PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Tsoi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tsoi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Zvezda po Imeni Solnce. On his way into the cage it seems that Viktor Tsoi has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Viktor Tsoi seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Tsoi
vs
Johnson

169 cm
25
133 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

175 cm
23
150 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu
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Spartan Nutrition

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Viktor Tsoi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dave Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Johnson slams his shin into Tsoi's torso.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Johnson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tsoi - the referee stops the clock and Johnson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tsoi. Johnson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Johnson checks the leg kick.
Tsoi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tsoi.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tsoi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tsoi misses the shot to the body.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tsoi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tsoi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Tsoi saw that one coming.
Johnson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson scores with a nice strike.
A lazy left from Tsoi finds it's target.
Dave Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A clash of legs there as Tsoi blocks the low kick.
Tsoi throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson throws a front kick that sends Tsoi stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tsoi.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Tsoi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsoi.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Nice body punch from Johnson.
Tsoi has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Tsoi blocks a jab.
Tsoi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Tsoi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johnson's calf.
Tsoi defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Tsoi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Johnson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tsoi's sensitive parts.
A jab lands there for Johnson.
Tsoi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tsoi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Tsoi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tsoi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Nice defenses there by Tsoi.
Tsoi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Tsoi.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Johnson. Tsoi shrugs it off though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsoi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Johnson at a distance.
Tsoi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tsoi throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson avoids a kick to the body.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson tries a low kick but Tsoi avoids it.
Nice shot by Tsoi.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tsoi is looking to wear down Johnson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Johnson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tsoi's calf.
Johnson works over Tsoi's head and body with a nice combination.
A thudding body kick lands there by Johnson!
Tsoi dips to his left and cracks Johnson with an uppercut!
Tsoi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tsoi connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
A lazy body kick from Tsoi
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tsoi tries to land a front kick but Johnson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Decent striking displayed by Tsoi there.
Johnson throws a leg kick
and Tsoi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Tsoi moves his leg out of the way.
Tsoi defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
Tsoi jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tsoi has time to react.
Tsoi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johnson's calf.
Tsoi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Tsoi avoids it with no problem.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tsoi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Tsoi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsoi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johnson's calf.
Tsoi lands a front kick.
Tsoi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Johnson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tsoi. That one must have hurt.
Tsoi looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Tsoi slips the punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tsoi.
Tsoi slips a straight right by Johnson.
Tsoi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tsoi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tsoi throws a shot to the body.
Tsoi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tsoi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Johnson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsoi with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tsoi.
Johnson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tsoi takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Tsoi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Tsoi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Johnson tries to move into range but Tsoi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tsoi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tsoi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Johnson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tsoi has got the better of the exchanges.
Nice defenses there by Tsoi.
Tsoi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Tsoi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Tsoi.
Tsoi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tsoi lands with a nice body punch.
Johnson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tsoi takes a step back to recover.
Viktor Tsoi is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Tsoi moved away.
Johnson throws a shot to the body.
Tsoi throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Tsoi moves his leg out of the way.
Tsoi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Johnson throws a hook but Tsoi blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsoi ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
As Johnson backs away, Tsoi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a head kick but Tsoi moves out of range.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tsoi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tsoi thinks about countering with a body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tsoi checks a leg kick.
A jab from Tsoi misses.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tsoi.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Tsoi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Johnson delivers a nice body kick.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Johnson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tsoi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsoi. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson tries to bum rush Tsoi with a series of wild strikes but Tsoi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Tsoi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Johnson.
Tsoi throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tsoi was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Tsoi.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
Johnson tests Tsoi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Tsoi.
Tsoi throws a low kick, looking for Johnson's leg but Johnson calmly moves out of range.
Tsoi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
Johnson with a hook.
Johnson stalks Tsoi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tsoi's face. Tsoi staggers backwards, shaken.
Tsoi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tsoi takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Tsoi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Tsoi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tsoi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A slow jab from Tsoi misses its intended target.
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson slips a jab from Tsoi.
A low kick from Tsoi misses
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tsoi tries a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson lands with a good body shot.
Tsoi digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs.
Johnson walks into a straight right hand from Tsoi.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Tsoi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tsoi throws a leg kick but Johnson checks it.
Tsoi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson checks a leg kick nicely.
Johnson lands a nice looking body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tsoi.
Tsoi lunges at Johnson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Johnson's hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Tsoi here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Tsoi throws a low kick, looking for Johnson's leg but Johnson calmly moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
Johnson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tsoi throws a right hand that misses
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson lands with an uppercut that bounces Tsoi off the cage and back into range.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tsoi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Tsoi takes one to the side of the head.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Tsoi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tsoi scores with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsoi misses the shot to the body.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Johnson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tsoi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Johnson scores with a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Viktor Tsoi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Tsoi misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Tsoi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Tsoi misses with a low kick.
Johnson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Tsoi to counter with a crisp jab.
Tsoi misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tsoi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Johnson if he has to take too many more of those.
Tsoi thuds his right hand into Johnson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tsoi scores with a head kick. Johnson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tsoi.
Tsoi looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Tsoi slips the punch.
Tsoi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Tsoi settles back down.
Tsoi scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsoi. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
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!
Tsoi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Johnson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsoi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nice uppercut lands for Johnson. That snapped Tsoi's head back.
Tsoi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Johnson's head.
Tsoi just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson is looking to slow Tsoi down with leg kicks.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Tsoi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tsoi lands the left hand.
Tsoi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tsoi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Tsoi slips the punch.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Viktor Tsoi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Nice cross by Tsoi.
Tsoi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tsoi misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Tsoi moved out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johnson.
Tsoi lands with a cross.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Tsoi moved away.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Tsoi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Johnson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tsoi lands a nice looking body shot.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Tsoi is looking to counter punch.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Tsoi uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsoi.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Johnson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tsoi - the referee stops the clock and Johnson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tsoi. Johnson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tsoi misses with a straight left.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Tsoi.
Tsoi lands an overhand right.
Tsoi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Tsoi.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tsoi.
Tsoi avoids a kick to the body.
Tsoi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Johnson checks a low kick from Tsoi.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Jab by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Tsoi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi moves away from the strike by Johnson.
The crowd cheers as Johnson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tsoi doesn't seem phased though.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Tsoi scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsoi scores with the left hand. Johnson knows he should have avoided that one.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Tsoi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tsoi looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
Tsoi avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson throws the left hand but Tsoi avoids the punch easily.
Tsoi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Johnson throws a leg kick
and Tsoi finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Johnson lands a head kick!
Tsoi ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Tsoi quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Tsoi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tsoi scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnson should have avoided that one.
Dave Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tsoi.

And that's the end of the fight!
Viktor Tsoi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tsoi 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viktor Tsoi!
Viktor Tsoi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.