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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Boner (ranked 4029 p4p, 3269 weight class) and Kazuya Mishima (ranked 497 p4p, 417 weight class). Mishima has chosen Techno Syndrome Mortal Kombat as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 cm 22 203 1 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm 30 190 7 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling Excellent MT Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler World class MT Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Boner! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kazuya Mishima! The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Chad Campbell and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Boner shoots in and gets a takedown into Mishima's guard. Boner throws an elbow that misses. Mishima uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Boner's guard. Nice move by Mishima!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Mishima working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though. Mishima in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Mishima postures up.
Mishima wants to control from the top but Boner keeps moving. Boner throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Boner scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Mishima trying to control but Boner is working from the bottom. Boner working for a triangle but Mishima defends it easily.
Mishima wants to control from the top but Boner keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mishima is working Boner over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Boner bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mishima's guard. Boner slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Boner working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Boner tries to score with some ground and pound. Mishima controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage. Mishima is looking for a sweep. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Boner scoring with punches from side control. Mishima is trying to control Boner's posture but Boner avoids it. Mishima prevents Boner from moving into mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Boner works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. Mishima is trying to control Boner's posture but Boner avoids it. Mishima is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Boner connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Mishima some visible discomfort.
Boner definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Mishima is looking to reverse the position. Boner thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Boner working the ground and pound. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Mishima is looking for a sweep. You can see the frustration on Mishima's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Mishima throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land. Mishima is trying to improve his position. Boner 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 three minutes gone in the round. Check out the look on Boner's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Boner cracks Mishima with a big right hand but Mishima just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Boner in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Boner advances nicely into full mount. Mishima wants to hold on but Boner pushes him away. Boner lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Boner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Boner looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Mishima covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Boner! Johnny Boner took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Neon Zombie for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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