PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Dark Dutch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dutch comes to the ring accompanied by feuer frei. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dutch
vs
Johnson

168 cm
26
147 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

175 cm
28
147 lbs
12 - 10 - 1

Great elbows
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dark Dutch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthony Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dutch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson throws a wild body kick that Dutch sees coming a mile off.
Dutch checks a leg kick nicely.
Johnson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson lands a front kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Johnson!
Dutch lands with a kick to the temple. Johnson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Johnson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dutch looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice uppercut lands for Dutch. That snapped Johnson's head back.
Dutch is looking to land body kicks.

Dutch darts in and clinches Johnson up against the ropes.
A short left from Dutch.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into Dutch's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Dutch manages to break the clinch.
Dutch doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Johnson lands a high kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a wild body kick that Dutch sees coming a mile off.
Dutch tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Johnson. That's going to slow Dutch down.
Dutch connects with a leg kick. Johnson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dutch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Dutch pushes him off.
Johnson throws a chopping leg kick but Dutch manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Johnson tries to clinch
and Dutch counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Dutch is out of range.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Dutch scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dutch delivers a nice body kick.
Dutch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.

Dutch fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dutch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dutch tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the ropes.

Dutch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson lands with a slapping head kick.
A solid body kick from Dutch.
Johnson checks the leg kick.
Johnson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Dutch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Dutch.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dutch tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Anthony Johnson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dutch pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dutch lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Dutch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Dutch keeps it at a distance.
Jab by Dutch.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Dutch rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Dutch tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dutch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Dutch dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short uppercut from Dutch.
Dutch is trying to break free.
Dutch wants to break free but Johnson has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dutch is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the ropes.
Dutch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dutch lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Dutch shrugs off.
Dutch blocks the elbow strike.
Johnson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Johnson.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dutch blocks the elbow strike.
Dutch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dutch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Dutch avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Dutch shrugs off.
Dutch's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Dutch lands a right hand.
Dutch has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dutch digs a right hand into Johnson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johnson's gas tank.
Dutch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the ropes.
Dutch is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dutch throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dutch throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dutch misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Dutch blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dutch avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Dutch's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Dutch misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dutch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dark Dutch dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Johnson throws a solid leg kick but Dutch takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Johnson.

Johnson rushes Dutch and presses him up against the ropes.
Anthony Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dutch tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dutch lands a left hand.
A short left from Dutch.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Dutch's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dutch trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Dutch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Dutch throws an elbow but misses.
Dutch lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dutch's efforts to push away.

Dutch breaks the clinch.
Dutch is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Dark Dutch is winning the standup battle so far.
Dutch misses with a looping left.
Johnson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dutch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Dutch is avoiding it.
Johnson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dutch to score with a decent uppercut.
Dutch on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dutch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Dutch fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dutch tries to land a front kick but Johnson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Johnson scores with a kick to the body.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Nice body punch from Dutch.
A low kick from Johnson misses
and Dutch counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Dutch closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dutch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dutch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Johnson obliges.
Johnson lands a damaging elbow.
Dutch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Dutch.
A frustrated look appears on Dutch's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dutch lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Dutch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Dutch moves out of range easily.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Dutch.

Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Dutch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dutch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dark Dutch clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dutch checks a leg kick.

Johnson clinches.
Nice elbow from Johnson.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Dutch.
Dutch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson avoiding damage as Dutch throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Dutch just misses with a elbow thrown towards Johnson's brow.
Dutch blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Dutch takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

Dutch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice leg kick lands there from Johnson.
Dutch tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Dutch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Dutch pushes him off.
Johnson connects with a high kick.
Dutch misses with a body shot
and Johnson counters with a leg kick.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dutch.
Dutch on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johnson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dutch cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Johnson instigates a clinch.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Dutch lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Dutch tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the ropes.
Dutch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dutch missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dutch lands a left hand.
Dutch connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.

Johnson is rocked!
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!
Johnson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dutch is defending well for now.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Dutch.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Dutch finish him?
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Dutch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johnson is keeping busy.
Dutch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Dutch blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Dutch.
Dutch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dutch dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Dutch blocks an elbow strike.
Dutch blocks an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Dutch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Dark Dutch will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Dutch.
Anthony Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson connects with an inside leg kick.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dutch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson tries to clinch but Dutch is having none of it.
Dutch misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dutch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dutch has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dutch and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Dutch misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Dutch circles away.
Dutch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dutch steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Johnson. That one must have hurt.
Dutch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dutch tries a head kick but it misses.
Dutch throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Dutch keeps it at a distance.
Dutch throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Johnson lands a head kick. Dutch smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dutch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
Dutch lands a nice looking kick to the body. Johnson takes a step back to recover.
Dutch takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dutch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dark Dutch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Dutch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Johnson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson throws a hook but Dutch avoids it easily.
Dutch moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.

Dutch fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dutch 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 48:47
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 48:47
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dark Dutch!
An out of breath Dark Dutch thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.