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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Maycon Jardim (ranked 25297 p4p, 4468 weight class) and Danny Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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178 cm 25 155 0 - 1 - 0 |
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166 cm 18 152 0 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling Basic striking Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt Brawler Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maycon Jardim! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Danny Johnson! The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice defenses there by Johnson. Jardim misses with a low kick. Jardim shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johnson can do anything to dispel that myth. Jardim lands strikes from half guard. Jardim not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Johnson trying to control but Jardim postures up.
Jardim winds up and cracks Johnson with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Jardim looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Johnson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jardim. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ground and pound from Jardim. Jardim lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Ground and pound from Jardim. Jardim seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Johnson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jardim connects with a nice short shot to Johnson's temple.
That's one minute gone in the round. Johnson tries to get to full guard but Jardim has control of the leg. Jardim takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Johnson wants to get back to full guard. Jardim working Johnson over with strikes. Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jardim scores with a couple of nice shots. Johnson tries to get to full guard but Jardim has control of the leg. Jardim working the head and body with strikes. Jardim not doing much here.
Jardim lands strikes from half guard. Jardim is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Jardim is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jardim scoring with strikes to the body and head. Johnson taking some punishment here, with Jardim in his half guard. Jardim wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy. Jardim working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Jardim lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Jardim is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Johnson is staying active underneath Jardim, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Jardim will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Johnson is trying to stand.
Jardim looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jardim connects with a nice short shot to Johnson's temple. Jardim landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Jardim is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jardim seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Jardim passes to full mount! Jardim looking to finish Johnson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Johnson! The referee warns Johnson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Johnson tries to reverse the position but Jardim maintains control. Johnson looks winded! Jardim lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnson hang on? Johnson wants to control but Jardim is having none of it. Jardim unloading with bombs! Jardim landing strikes from the mount.
Johnson is rocked! Jardim landing strikes from the mount. Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Jardim finish him? Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Johnson is in a horrible position here. Jardim smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jardim is in the full mount, landing strikes. Jardim fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jardim tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jardim cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jardim drops a big elbow. That's hurt Johnson! More shots from Jardim and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maycon Jardim! An intense looking Maycon Jardim took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Big shout out to DJ Parko for picking me up from the Free Agents and giving me a second chance. The guys at The Facility are legends!!!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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