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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Keenwah Granes (ranked 1532 p4p, 1943 weight class) and Joakim Johansson (ranked 183 p4p, 226 weight class). Granes comes to the cage accompanied by 敢不敢. Johansson has chosen Scarlet - Hail the apocalypse as his entrance music. Joakim Johansson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keenwah Granes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joakim Johansson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johansson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Granes.
Johansson swings for the body but Granes moves out of range.
Granes moves into the clinch.
Johansson is looking to control Granes's arms but Granes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johansson has his back to the cage.
A short right from Johansson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johansson.
Granes wants the takedown. Johansson is fighting it off but Granes persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Johansson's guard against the cage.
Johansson can't keep his opponent in guard - Granes advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Granes working the head and body with strikes.
Granes not doing much here.
Johansson looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Granes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johansson's head.
Granes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johansson defending well though.
Granes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johansson defending well though.
Johansson is trying to stand back up but Granes is controlling him
Granes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Johansson wants to get back to his feet.
Granes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johansson defending well though.
Johansson is looking to escape.
Johansson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Granes scores with a couple of nice shots.
Granes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Granes is looking to advance position but Johansson won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson is trying to stand up here but Granes is controlling him well.
Granes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Johansson is staying active underneath Granes, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Johansson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Granes.
Granes stalling.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Granes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johansson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johansson misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson misses with a straight left.
Granes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice takedown defense from Johansson. No joy for Granes on that attempt.
Johansson misses with a hook.
Johansson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Granes.
Johansson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Johansson moves out of range as Granes throws a body kick.
Some wild striking there from Granes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Granes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Granes wants to clinch but Johansson slips to the side
and Johansson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Keenwah Granes has been cut.
Granes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Granes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Johansson counters with a nice right hand that sends Granes toppling to the canvas! Granes scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Johansson finish him?!
Granes is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johansson cracks Granes with a left hook right on the temple and Granes goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Johansson lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Granes is OK!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joakim Johansson!
Joakim Johansson decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Keenwah Granes spoke after the fight, saying 'No worries. Everyone here knows my opponent has a bad habit of testing positive for PEDs, so I'm sure this fight will soon be ruled a 'No Contest' by the Athletic Commission.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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