PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kato Aspenia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikael Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johansson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Iron Man - Black Sabbath kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Aspenia
vs
Johansson

172 cm
30
130 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

175 cm
26
156 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kato Aspenia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikael Johansson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aspenia misses with a few strikes there.
Johansson misses with a series of wild punches.
Aspenia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johansson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Johansson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johansson digs a good body shot into Aspenia's ribs.
Johansson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kato Aspenia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johansson throws a jab but it's blocked by Aspenia.
Aspenia slips a jab from Johansson.
Johansson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aspenia's calf.
Aspenia throws a series of strikes that have Johansson backpedaling.

It looks like Mikael Johansson has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Johansson clinches with his opponent.
Aspenia wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johansson lands with a short shot to the head.
Aspenia misses with a body punch.
Aspenia takes an elbow to the forehead.
Aspenia wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson lands with a right to the head.
Johansson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johansson has Aspenia pressed against the cage, preventing Aspenia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johansson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Aspenia breaks from the clinch.
Aspenia on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Johansson is looking to slow Aspenia down with leg kicks.
Aspenia misses with a double jab.
Johansson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Aspenia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Aspenia.
Aspenia throws a sloppy head kick and Johansson moves out of range easily.
Johansson cracks the inside of Aspenia's front leg.
Aspenia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johansson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Decent striking displayed by Johansson there.
Aspenia tries to clinch but Johansson moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aspenia throws a right hand that Johansson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johansson also avoids with ease.
Aspenia is breathing heavily.
Aspenia misses with a wild combination.

Johansson has managed to clinch.
Johansson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short uppercut from Johansson.
Johansson scores with a shoulder strike.
Aspenia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johansson landing knees to the head.
Aspenia is trying to force a seperation but Johansson has the dominant position.
A shot in the inside from Johansson.
Johansson prevents Aspenia from breaking the clinch.
Johansson lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johansson.
Johansson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Aspenia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Johansson has Aspenia pressed against the cage, preventing Aspenia from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aspenia is trying to force a seperation but Johansson has the dominant position.
Aspenia is trying to break free.
Johansson lands with a light punch inside.
Aspenia is trying to break the clinch but Johansson has him pressed against the cage.
Johansson lands a nice elbow.
Johansson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Johansson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aspenia wants to break free but Johansson has control.
A short right from Johansson on the inside.
Aspenia is looking to break free of the clinch but Johansson has double underhooks.
Aspenia has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johansson lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Johansson as the two fighters clinch.
Johansson lands a knee to the body.
Johansson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson lands a nice uppercut.

Aspenia is rocked!
Aspenia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oh Aspenia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aspenia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johansson's elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aspenia is trying to break the clinch but Johansson is controlling him.
Aspenia seems to have got his legs back now.
Johansson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Johansson as the two fighters clinch.
Johansson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aspenia's defenses.
A left hand lands to the body for Johansson.
Johansson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aspenias head.
The referee calls for Johansson to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good body shot from Johansson.
Johansson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikael Johansson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mikael Johansson's cut.
That's time! Aspenia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nice body kick from Johansson.

Johansson has Aspenia up against the cage in a clinch.
Aspenia tries to break the clinch but Johansson is controlling the position.
Johansson lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Aspenia.
Aspenia takes a knee to the side of the body.
Johansson keeps control of Aspenia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aspenia wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johansson has him pressed against the cage.
Johansson digs a right hand underneath Aspenia's ribcage. Aspenia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johansson.
Johansson lands a hook that snaps the head of Aspenia backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johansson lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Johansson lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aspenia is trying to push Johansson away but Johansson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johansson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Aspenia to his knees! Johansson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikael Johansson!
After winning the bout, Mikael Johansson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.