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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Luciano (ranked 242 p4p, 406 weight class) and Kareem Johnson (ranked 31 p4p, 57 weight class). Luciano comes to the cage accompanied by NEVER GET IT. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Luciano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kareem Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson thows a leg kick but Luciano checks it
and Luciano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Luciano takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ray Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luciano misses with a body shot.
Luciano has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Luciano scores with a kick to the body.
Luciano misses with a straight left.
Luciano misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Luciano.
Luciano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Luciano.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luciano misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Luciano.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luciano.
Luciano lands with a right to the head.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luciano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Luciano with a nice cross.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Luciano fires out a quick counter leg kick but Johnson just manages to avoid it.
Luciano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
It looked like Luciano was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Johnson.
Luciano scores with a spinning back kick!
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luciano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A countering left hand to the body from Johnson misses.
A jab lands there for Luciano.
Johnson with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Luciano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Luciano tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
Luciano throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Luciano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johnson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Luciano throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Luciano 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Johnson misses with a leg kick.
Johnson lands a jab to the head.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Luciano slips the punch.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luciano.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Luciano closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Luciano has him pressed against the cage.
Luciano swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson takes a swing at Luciano's ribcage but misses.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Luciano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson catches Luciano with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson misses with a combination
and Luciano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Luciano thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Johnson scores with a jab.
Luciano doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
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 Ray Luciano will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Luciano throws a solid leg kick but Johnson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Luciano.
Luciano lands a nice looking kick to the body. Johnson takes a step back to recover.
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Luciano's leg but Luciano calmly moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
Johnson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Johnson throws a body punch but Luciano moves out of range.
Luciano is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Johnson.
Luciano moves into the clinch.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Luciano is controlling the position.
Johnson blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Luciano misses with a body kick.
A shot to the liver by Luciano. Beautiful body shot.
Luciano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson tries to work over Luciano's front leg with a kick but Luciano checks it.
A little feinted left hand from Luciano on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Luciano.
Johnson with a nice calf kick.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Luciano's leg but Luciano calmly moves out of range.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Luciano quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Luciano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Luciano.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luciano connects with a looping right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Luciano.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Luciano counters with an inside leg kick.
Luciano lands with an uppercut that bounces Johnson off the cage and back into range.
Johnson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano slips under a jab.
Johnson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Luciano.
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
Johnson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Luciano cracks Johnson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Luciano closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Luciano throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luciano. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kareem Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson checks a low kick from Luciano.
Luciano throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Luciano darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson is trying to push Luciano away but Luciano has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Luciano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Johnson pushes Luciano back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Johnson wants to break free but Luciano has control.
Luciano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luciano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Luciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ray Luciano will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Johnson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Luciano bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson throws a poor cross that misses
and Luciano counters with a good low kick that Johnson was not able to check.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Luciano's front leg but catches the back leg as Luciano tries to avoid it.
Luciano throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Johnson 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.
A low kick from Johnson misses
and Luciano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luciano. Luciano obviously looking to wear him down.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body
and Luciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Luciano listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Luciano scores with a spinning back kick!
Luciano has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luciano connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Luciano has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Luciano lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Luciano throws a chopping leg kick but Johnson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Luciano delivers a nice body kick.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luciano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Good standup being displayed there by Luciano as he connects with a hook.
Luciano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jab by Luciano.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Johnson misses with a hook
and Luciano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Luciano has managed to clinch.
Luciano tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Luciano back against the cage.
Luciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Luciano.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Luciano.
Luciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Luciano lands with a right to the head.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Luciano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Luciano throws a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luciano looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Luciano counters with a stiff right hand.
Luciano works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Luciano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johnson. That did some damage!
Johnson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Luciano keeps Johnson at a distance using the push kick.
Luciano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Luciano lands an overhand right.
Luciano throws a body shot but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Luciano clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Luciano scores with a leg kick.
Luciano takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson throws a low kick but Luciano moves out of range easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Luciano. That snapped Johnson's head back.
Luciano has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Luciano misses with some punches.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Luciano keeps him there for the moment.
Luciano lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Luciano.
Luciano has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Luciano has double underhooks.
Luciano blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Luciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luciano presses Johnson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Luciano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A jab from Luciano finds it's way through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luciano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Luciano pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano takes one on the button.
Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
A quick step to the side and Luciano tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luciano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Luciano tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luciano misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Luciano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luciano throwing a counter right hand but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Luciano tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Good exchange - Johnson coming out on top.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Luciano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Johnson blocks the leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Luciano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Luciano has managed to clinch.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luciano.
Luciano lands with a short shot to the head.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Luciano keeps him there for the moment.
A short uppercut from Luciano.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Luciano finds it's way through Johnson's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano misses with a straight left.
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Luciano is just out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Luciano. Johnson shrugs it off though.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Luciano counters with a nice leg kick.
Luciano takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Luciano clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Luciano chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Luciano had his way with Kareem Johnson in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Luciano.
Luciano throws a front kick that sends Johnson stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Luciano throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Luciano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Johnson momentarily.
Luciano connects with a body shot.
Luciano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Johnson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Luciano.
Luciano lands a head kick. Johnson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Luciano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Luciano seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Luciano punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Luciano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A head kick misses from Luciano.
Johnson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Luciano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Johnson.
Johnson throws a right hand that Luciano ducks under and follows up with a left that Luciano also avoids with ease.
Luciano quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnson as he connects with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Luciano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A bone on bone clash there as Luciano blocks the leg kick.
A jab from Johnson finds it's way through Luciano's defenses.
Luciano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson throws a lazy body kick
enabling Luciano to counter with a crisp jab.
Luciano doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Johnson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Luciano punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
and Luciano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Luciano slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Luciano connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Luciano.
Luciano throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Luciano.
Kareem Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Luciano fires out a quick counter leg kick but Johnson just manages to avoid it.
Luciano throws a body shot but no joy.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Johnson.
A counter left hand to the body from Luciano misses its target.
Luciano fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is working Luciano over against the cage.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luciano moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luciano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Luciano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Luciano tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Luciano counters with a nice leg kick.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Luciano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Luciano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Luciano has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 50:45
Judge William Gold scores the fight 50:45
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Luciano!
Ray Luciano retains his middleweight title!
An out of breath Ray Luciano 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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