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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rua might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to West Bound And Down. Johnson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. East Bound And Down kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Randall Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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199 lbs
18 - 14 - 1 |
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195 cm
32
267 lbs
27 - 8 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Rua!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randall Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Johnson looks gassed!
Rua fails with the takedown.
Johnson misses with a takedown
and Rua counters with a single leg into guard. Johnson didn't expect that.
Rua trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Rua postures up.
Rua loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rua lands a couple of digs.
Rua forces his way into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson wants to get back to full guard but Rua has passed into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rua trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Rua is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Johnson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Rua is working Johnson over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua trying to control the position but Johnson is working away.
An elbow from Rua crashes against the mat.
Rua is chipping away with strikes.
Johnson is trying to improve his position.
Johnson is not content to let Rua control the position.
Rua scores with punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to work for a sweep but Rua has mounted him!
Rua dominating with strikes here.
Johnson taking shots to the head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Rua tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Johnson tries to control the position but Rua now has his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Rua is looking to control Johnson but Johnson is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Rua working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson trying to control the action but Rua just sinks the hooks in.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rua has good solid back control here.
Rua has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Rua punches Johnson on the ear.
Rua is looking to control Johnson but Johnson is wriggling around and keeping busy.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Johnson defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Rua has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rua slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Rua looking for the choke from the back.
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!
Rua struggling to land strikes to the head as Johnson covers up.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Rua.
Rua patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Johnson defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Johnson covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Rua biding his time, controlling Johnson.
Johnson looking very determined here, making life difficult for Rua.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rua is riding his opponent, not letting Johnson buck him off.
Rua has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Johnson has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Rua's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
I really don't envy Johnson right now.
Rua is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Johnson is tapping out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Alex Rua!
Alex Rua retains his super heavyweight title!
Alex Rua spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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