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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Johnson (ranked 307 p4p, 568 weight class) and Kaven May Jr (ranked 30 p4p, 57 weight class). May Jr has chosen HonestKey- Self Discovery as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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172 cm 27 147 13 - 6 - 0 |
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171 cm 28 158 17 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler World class MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Johnson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kaven May Jr! The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Johnson misses with an uppercut. May Jr saw that one coming. May Jr slips a jab from Johnson. Johnson throws a series of punches but May Jr avoids them all with ease. Good leg kick by May Jr. May Jr wants to land a leg kick but Johnson is out of range. Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. May Jr is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Johnson throws a head kick but May Jr moves out of range.
May Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it. Johnson is looking to counter punch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. May Jr takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Kaven May Jr has been cut. Johnson punishes May Jr's body with a nice straight punch. Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. A jab lands there for Johnson. A head kick misses from Johnson. Johnson walks into a left hand. The fight moves into the clinch position. May Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson. May Jr lands a shoulder strike. May Jr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away. A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson has May Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Johnson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Johnson lands a nice shot to the body. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson. May Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. A quick uppercut on the inside from May Jr. May Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. A short right from Johnson. Johnson scores with a shot to the side of May Jr's head. May Jr blocking some punches.
May Jr displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage. May Jr misses with an elbow over the top. May Jr manages to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. May Jr is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Johnson rolls with it to try and escape but May Jr cranks on the arm and Johnson is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kaven May Jr! Kaven May Jr seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
44% |
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