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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and gibesi aymeric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by The Maple Leaf Forever. Matt Johnson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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250 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Dangerous GnP
Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, gibesi aymeric!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
aymeric is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Johnson throws a right and a left that aymeric avoids nicely.
Johnson avoids the head kick by aymeric.
Johnson avoids the head kick by aymeric.
A head kick misses from aymeric.
aymeric tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
aymeric tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
aymeric tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by aymeric.
aymeric tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
aymeric showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
aymeric misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
aymeric tries a head kick but it misses.
aymeric doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
A head kick misses from aymeric.
aymeric will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson throws a one two combo.
Johnson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Johnson seems content to control.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of aymeric's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
aymeric is trying to stand.
aymeric is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
aymeric is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
aymeric is trying to stand.
Johnson is working for a submission of some sort.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.
That's two 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 looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
aymeric is looking to escape.
Johnson works his way into side control.
aymeric tries to improve position but can't.
Johnson is chipping away with strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Check out the look on Johnson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Johnson 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.
aymeric pushes Johnson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Johnson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Johnson advances to full mount.
aymeric trying desperately to get to his feet.
Johnson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Johnson.
Johnson won't let aymeric get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the head.
aymeric throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
aymeric wants to get back to his feet.
aymeric tries to get back to half guard but can't.
aymeric is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Johnson landing shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson looking to finish aymeric with some ground and pound. This is bad for aymeric!
aymeric trying desperately to get 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.
Johnson lands a big shot there that rocks aymeric but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Johnson controlling the position easily from mount.
Johnson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Johnson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but aymeric manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
aymeric bucks up and tries to throw Johnson off but instead Johnson has got his back!
Johnson has aymeric flattened out and is raining down punches.
aymeric looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Johnson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
aymeric fails with the takedown
and Johnson counters with a big head kick but aymeric shrugs it off.
Johnson lands a head kick!
Johnson scores with a push kick.
Johnson stuffs the takedown attempt from aymeric. aymeric gets slowly back to his feet.
aymeric takes a kick to the side of the head.
Matt Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
aymeric wants to clinch.
Johnson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
aymeric closes the distance looking to clinch
and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johnson lands a nice short elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
aymeric flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson trying to control the pace.
aymeric pushes Johnson off looking to stand but Johnson dives back in and keeps control.
aymeric taking some punishment here, with Johnson in his half guard.
Johnson works his way into full mount!
Johnson looking to finish aymeric with some ground and pound. This is bad for aymeric!
Johnson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Johnson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down aymeric for as long as he can get away with.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns aymeric that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Johnson dominating with strikes here.
Johnson looking to finish aymeric with some ground and pound. This is bad for aymeric!
aymeric takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
aymeric really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
aymeric is trying to stand up.
Johnson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Johnson trying to control but aymeric is having none of it.
Johnson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
aymeric wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson punishing his opponent with strikes.
aymeric wants to get back to his feet.
aymeric throwing hammer fists to the chest of Johnson. What's that going to do exactly?
Johnson landing strikes from the mount and aymeric is in trouble!
aymeric throwing hammer fists to the chest of Johnson. What's that going to do exactly?
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
aymeric is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
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.
Johnson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
aymeric is trying to stand up.
Johnson landing shots from mount.
aymeric taking shots to the head.
aymeric is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Johnson with shots to the head and body - aymeric looks very uncomfortable down there.
Johnson raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson landing punches.
Johnson looking to control and managing it successfully.
aymeric keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Johnson dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
aymeric throws a right and a left that both miss.
aymeric misses with a takedown attempt - Johnson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Johnson moves into range and clinches up with aymeric.
aymeric jumps guard but Johnson stands there with aymeric around his waist. aymeric gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short left from Johnson.
aymeric is trying to break free.
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 aymeric uses from the top position.
aymeric wanted to stand there but Johnson had control of the position.
aymeric postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Johnson has a closed guard, preventing aymeric from standing up.
Johnson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for aymeric!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson controlling from the full mount.
aymeric is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
aymeric is desperately trying to improve his position but Johnson has a good base and remains in mount.
Johnson won't let aymeric get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Johnson lands a big shot there that rocks aymeric but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Johnson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Johnson controlling the position easily from mount.
aymeric is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
aymeric is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
aymeric is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Johnson controlling from the full mount.
Johnson won't let aymeric get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
aymeric can't escape the position.
aymeric throwing hammer fists to the chest of Johnson. What's that going to do exactly?
aymeric is trying to stand.
aymeric throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Johnson looking to isolate an arm here. aymeric 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 3:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matt 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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FIGHT
RATING
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