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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Savage Opress (ranked 785 p4p, 1291 weight class) and Johnny Cannons (ranked 122 p4p, 195 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Savage Opress!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Cannons!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cannons is looking to clinch.
Cannons slips a jab from Opress.
Cannons slips a straight right by Opress.
Cannons swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cannons forces Opress back against the cage and clinches.
Opress lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cannons.
Opress misses with a short punch on the inside.
Opress misses with a punch on the inside.
Opress definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Opress fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cannons working hard to break the clinch.
Opress has Cannons pressed against the cage, preventing Cannons from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cannons can't break the clinch.
Cannons wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Opress has him pressed against the cage.
Opress pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cannons throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Opress lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Opress tests Cannons's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Opress throws a poor cross that misses
and Cannons cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannons throws a hook to the side of Opress's head but Opress sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cannons uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Opress.
Opress looks to score with a jab to the body but Cannons is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cannons! But no joy.
Opress looks to throw the jab but Cannons is out of range.
Opress throws out a powerful jab.
Cannons instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Cannons's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Opress lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
It looks like Johnny Cannons has been cut.
Cannons breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Opress throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cannons takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Opress misses with a straight right.
Cannons throws out a counter right but Opress avoids it with no problem.
Cannons misses with an uppercut.
Opress misses with a left hand
and Cannons counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Opress works the jab nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Opress scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cannons looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Opress misses with an uppercut
and Cannons counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Opress throws an overhand right that lands on Cannons's shoulder, as Cannons tries to avoid the shot.
Cannons is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Opress with a body shot.
Cannons throws an off balance right hand
and Opress counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Opress misses with a straight left.
Cannons appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cannons avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cannons darts in and clinches Opress up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Opress.
Cannons is trying to break the clinch but Opress is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Opress.
Cannons breaks the clinch.
Cannons lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannons walks into a stiff left hand from Opress.
Opress swings widly with a right hand
letting Cannons counter with a right hand.
It looks like Savage Opress has been cut.
Cannons takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cannons's corner calls for a 1-2. Cannons obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Opress ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cannons moves away.
Cannons looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Opress is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Opress scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cannons in his tracks.
Cannons swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Opress throws a lazy right hand but Cannons sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cannons is looking for the big counter here.
Cannons throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Opress throws a hook to the side of Cannons's head but Cannons sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Opress swings widly with a right hand
enabling Cannons to counter with a crisp jab.
Savage Opress seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cannons misses with a hook
and Opress counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cannons thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannons looks to throw the jab but Opress is out of range.
Cannons gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cannons escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cannons takes one to the side of the head.
Cannons bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Opress misses with a looping left.
Cannons misses with a wild body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Opress.
Opress throws a big shot that misses.
Opress scores with a nice strike.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cannons looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Savage Opress dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Opress with a hook.
Cannons swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Opress was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cannons uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Opress.
Opress throws a shot to the body.
Cannons ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Opress moves away.
Cannons ducks under a wild hook from Opress.
Opress lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cannons lands a jab to the nose.
Cannons takes a swing at Opress's ribcage but misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Opress misses its target.
Opress throws a big shot that misses.
Cannons is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Opress with a body shot.
Opress missing with a left hand there. Cannons was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cannons throws out a counter right but Opress avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Opress throws a right hand that misses
and Cannons counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Opress throws a lazy right hand but Cannons sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cannons swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Opress with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Opress throws an off balance right hand
and Cannons cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Opress is rocked!
A jab from Opress misses.
A little jabbing left from Cannons on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Opress is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cannons.
Opress missing with a left hand there. Cannons was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice jab there from Opress.
Cannons scores with a jab. Opress acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oh Opress is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Opress keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Opress seems to have got his legs back now.
Cannons swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Opress.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Opress bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cannons's head backwards.
Cannons is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Opress looks to score with a jab to the body but Cannons is just out of range.
Opress throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cannons sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Opress misses with a body punch
and Cannons counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cannons tries to close the distance and clinch but Opress swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Opress goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cannons is still on wobbly legs! Can Opress finish him?
Cannons steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Opress.
Opress takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Savage Opress's cut is getting worse.
Cannons misses with a lunging right hand
and Opress counters with a straight right hand.
Cannons misses the jab.
Cannons throws a series of punches but Opress avoids them all with ease.
Opress lands a jab to the nose.
Opress is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cannons can do to turn this around?
Opress fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Cannons to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Cannons looks to clinch but Opress throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Cannons taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Savage Opress!
Savage Opress retains his light heavyweight title!
Savage Opress decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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