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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Bonjasky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Hawkins has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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200 lbs
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225 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ernesto Bonjasky!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonjasky takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hawkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hawkins shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bonjasky is trying to defend but Hawkins finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bonjasky wants to control but Hawkins is keeping busy.
Bonjasky avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hawkins.
Bonjasky wants to get back to full guard.
Bonjasky is trying to control but can't.
Bonjasky is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hawkins wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Bonjasky uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Bonjasky keeping moving, preventing Hawkins from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins throws a big right hand that misses.
Hawkins has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bonjasky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hawkins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bonjasky as he avoids it easily.
Bonjasky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bonjasky scores with a head kick.
It looks like Johnny Hawkins has been cut.
Hawkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bonjasky with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hawkins counters with a one-two to the body.
Hawkins is breathing heavily.
Hawkins throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Bonjasky tries for a takedown but Hawkins circles away easily
and Hawkins counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bonjasky has his feet on Hawkins's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bonjasky.
Johnny Hawkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ernesto Bonjasky.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hawkins's waist but Hawkins gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bonjasky off to one side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonjasky throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hawkins misses with an uppercut. Bonjasky saw that one coming.
Hawkins throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Bonjasky was covering up waiting for the punch and Hawkins finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Bonjasky looking for a sweep. Not yet Bonjasky, not yet.
Hawkins trying to control but Bonjasky is working from the bottom.
Bonjasky uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins scoring well with a low kick there.
Bonjasky shoots in and bounces Hawkins off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bonjasky passes Hawkins's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hawkins tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Bonjasky has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Bonjasky controlling the pace for now.
Hawkins knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bonjasky on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonjasky connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hawkins can't escape the position.
Bonjasky scoring with strikes but Hawkins is staying in there.
Hawkins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bonjasky putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonjasky is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bonjasky has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bonjasky looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Bonjasky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Hawkins's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bonjasky misses with a double jab
and Hawkins counters with a shoot takedown. Bonjasky fights it but they end up in guard.
Hawkins wants to stand but Bonjasky has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Bonjasky doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hawkins trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Bonjasky manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Bonjasky chips away with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bonjasky looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bonjasky advances to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonjasky seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Hawkins is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ernesto Bonjasky!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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