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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thaniel Morales (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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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thaniel Morales!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales wants to clinch.
Morales changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Johnson tries to avoid it but Morales manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Johnson to the ground. Johnson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morales tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
Morales shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side.
Mike Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thaniel Morales.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Morales.
Morales throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Johnson's waist but Johnson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morales off to one side.
A jab from Johnson does it's job there.
Morales fails to land the takedown.
Johnson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Morales did well to prevent Johnson getting side control.
Johnson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
It looks like Johnson is going to stand back up.
Morales actively working from the bottom here.
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.
Morales is looking to control Johnson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morales avoid being mounted?
Johnson prevents Morales from standing back up.
Johnson thows a huge punch but Morales dodges it nicely.
Johnson tries to stand and escape but Morales actually recovers to full guard.
Johnson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Morales's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Morales shoots and misses
and Johnson counters by clinching up.
Knees to the body from Morales.
Morales wants to stall.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Morales keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morales tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Johnson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Morales is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two 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.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morales is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Johnson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Morales landing knees to the head.
Morales trying to stall but Johnson improves his position.
Johnson has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Morales uses from the top position.
Morales stops Johnson from standing up.
Morales wants to stand but Johnson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Morales is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Morales gets to his feet. Johnson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Johnson.
Johnson stops a takedown attempt from Morales.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Morales creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Morales keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Morales has him pressed against the cage.
Morales taking a breather.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Morales has double underhooks.
Morales tries to score a body lock takedown but Johnson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Morales won't allow it.
Morales is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Morales has him pressed against the cage.
Morales keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Johnson taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Morales comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Johnson goes for a takedown attempt but Morales pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Morales shoots in looking for a takedown. Johnson tries to sprawl out of it but Morales keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Johnson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morales shoots for a takedown but Johnson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morales tries for a takedown but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morales closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morales tries for a takedown but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morales shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Johnson defends it nicely.
Johnson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Johnson dominated that round.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Johnson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Johnson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Morales has his feet on Johnson's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Morales tries to clinch up
and Johnson moves into the clinch.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morales wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morales jumps guard.
Johnson postures up.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a strike but Morales rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morales gets to his feet - Johnson follows without any prompting.
Morales avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Mike Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Morales swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morales shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side.
Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morales prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Morales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morales jumps guard and drags Johnson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Morales is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Johnson is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morales is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morales bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard.
Morales won't allow Johnson to get back to his feet.
Johnson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Morales is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales passes into half guard.
Morales is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Johnson wants to stand but Morales is controlling the position.
Johnson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Johnson tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morales gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Johnson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Morales manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Johnson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Johnson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Johnson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Johnson throws a strike but Morales avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Morales seems keen to control Johnson's posture.
Johnson tries to stand but Morales is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Thaniel Morales will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Morales gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Johnson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Johnson.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson prevents Morales from getting back to his feet.
Mike Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johnson tries to stand but Morales is controlling from the bottom.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morales works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morales trying to control the position.
Morales wants to get back to his feet but Johnson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson throws and elbow that misses. Morales uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Johnson's guard. Nice move by Morales!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Morales jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Johnson wants to stand up but Morales is controlling him.
Morales cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but Morales is having none of it.
Morales gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Morales shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Johnson counters with a one-two to the body.
That's two 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.
Morales misses with a takedown
and Johnson counters by clinching up.
Mike Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thaniel Morales.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Morales escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morales slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Morales wants to clinch but Johnson slips to the side
and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Morales is trying to keep Johnson in close.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morales wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him.
Morales manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johnson manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to stand back up but Morales counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Johnson.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Johnson pushes Morales off but Morales dives into side control.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
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.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Morales with a lazy takedown attempt
and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Morales tries to score a body lock takedown but Johnson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Morales controlling the action here for a moment.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Morales.
Morales prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Morales drops down looking for an ankle pick but Johnson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Johnson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Morales.
Morales shoots in but no luck this time.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morales tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johnson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Johnson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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