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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marc Johnson (ranked 25115 p4p, 4367 weight class) and Evan Gilbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 300 Violin Orchestra. Marc Johnson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marc Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Evan Gilbert !
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Johnson drops back looking for a leg! Gilbert is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gilbert manages to kick Johnson off! Johnson jumps back into Gilbert 's guard.
Johnson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Johnson stops Gilbert from standing up.
Johnson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Johnson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gilbert really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. 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.
Johnson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Johnson looking to score a takedown here. Gilbert is defending well but Johnson drives through and ends up in Gilbert 's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson lands a couple of digs.
Johnson lands a couple of digs.
Johnson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Johnson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gilbert 's head.
Johnson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Johnson prevents Gilbert from getting back to his feet.
Johnson controlling from the top position.
Johnson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gilbert wants to stand and escape but Johnson is having none of it.
Gilbert is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Johnson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilbert is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Johnson is controlling him.
Gilbert wants to get back to his feet but Johnson passes into half guard.
Johnson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Johnson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Gilbert is looking to escape.
Johnson is controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands with a punch from half guard.
Gilbert is looking to escape.
Johnson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Johnson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Johnson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Johnson winds up and cracks Gilbert with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Johnson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gilbert with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Johnson working the head and body with strikes.
Johnson working the head and body with strikes.
Johnson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of Gilbert 's head.
Gilbert has hold of Johnson's hands but Johnson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Johnson controlling the pace.
Johnson slips a nice elbow through Gilbert 's hands, connecting with Gilbert 's forehead.
Gilbert wants to get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marc Johnson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gilbert blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Gilbert checks a low kick from Johnson.
Gilbert wants to clinch.
Gilbert fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gilbert tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilbert tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Gilbert moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gilbert wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Johnson manages to pass to side control.
Gilbert is trying to stand back up but Johnson is controlling him
Johnson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Johnson slows the pace down in half guard.
Johnson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Johnson stops Gilbert from getting back to his feet.
Johnson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Johnson working over Gilbert with some ground and pound. Gilbert looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Johnson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Johnson.
Gilbert is looking to escape.
Johnson 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.
Johnson working over Gilbert with some ground and pound. Gilbert looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
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. Johnson connects with a nice short shot to Gilbert 's temple.
Johnson winds up and cracks Gilbert with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Johnson slows the pace down in half guard.
Gilbert on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Johnson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilbert is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gilbert can do to turn this around?
Gilbert has hold of Johnson's hands but Johnson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Johnson winds up and cracks Gilbert with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Johnson is nestled in close to Gilbert , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Johnson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Johnson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of Gilbert 's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johnson lands a nice short elbow.
Johnson wants to work for an arm triangle but Gilbert is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gilbert taking some punishment here, with Johnson in his half guard.
Gilbert tries to kick Johnson off but Johnson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Johnson seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Gilbert is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Marc Johnson!
Marc Johnson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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