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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Francis (ranked 5182 p4p, 25192 weight class) and Steve McNightNight (ranked 493 p4p, 545 weight class). Francis's entrance music is Rest in Peace. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonny Francis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steve McNightNight!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Francis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McNightNight, pushing him back against the cage.
Francis missing with knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Francis has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Francis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Francis scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A shot to the liver by Francis. Beautiful body shot.
Francis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Francis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Francis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Francis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Francis swinging wildly here.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Francis enables McNightNight to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Francis manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
McNightNight preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis trying to control the position here.
McNightNight cracks Francis with a solid left hand.
McNightNight works over Francis with some ground and pound from guard.
Francis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McNightNight wants to pass the guard but Francis is keeping the position.
Francis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McNightNight controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
McNightNight slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Francis is looking for a sweep.
McNightNight throws a strike aimed at the side of Francis's head but Francis avoids it well.
McNightNight is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Francis knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
McNightNight is looking to take a break and control but Francis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Francis throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francis parries the strikes from McNightNight easily there. McNightNight is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Francis to escape.
Francis is looking for a sweep.
Francis is not content to let McNightNight control the position.
Francis struggling a bit here.
Francis stops McNightNight from passing to mount.
McNightNight looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Francis is looking for a sweep.
McNightNight trying to control the position but Francis is working away.
McNightNight goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Francis has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for McNightNight but great work by Francis.
McNightNight is looking for a sweep.
Francis working away.
Francis decides to take the fight back to the feet.
McNightNight slips a jab and a cross from Francis.
McNightNight misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jonny Francis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A combination from Francis does no damage.
Francis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McNightNight.
Francis misses with a wild body shot.
Francis throws a nice head kick!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Francis!
We've been informed that McNightNight has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
McNightNight showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Francis.
Jonny Francis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Francis throws a right hand that McNightNight ducks under and follows up with a left that McNightNight also avoids with ease.
McNightNight now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Francis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Francis manages to break the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Francis.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Francis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McNightNight circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A combination from Francis does no damage.
McNightNight steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Francis.
Francis misses with a few strikes there.
McNightNight now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Francis throws a left and a right that both miss
and McNightNight counters with a nice double leg into guard.
McNightNight tries to free his leg and advance position but Francis is retaining full guard.
McNightNight is in close to Francis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
McNightNight advances to half guard.
Francis wants to get back to his feet.
McNightNight sitting and controlling from the half guard.
McNightNight is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Francis is just riding it out for now. McNightNight eventually gives up the hold.
McNightNight passes to full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McNightNight is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Francis to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Francis shrugs it off.
McNightNight tries to control but Francis wriggling away.
Francis is trying desperately to improve position.
McNightNight thowing shots but they're missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francis is trying to stand but he's just given McNightNight his back.
Francis is having to fend off submission attempts from McNightNight, who is looking to sink in the choke. McNightNight doesn't have the hooks in though and Francis manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Francis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Francis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McNightNight on the ground.
McNightNight manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Francis manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McNightNight working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Francis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McNightNight trying to control the position from guard on top but Francis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McNightNight thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Francis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Francis keeping moving, preventing McNightNight from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jonny Francis will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Francis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Francis throws a right and a left that McNightNight avoids nicely.
McNightNight counters with a body kick.
Francis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McNightNight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McNightNight! But no joy.
McNightNight slips a jab and a cross from Francis.
McNightNight tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Francis misses with a series of wild punches.
McNightNight avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Francis as McNightNight shoots in.
Francis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McNightNight can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francis throws a right hand that misses
and McNightNight counters with a two punch combo.
Nice sprawl there from Francis as McNightNight shoots in.
A punch combination from Francis misses.
McNightNight flicks out a counter leg kick but Francis steps away.
Francis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McNightNight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Francis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNightNight shoots in for a takedown but Francis shows good takedown defense.
Jonny Francis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve McNightNight.
Francis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McNightNight changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
McNightNight showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Francis.
Francis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McNightNight counters with a nice double leg into side control. Francis won't be happy with that.
McNightNight cracks Francis with a big elbow.
McNightNight is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Francis will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
McNightNight tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no McNightNight has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
McNightNight has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Francis!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McNightNight working Francis over with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McNightNight won't let Francis get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
McNightNight landing strikes from the mount and Francis is in trouble!
McNightNight in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
McNightNight throws some wild stikes that Francis manages to avoid easily.
McNightNight scores with a couple of good head shots there.
McNightNight moves to back control.
McNightNight is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNightNight lands shots from the back.
McNightNight is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Francis with him. Francis is trying to defend but McNightNight has an arm under the chin now! Francis grimaces and is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Steve McNightNight!
Our winner, Steve McNightNight, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Jonny Francis was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll be back stronger than ever. And I'll come for you motherfucker.'.
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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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