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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buakaw Pramuk (ranked 4574 p4p, 4611 weight class) and Anthony Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buakaw Pramuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pramuk takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pramuk avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Pramuk with the inside leg kick.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Pramuk half committed to a counter leg kick.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pramuk can pounce on him.
An inside leg kick lands from Pramuk.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As Johnson backs away, Pramuk returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pramuk. Pramuk obviously looking to wear him down.
Johnson throws a head kick but Pramuk moves out of range.
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pramuk.
Anthony Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pramuk throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pramuk tries a head kick but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson throws a head kick but Pramuk moves out of range.
Johnson throws a head kick but Pramuk moves out of range.
Pramuk takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pramuk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Johnson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Anthony Johnson has been cut.
Pramuk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pramuk explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Johnson looks winded!
Pramuk scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Pramuk moves out of range easily.
Pramuk fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.
Johnson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Pramuk counter with a right hand.
Johnson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pramuk moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pramuk with a nice calf kick.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
and Pramuk counters with a left and a right that stings Johnson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pramuk scores with a head kick. Johnson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Johnson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Pramuk thows a body kick. Johnson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pramuk scores with a leg kick.
Pramuk throws a front kick that sends Johnson stumbling back into the cage.
Pramuk plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Johnson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Pramuk scores with a head kick.
Pramuk 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.
A punch lands to the side of Johnson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pramuk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pramuk thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Pramuk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pramuk lands with a slapping head kick.
Pramuk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pramuk feints and then cracks Johnson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johnson down.
Pramuk avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Pramuk plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Johnson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pramuk throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Johnson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pramuk plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Johnson throws a shot to the body.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pramuk appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pramuk moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Johnson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pramuk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pramuk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Johnson's hands.
Pramuk scores with a spinning back kick!
Pramuk throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Johnson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pramuk with the inside leg kick.
Johnson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A low kick lands for Pramuk.
Pramuk lands a nice hook to Johnson's body. Johnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Pramuk lands a nice looking body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Buakaw Pramuk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Johnson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Johnson throws a series of punches but Pramuk moves out of range.
Johnson connects with a leg kick.
Johnson tries to bum rush Pramuk with a series of wild strikes but Pramuk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Good leg kick by Pramuk.
Pramuk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pramuk throws a head kick that Johnson semi-blocks.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pramuk!
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pramuk lands a nice shot that snaps Johnson's head back.
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!
Pramuk scores with a kick to the midsection.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pramuk. That's going to slow Johnson down.
Pramuk closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Johnson letting Pramuk take a breather here.
Pramuk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Pramuk scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnson wants to break free but Pramuk has control.
Pramuk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.
Pramuk lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Pramuk.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Pramuk as the two fighters clinch.
Pramuk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Pramuk.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pramuk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pramuk is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pramuk crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pramuk connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Pramuk.
Pramuk scores with a knee to the head.
Pramuk scores a nice knee to the body.
Pramuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pramuk is working Johnson over against the cage.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Pramuk has double underhooks.
A body shot lands from Pramuk.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pramuk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pramuk prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Pramuk landing knees to the body.
Pramuk landing knees to the body.
Pramuk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Buakaw Pramuk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pramuk prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Pramuk is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pramuk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Pramuk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pramuk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Pramuk keeps him there for the moment.
Pramuk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pramuk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pramuk working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Pramuk has him pressed against the cage.
Pramuk landing knees to the body.
Pramuk lands a right hand.
Pramuk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson is trying to break free.
Pramuk lands a knee to the body.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Pramuk - that landed with a thud.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Pramuk is controlling him.
Pramuk has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Buakaw Pramuk dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Johnson's cut.
That's time! Pramuk's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Pramuk scores with a nice body kick.
Pramuk avoids a kick to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Johnson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pramuk - the referee stops the clock and Johnson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pramuk. Johnson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Buakaw Pramuk is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson throws a head kick but Pramuk moves out of range.
Pramuk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Pramuk.
Pramuk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pramuk with a hook.
Pramuk lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pramuk moves out of range of the strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pramuk scores with a kick to the body.
Pramuk has taken the fight to the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson letting Pramuk take a breather here.
A shot in the inside from Pramuk.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Johnson wants to break free but Pramuk has control.
Pramuk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Pramuk.
A knee to the head by Pramuk.
Pramuk with a knee to the head.
Pramuk lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Pramuk prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson is trying to force a seperation but Pramuk has the dominant position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pramuk obliges.
Pramuk crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Pramuk working Johnson over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Pramuk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pramuk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pramuk will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Johnson up against the cage.
Pramuk utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Anthony Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Pramuk throws a head kick that Johnson semi-blocks.
Pramuk throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson lands the left hand.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pramuk throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Pramuk throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pramuk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pramuk has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson is trying to force a seperation but Pramuk has the dominant position.
Pramuk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pramuk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pramuk pushes Johnson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pramuk.
Pramuk landing knees to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Pramuk has double underhooks.
Stalling in the clinch from Pramuk.
Pramuk with a knee to the head.
Pramuk with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson is trying to push Pramuk away but Pramuk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pramuk taking a breather.
Pramuk missing with knees to the body.
Pramuk with a knee to the head.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pramuk is leaning against Johnson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pramuk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pramuk lands a nice knee to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Buakaw Pramuk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pramuk 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:26
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buakaw Pramuk!
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hype
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