PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Johnny Gat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skagul Toste (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gat might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Danza Kuduro . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gat
vs
Toste

200 cm
21
300 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good knees
Experienced

Dangerous knees
Fast

Dutch Nutrition Inc. -Money Transfer
Meat and Two Veg

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 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Gat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Skagul Toste!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gat misses with a body kick.
Gat throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Toste counters with a straight right hand.
Gat scores with a leg kick.
Toste tries to close the distance and clinch but Gat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gat misses with a series of wild punches.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gat.

Gat throws out a head kick that Toste doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Toste crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Toste's eyes and has decided to let it go on!

It looks like Skagul Toste has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gat tries to land a front kick but Toste steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gat fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Toste checks it well.
Gat misses with a combination

and Toste moves into the clinch.
Gat looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Toste digs a right hand into Gat's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gat's gas tank.

Gat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gat keeps the fight on the outside.
Gat misses with a hook.
Johnny Gat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gat swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Toste ducks under a wild hook from Gat.
Gat falls off balance throwing a combination
and Toste counters with a nice body kick.
Toste tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Gat manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toste tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gat swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gat throws a leg kick which misses Toste's front leg but catches the back leg as Toste tries to avoid it.
Toste tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gat swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gat throws a sloppy head kick
and Toste counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Toste moves in looking to clinch but Gat pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gat throws an off balance right hand
and Toste finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Gat misses with a head kick.
Toste tries to clinch there but Gat circles away.
Gat throws a sloppy head kick and Toste moves out of range easily.

Gat gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Toste lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Toste throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Toste throws an elbow but misses.
Gat is trying to break the clinch but Toste is controlling him.
Toste creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Gat breaks from the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Toste.
Gat avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Toste lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gat at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toste bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Toste dodges the punch combination from Gat.
Toste tries to close the distance and clinch but Gat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gat throws a body punch but Toste moves out of range.
Gat throws a head kick that misses
and Toste counters with a body kick that stops Gat in his tracks momentarily.
Toste keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick by Gat misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gat is breathing heavily.
Gat fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gat throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Toste counter with a right hand.
Gat throws a left and a right that both miss
and Toste counters with a low kick, right behind Gat 's knee.
Gat circles away from the clinch attempt.
Toste tries to clinch there but Gat circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Gat misses
and Toste counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gat thinking.
Gat has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Toste.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toste works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Toste tries to clinch up but Gat circles away and keeps his distance.
Toste connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Toste fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gat keeps the fight on the outside.
Gat throws a sloppy head kick
and Toste makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Toste gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toste lands a left hand.

It looks like Johnny Gat has been cut.
Gat has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gat avoids a wild elbow strike from Toste.
Gat is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Gat dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Toste lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Toste tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Toste displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gat throws out the jab.

Gat has closed the distance and engaged Toste in a clinch.
Toste lands an elbow inside that Gat shrugs off.
Toste crunches a lovely knee into Gat's ribcage.
Gat avoids the elbow strike from Toste, against the ropes.
Toste avoiding damage as Gat throws knees to the body.
Gat is trying to break the clinch but Toste is controlling him.

Gat breaks the clinch.

Toste closes the distance and pushes Gat back into the ropes.
Toste lands an elbow that stopped Gat in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Toste throws an elbow but misses.
Toste misses with an elbow over the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gat is looking to break free of the clinch but Toste has double underhooks.

Gat breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toste tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Toste moves to clinch but Gat breaks away
enabling Gat to counter with a crisp jab.
Gat keeps the fight on the outside.
Toste moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gat looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gat swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Toste counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gat's knee momentarily.
Toste is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Toste tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gat swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Gat misses.
Toste fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gat has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gat misses with a combination
and Toste counters with a good low kick that Gat was not able to check.
Toste lands a really nice looking cross but Gat seems unphased.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gat throws a poor cross that misses
and Toste counters with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gat keeps the fight on the outside.
Gat keeps the fight on the outside.
Toste tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gat walks forward, straight into a front kick from Toste.
Gat swats away the attempt to clinch by Toste.

Toste instigates a clinch.
Gat takes an elbow to the temple.

Johnny Gat's cut is getting worse.
Toste looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Toste lands a damaging elbow.

Johnny Gat's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Toste putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gat in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gat dodges an elbow strike from Toste.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toste throws an elbow but it misses.
Toste lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gat has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Gat pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gat misses with a hook
enabling Toste to counter with a crisp jab.

Toste closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Toste throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gat dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Toste misses with an elbow over the top.
Toste working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Jeez, Johnny Gat's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

Gat escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gat swats away the attempt to clinch by Toste.
Toste tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gat swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gat is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toste avoids a punch combination nicely.
Toste tries to clinch there but Gat circles away.
Gat misses with a left hand
enabling Toste to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnny Gat is winning the standup battle so far.
Toste throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick by Gat misses
and Toste counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gat throws a lazy head kick
and Toste counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gat misses with a double jab
and Toste counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Toste closes the distance and clinches.
Toste has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Toste lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Johnny Gat's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Skagul Toste!