PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny Dostoyevski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johansson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tom Waits - Going out west. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Dostoyevski
vs
Johansson

182 cm
26
164 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

178 cm
24
153 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Dampf-Punk Chemicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Danny Dostoyevski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hugo Johansson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dostoyevski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dostoyevski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johansson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Johansson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dostoyevski tries to avoid it but Johansson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dostoyevski to the ground. Dostoyevski escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dostoyevski loads up on a big right hand but Johansson slips the punch.
Johansson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dostoyevski tries to avoid it but Johansson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dostoyevski to the ground. Dostoyevski escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Danny Dostoyevski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hugo Johansson.
Johansson has a takedown stuffed.
Johansson tries to close the distance and clinch but Dostoyevski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dostoyevski connects with a crisp jab.
Johansson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dostoyevski is fending him off so far but Johansson persists. Nope, Dostoyevski circles away and we're back to standing.
Johansson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dostoyevski defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Johansson.
Johansson fails with the takedown
and Dostoyevski counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Johansson is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dostoyevski.
Dostoyevski throws the kick towards the body but Johansson avoids it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Johansson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Johansson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johansson throwing strikes from guard but Dostoyevski blocks nicely.
Johansson wants to control from the top but Dostoyevski keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johansson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dostoyevski is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson thows a big elbow that misses.
Johansson thows a big elbow that misses.
Johansson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johansson scoring with some ground and pound.
Johansson trying to control the position from guard on top but Dostoyevski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dostoyevski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johansson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Johansson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Johansson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dostoyevski can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Johansson controls the pace.
Johansson cracks Dostoyevski with a solid left hand.
Johansson trying to control the position from guard on top but Dostoyevski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johansson landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dostoyevski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Johansson trying to control the position from guard on top but Dostoyevski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dostoyevski keeping full guard, as Johansson tries to pass.
Johansson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johansson trying to control the position from guard on top but Dostoyevski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johansson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Johansson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Johansson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dostoyevski as he avoids it easily.
Dostoyevski leaves Johansson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Johansson closes the distance and clinches.
Johansson lands a left hand.
Johansson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johansson.

Johansson has picked Dostoyevski up - he's going for a ride! Johansson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Dostoyevski on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Johansson throwing shots but Dostoyevski is blocking nicely.
Dostoyevski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Johansson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dostoyevski keeps working.
Johansson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dostoyevski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Johansson.
Dostoyevski is refusing to be controlled, as Johansson sits in half guard.
Dostoyevski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Johansson.
Dostoyevski wants to control the action here but instead Johansson manages to pass to full mount!
Johansson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dostoyevski?
Johansson unloading with bombs!
Johansson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson raining down shots from the mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dostoyevski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Dostoyevski is rocked!
Johansson controlling the position easily from mount.
Oh Dostoyevski is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Johansson quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Johansson but it's paid off an Dostoyevski is forced to tap! Nice work by Johansson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hugo Johansson!