The fight was for the UFC flyweight title with Demetrious Johnson defending.
The Fight[]
The first round began. Johnson landed an inside kick, four thirty-five left. Another inside kick. Four fifteen. Four minutes. Dodson landed a leg kick. Three thirty-five as Johnson landed an inside kick, ate a left and dropped briefly. "Mix it up!" Three fifteen as Dodson caught a high kick for a single slam, Johnson stood. Three minutes. Dodson smiled. Johnson landed a straight right. Two thirty-five. Both men are fast. Johnson landed an inside kick, two fifteen. Johnson landed a left himself. Two minutes as Dodson landed a body kick. Dodson landed a counter straight left. One thirty-five. Johnson worked and got a double. One fifteen as Dodson battled back up, Johnson slammed him again. Dodson's scooting back. One minute. Dodson stood stuffing the single but ate a right as they clinched. Thirty-five remaining. Dodson broke with a left. Johnson landed an inside kick there. Fifteen. They clinched. The first round ended, 10-9 Johnson but close. Johnson's corner wants takedowns.
The second round began. Johnson landed a leg kick. Dodson landed a counter right and a Superman left. Four thirty-five. Dodson landed a knee to the body and a left. Dodson's just trying to counter. He stuffed a single to the clinch kneeing the body twice. Four fifteen as Johnson worked and got a double. Four minutes. Dodson stood stuffing a single. They broke. Johnson landed a right. Three thirty-five left. Johnson landed a leg kick and ate one. Johnson landed a right hook there. Dodson dropped him with a big left, Johnson stood, three fifteen. Three minutes. Dodson dropped Johnson with a big counter left hook, wow. He's back up. He's hurt. Dodson landed a right and sprawled a single. Two thirty-five. Johnson landed a leg kick. Johnson landed a body kick, ate a left and cartwheeled out with two fifteen. Dodson landed a leg kick and a counter left again, two minutes left. Nice exchange. Dodson landed a counter left hook, one thirty-five. One fifteen, Johnson's nose was bloody. Dodson landed a counter right. Dodson stuffed a single. One minute. He took a big deep breath. Johnson landed a leg kick. He landed a big straight right there. Thirty-five as Dodson landed an inside kick. Johnson landed an inside kick. Dodson landed a counter left, fifteen. Dodson kneed the body, they clinched. Johnson kneed the body twice, the second round ended. 10-9 Dodson. "More inside low kicks to keep him guessing, move forward," they told Johnson.
The third round began. Johnson landed an inside kick and blocked a flying high kick. Johnson landed a leg kick. Johnson landed another there, four thirty-five. Nice exchange, Dodson landed a left hand there nicely. Four fifteen as Johnson landed an inside kick. Johnson landed a body kick. Four minutes. Dodson kneed the face stuffing a single. Nice. Johnson kneed the groin and Big John paused it, Dodson is hurting. The crowd booed loudly. Dodson is hurting. They touched gloves continuing. Three thirty-five as Dodson landed a leg kick. He landed a body kick. Dodson landed a flying knee. Three fifteen. Johnson landed a leg kick eating a straight left. Three minutes. Johnson landed a body kick. Johnson landed a leg kick. Two thirty-five. Johnson landed a right and a left hook, nice. Nice exchange there. Johnson landed a beautiful counter right. Two fifteen as he landed a leg kick. Two minutes. Dodson landed a big body kick. Johnson landed an inside kick, one thirty-five, Johnson got a single, left elbow. Dodson landed a right elbow. One fifteen. Johnson kept him down. Half-guard. One minute. Dodson regained guard. The crowd booed... Johnson kneed the body. Thirty-five, they broke as they stood. Dodson stuffed a single to the clinch. Dodson kneed the body and ate one. Johnson kneed the body. Fifteen as Dodson broke with a left. Johnson landed a leg kick eating a counter left. The third round ended, 10-9 Dodson. "Stay busy," they told Dodson. "Your counters are beautiful."
The fourth round began. Dodson landed a nice leg kick and another there. Dodson landed a right and ate a left. Four thirty-five. Johnson landed a leg kick. He landed an inside kick. Dodson kneed the body nicely, defended a double but Johnson slammed him to side control, four fifteen. Dodson stood to the clinch. Johnson kneed the face, blatant illegal knee. Wow. Four minutes. The hand was on the ground, the crowd booed. "I hate that rule." Fuck off Rogan, it's part of the sport. "Clear violation of the known rules." There's a mouse where that knee landed. "Look at me with the bad eye. Am I ugly?" Big John asked, haha. The crowd booed as the doctor looked. Big John's giving Dodson a little more time. No point taken, they touched gloves and continued, Johnson apologized. Dodson landed a left there. Johnson landed a leg kick eating a left. Dodson landed a left to the body, three thirty-five. Dodson defended a single, stuffed it, nope not yet. Three fifteen. He stuffed it to the clinch. Three minutes as Dodson broke kneeing the body. Two thirty-five as Dodson landed a left. Nice exchange. "Beautiful!" Two fifteen. Johnson landed a left hook. "Pressure!" Johnson worked a single. "He's going to break!" Dodson defended, two minutes. Johnson kneed the body, Dodson replied, ate one to the face. Dodson briefly worked a single, ate a knee to the face, one thirty-five. Hand down. Johnson kneed the face twice. He kneed the body. One fifteen. He kneed the body four times there, and the arm. He kneed the face twice. The leg and body twice there. One minute, over and over. Johnson kneed the head twice there. Johnson kneed the head three times. Fourth. Dodson is bleeding now, Johnson knees to the legs. Thirty. Johnson kneed the head twice. Again. Johnson broke with a right elbow and a straight left, kneed the body and face. Johnson landed a right. They broke away. The fourth round ended, 10-9 Johnson clearly, Dodson's nose and face is a mess. "Work for the takedown, Muay Thai clinch and pressure."
The fifth round began and they shook hands. Dodson played to the crowd. They hugged. Johnson landed a leg kick. Four thirty-five remaining. Johnson landed a leg kick and kneed the body twice, worked a double and got it, wow. Four fifteen. No urgency from Dodson here. Four minutes. "Come on baby!" Johnson's keeping him down. They clinched now. Three thirty-five. Dodson kneed the leg and ate one to the body and another. Dodson landed another, he had Johnson pinned off his feet low, he's doing it again with hammerfists, lol wow. Three fifteen. Dodson stuffed a single eating two rights, they clinched. Three minutes. They broke. Johnson landed an inside kick. Two thirty-five. Johnson landed a right defending a single himself. A double. Two fifteen. Dodson slammed him. Johnson landed some right hammerfists. A right elbow and another. Two minutes. They broke. Johnson stuffed a single. Johnson kneed the face. One thirty-five as Dodson landed a knee to the body, they clinched. Johnson kneed the face and again, a left, kneed the head. One fifteen with five right uppercuts. He kneed the nose. To the body there. One minute, another to the head, three more, another. Wow. Another. A right uppercut, another, to the body. A left. Kneed the face and body, Dodson smiled. They reclinched. Thirty-five. Dodson kneed the body. Johnson replied, kneed the face twice. Fifteen remaining. Johnson kneed to the legs, the body. The head. Again, another. The fifth round ended, stopped at 199 strikes landed, wow, they hugged. 10-9 Johnson. I score it 48-47 Johnson but it was by no means a bad fight at all. Close, competitive, fun. The judges awarded Johnson a unanimous decision. Dana White thought that Dodson won the close fight and said he deserved an immediate rematch but that remains to be seen.