PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kareem Johnson (ranked 957 p4p, 630 weight class) and Vladimir Skurwysynowski (ranked 127 p4p, 80 weight class). Vladimir Skurwysynowski has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Johnson
vs
Skurwysynowski

186 cm
34
198
26 - 15 - 0

193 cm
32
205
29 - 15 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)

Conquer
Conviction

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 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kareem Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Skurwysynowski!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Skurwysynowski. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
A thudding body kick lands there by Skurwysynowski!
That kick from Skurwysynowski tenderised Johnson's leg. Johnson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Skurwysynowski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Skurwysynowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Skurwysynowski was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Johnson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Johnson cracks a nice hook into Skurwysynowski's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Skurwysynowski ducks down to avoid it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Skurwysynowski crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Johnson - the referee stops the clock and Skurwysynowski gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Johnson. Skurwysynowski manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Skurwysynowski throws out a counter right but Johnson avoids it with no problem.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Skurwysynowski throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Skurwysynowski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson swings for the body but Skurwysynowski moves out of range.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Skurwysynowski should have avoided that one.
Johnson lands with a good body shot.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Kareem Johnson has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Skurwysynowski avoids a kick to the body.
Johnson connects with a right hand. Skurwysynowski shakes it off.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Skurwysynowski.
Skurwysynowski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Skurwysynowski feints a counter leg kick.
Johnson tests Skurwysynowski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Skurwysynowski throws out a counter right but Johnson avoids it with no problem.
Skurwysynowski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Skurwysynowski looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skurwysynowski throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson cracks Skurwysynowski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Skurwysynowski to counter with a crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Johnson.
Skurwysynowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Skurwysynowski slips under a jab from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Skurwysynowski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Skurwysynowski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Skurwysynowski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Skurwysynowski moves away and avoids it.
Skurwysynowski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Skurwysynowski misses with a body kick.
It looked like Johnson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Skurwysynowski.
Skurwysynowski misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Skurwysynowski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Skurwysynowski avoids it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick lands for Skurwysynowski.
Skurwysynowski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kareem Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Skurwysynowski's shoulder, as Skurwysynowski tries to avoid the shot.
Skurwysynowski flicks out a counter leg kick but Johnson steps away.
Skurwysynowski needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skurwysynowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kareem Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kareem Johnson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Skurwysynowski drops his hands momentarily and Johnson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johnson lands a nice looking body kick.
Skurwysynowski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Skurwysynowski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Skurwysynowski misses with a body shot.
Johnson connects with a single shot there.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Skurwysynowski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skurwysynowski chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Johnson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Skurwysynowski.
Skurwysynowski doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Skurwysynowski misses.
Skurwysynowski misses with an uppercut.
Johnson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Skurwysynowski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnson lands a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Skurwysynowski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Skurwysynowski blocks a jab.
Johnson blocks a jab.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Johnson moves out of range of the leg kick from Skurwysynowski.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Skurwysynowski swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Johnson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skurwysynowski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Skurwysynowski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson misses with a hook. Skurwysynowski ducked under it nicely.
Skurwysynowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kareem Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson misses with a combination
enabling Skurwysynowski to counter with a crisp jab.
Skurwysynowski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Kareem Johnson's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Skurwysynowski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Skurwysynowski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Johnson.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Skurwysynowski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Skurwysynowski connects with an inside leg kick.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Skurwysynowski! Johnson is out on his feet! Skurwysynowski rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Johnson is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Johnson is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Skurwysynowski!
During a confident post fight interview, Vladimir Skurwysynowski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.