PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Albert Johanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Dinh Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johanson comes into the arena with Cult of Personality blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Nguyen's choice of entrance music: Rolling Stones - Paint it Black . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Johanson
vs
Dinh Nguyen

167 cm
23
138 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

173 cm
19
146 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Albert Johanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Van Dinh Nguyen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nguyen - that will leave a mark!
Nguyen tries to close the distance and clinch but Johanson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Nguyen drives through and clinches with Johanson against the ropes.
Johanson avoids a wild elbow strike from Nguyen.
Nguyen stops a takedown attempt from Johanson.
Johanson avoiding damage as Nguyen throws knees to the body.
Johanson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nguyen misses with a knee to the head.
Nguyen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Albert Johanson has been cut.
Johanson takes an elbow to the temple.
Nguyen lands an elbow inside that Johanson shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nguyen obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nguyen.
Nguyen scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nguyen lands an elbow inside that Johanson shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Nguyen.
Nguyen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johanson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johanson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nguyen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Albert Johanson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johanson is breathing heavily.
Nguyen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johanson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nguyen lands a shoulder strike.

Albert Johanson's cut is getting worse.
Nguyen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johanson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nguyen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johanson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nguyen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nguyen lands a good knee to the midsection. Johanson won't want to take too many of those.
Nguyen lands a hook that snaps the head of Johanson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johanson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nguyen lands a nice elbow.
Nguyen working Johanson over with knees to the body.
Johanson takes an elbow to the forehead.

Albert Johanson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nguyen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nguyen lands a right hand.
Nguyen crunches a lovely knee into Johanson's ribcage.
Nguyen scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Nguyen.

Jeez, Albert Johanson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Nguyen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johanson up against the ropes.
Johanson takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Albert Johanson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Van Dinh Nguyen!
A victorious Van Dinh Nguyen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.