PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vekkuli Toveri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Composure-August Burns Red. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Toveri
vs
Johnson

193 cm
24
231 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
270 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

EGN-The End Game Nutrition
EGN-The End Game Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vekkuli Toveri!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toveri leaves Johnson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Johnson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Toveri circles away.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Vekkuli Toveri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Johnson.
No luck for Johnson with that takedown attempt.
Johnson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Toveri.
A head kick misses from Toveri.
Toveri scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toveri jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Toveri takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Toveri misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vekkuli Toveri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Johnson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Toveri throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Toveri tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two 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.
Johnson moves forwards but Toveri connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Johnson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Toveri scores with a kick to the body.
Toveri slaps away a takedown attempt from Johnson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Toveri.
Toveri with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson shoots for a double leg takedown but Toveri sprawls well. He's pushed Johnson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toveri misses with a head kick.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Toveri shows good takedown defense.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Toveri sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Johnson looks gassed!
Toveri rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Toveri lands with a nice body kick.
Horrible takedown by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Toveri which made him look bad.
Johnson shoots in and drives through. Toveri sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toveri dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Toveri swinging wilding here.
Johnson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Vekkuli Toveri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Toveri misses with a few strikes there.
Toveri swinging wilding here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vekkuli Toveri dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice sprawl there from Toveri as Johnson shoots in.
Johnson dives in and grabs Toveri's left leg, looking for a takedown. Toveri pushes down on Johnson's head and hops out.
Johnson is trying desperately to land a takedown but Toveri is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Johnson.
Toveri lands a head kick. Johnson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Toveri.
Toveri misses with a head kick.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Toveri.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Toveri circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toveri defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Johnson.
Vekkuli Toveri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Johnson.
Johnson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Toveri pinned against the cage. Toveri gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice sprawl there from Toveri as Johnson shoots in.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Toveri misses the shot to the body.
Toveri throws a half hearted mid kick.
Toveri sizes up Johnson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Johnson looks for a takedown but Toveri sprawls well.
Johnson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Toveri tries to avoid it but Johnson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Toveri to the ground. Toveri escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Toveri.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Toveri circles away.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Toveri as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Toveri thows a body kick. Johnson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Toveri as he avoids it easily.
Toveri lands with a thumping leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Toveri.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toveri lands with a kick to the temple. Johnson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Toveri lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Johnson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toveri throws a combination. Johnson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Toveri throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Toveri scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Toveri goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vekkuli Toveri dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Toveri throws a one two combo.
A chopping leg kick lands by Toveri.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Toveri.
Nice sprawl there from Toveri as Johnson shoots in.
Johnson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Toveri's waist but Toveri gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnson off to one side.
Toveri lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Vekkuli Toveri is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toveri plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Vekkuli Toveri is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Toveri.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Johnson scores with a takedown into Toveri's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toveri wants to stand but Johnson is controlling the position.
Toveri throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Toveri here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Toveri striking off his back but it's not causing Johnson any problems.
Toveri wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.

Toveri looking for a guillotine here but Johnson defends easily.
Toveri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Johnson trying to control but Toveri is working from the bottom.
Toveri knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johnson on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Toveri had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Johnson is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Toveri Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Johnson's back instead.
Toveri doesn't have the hooks in and Johnson manages to turn into his guard.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Toveri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice takedown defense from Toveri. No joy for Johnson on that attempt.
Vekkuli Toveri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Johnson.
Toveri throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Toveri defends it nicely.
Toveri feints and then cracks Johnson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johnson down.
Toveri stuffs the takedown.
Johnson pushes Toveri away with a front kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Toveri.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Toveri throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Johnson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Toveri pinned against the cage. Toveri gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Toveri takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vekkuli Toveri clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson looks for a takedown but Toveri sprawls well.
Johnson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Toveri tries to avoid it but Johnson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Toveri to the ground. Toveri escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Toveri throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson shoots in for a double leg but Toveri sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Vekkuli Toveri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Johnson.
Johnson is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Johnson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Toveri is fending him off so far but Johnson persists. Nope, Toveri circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toveri displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Johnson.
Toveri lands a head kick!
Left hook, right uppercut from Toveri.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Toveri throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Johnson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Toveri circles away.
Toveri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Toveri bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Toveri dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Toveri throws a head kick that misses

and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Toveri won't be happy with that.
Toveri struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson in the domination position with Toveri hanging on.
Toveri can't do much from the bottom here.
Toveri is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Johnson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Toveri tries to control but Johnson manages to take his back.

Johnson is persistently looking for the submission but Toveri is defending it well.
Toveri wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnson is not going to allow Toveri to sit and survive in this position.
The referee is taking a good look at Toveri as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Johnson!
Toveri trying to control the position but Johnson manages to sink in the hooks.
Toveri turns into Johnson and is now in his guard.

Johnson has his foot on Toveri's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Toveri works his way back into a safe position though.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Johnson holds on and takes a little breather.
Toveri wants to stand and escape but instead Johnson has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Johnny Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Johnson shoots in and drives through. Toveri sprawls well.
Johnson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Toveri sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Johnson somewhat.
Toveri swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick there by Toveri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Toveri.
Toveri keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Vekkuli Toveri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Johnson.
Johnson is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Toveri shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Johnson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Toveri circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Toveri shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Toveri pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Toveri counters with a two punch combo.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Toveri.
Toveri throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Toveri lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson with a poor takedown
and Toveri counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
No joy there for Toveri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Toveri scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Toveri tries a head kick but it misses.
Toveri lands a nice looking body kick.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Toveri stalks Johnson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Johnson's face. Johnson staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toveri scores with a shot to the body.
Johnson takes one to the chin there.
Vekkuli Toveri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt
and Toveri counters with an inside leg kick.
Toveri throws a head kick that Johnson semi-blocks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Toveri.
Johnny Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Toveri thuds his shin into the meat of Johnson's side.
Toveri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vekkuli Toveri showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Toveri 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 49:44
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 49:44
Judge George Francis scores the fight 49:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vekkuli Toveri!
Vekkuli Toveri is the new heavyweight champion!