PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cristian Dido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Johanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johanson has chosen Cult of Personality as his entrance music. Albert Johanson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Dido
vs
Johanson

180 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

167 cm
23
138 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cristian Dido!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Albert Johanson!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johanson with a poor takedown
and Dido counters with a two punch combo.
Johanson misses with a takedown attempt - Dido sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dido really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Johanson looks gassed!
Dido will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Dido has closed the distance and engaged Johanson in a clinch.
Johanson stops a takedown attempt from Dido.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dido goes for a takedown attempt but Johanson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dido throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Johanson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Johanson.

Dido turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Dido manages to end up in side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Dido tries to get to his feet but Johanson is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Dido in his guard.
Dido tries to stand but Johanson is controlling from the bottom.

Dido gets to his feet. Johanson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A combination from Dido does no damage.
Cristian Dido is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Johanson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Dido's half guard.
Dido trying to control but Johanson postures up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dido throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Dido punching from the bottom.
Dido misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Dido knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johanson on the ground.
Dido wants to get back to full guard.
Dido landing strikes from the bottom.

Johanson seems to be looking for submissions.

Johanson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dido tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Johanson slips a nice elbow through Dido's hands, connecting with Dido's forehead.
Dido is trying to control but can't.

Dido looking for submissions off his back.
Dido wants to improve his position but Johanson is controlling well.
Dido misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Johanson is looking to take a break and control but Dido is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Johanson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Johanson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dido keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Johanson is thwarting Dido's attempts to control the position.

Johanson is working for a kimura but Dido is defending it quite comfortably.
Johanson is looking to take a break and control but Dido is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Johanson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dido sees it coming and defends easily.
Dido tries to get to full guard but Johanson has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cristian Dido dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dido takes the fight into the clinch.
Johanson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dido.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dido tries to score a body lock takedown but Johanson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dido is pressed up against the cage. Johanson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dido down to the mat. Dido avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Johanson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Johanson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dido misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dido throws a head kick but Johanson moves out of range.
Johanson dodges the punch combination from Dido.
Dido swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dido misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No luck for Johanson with that takedown attempt.
Cristian Dido has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Albert Johanson.
Johanson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dido rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johanson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dido misses with a series of wild punches.
Dido misses with a few strikes there.
Dido throws the left hand but Johanson avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johanson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dido will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dido looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cristian Dido dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Dido swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dido takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dido throws a right and a left that Johanson avoids nicely.
Dido fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dido misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dido misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dido fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dido falls off balance throwing a combination

and Johanson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Dido's guard now.
Dido will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dido working a defensive guard here.
Dido will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Albert Johanson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dido throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Johanson passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johanson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Johanson trying to control from half guard but Dido is working away.
Dido missing with punches from the bottom.
Dido missing with punches from the bottom.

Dido is defending against the submission attempts here by Johanson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dido is looking for a sweep. Johanson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dido trying to hold on to Johanson's head to control him but Johanson postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johanson decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Johanson has a takedown stuffed.
Dido misses with a double jab

and Johanson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dido won't be happy with that.

Johanson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Johanson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johanson trying to control the position but Dido is working away.

Johanson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dido throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Dido wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dido tries to bench press Johanson off him but Johanson keeps the position.
Dido is working hard here to advance position.
Dido is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Johanson has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Albert Johanson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Johanson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Johanson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

And that's the end of the fight!
Albert Johanson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dido 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cristian Dido!