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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamal Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and kev smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jamal Johnson looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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200 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jamal Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, kev smith!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
smith shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Johnson's guard.
smith wants to pass the guard but Johnson is keeping the position.
smith wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
smith looking to pass the guard.
smith trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
smith shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Johnson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson shoots and misses
and smith counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by smith.
smith pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
Johnson is working an open guard so smith takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
smith looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from smith there.
Johnson is trying to maintain the position but smith is very close to passing his half guard.
smith passes to full mount!
smith goes for an armbar but Johnson turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Johnson.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to control from the top but smith keeps moving.
Johnson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Johnson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Johnson is in close to smith's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
smith has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Johnson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
smith throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
smith controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
smith is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Johnson won't allow smith to sweep him here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
smith working for a triangle but Johnson defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
kev smith dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
smith misses with a takedown
and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
smith looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Johnson has picked smith up and slammed him! smith can't keep hold of the triangle and Johnson manages to pass to side control!
smith struggling a bit here.
smith is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Johnson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
smith is refusing to be controlled, as Johnson sits in half guard.
smith gets full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson wants to stand but smith is controlling his posture from full guard.
smith throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Johnson escapes and throws smith's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
smith wants to improve his position, back to half guard but Johnson has ideas of his own. He's got hold of smith's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! smith is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for Johnson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jamal 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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