PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christer Pettersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pettersson comes to the cage accompanied by Fear Factiry - Zero Signal. The crowd seem to be enjoying Johnson's choice of entrance music: The Longest Day by Iron Maiden. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Pettersson
vs
Johnson

186 cm
30
215 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

185 cm
28
217 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christer Pettersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calvin Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick from Pettersson.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Pettersson.
Pettersson throws a lazy body kick
and Pettersson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson cracks Pettersson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Pettersson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pettersson.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Pettersson.
Pettersson lands with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A leg kick checked by Pettersson.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pettersson clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Calvin Johnson has been cut.
Pettersson delivers a nice body kick.
Johnson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Johnson drops his hands momentarily and Pettersson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pettersson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pettersson 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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pettersson.
Pettersson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson looks winded!
Pettersson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Pettersson throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Pettersson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Johnson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pettersson misses with a body kick.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Pettersson looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Pettersson tries to score with a low kick but Johnson moves his leg out of the way.
Pettersson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
Johnson scores with a nice body kick.
Johnson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Pettersson.
Pettersson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pettersson misses with a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson lands a jab to the nose.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pettersson 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 Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pettersson tries to land a leg kick but Johnson saw it coming and moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pettersson.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pettersson.
Pettersson connects with a leg kick. Johnson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Pettersson is out of range.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Pettersson scores with a decent looking hook.
Good shot there by Pettersson.
Pettersson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettersson works Johnson's body with a nice hook.
Pettersson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pettersson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pettersson clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Johnson is rocked!
Pettersson lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Johnson falls backwards - clearly groggy! Pettersson dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christer Pettersson!