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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Bova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaplan Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaplan Johnson acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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225 cm
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300 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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225 cm
18
289 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthony Bova! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kaplan Johnson! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Johnson cracks the inside of Bova's front leg. Bova throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Bova will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bova counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Bova stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson. Johnson is trying to keep Bova in close.
Bova with a nice head shot there. Bova throwing strikes but missing. Johnson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bova. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Bova with a flurry of punches that miss. Bova with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round. Johnson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bova is aware though and is defending well. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Bova controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Johnson has his foot on Bova's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bova works his way back into a safe position though. Bova looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Johnson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bova has passed into side control.
Bova tries to advance to mount but can't. Bova advances nicely into full mount. Bova with good strikes from the mount here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bova lands with some strikes. Bova working away from the top, dropping strikes. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Bova fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Johnson looks gassed! Bova drops a big elbow. That's hurt Johnson! More shots from Bova and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Bova!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
65% |
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