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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Da La Rosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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180 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Da La Rosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke Johnson!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da La Rosa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Da La Rosa fails with the takedown.
Da La Rosa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Da La Rosa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Da La Rosa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Johnson is working to get back to half guard.
Da La Rosa working for a submission but Johnson is keeping him at bay.
Johnson is looking to improve his position but Da La Rosa isn't that keen on the idea.
Johnson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Da La Rosa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnson wants to hold on but Da La Rosa pushes him away.
Da La Rosa is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Johnson is surviving well by controlling Da La Rosa's body position as best he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da La Rosa has control of Johnson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Johnson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Da La Rosa unloads with some shots from mount but Johnson bucks and avoids them well.
Da La Rosa is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Johnson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Da La Rosa is breathing heavily.
Johnson wants to control but Da La Rosa is having none of it.
Johnson is trying to escape the mount.
Da La Rosa swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Johnson is now in Da La Rosa's guard. A big mistake from Da La Rosa there, giving up the dominant position!
Da La Rosa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnson slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Johnson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Johnson is trying to work for a kimura but Da La Rosa is defending well.
Da La Rosa is defending against the submission attempts here by Johnson.
Da La Rosa is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Johnson pulls his head out easily.
Johnson seems to be looking for submissions.
Johnson is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Da La Rosa is just riding it out for now. Johnson eventually gives up the hold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da La Rosa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Johnson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Da La Rosa sees it coming and defends easily.
Da La Rosa looking for submissions off his back.
Da La Rosa is refusing to be controlled, as Johnson sits in half guard.
Da La Rosa slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Johnson advances to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Johnson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Johnson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Da La Rosa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Johnson stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Da La Rosa shoots in for a takedown but Johnson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Da La Rosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson lands a nice hook to Da La Rosa's body. Da La Rosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Da La Rosa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Johnson tests Da La Rosa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnson has Da La Rosa up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson tries for a takedown. No joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Da La Rosa.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Da La Rosa.
Da La Rosa connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Johnson some visible discomfort.
Johnson tries to improve position but can't.
Johnson manages to work his way to half guard, despite Da La Rosa's best efforts.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson trying to hold on to Da La Rosa's head to control him but Da La Rosa postures up.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Johnson is pressing down on Da La Rosa's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Da La Rosa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Da La Rosa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Da La Rosa postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson has his foot on Da La Rosa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Da La Rosa works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da La Rosa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Johnson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Da La Rosa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Da La Rosa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Da La Rosa pushes down on Johnson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Da La Rosa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Johnson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Da La Rosa is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Da La Rosa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Da La Rosa looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to roll over but Da La Rosa keeps him under control.
Da La Rosa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Johnson defends it well.
Johnson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Da La Rosa.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Johnson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Johnson connects with a right hand. Da La Rosa shakes it off.
Da La Rosa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da La Rosa drops his hands momentarily and Johnson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johnson swinging wilding here.
Da La Rosa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Johnson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Johnson controlling the pace for now.
Johnson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Johnson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Da La Rosa is surviving well by controlling Johnson's body position as best he can.
Johnson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Da La Rosa manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da La Rosa manages to work his way to half guard, despite Johnson's best efforts.
Da La Rosa tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.
Johnson is working for a submission of some sort.
Da La Rosa looking for submissions off his back.
Da La Rosa is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Johnson pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Johnson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Da La Rosa is being controlled here.
Da La Rosa tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Johnson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Da La Rosa doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Johnson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Da La Rosa tries for a takedown but Johnson circles away easily
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Da La Rosa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Da La Rosa's head.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Da La Rosa avoids nicely.
Johnson works over Da La Rosa's head and body with a nice combination.
Da La Rosa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Da La Rosa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Da La Rosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Da La Rosa.
Frank Da La Rosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da La Rosa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Johnson!
Johnson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Da La Rosa lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Johnson trying to hold on to Da La Rosa's head to control him but Da La Rosa postures up.
Johnson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Da La Rosa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da La Rosa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Da La Rosa seems to be working for a kimura but Johnson defends the submission attempt.
Johnson keeping hold of Da La Rosa's head, controlling as best he can.
Da La Rosa trying to mount his opponent but Johnson defends it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Da La Rosa has his takedown stuffed
so Johnson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Da La Rosa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Da La Rosa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Johnson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Da La Rosa is looking to regain half guard here but Johnson keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson works to advance to full mount. Da La Rosa defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Da La Rosa tries to lock up and control but Johnson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Da La Rosa working to try and regain half guard.
Johnson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Johnson landing punches.
Da La Rosa is desperately trying to improve his position but Johnson has a good base and remains in mount.
Johnson controlling the pace for now.
Da La Rosa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Frank Da La Rosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four 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.
Johnson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Da La Rosa is working to get back to half guard.
Luke Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Johnson wants to control the pace but Da La Rosa is squirming around nicely.
Da La Rosa is trying to escape the mount.
Johnson looking to isolate an arm here. Da La Rosa doesn't see it coming and as Johnson extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Johnson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luke Johnson!
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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
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