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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taneli Hauki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen Blood of Heroes! as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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197 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
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200 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Taneli Hauki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Craig Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hauki slips under a jab.
Johnson slips a straight right by Hauki.
A countering left hand to the body from Johnson misses.
Johnson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Craig Johnson has been cut.
Nice shot lands for Johnson.
Donk. Hauki catches Johnson right on the button with a cross.
Hauki dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hauki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hauki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Hauki drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Hauki.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Good body shot from Hauki.
Johnson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hauki is defending well for now.
Hauki effectively controlling the action here.
Hauki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hauki misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hauki.
Hauki throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
I was talking to Hauki's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hauki lands a right hand.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Hauki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hauki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A hook to the body from Johnson.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Hauki.
Johnson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hauki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hauki.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hauki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson misses with a hook. Hauki ducked under it nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Johnson!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hauki listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hauki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hauki is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hauki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hauki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hauki scores with a jab to the head.
Hauki is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hauki throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hauki slips a jab from Johnson.
Good leg kick by Hauki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Johnson misses with a shot to the body
and Hauki counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson takes a swing at Hauki's ribcage but misses.
Hauki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Hauki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hauki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hauki throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Hauki lands with an overhand left.
That has opened up Craig Johnson's cut even more.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hauki is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hauki.
Hauki bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Johnson's head.
Hauki fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Hauki out cold! Hauki corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Craig Johnson!
An out of breath Craig Johnson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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