PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fritzie Zivic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Zivic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to La La Girl by Paffendorf. Johnson has chosen New York Ska Jazz Ensemble - Haitian fight song as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Zivic
vs
Johnson

185 cm
36
216 lbs
42 - 12 - 1

186 cm
32
216 lbs
25 - 7 - 1

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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World class MT
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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 42 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Fritzie Zivic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Floyd Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fritzie Zivic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zivic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zivic.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zivic scores with a jab.
Zivic scores with a one two! Johnson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Zivic scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zivic just misses with a punch to the body.
Zivic 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.
Zivic slips a jab from Johnson.
Zivic misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Zivic.
Zivic avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Zivic takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Fritzie Zivic has been cut.
Zivic tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zivic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zivic swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zivic throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zivic connects with a body shot.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Zivic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnson is trying to counter with his kicks.
Zivic misses the jab.
Zivic misses with an uppercut.
Zivic scores with the left hand. Johnson knows he should have avoided that one.
Johnson throws a body punch but Zivic moves out of range.
Zivic throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Zivic feints and then cracks Johnson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johnson down.
Zivic misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Johnson. That snapped Zivic's head back.
Zivic misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zivic misses with a wild body shot.
Zivic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.

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!
Zivic misses with a straight right.
Zivic throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zivic with a body shot.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zivic.
Zivic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Zivic blocks the low kick.
Zivic looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Zivic.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Left hook, right uppercut from Johnson.
Zivic lands a nice shot that snaps Johnson's head back.
Zivic cracks Johnson with a good jab.
Zivic misses with a straight right.
Zivic misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zivic throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a solid body kick.
Zivic throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zivic.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.

Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Zivic. Zivic maintains the clinch.
Zivic stalls.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zivic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Zivic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Zivic tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Zivic back against the cage.
Zivic misses with a body punch.
Zivic blocking some punches.
Zivic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zivic can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zivic.
Zivic swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Zivic.
Zivic taking a breather.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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!
Zivic working aggressively here.
Zivic pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
Zivic swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Zivic. Zivic maintains the clinch.
Zivic blocks an uppercut.
Zivic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zivic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zivic cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson 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.
Zivic moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Zivic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zivic scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fritzie Zivic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fritzie Zivic's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Decent striking displayed by Zivic there.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zivic.
Zivic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zivic scores with a nice strike.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zivic.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zivic throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fritzie Zivic is winning the standup battle so far.
Zivic shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Zivic looks to clinch
and Johnson counters with a low kick, right behind Zivic 's knee.
Zivic misses with a low kick.
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Zivic throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Zivic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Zivic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Zivic dips to his left and cracks Johnson with an uppercut!
Johnson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zivic's hands.
Zivic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zivic walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Zivic lands a nice hook to Johnson's body. Johnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zivic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zivic misses with a hook.
Zivic moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zivic. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Zivic blocks it well.
Johnson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zivic.
Johnson lands with a nice body punch.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zivic was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Zivic moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Zivic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zivic blocks the body kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Zivic misses its target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
Johnson is looking to land body kicks.
Zivic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zivic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivic with a nice cross.
Zivic throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Zivic throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Zivic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zivic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zivic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Zivic moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.
Johnson scores with a nice head shot.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.

Zivic drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
Zivic tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zivic throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Johnson.
A hook to the body from Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zivic pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Zivic takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Zivic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zivic tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson is leaning against Zivic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johnson blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zivic.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zivic lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zivic.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body. Zivic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A good leg kick by Johnson.
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zivic missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zivic loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Both fighters circling a little - Johnson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zivic looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A combination from Zivic does no damage.
Zivic throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Johnson follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Zivic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Johnson. Johnson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Johnson.
Zivic misses with an uppercut.
Johnson lands with a right hand.
Johnson lands a head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson delivers a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Zivic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Zivic will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Johnson takes a swing at Zivic's ribcage but misses.
Johnson slips a straight right by Zivic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Floyd Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Fritzie Zivic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Zivic.
Zivic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Zivic.
Zivic backing away here, and Johnson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zivic.
Zivic throws a leg kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Zivic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zivic misses the body punch
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
Johnson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Johnson there as he acknowledges the shot.
A jab from Zivic misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zivic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zivic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Zivic moves out of range easily.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Zivic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zivic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zivic misses with a hook to the body
and Johnson counters with a good low kick that Zivic was not able to check.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zivic misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson takes one on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zivic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson blocks a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Johnson misses.
Zivic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson flicks out a counter leg kick but Zivic steps away.
Zivic throws a leg kick but Johnson checks it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Johnson!
Zivic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson scores with a hook to the body. Zivic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Zivic's front leg but catches the back leg as Zivic tries to avoid it.
Zivic misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivic connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zivic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Johnson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Zivic moves out of range easily.
Zivic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnson slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Johnson misses with a low kick as Zivic jumps back.
A jab from Zivic misses.
Zivic throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Zivic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson slips under a jab from Zivic.
A punch lands to the side of Johnson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Some bone on bone action there as Johnson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Zivic ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a leg kick
and Zivic counters with a good low kick that Johnson was not able to check.
Zivic swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Good shot there by Zivic.
Zivic throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Zivic scores with the left hand. Johnson knows he should have avoided that one.
Johnson scores with a kick to the body.
Johnson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Zivic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zivic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Zivic swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a thumping low kick.
Zivic tries to land a leg kick but Johnson saw it coming and moves away.
Johnson flicks out a counter leg kick but Zivic steps away.
Zivic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Zivic tries to clinch up.
Zivic throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Zivic blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Zivic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zivic misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a left and a right that stings Zivic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Zivic misses its intended target.
Zivic throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Zivic moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Johnson throws a body punch but Zivic moves out of range.
Zivic shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Zivic throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson counters with a good low kick that Zivic was not able to check.
Zivic throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Zivic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Zivic thows a leg kick but Johnson checks it
and Zivic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zivic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zivic throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Zivic moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.
Zivic with a hook.
Zivic throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Floyd Johnson.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Fritzie Zivic!
In his post fight interview, Fritzie Zivic started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.