PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Flex Kellosalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kellosalo's entrance music is Contra - Jungle Jam . A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Johnson's choice of entrance music: St. Elmo's Fire. Corey Johnson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Kellosalo
vs
Johnson

176 cm
22
156 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

170 cm
31
155 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Flex Kellosalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Corey Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Kellosalo is just out of range.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kellosalo can pounce on him.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Kellosalo.
Kellosalo misses with a body kick.
Johnson looks for the body kick but Kellosalo saw that one coming.
Johnson stuns Kellosalo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Kellosalo misses with a looping right.
Horrible takedown by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Kellosalo which made him look bad.
Kellosalo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Johnson misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
Johnson scores with a decent looking hook.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Kellosalo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Kellosalo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Johnson takes a swing at Kellosalo's ribcage but misses.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kellosalo dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Kellosalo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Kellosalo.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kellosalo scores with a nice strike.

Kellosalo clinches.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kellosalo prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Kellosalo throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kellosalo tried to score with a low kick but Johnson checks it.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Johnson blocks the leg kick.
Flex Kellosalo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kellosalo slips a straight right by Johnson.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
Kellosalo slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Kellosalo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kellosalo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Johnson misses with a hook
and Kellosalo counters with a body kick that stops Johnson in his tracks momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo misses the shot to the body.
Johnson throws a head kick but Kellosalo moves out of range.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
A low kick from Kellosalo is predictable there
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Corey Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson works Kellosalo's body with a nice hook.
Johnson throws a hook but Kellosalo blocks it.
Kellosalo looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kellosalo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kellosalo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson cracks Kellosalo with an open hand slap.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo connects with a leg kick. Johnson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kellosalo misses with the body kick
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Kellosalo slips under a jab from Johnson.
Kellosalo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson throws a hook but Kellosalo blocks it.
Kellosalo wants to slow Johnson down by chopping away at his legs.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Kellosalo counters with an outside leg kick.
Johnson throws a right hand that Kellosalo ducks under and follows up with a left that Kellosalo also avoids with ease.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kellosalo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kellosalo moves away.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
A left lands for Kellosalo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kellosalo slips under a jab.
Kellosalo misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Kellosalo looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Kellosalo lands a front kick.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kellosalo circles away.
Flex Kellosalo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Corey Johnson.
Kellosalo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kellosalo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Kellosalo.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kellosalo.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Kellosalo.
Kellosalo connects with the punch.
Kellosalo lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Kellosalo.
Kellosalo lands a right hook to the body.
Kellosalo moves to clinch but Johnson breaks away
and Johnson counters with a one-two to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kellosalo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Johnson.
Kellosalo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Kellosalo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A shot to the body from Johnson misses
and Kellosalo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kellosalo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flex Kellosalo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Johnson checks the leg kick.
Kellosalo connects with a crisp jab.
Kellosalo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kellosalo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson fails with the takedown.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Kellosalo's head but Kellosalo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kellosalo's corner calls for a 1-2. Kellosalo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kellosalo throws a sloppy head kick
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson throws a hook but Kellosalo blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Kellosalo's leg but Kellosalo calmly moves out of range.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Kellosalo's head but Kellosalo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kellosalo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kellosalo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
Johnson blocks a low kick nicely.
Kellosalo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Kellosalo settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kellosalo.
Johnson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Kellosalo.
Nice jab there from Johnson.
Kellosalo lands a jab to the head.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Kellosalo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson misses with a hook to the body
and Kellosalo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Kellosalo is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Kellosalo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Good work by Johnson as he checks the leg kick.
Kellosalo with a nice cross.
Kellosalo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kellosalo tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters circling a little - Kellosalo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kellosalo defends it nicely.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kellosalo pinned against the cage. Kellosalo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Flex Kellosalo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Corey Johnson.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kellosalo.
Johnson is trying desperately to land a takedown but Kellosalo is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Johnson.
Kellosalo wants to clinch.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kellosalo sprawls well. Kellosalo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
and Kellosalo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Flex Kellosalo is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick from Kellosalo lands but Johnson takes it in his stride.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Johnson shoots in for a double leg but Kellosalo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Johnson takes a swing at Kellosalo's ribcage but misses.
Johnson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kellosalo. That did some damage!
Kellosalo throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kellosalo, as that shot connected.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice shot by Kellosalo.
Kellosalo jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson cracks Kellosalo with an open hand slap.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Kellosalo slips the punch.
Kellosalo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kellosalo slaps away a takedown attempt from Johnson, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Kellosalo pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Kellosalo avoiding damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Kellosalo.
Kellosalo misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson tries a body shot but Kellosalo blocks it.
Johnson stalls.
Johnson looking to slow down the pace here.
Kellosalo trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Kellosalo avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Kellosalo misses with an elbow strike.
Kellosalo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kellosalo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Johnson dodges an elbow strike from Kellosalo.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Kellosalo controls the action.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kellosalo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kellosalo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Corey Johnson has been cut.
Kellosalo trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kellosalo is keeping busy.
Kellosalo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kellosalo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short uppercut from Kellosalo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A head punch on the inside from Kellosalo fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flex Kellosalo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Corey Johnson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.

Kellosalo rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kellosalo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
A head punch on the inside from Kellosalo fails to land.
Kellosalo is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kellosalo down to the mat. Kellosalo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kellosalo throws out the jab.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Kellosalo moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.
Kellosalo misses with a body kick.
Johnson misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Kellosalo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Kellosalo ducks down to avoid it.
Kellosalo looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson blocks a low kick nicely.
A low kick from Kellosalo is predictable there
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kellosalo.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Kellosalo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kellosalo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kellosalo throws a leg kick but Johnson moved away.
Kellosalo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kellosalo moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Kellosalo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An inside leg kick lands from Kellosalo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo blocks a jab.
Kellosalo stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johnson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kellosalo swivels and escapes.
Johnson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kellosalo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Johnson finds it's way through Kellosalo's defenses.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Kellosalo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kellosalo doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Johnson throws a body punch but Kellosalo moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and Kellosalo counters with a nice leg kick.
Johnson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kellosalo avoids it really well and circles away.
Flex Kellosalo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Corey Johnson.
Johnson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Kellosalo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Johnson throws the left hand but Kellosalo avoids the punch easily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kellosalo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kellosalo throws a solid leg kick but Johnson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kellosalo.
A punch combination from Kellosalo misses.
Kellosalo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kellosalo throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson connects with a jab.

Kellosalo drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kellosalo.
Kellosalo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kellosalo avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson is looking to control Kellosalo's arms but Kellosalo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johnson has his back to the cage.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kellosalo's elbow.
Johnson trying to stall but Kellosalo improves his position.
Kellosalo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kellosalo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kellosalo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Johnson's brow.
Johnson dodges an elbow strike from Kellosalo.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kellosalo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kellosalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kellosalo as Johnson tries to tie him up.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.
Kellosalo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kellosalo backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kellosalo fails to land.
Kellosalo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Kellosalo lands a damaging elbow.
Kellosalo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kellosalo avoiding damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johnson as Kellosalo tries to tie him up.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kellosalo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Kellosalo.
Kellosalo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Kellosalo lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kellosalo tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.
Kellosalo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Kellosalo, against the cage.
Johnson stalling.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Kellosalo scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kellosalo throws a good cross that connects.
Kellosalo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kellosalo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson moves out of range of the leg kick from Kellosalo.
Johnson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kellosalo swivels and escapes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Flex Kellosalo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kellosalo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight for Flex Kellosalo!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Flex Kellosalo!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Flex Kellosalo!

Flex Kellosalo wins by unanimous decision!