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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juha Niska (ranked 2218 p4p, 5458 weight class) and Demetrious Johnson (ranked 322 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent |
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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 28 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Juha Niska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Demetrious Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson is looking to score with low kicks.
Johnson misses with a body shot
and Niska connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Niska gets the takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Niska.
Niska has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Johnson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Niska is controlling him well.
Niska is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson tries to improve position but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson keeps trying to improve his position.
Niska controls the position from side control.
Johnson can't do much from the bottom here.
Johnson looks winded!
Niska is staying tight to Johnson's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Johnson tries to bench press Niska off him but Niska keeps the position.
Niska in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Niska'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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Niska seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Johnson for as long as he can get away with.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Niska lands a big head kick that sends Johnson tumbling to the mat! Niska takes a step backwards and waves Johnson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Johnson is rocked!
Niska measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Johnson! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Juha Niska!
Juha Niska decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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