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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 534 p4p, 1344 weight class) and Kristian Johansson (ranked 73 p4p, 168 weight class). Kristian Johansson acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kristian Johansson!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinyuk throws a jab when Johansson was well out of range.
Johansson drives through and clinches with Martinyuk against the cage.
Johansson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johansson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martinyuk backwards.
Johansson has a couple of punches blocked by Martinyuk.
Martinyuk lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Johansson misses with the head strike.
Martinyuk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johansson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johansson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinyuk.
Martinyuk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martinyuk moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Johansson is looking to clinch but Martinyuk is avoiding it.
Martinyuk was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Martinyuk 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Martinyuk misses the target.
Martinyuk misses with a head kick.
Martinyuk throws out a loose jab but Johansson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinyuk jabs Johansson right on the nose. Johansson blinks but takes it well.
Martinyuk misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk takes a swing at Johansson's ribcage but misses.
Martinyuk throws a nice looking combination but Johansson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johansson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Johansson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Johansson darts in and clinches Martinyuk up against the cage.
Johansson swings wildly with an uppercut but Martinyuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinyuk throws a head punch that misses.
Martinyuk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johansson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinyuk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martinyuk blocking some punches.
Martinyuk scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson prevents a body shot from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martinyuk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johansson misses with some punches.
Martinyuk can't find room to land a body shot as Johansson controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinyuk.
Johansson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinyuk.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Johansson misses with some punches.
A short right from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johansson working aggressively here.
Martinyuk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinyuk lands with a light punch inside.
Johansson has a couple of punches blocked by Martinyuk.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinyuk.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johansson.
Martinyuk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinyuk swings wildly with an uppercut but Johansson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johansson throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinyuk tries a body shot but Johansson blocks it.
Martinyuk lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Martinyuk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leonid Martinyuk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinyuk throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johansson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martinyuk misses the shot to the body.
Johansson unleashes a big counter combination but Martinyuk bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Martinyuk throws a sloppy head kick and Johansson moves out of range easily.
Johansson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Martinyuk lands a big head kick that sends Johansson tumbling to the mat! Martinyuk takes a step backwards and waves Johansson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Johansson is rocked!
It looks like Kristian Johansson has been cut.
Martinyuk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Martinyuk misses with a straight left.
Johansson throws a counter combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonid Martinyuk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kristian Johansson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Johansson darts in and clinches Martinyuk up against the cage.
Johansson misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinyuk blocks an uppercut.
Johansson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinyuk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Johansson.
Martinyuk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johansson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johansson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martinyuk backwards.
Martinyuk working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johansson.
Martinyuk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johansson lands with a light punch inside.
Martinyuk blocks an uppercut.
Martinyuk gets through Johansson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Johansson has a couple of punches blocked by Martinyuk.
A short right from Johansson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk swings wildly with an uppercut but Johansson uses good head movement to avoid it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Martinyuk here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Johansson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson lands a hook that snaps the head of Martinyuk backwards.
Martinyuk throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Johansson fails to land.
Martinyuk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johansson tries to close the distance and clinch but Martinyuk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martinyuk appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Martinyuk misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Johansson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Martinyuk circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Johansson drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Martinyuk follows Johansson to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonid Martinyuk!
A victorious Leonid Martinyuk thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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