1st round- What a great welterweight battle, matching two of the best 170-pound strikers in the UFC together. “Rumble” and “Kos” are ready to go. Mario Yamasaki has this bout and gets them going, Johnson hits with a leg kick. Kos hits with a left hand hook and a leg kick. Johnson is changing levels from high to low, and gets caught with a hard right hand. A left jab and right hook hit Kos in the face followed by a weak leg kick. Kos fakes a shoot and is put against the fence by Johnson. Kos goes for the takedown but is stuffed and Johnson defends by sprawling in the center of the octagon. They are in each other’s clinch and Johnson hits Kos in the head with a knee while he is still on the ground. It is clearly illegal and Kos needs several moments to recover. Johnson loses a point for his actions and the ringside doctor is called in to check on Kos. They are back at it and Kos is hit with a head kick. Kos pushes Johnson back with a right hand and then blocks a head kick. A takedown is stuffed by Johnson for awhile but Kos completes it and gets double underhooks. Johnson turtles up and Kos continues to try and secure the back. Johnson turns into him and escapes to take him to the ground as the horn ends the 1st. **UNOFFICAL SCORING** 10-8 Koscheck due to the point deduction
2nd round- They are ready to go for the 2nd and Johnson misses with a right hand. A left jab hits Kos in the face and a leg kick does too. Kos repays Johnson with a low blow via kick. The action continues as Johnson gets tagged with a high kick. A right hand is telegraphed by Kos and instead pokes Johnson in the eye with his left hand. After a couple of minutes to recover they are back at it and Johnson gets a head kick through. An overhand right is connected by Kos and a left hook is converted by Johnson. Kos follows the punch up with a takedown. Kos stays on top of Johnson and starts to hammer with elbows as he transtions into the mount. Johnson is not allowing Kos to get full mount. Kos is now in side control and hammering body shots to Johnson’s body. Johnson looks to be just surviving by holding onto Kos. Kos is reigning down bombs now from top position. Kos has an arm triangle. Johnson is holding onto Kos’s arm so he cant convert on the arm trianlge. Kos is working the submission and has the rear naked choke locked in for the victory. A huge come from behind victory for Kos.
**OFFICIAL DECISION** Koscheck over Johnson via 2nd round submission (rear naked choke) 4:47
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