PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Demitrious Johnson (ranked 24432 p4p, 155 weight class) and Cicero Dos Santos (ranked 20519 p4p, 158 weight class). The key to victory for Demitrious Johnson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Johnson
vs
Dos Santos

178 cm
26
162 lbs
5 - 5 - 2

180 cm
32
175 lbs
19 - 23 - 2

Dangerous knees
Experienced

Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Demitrious Johnson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Cicero Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a wild body kick that Dos Santos sees coming a mile off.
Dos Santos throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Dos Santos steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
Dos Santos throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Dos Santos.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dos Santos misses with a looping left.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws out a leg kick but Johnson moves out of range and Dos Santos only half commits.
Johnson works over Dos Santos's head and body with a nice combination.
Dos Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Dos Santos.
Demitrious Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
Johnson throws out a leg kick but Dos Santos moves out of range and Johnson only half commits.
Johnson lands a jab to Dos Santos's midsection.
A head kick misses from Johnson .
A punch combination from Dos Santos misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnson .
No joy there for Johnson , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson tries to land a leg kick but Dos Santos saw it coming and moves away.
Dos Santos misses with the combination.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Dos Santos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Johnson as he checks the leg kick.
Dos Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dos Santos moves out of range of the body kick.
Dos Santos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Johnson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dos Santos backs up against the ropes.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Santos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dos Santos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Dos Santos throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johnson checks a leg kick.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dos Santos tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dos Santos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dos Santos thows a body kick. Johnson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Dos Santos's leg but Dos Santos calmly moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Dos Santos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dos Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
A head kick misses from Johnson .
Dos Santos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A head kick misses from Johnson .
Dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dos Santos looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Dos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dos Santos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Dos Santos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dos Santos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a head kick but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A counter left hand to the body from Johnson misses its target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos blocks the body kick.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot.
Johnson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Johnson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson throws out a leg kick but Dos Santos moves out of range and Johnson only half commits.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dos Santos! But no joy.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Dos Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dos Santos misses the jab.
Johnson lunges at Dos Santos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dos Santos's hand.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dos Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Demitrious Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson .
Dos Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Dos Santos moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson .
Johnson throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Dos Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Santos can do to turn this around?
Dos Santos throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Dos Santos checks it.
Dos Santos is looking to land body kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dos Santos.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dos Santos misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from Johnson .
Dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dos Santos throws out the jab.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dos Santos looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
A combination from Dos Santos does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dos Santos. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Johnson slips under a jab from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Dos Santos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Dos Santos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dos Santos blocks a head kick by Johnson .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demitrious Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Dos Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Dos Santos moved out of range.
It seemed like Dos Santos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Dos Santos's leg but Dos Santos calmly moves out of range.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Santos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Johnson takes a swing at Dos Santos's ribcage but misses.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Demitrious Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Dos Santos.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dos Santos throws a solid leg kick but Johnson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dos Santos.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson throws a right hand that Dos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Dos Santos also avoids with ease.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Dos Santos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dos Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Johnson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dos Santos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dos Santos throws out a counter right but Johnson avoids it with no problem.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dos Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson .
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Dos Santos steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dos Santos throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dos Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
Dos Santos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Dos Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Dos Santos moved away.
Dos Santos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Dos Santos avoids them all with ease.
Johnson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dos Santos.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Dos Santos moves his leg out of the way.
Dos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson .
Dos Santos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Johnson dips to his left and cracks Dos Santos with an uppercut!
Johnson tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Dos Santos looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson is looking to wear down Dos Santos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dos Santos throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Demitrious Johnson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Dos Santos moved away.
A bone on bone clash there as Dos Santos blocks the leg kick.
Dos Santos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dos Santos 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.
Dos Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson misses with a leg kick.
Dos Santos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos throws out a leg kick but Johnson moves out of range and Dos Santos only half commits.
A little feinted left hand from Johnson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dos Santos staying out of range there.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Johnson tries to work over Dos Santos's front leg with a kick but Dos Santos checks it.
Johnson throws the left hand but Dos Santos avoids the punch easily.
Dos Santos avoids the head kick by Johnson .
Dos Santos throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Dos Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dos Santos blocks a head kick by Johnson .
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Dos Santos.
Johnson quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Johnson moves out of range as Dos Santos throws a body kick.
Dos Santos throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Johnson .
Dos Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Dos Santos tried to score with a low kick but Johnson checks it.
Dos Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Santos avoids the body shot from Johnson .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson cracks Dos Santos with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson lands a jab to Dos Santos's midsection.
Dos Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson avoids the head kick by Dos Santos.
Johnson throws a head kick but Dos Santos moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Johnson .
A clash of legs there as Johnson blocks the low kick.
Johnson blocks a low kick nicely.
Johnson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Johnson .
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos misses with a head kick.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dos Santos avoids the body shot from Johnson .
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson . Those never looked like landing.
Dos Santos misses with a head kick.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Dos Santos.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
Johnson throws a big counter combination but Dos Santos scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Johnson blocks a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson .
Dos Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnson .
Dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Dos Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Dos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson .
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Dos Santos blocks the body kick.
Cicero Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Demitrious Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Demitrious Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johnson 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demitrious Johnson !