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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Max Johnson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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240 lbs
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225 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson rushes Nogueira and presses him up against the cage.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Nogueira.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson wants a takedown but no success here.
Johnson gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Nogueira regains guard.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Johnson trying to control but Nogueira is working from the bottom.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nogueira controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Nogueira wants to stand but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
Nogueira not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Johnson controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nogueira tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
Nogueira drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Nogueira wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Nogueira tries to move to mount but Johnson blocks the move with his legs.
Nogueira could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Johnson is looking for a sweep.
Nogueira wants to stand but Johnson has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.
Nogueira passes Johnson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nogueira is thwarting Johnson's attempts to control the position.
Nogueira trying to control from half guard but Johnson is working away.
Nogueira wants to get back to his feet.
Johnson is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira is thwarting Johnson's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Johnson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Nogueira won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
Johnson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nogueira manages to get himself to full guard.
Nogueira being controlled here, momentarily.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Nogueira keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nogueira keeping full guard, as Johnson tries to pass.
Nogueira is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Johnson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Nogueira is trying to keep Johnson in close.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nogueira shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Johnson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Johnson throws his legs up looking for a submission but Nogueira uses it to pass to side control.
Nogueira trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson struggling a bit here.
Nogueira trying to control the position but Johnson is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Johnson is trying to control Nogueira's posture but Nogueira avoids it.
Johnson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Nogueira is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Nogueira looking to control but Johnson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nogueira wants to control the pace but Johnson is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Johnson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nogueira stands up from mount. Strange move.
Nogueira lands a head kick!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nogueira closes the distance looking to clinch
and Johnson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Nogueira looking for a sweep. Not yet Nogueira, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but Nogueira is keeping the position.
Nogueira is trying to control the position but Johnson postures up.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nogueira is keeping the position for now.
Johnson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Nogueira's guard.
Johnson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but Nogueira defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nogueira is defending against the submission attempts here by Johnson.
Johnson trying to control the action but Nogueira is working from the bottom.
Johnson is just content to waste time from the top position. Nogueira takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Max Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Nogueira holds on and takes a little breather.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nogueira is keeping the position for now.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nogueira's head.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Nogueira keeps moving.
Nogueira has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Johnson postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Johnson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Johnson showed some decent athleticism there.
Johnson is thwarting Nogueira's attempts to control the position.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Johnson is trying to control the action in half guard but Nogueira is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Johnson is working for a submission of some sort.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira wants to get back to full guard but Johnson has mounted him!
Johnson looking to control but Nogueira is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Nogueira holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Johnson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Johnson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Johnson goes for an armbar but Nogueira turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Nogueira.
Antonio Nogueira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson working a defensive guard here.
Nogueira drops back, looking for a kneebar! Johnson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Johnson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Johnson!
Nogueira can't do much from the bottom here.
Johnson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Johnson swings around for an armbar but Nogueira sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Johnson's guard.
Max Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nogueira trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson is looking to sweep but instead, Nogueira has passed into half guard.
Johnson tries to get to full guard but Nogueira has control of the leg.
Johnson moves into full guard.
Nogueira looking to pass the guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Max Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Johnson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Johnson!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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