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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kareem Johnson (ranked 1658 p4p, 2184 weight class) and Tristan St. Gough (ranked 209 p4p, 267 weight class). Kareem Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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27 - 18 - 0 |
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213
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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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 27 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kareem Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tristan St. Gough!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St. Gough tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And Johnson counters with a quick kick to the body but St. Gough blocks it.
Johnson gets tackled into the cage by St. Gough. St. Gough maintains the clinch.
St. Gough misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson looks to land a combination but St. Gough avoids it well.
St. Gough has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from St. Gough.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
St. Gough has managed to clinch.
St. Gough fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as St. Gough controls his hands.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of St. Gough backwards.
St. Gough lands a nice shot to the body.
St. Gough misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St. Gough lands with a short punch from the clinch.
St. Gough blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
St. Gough wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St. Gough presses Johnson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Johnson working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from St. Gough.
St. Gough lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson pushes St. Gough back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
St. Gough wants to stall.
St. Gough misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, St. Gough scores with a nice short uppercut.
St. Gough blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
St. Gough blocking some punches.
Johnson tries a body shot but St. Gough blocks it.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike.
St. Gough tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St. Gough scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St. Gough tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St. Gough swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Gough blocking some punches.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of St. Gough backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
St. Gough's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
It looks like Tristan St. Gough has been cut.
St. Gough scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Kareem Johnson has been cut.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
St. Gough is rocked!
St. Gough pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
St. Gough gets a clinch.
Johnson presses St. Gough against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
St. Gough blocking some punches.
St. Gough fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson is leaning against St. Gough and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
St. Gough lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson blocks a body shot from St. Gough.
St. Gough tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing St. Gough back against the cage.
Nice body punch from St. Gough.
St. Gough tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Johnson.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St. Gough blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Johnson.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
St. Gough tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by St. Gough.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of St. Gough backwards.
St. Gough tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing St. Gough back against the cage.
St. Gough blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St. Gough.
A nice right hand lands inside from St. Gough.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St. Gough.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson tries a body shot but St. Gough blocks it.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
St. Gough tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St. Gough misses with a few strikes there.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
St. Gough is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson tried to counter with a leg kick but St. Gough avoided it.
Johnson lunges at St. Gough with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by St. Gough's hand.
St. Gough is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnson finish him?
St. Gough connects with a crisp jab.
St. Gough darts in trying to clinch
and Johnson counters with a good, hard body kick but St. Gough shrugs it off.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
St. Gough looks winded!
Johnson darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! St. Gough's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Johnson before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kareem Johnson!
A victorious Kareem Johnson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Tristan St. Gough had this to say: 'Well, it’s all part of the journey, right? I wasn’t defeated, just... realigned. My body didn’t sync with the universe today, but that’s cool. I’ll go meditate on it and come back even more centered next time.'.
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hype
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