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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stan Paige (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Johnson's choice of entrance music: New York Ska Jazz Ensemble - Haitian fight song . Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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218 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stan Paige!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Floyd Johnson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paige uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Paige looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Johnson throws a chopping leg kick but Paige manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Paige misses with a low kick.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Paige moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Paige fails to land.
Paige lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but Paige has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson jumps guard.
Johnson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Paige gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson pulls Paige in close to prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paige's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Paige from controlling successfully.
Johnson pulls Paige in to control the position.
Johnson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Paige is one step ahead there.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Johnson trying to keep a closed guard but Paige is proving a slippery customer.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
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.
Johnson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Paige is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson blocks a low kick nicely.
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Paige.
Paige thuds his shin into the meat of Johnson's side.
Johnson moves out of range as Paige strikes.
Paige is looking to clinch.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Paige tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Paige tries to clinch but Johnson moves away
and Johnson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Paige paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Johnson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a low kick as Paige jumps back.
Johnson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Paige is out of range and Johnson settles back down.
Paige scores with a jab to the jaw.
Paige avoids a kick to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Paige darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Paige misses with a low kick.
Paige lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Johnson tries to land a leg kick but Paige saw it coming and moves away.
Paige tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a lazy body kick
and Paige counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Paige moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Paige's leg but Paige calmly moves out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Johnson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Johnson is looking to score with low kicks.
Paige ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Paige rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Paige swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paige has Johnson pushed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Paige.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stan Paige dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Paige tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Paige.
Nice body kick from Johnson.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Paige moved away.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Paige has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Paige there as he acknowledges the shot.
Paige throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson with a jab.
Paige moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson misses with a hook. Paige ducked under it nicely.
Johnson thumps Paige with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. Paige looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Johnson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Paige if he has to take too many more of those.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
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!
Paige misses with a low kick as Johnson jumps back.
Paige tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paige swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A bone on bone clash there as Johnson blocks the leg kick.
Paige connects with a nice looking jab.
Johnson scores with a nice head shot.
A jab lands there for Paige.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Paige fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johnson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Paige is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Paige moves away and avoids it.
Paige fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Paige takes one to the side of the head.
Paige scores with a jab to the jaw.
Paige moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Paige throwing a counter right hand but Johnson manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson throws a good cross that connects.
Paige lands a slapping body shot.
Paige ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Paige blocks the body kick.
Paige lands the left hand.
Johnson cracks Paige with a good jab.
Paige jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice shot by Paige.
Paige cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paige looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stan Paige is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paige half committed to a counter leg kick.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Paige.
Johnson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Paige. That did some damage!
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Paige's front leg but catches the back leg as Paige tries to avoid it.
Johnson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Paige checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Paige moved away.
As Johnson backs away, Paige returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A slow jab from Paige misses its intended target.
Johnson thinks about the counter body kick.
Johnson throws a front kick that sends Paige stumbling back into the cage.
Paige buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Paige looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
An inside leg kick from Paige misses.
Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Paige on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Paige throws a low kick but Johnson moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Paige listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johnson checks a leg kick.
Johnson throws a chopping leg kick but Paige manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Paige takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Paige ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson throws a solid leg kick but Paige takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Johnson.
Paige wants to slow Johnson down by chopping away at his legs.
Paige misses the shot to the body.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Paige avoids it with no problem.
Paige will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Johnson throws the kick towards the body but Paige avoids it.
Paige takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Floyd Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Johnson delivers a nice body kick.
Johnson thows a leg kick but Paige checks it
and Paige counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paige on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Paige is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Paige ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Paige.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Paige is out of range.
Paige takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Paige backs up against the cage.
Paige misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a good, hard body kick but Paige shrugs it off.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Paige was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Paige doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Paige's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paige tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Paige keeps Johnson at a distance using the push kick.
Paige tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson throws a push kick but Paige slaps the foot to one side.
Paige tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Paige.
And Johnson responds with a good body kick, but Paige manages to step out the way in time.
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Paige.
Paige tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paige takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Johnson thumps Paige with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Paige has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Paige and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Paige throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a solid body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Paige checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johnson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson cracks the inside of Paige's front leg.
Paige is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson is trying to counter with his kicks.
Johnson is looking to land body kicks.
Johnson dips to his left and cracks Paige with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Paige tries to clinch up.
Paige with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Johnson lands with a hook. Paige tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Paige rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Paige misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson looking to stall.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Paige is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Paige backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson presses Paige against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Johnson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Paige holds him up against the cage and eventually Johnson drops back down to his feet.
Paige blocks an uppercut.
Paige working aggressively here.
Paige prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Paige won't allow it.
Stan Paige has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Floyd Johnson.
Paige throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Paige leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paige misses with a punch to the body.
Paige misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paige is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johnson is keeping busy.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson jumps guard and drags Paige to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Paige looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Paige trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Floyd Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Floyd Johnson!
Floyd Johnson very nearly forgot to thank Urban Fighter amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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hype
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RATING
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