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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Unang Zemin (ranked 2085 p4p, 2098 weight class) and Lefty Johnson (ranked 116 p4p, 118 weight class). Zemin comes to the cage accompanied by 부모님 은혜. Johnson has chosen Masturbate by Outlaw as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Unang Zemin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lefty Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Zemin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Zemin closes the distance and clinches.
Zemin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zemin controlling the action here for a moment.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Zemin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zemin misses with the head strike.
Zemin lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knees to the body from Zemin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zemin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zemin has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zemin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zemin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zemin blocking some punches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Zemin fails to land.
Stalling in the clinch from Zemin.
Johnson controlling the action here for a moment.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Zemin prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zemin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zemin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zemin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Zemin up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Johnson digs a right hand into Zemin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zemin's gas tank.
Zemin lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zemin.
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Johnson is stalling here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Zemin avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Zemin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zemin lands a shoulder strike.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Zemin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Zemin's head.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Zemin wants to stall.
Zemin misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Zemin fails to land.
A short right from Zemin on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zemin.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Zemin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zemin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zemin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zemin.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zemin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Zemin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zemin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Johnson.
Zemin working aggressively here.
A short left from Zemin.
Zemin working aggressively here.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Unang Zemin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zemin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Johnson under the eye.
Zemin tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zemin takes the fight into the clinch.
Zemin blocks an uppercut.
Zemin throws a head punch that misses.
Zemin swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zemin throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Zemin breaks the clinch.
Zemin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Johnson drives through and clinches with Zemin against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zemin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zemin swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Johnson in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Johnson is looking to control Zemin's arms but Zemin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johnson has his back to the cage.
Zemin stalling the fight.
Zemin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zemin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Zemin avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Zemin controls the action.
Johnson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zemin up against the cage.
Zemin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zemin.
Johnson is struggling to control the position.
Zemin taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Zemin.
Zemin is struggling to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zemin scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Zemin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zemin swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Zemin swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zemin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Zemin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zemin misses with some punches.
Zemin misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a body punch.
Johnson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zemin can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Zemin blocking some punches.
Zemin effectively controlling the action here.
Zemin blocks an uppercut.
Johnson pushes Zemin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zemin swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zemin lands a right hand.
Zemin has Johnson pressed against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Zemin throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zemin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Zemin blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zemin.
Johnson avoiding damage as Zemin throws knees to the body.
Zemin blocking some punches.
Zemin prevents a body shot from Johnson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zemin.
Zemin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zemin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson letting Zemin take a breather here.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Zemin.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Unang Zemin dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Zemin. Those never looked like landing.
Zemin is looking to clinch.
Johnson pushes Zemin up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson wants to stall.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zemin throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Zemin.
Johnson wants to stall.
Zemin missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zemin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zemin throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Zemin.
Zemin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Unang Zemin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zemin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zemin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zemin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Zemin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zemin working aggressively here.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zemin's elbow.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zemin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zemin's elbow.
Zemin lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zemin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Zemin.
It looks like Lefty Johnson has been cut.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Zemin.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zemin.
Johnson looking to stall.
Zemin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Zemin controls the action.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Zemin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zemin misses with a knee strike.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zemin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson tries a body shot but Zemin blocks it.
Zemin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Zemin.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Zemin.
Zemin prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zemin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zemin has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Zemin lands with a left to the head.
Zemin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zemin looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Zemin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Lefty Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zemin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Zemin finish him?
Zemin misses with some punches.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Zemin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Johnson blocks a punch 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!
Johnson stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zemin lands with a light punch inside.
Zemin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Zemin swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zemin.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Unang Zemin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Unang Zemin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zemin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Unang Zemin!
Lefty Johnson was interviewed post fight and said 'My left arm is always strong, remember that!'.
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hype
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