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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Slater (ranked 1842 p4p, 2906 weight class) and Pinky Eye (ranked 247 p4p, 348 weight class). Eye has chosen Antti Tuisku - Grind mayhem as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Slater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pinky Eye!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eye shoots in looking for a takedown. Slater tries to sprawl out of it but Eye keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Slater manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Eye shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slater is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Eye won't allow Slater to sweep him here.
Slater is working hard here to advance position.
Slater seems keen to control Eye's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eye with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Eye trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Slater has Eye pulled in close to control his posture.
Slater has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Eye with a flurry of punches that miss.
Eye looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Eye is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Eye missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Eye won't allow Slater to sweep him here.
Eye advances to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slater is trying to maintain the position but Eye is very close to passing his half guard.
Slater is looking for a sweep. Eye is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eye is working for a kimura here but Slater manages to reverse the position and he's now in Eye's guard.
Slater working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Eye pulls Slater in close to prevent any damage.
Slater lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Slater throwing strikes but missing.
Eye is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Slater will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Slater throwing strikes but missing.
Slater loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eye throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Slater showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Slater working some strikes from top position.
Slater is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Slater postures up in Eye's guard and throws a big left but Eye blocks it.
Slater content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Slater postures up and lands a big shot to Eye's brow.
Slater passes Eye's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Eye wants to improve his position but Slater is controlling well.
Eye has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Slater is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Slater prevents Eye from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slater tries to pass to full mount but Eye defends it.
Slater is trying to control. Eye wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Slater is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Eye slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Eye is trying to keep Slater in close.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Slater's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Eye is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Eye is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Slater regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Slater dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Slater displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Eye.
Eye tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Slater defends well and Eye ends up having to push Slater into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Eye fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Slater, pushing him back against the cage.
Slater throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Eyes head.
Eye is trying to pull guard but Slater turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Johnny Slater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pinky Eye.
Eye jumps guard but Slater turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eye prevents a body shot from Slater.
Slater tightens his grip and picks Eye up, before dumping him to the ground. Eye manages to land in guard.
Slater connects with a couple of short punches.
Slater keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Eye's head.
Slater is working Eye over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Slater trying to control but Eye is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater with a nice head shot there.
Slater working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Eye is rocked!
Slater has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Slater postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Eye is still in real trouble! Can Slater finish him?
Slater is in close to Eye's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Slater postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Eye covers up, he's hurt! Slater keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Slater and the ref steps in to end the fight! Slater can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Slater!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Johnny Slater waved his t-shirt featuring Furnace Performance 🔥's logo in front of the cameras.
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hype
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FIGHT
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