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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Through the Fire Flames- Dragonforce. Silva has chosen One Hitta Quitta as his entrance music. Jorge Silva looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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172 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnson misses with a leg kick.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva checks the leg kick.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Johnson throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Johnson.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Johnson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Johnson tries to sprawl out of it but Silva 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Silva checks it.
Johnson throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson connects with a solid leg kick.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Johnson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Silva 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.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working for a kimura but Johnson is defending it quite comfortably.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva is stalling here. Johnson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Silva seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Johnson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Johnson is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Johnson lands an elbow.
Johnson tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Johnson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Johnson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Good leg kick by Johnson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
A good leg kick by Johnson.
Johnson tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Nice body kick there by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Johnson.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
George Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Johnson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Johnson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Johnson both land. Nice combination.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnson throws a push kick but Silva slaps the foot to one side.
George Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Johnson.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Johnson lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A good leg kick by Johnson.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Johnson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Johnson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson motions for Silva to come forward. Johnson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
Silva on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
George Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
Johnson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Silva avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice inside leg kick there by Johnson. That's going to slow Silva down.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson throws a one two combo.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Johnson lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Jorge Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Johnson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Johnson!
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson misses with a low kick as Silva jumps back.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Johnson throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Silva takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Johnson.
George Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
George Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Johnson.
And that's the end of the fight!
George 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:25
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Johnson!
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energy
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hype
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