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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Hecker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hecker is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Ultimate Warrior. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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28
159 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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175 cm
40
155 lbs
27 - 22 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeff Hecker!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hecker looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
Hecker 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 walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hecker catches Johnson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hecker scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hecker.
Hecker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
Hecker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
No joy there for Hecker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Johnson, as that shot connected.
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!
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Hecker. Those never looked like landing.
Hecker fails to land with a series of punches.
Hecker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hecker throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Hecker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hecker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hecker looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johnson throws a quick counter head kick but Hecker was just out of range.
Hecker throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson ducks right into an uppercut from Hecker.
Hecker throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Johnson shoots in and gets a takedown into Hecker's guard.
Johnson is looking to pass into half guard but Hecker pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Hecker is in guard.
Johnson is looking for a triangle but Hecker pushes his legs off easily.
Hecker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Hecker from controlling successfully.
Johnson trying to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Hecker trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hecker throws a big elbow that misses.
Johnson has his foot on Hecker's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hecker works his way back into a safe position though.
Hecker must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hecker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hecker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hecker throws an elbow that misses. Johnson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hecker's guard. Nice move by Johnson!
Hecker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hecker seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Hecker controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Hecker is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Johnson defends well.
Hecker lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Johnson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Johnson lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hecker working for submissions but it's allowed Johnson to get to half guard.
Johnson trying to control from half guard but Hecker is working away.
Johnson seems to be working for a kimura but Hecker defends the submission attempt.
Johnson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Johnson seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jeff Hecker will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hecker slaps away a takedown attempt from Johnson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Hecker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hecker. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice shot by Johnson.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Hecker saw that one coming.
Hecker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
A combination from Hecker does no damage.
Jeff Hecker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hecker was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Hecker throws a counter combo.
Hecker throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson throws a jab when Hecker was well out of range.
Johnson throws a shot to the body.
Hecker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hecker looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Johnson!
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hecker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hecker's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hecker duly obliges.
Hecker misses with a series of wild punches.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hecker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Johnson - the referee stops the clock and Hecker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Johnson. Hecker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hecker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hecker fails to land with a series of punches.
Jeff Hecker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hecker throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Hecker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hecker lands an overhand right.
Hecker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hecker throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hecker takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hecker throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hecker throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson throws a body punch but Hecker moves out of range.
Hecker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
Hecker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A combination from Hecker does no damage.
Hecker misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Hecker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hecker misses with a wild body shot.
Hecker lands with a good body shot.
Hecker takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hecker takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Hecker moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hecker throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hecker!
Johnson swings for the body but Hecker moves out of range.
Hecker is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hecker with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Hecker throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Hecker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hecker misses the shot to the body.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Hecker throws a counter combo.
Hecker with a nice cross.
Hecker throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Johnson connects with a right hand. Hecker shakes it off.
Johnson throws a wild body kick that Hecker sees coming a mile off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hecker misses the jab.
Hecker falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hecker under the eye.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
Johnson walks into a jab.
Johnson catches Hecker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hecker throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
A combination from Hecker does no damage.
Johnson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hecker doesn't seem bothered though.
Hecker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hecker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hecker.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Hecker.
Hecker takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kevin Johnson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hecker misses with the body kick
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sloppy strikes from Hecker. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Hecker misses with a few strikes there.
Hecker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hecker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hecker.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Hecker.
Hecker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
A shot to the body from Johnson misses
and Hecker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson is rocked!
Hecker steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Johnson is out on his feet! Hecker sets himself and nearly takes Johnson's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jeff Hecker!
Jeff Hecker tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
72% |
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