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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damon Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Hardmeat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damon Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rock Hardmeat!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardmeat instigates a clinch.
Hardmeat lands an elbow inside.
Hardmeat gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Hardmeat.
Hardmeat slowing the pace effectively.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hardmeat's elbow.
Hardmeat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Johnson goes for a takedown attempt but Hardmeat pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hardmeat counters with a nice body kick.
Hardmeat turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson misses with a takedown
and Hardmeat counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damon Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardmeat rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hardmeat lands a damaging elbow.
Hardmeat is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hardmeat lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Hardmeat manages to get underhooks.
Hardmeat misses with an elbow strike.
Hardmeat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardmeat lands an elbow inside.
Hardmeat scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Hardmeat gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hardmeat gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hardmeat landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hardmeat crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Hardmeat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hardmeat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardmeat working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Hardmeat lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hardmeat unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hardmeat lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hardmeat obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hardmeat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardmeat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hardmeat lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Hardmeat comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hardmeat lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardmeat lands a nice knee to the body.
Hardmeat leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hardmeat obliges.
Hardmeat lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Hardmeat stalling.
Hardmeat unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hardmeat obliges.
Hardmeat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardmeat lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Johnson tries to score a body lock takedown but Hardmeat shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hardmeat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hardmeat landing knees to the body.
Hardmeat lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Hardmeat lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hardmeat lands a nice elbow.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Hardmeat displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage.
Johnson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hardmeat gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hardmeat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hardmeat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hardmeat lands a nice knee to the body.
Hardmeat landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hardmeat lands an elbow inside.
Hardmeat lands an elbow inside.
Hardmeat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Knees to the body from Hardmeat.
Nice elbow from Hardmeat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardmeat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Hardmeat lands a nice knee to the body.
Johnson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hardmeat fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rock Hardmeat is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardmeat closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hardmeat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Hardmeat will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Johnson up against the cage.
Hardmeat lands an elbow inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson has Hardmeat pushed against the cage.
Hardmeat crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Hardmeat.
Hardmeat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rock Hardmeat 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.
Hardmeat throws a head kick that half lands.
Hardmeat takes the fight into the clinch.
Hardmeat displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage.
Hardmeat looking to slow down the pace here.
Hardmeat throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardmeat tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Hardmeat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Hardmeat's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hardmeat lands an elbow inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Johnson.
Hardmeat lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Johnson looking for a takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hardmeat throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Hardmeat.
Hardmeat pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson closes the distance but Hardmeat moves to the side
and Hardmeat counters with a leg kick.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hardmeat counters with a thumping low kick.
Hardmeat lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hardmeat. Johnson shrugs it off though.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt - Hardmeat sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hardmeat counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Damon Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardmeat pushes Johnson away with a front kick.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hardmeat forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
Hardmeat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Hardmeat manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damon Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardmeat stalling the fight.
Hardmeat tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson avoiding damage as Hardmeat throws knees to the body.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardmeat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardmeat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hardmeat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hardmeat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hardmeat pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hardmeat thumps Johnson with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a takedown
and Hardmeat counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hardmeat gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hardmeat working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Hardmeat dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hardmeat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hardmeat lands a damaging elbow.
Hardmeat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson tries to land a body kick
and Hardmeat counters with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardmeat closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hardmeat is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson is working for takedown but Hardmeat is calmly controlling the position for now.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Hardmeat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson goes for a takedown attempt but Hardmeat pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice body kick there by Hardmeat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hardmeat. That's going to slow Johnson down.
Hardmeat thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hardmeat, right into the meat.
Hardmeat fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rock Hardmeat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Hardmeat turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson fails with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Johnson shoots and misses
and Hardmeat counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hardmeat.
Hardmeat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hardmeat lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Hardmeat is controlling the position.
Hardmeat scores a nice knee to the body.
Hardmeat lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Hardmeat.
Rock Hardmeat seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hardmeat working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Johnson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hardmeat lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hardmeat lands a knee to the body.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Hardmeat manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damon Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardmeat stalling in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardmeat comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hardmeat slows down the pace here.
Nice elbow from Hardmeat.
Hardmeat gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Hardmeat lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Hardmeat lands a nice elbow.
Hardmeat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Knees to the body from Hardmeat.
Hardmeat lands a nice elbow.
Johnson is trying to stall.
Hardmeat has Johnson pressed against the cage.
Johnson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hardmeat blocks an elbow strike from Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Hardmeat blocks it.
Hardmeat putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hardmeat obliges.
Hardmeat lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hardmeat stalling against the cage.
Hardmeat lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Hardmeat taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Johnson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hardmeat gets the underhooks and prevents it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Hardmeat lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Hardmeat lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Hardmeat is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johnson is keeping busy.
Johnson with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardmeat lands an elbow inside.
Hardmeat scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hardmeat gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hardmeat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hardmeat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hardmeat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Hardmeat crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Johnson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hardmeat is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hardmeat down to the mat. Hardmeat avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hardmeat cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
Johnson shoots and misses
and Hardmeat counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hardmeat.
Johnson looking for a takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Johnson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Hardmeat is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Johnson trying to control but Hardmeat is working from the bottom.
Hardmeat avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rock Hardmeat is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hardmeat trying to keep a closed guard but Johnson is proving a slippery customer.
Johnson passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hardmeat pushes Johnson off looking to stand but Johnson dives back in and keeps control.
Damon Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rock Hardmeat comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hardmeat winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rock Hardmeat!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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