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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacks Sole (ranked 139 p4p, 127 weight class) and Manny Johnson (ranked 27 p4p, 25 weight class). Johnson has chosen On The Run as his entrance music. Manny Johnson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
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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 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacks Sole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ben Watson and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Sole moved away.
A telegraphed right hand from Sole misses the target.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sole moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
A right-left combo lands from Johnson.
Sole connects with a looping right hand.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Sole ducks down to avoid it.
Sole is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Sole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sole slips under a jab.
Sole tries to score with a low kick but Johnson moves his leg out of the way.
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.
Sole on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sole ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
An inside leg kick lands from Sole.
Sole has been working on his boxing with his coaches at White Eagle in the buildup to the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson connects with a crisp jab.
A good leg kick by Johnson.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sole dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice leg kick from Sole, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sole is out of range and Johnson settles back down.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johnson checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Sole, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Sole throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
Sole throws a leg kick that is checked
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Sole wants to land a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson connects with a solid leg kick.
Sole loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Sole throws out a leg kick but Johnson moves out of range and Sole only half commits.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Johnson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sole clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johnson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sole.
Sole throws a leg kick that misses.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson checks a low kick from Sole.
A jab from Sole misses.
Johnson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sole swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Johnson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sole cracks Johnson with a good jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johnson checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sole.
Sole throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sole fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Sole saw that one coming.
Johnson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sole at a distance.
Sole misses with a low kick.
Sole tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sole wants to slow Johnson down by chopping away at his legs.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Sole tries a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson checks a leg kick nicely.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Johnson lands with a hook. Sole tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Sole lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sole misses with a low kick.
Johnson feints a counter leg kick.
Sole throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sole takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sole pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sole tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As Sole backs off Johnson throws a huge counter combo but Sole manages to avoid it all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sole bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Sole moved out of range nicely.
Sole throws a quick counter kick to the body but Johnson avoids it.
Sole staying out of range there.
Sole uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
A low kick lands for Sole.
Sole misses with an uppercut.
Johnson feints a counter leg kick.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
Sole looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Sole is just out of range.
Sole wants to land a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson cracks Sole with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sole shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sole.
Sole swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sole throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Johnson throws a body punch but Sole moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Sole.
Johnson checks a leg kick nicely.
Sole lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Good leg kick by Sole.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
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 checks the leg kick.
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Sole moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Johnson throws a solid leg kick but Sole takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Johnson.
Sole gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sole 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 Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Sole avoids it with no problem.
Johnson takes a swing at Sole's ribcage but misses.
Sole shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson throws out a powerful jab.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sole jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sole had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A jab lands there for Johnson.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sole throws a good cross that connects.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jacks Sole will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Sole is looking to counter punch.
Sole bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Sole misses the target.
Sole swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sole checks a leg kick.
Johnson misses the jab.
Sole checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sole's sensitive parts.
Johnson lands an overhand right.
Johnson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sole lands with a thumping leg kick.
Manny Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sole lunges at Johnson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Johnson's hand.
A big right from Sole misses.
A nice leg kick from Sole, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sole. Sole obviously looking to wear him down.
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Sole avoids it with no problem.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Johnson throws a chopping leg kick but Sole manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sole sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sole.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A leg kick checked by Sole.
Sole looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sole.
Sole moves into the clinch.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sole lands a nice shot to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sole's brow.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Sole.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Sole throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson throws a body punch but Sole moves out of range.
Sole takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sole doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Sole throws a lazy body kick
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sole can pounce on him.
Sole walks into a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sole looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Sole looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Sole throws a nice inside leg kick.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
Johnson lands with a good body shot.
Good leg kick by Sole.
Sole throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Johnson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sole wants to slow Johnson down by chopping away at his legs.
Sole feints and then cracks Johnson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johnson down.
Johnson throws a body punch but Sole moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Sole. Sole maintains the clinch.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Sole lands a shoulder strike.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sole scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sole throws a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sole.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Sole throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Sole is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Sole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Sole fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johnson! But no joy.
Sole lands a head shot.
Sole tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Sole throws a low kick but it's checked well by Johnson.
Sole tries to work over Johnson's front leg with a kick but Johnson checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sole 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 Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sole pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Sole blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sole breaks from the clinch.
Sole misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sole throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sole swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sole uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
A quick step to the side and Sole tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sole with a nice calf kick.
Johnson misses with a hook. Sole ducked under it nicely.
Sole feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson misses the jab.
Sole tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Sole slips the punch.
Johnson with a nice calf kick.
Sole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sole.
Sole throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Sole fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson defending well as Sole loads up on a big left hand.
Sole slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Johnson throws a hook but Sole avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Manny Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A big left from Sole misses.
Johnson was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A leg kick checked by Sole.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sole was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Sole.
Johnson throws a head kick but Sole moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Sole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Sole moves away and avoids it.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Sole saw that one coming.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
Sole with the inside leg kick.
Johnson throws out a leg kick but Sole moves out of range and Johnson only half commits.
Sole wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Johnson takes one to the chin there.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sole takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sole is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sole blocks a low kick nicely.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Sole scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sole fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to score with low kicks.
Sole throws a nice inside leg kick.
Johnson takes one to the chin there.
Johnson scores with a jab to the head.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Sole checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sole bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Sole jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson digs a good body shot into Sole's ribs.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Sole's head but Sole sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sole throws a low kick but it's checked well by Johnson.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sole with the inside leg kick.
Sole misses with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sole finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sole misses with a straight left.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Sole is just out of range.
Sole looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Sole slips the punch.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Sole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johnson drops his hands momentarily and Sole takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Sole drops his hands momentarily and Johnson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sole ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sole.
Sole displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson moves out of range of the leg kick from Sole.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Sole blocks a leg kick.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson slips a jab from Sole.
A jab from Sole misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Johnson coming out on top.
Johnson motions for Sole to come forward. Johnson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sole moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sole tried to counter with a leg kick but Johnson avoided it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Johnson!
Johnson swings for the body but Sole moves out of range.
Johnson with the inside leg kick.
Sole misses the shot to the body.
Sole has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Johnson.
Sole throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johnson on the side of the head.
A low kick lands for Johnson.
Sole throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Sole misses its intended target.
A low kick from Sole is predictable there
and Johnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sole's knee momentarily.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Sole's shoulder, as Sole tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sole.
Sole ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Sole misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson counters with 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!
Sole connects with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sole turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sole chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sole tried to score with a low kick but Johnson checks it.
Good leg kick by Sole.
Johnson lands a nice looking body shot.
Sole tries a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sole can pounce on him.
Sole is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson throws a hook but Sole blocks it.
Sole takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A leg kick checked by Johnson.
A good leg kick by Sole.
Johnson checks a leg kick nicely.
A low kick lands for Sole.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sole fires out a quick counter leg kick but Johnson just manages to avoid it.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Sole checks it.
Johnson misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Manny Johnson.
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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Manny Johnson!
An out of breath Manny Johnson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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