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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mr Jingles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jingles comes to the cage accompanied by Ride the Lightening-Metallica. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mr Jingles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, George Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Jingles shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jingles misses with a head kick.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Jingles was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jingles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson pushes Jingles up against the cage in a clinch.
Jingles is trying to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling him.
Jingles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson forces Jingles back against the cage and clinches.
Jingles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jingles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jingles but Jingles pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Jingles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Jingles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson jabs Jingles right on the nose. Jingles blinks but takes it well.
Jingles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jingles doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Jingles is looking to clinch.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jingles throws a sloppy head kick
and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Johnson.
Jingles wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jingles wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jingles sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Johnson somewhat.
Mr Jingles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Johnson.
Johnson looks winded!
The fight stays on the outside here - Jingles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Jingles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice cross by Jingles.
Jingles tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jingles wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Jingles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Jingles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
And Johnson tries to counter it with a takedown but Jingles pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jingles fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jingles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jingles tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Jingles.
Jingles closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Jingles throws a front kick that sends Johnson stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Jingles.
Johnson fails to pull guard.
Jingles lands a shoulder strike.
Jingles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jingles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jingles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but Jingles turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Johnson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jingles up against the cage.
Jingles misses with the head strike.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jingles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson keeps control of Jingles as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jingles.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jingles pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Johnson back to the cage. Jingles follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Johnson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jingles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looks like George Johnson has been cut.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jingles appears to be looking for a big counter.
Good leg kick by Johnson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jingles closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jingles is defended easily by Johnson.
Jingles takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Jingles moves out of range easily.
Jingles wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jingles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jingles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jingles wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jingles fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mr Jingles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson closes the distance and pushes Jingles back into the cage.
Jingles has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jingles tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jingles is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
George Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jingles instigates a clinch.
Johnson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Johnson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Jingles moved away.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Jingles avoids nicely.
Johnson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromJingles.
Jingles darts in looking for a takedown but Johnson gets double underhooks and turns Jingles into the cage.
Johnson leaves Jingles with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jingles tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jingles tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson stuffs the takedown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jingles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Jingles throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jingles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jingles creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jingles is looking to clinch.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson clinches with his opponent.
Jingles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jingles working hard to break the clinch.
Johnson decides to pull guard.
Jingles wants to stand but Johnson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Jingles from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jingles gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Jingles misses with a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Jingles shoots in.
Johnson fails with the takedown
and Jingles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jingles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jingles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on George Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Johnson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jingles.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jingles tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Jingles staying out of range there.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Jingles throws a series of strikes that have Johnson backpedaling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jingles throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Johnson's head.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson misses the jab.
Jingles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jingles doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Jingles tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jingles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jingles wants to clinch.
Jingles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jingles moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jingles shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson throws out a leg kick but Jingles moves out of range and Johnson only half commits.
Jingles looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Johnson is fending him off so far but Jingles persists. Nope, Johnson circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jingles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jingles or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mr Jingles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jingles doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Jingles wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jingles wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Jingles creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Johnson is defended easily by Jingles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson shoots in for a double leg but Jingles sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jingles tries to clinch up.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jingles swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Jingles looks for a takedown but Johnson sprawls well.
Johnson throws a counter combo.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Jingles tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Jingles shoots in.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Johnson. No joy for Jingles on that attempt.
Jingles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Jingles tries a head kick but it misses.
Jingles cracks Johnson with a good jab.
Jingles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jingles avoids a kick to the body.
Jingles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jingles moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mr Jingles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson rushes Jingles and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jingles tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson is working for takedown but Jingles is calmly controlling the position for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
George Johnson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jingles scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 27:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Johnson!
Mr Jingles was interviewed post fight and said 'I wonder how much he paid the Ref'.
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