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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rob Ford (ranked 5554 p4p, 136 weight class) and Anthony Johnson (ranked 4289 p4p, 111 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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216 lbs
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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
26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rob Ford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Anthony Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ford slips under a jab from Johnson.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ford throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson scores with a nice head shot.
Ford connects with a looping right hand.
Ford's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ford scrambles back to his feet.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson lands a lovely overhand right.
Ford is rocked!
Ford clinches up against the ropes.
Oh Ford is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Ford seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ford throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Ford controls his hands.
Ford pushes off an throws an elbow but Johnson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Johnson tries a body shot but Ford blocks it.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Ford, against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Johnson.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson cracks a nice hook into Ford's ribs.
Ford lands a leg kick that knocks Johnson off balance momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ford.
Ford misses with an uppercut.
Ford throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Ford scores with a jab.
Ford lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ford looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ford tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Ford throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ford seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Rob Ford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ford to score with a decent uppercut.
A left lands for Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Johnson scores with a jab to the body.
Good leg kick by Ford there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Johnson closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Ford crashing to the mat! Ford uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
It looks like Rob Ford has been cut.
Ford walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Ford is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Anthony Johnson!
Anthony Johnson took some time post fight to say the following; 'I'm the baddest mother F**ker out here, who wants this smoke next?'.
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hype
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FIGHT
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