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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rumble Johnson (ranked 4459 p4p, 412 weight class) and Sammy Mo (ranked 25705 p4p, 608 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Where The Hood At?. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 cm
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255 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm
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250 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rumble Johnson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sammy Mo! The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mo instigates a clinch. Johnson lands with a short shot to the head. Johnson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mo prevents it.
Mo tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage. Mo successfully pulls guard.
Johnson landing some decent shots from guard. Johnson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. We've been hearing good reports from Johnson's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today. Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Mo controlling Johnson's posture. Johnson postures up in Mo's guard and throws a big left but Mo blocks it. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Mo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Mo keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round. Johnson tries to free his leg and advance position but Mo is retaining full guard. Johnson throws a big elbow that misses. Johnson scoring with punches to the head and body. Johnson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Mo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Johnson postures up in Mo's guard and throws a big left but Mo blocks it. Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Mo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Johnson landing with the ground and pound. Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Johnson scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Mo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss. Johnson distracts Mo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Johnson lands a couple of elbows. Johnson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mo is rocked! Johnson forces his way into half guard. Mo is still in real trouble! Can Johnson finish him? Johnson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Johnson lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Mo quite badly. Mo pulls Johnson in close trying to recover. Johnson postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Mo on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Mo doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rumble Johnson! Rumble Johnson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
39% |
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