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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bunkechukwu Floyd (ranked 70 p4p, 665 weight class) and LaTroy Johnson (ranked 2 p4p, 21 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Floyd might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bunkechukwu Floyd!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, LaTroy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Floyd cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
It looks like LaTroy Johnson has been cut.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Floyd lands a big right hand that sends Johnson crashing to the mat! Floyd stays standing though and waves Johnson back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Floyd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Floyd sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Floyd is looking for a counter combo.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Floyd wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Floyd doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Floyd counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Floyd slips the punch.
Floyd misses with a looping right.
Floyd walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd is looking to score with low kicks.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Floyd manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Johnson.
LaTroy Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Floyd's head but Floyd sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Floyd connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Floyd looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
enabling Floyd to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Johnson connects with a looping right hand.
Floyd is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Floyd with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Floyd 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Floyd slips a jab from Johnson.
Floyd is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Johnson.
Johnson lands with an overhand left.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Floyd has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson is leaning against Floyd and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Floyd blocking some punches.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Floyd is breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Johnson pushes Floyd back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A hook to the body from Johnson.
Floyd's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Floyd takes a shot to the head.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Floyd blocking some punches.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Floyd is blocking nicely.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Floyd controls the action.
Floyd misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Floyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Floyd.
Johnson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Floyd seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Johnson can turn it around.
Floyd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Floyd's head.
Floyd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Floyd controls the action.
Floyd tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Floyd back against the cage.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Floyd misses with a hook to the ribs.
Floyd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Floyd misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Floyd misses with a hook to the ribs.
Floyd has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Floyd throws a head punch that misses.
Floyd throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
LaTroy Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on LaTroy Johnson's cut.
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 misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson thuds a left hand into Floyd's body.
Johnson scores with a kick to the body.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Floyd was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Floyd is looking to counter the offense by Johnson and move into the clinch.
Floyd on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Floyd throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
LaTroy Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson tests Floyd's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Floyd misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Floyd ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Crack! A monster head kick from Johnson and Floyd falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Johnson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). LaTroy Johnson!
LaTroy Johnson is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking LaTroy Johnson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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