sprawl there from Dagestanskiy as Johnson shoots in.
Dagestanskiy throwing a counter right hand but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Khaba Dagestanskiy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of CJ Johnson.
Johnson shoots for a takedown but Dagestanskiy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dagestanskiy shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Johnson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Dagestanskiy postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Dagestanskiy cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
Johnson 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dagestanskiy throws a big elbow that misses.
Dagestanskiy is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnson has wrist control.
Dagestanskiy wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Dagestanskiy distracts Johnson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've been hearing that Dagestanskiy has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dagestanskiy stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Johnson has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Dagestanskiy manages to get his head free but now Johnson has transitioned to an armbar! Dagestanskiy grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Johnson! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). CJ Johnson!
An out of breath CJ Johnson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.