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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes into the arena with Can't Hold Us blaring out of the sound system. Bobby Butcher is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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174 cm
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167 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bradley Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Butcher!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butcher looks to land a combination. Johnson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Butcher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
Johnson moves out of range as Butcher strikes.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Butcher misses the jab.
Butcher loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson slips under a jab from Butcher.
Butcher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Butcher lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnson tries to clinch but Butcher moves out of range.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Butcher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Butcher.
Danga de danga de dang - Butcher scores with a four punch combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Butcher avoids nicely.
Butcher throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Butcher has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson has Butcher pressed against the cage, preventing Butcher from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Butcher is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Butcher wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Butcher.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Butcher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Butcher takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Butcher, pushing him back against the cage.
Butcher tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Butcher.
Butcher tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Butcher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bobby Butcher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Butcher. Butcher maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Butcher is trying to break free.
Butcher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Butcher keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Butcher connects with a right hand. Johnson shakes it off.
Butcher's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Butcher scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Butcher lands a really nice looking cross but Johnson seems unphased.
Butcher throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Johnson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Butcher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Johnson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Butcher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson scores with a three punch combo!
Butcher digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Butcher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Butcher lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Butcher.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johnson is rocked!
Butcher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice defenses there by Butcher.
Butcher looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Butcher connects with a right that clearly hurt Johnson. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Butcher proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Johnson collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Butcher!
During a confident post fight interview, Bobby Butcher thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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