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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Corey Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minanda Passmoor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by St. Elmo's Fire. Minanda Passmoor has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Corey Johnson's chin.
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155 lbs
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154 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Corey Johnson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Minanda Passmoor!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Passmoor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson dips to his left and cracks Passmoor with an uppercut!
Passmoor looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Passmoor throws a predictable looking body shot
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Johnson misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Passmoor lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson lands a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Passmoor wants to get back to his feet but Johnson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Johnson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Johnson controlling the action here.
Passmoor is trying to stand back up but Johnson is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Passmoor tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.
Johnson is keen to just control but Passmoor is a slippery customer.
Johnson trying to advance position but Passmoor counters by regaining guard.
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Passmoor swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Johnson throws a strike but Passmoor rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Passmoor tries to stand but Johnson is controlling from the bottom.
Passmoor won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
Johnson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Passmoor is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Johnson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Johnson's back!
Johnson looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Passmoor is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Johnson turns into Passmoor and is now in his guard.
Passmoor pushes Johnson off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Johnson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Johnson lands in his opponent's guard.
Johnson trying to control but Passmoor is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking to sit in guard and control but Passmoor gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Passmoor gets to his feet. Johnson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A punch lands to the side of Passmoor 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Passmoor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Passmoor in his tracks.
Passmoor misses with a looping right.
Passmoor lands a nice looking body shot.
Passmoor has a takedown stuffed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Corey Johnson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A lazy left from Passmoor finds it's target.
Passmoor throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Passmoor tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Johnson counters with a two punch combo.
Passmoor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Passmoor swings away with a body shot that misses
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Passmoor misses with a shot to the body
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Passmoor.
A shot to the body from Passmoor misses
and Johnson counters with a single leg into guard. Passmoor didn't expect that.
Johnson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson is working Passmoor over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Passmoor keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson cracks Passmoor with a solid left hand.
Johnson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Passmoor is keeping the position for now.
Passmoor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard.
Johnson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Passmoor slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Johnson tries to bench press Passmoor off him but Passmoor keeps the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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Johnson tries to control but Passmoor manages to take his back.
Johnson trying to control the action but Passmoor just sinks the hooks in.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Passmoor.
Passmoor gets his hands free as Johnson looks to control.
Passmoor is trying to stick to Johnson's back but Johnson is turning into Passmoor. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Passmoor's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson forces his way into half guard.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.
Johnson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Johnson is trying to control. Passmoor wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Passmoor tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.
Johnson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Johnson trying to control the action but Passmoor is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Johnson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Passmoor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Passmoor pushes Johnson off and gets back to his feet.
Passmoor misses with a jab to the body
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson punishes Passmoor's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson takes a swing at Passmoor's ribcage but misses.
Passmoor with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Passmoor.
Passmoor gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Minanda Passmoor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Passmoor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Passmoor. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Corey Johnson dominated that second 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.
Passmoor tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Passmoor takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Passmoor walks into a left hand.
Passmoor tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Johnson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Passmoor wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
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.
Passmoor parries the strikes from Johnson easily there. Johnson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Passmoor to escape.
Corey Johnson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Johnson tries to advance to mount but Passmoor denies him.
Johnson scoring with punches from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson wants to control but Passmoor is keeping him busy.
Johnson cracks Passmoor with a big right hand but Passmoor just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Johnson trying to control the position but Passmoor is working away.
Johnson tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Johnson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson staying calm.
That's two 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 postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Passmoor tries to bench press Johnson off him but Johnson keeps the position.
Johnson throws an elbow but Passmoor slips to the side and avoids it well.
Johnson goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Passmoor rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Johnson's guard! Nice work there by Passmoor!
Passmoor stands and steps away. Johnson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Passmoor moves to clinch but Johnson breaks away
and Johnson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Passmoor looks to clinch
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
Passmoor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Passmoor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Passmoor catches Johnson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Passmoor looks to clinch
and Johnson counters with a two punch combo.
Passmoor tries to clinch up
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson scores with a body shot.
Passmoor fails with the takedown
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Passmoor misses the jab.
Johnson scores with a body shot.
Johnson swings for the body but Passmoor moves out of range.
Passmoor with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Passmoor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Passmoor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Passmoor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Good body shot from Johnson.
Passmoor misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Passmoor fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Johnson lands a nice looking body shot.
Minanda Passmoor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Passmoor tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Johnson counters with a left to the body.
Johnson moves into range and connects with a jab.
A shot to the body from Passmoor misses
and Passmoor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Passmoor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Passmoor's guard now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Corey Johnson clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Passmoor takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Passmoor throws a good cross that connects.
Passmoor wants to clinch but Johnson slips to the side
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Passmoor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johnson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnson lands a glancing blow to the side of Passmoor's head.
Nice shot by Johnson.
Passmoor is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
Passmoor scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Johnson lands a jab to the nose.
Passmoor wants to clinch
and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Johnson working the head and body with strikes.
Passmoor is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Johnson scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Passmoor looking for submissions off his back.
Passmoor is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johnson lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johnson lands a nice short elbow.
Johnson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Johnson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Passmoor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Johnson.
Johnson trying to control from Passmoor's half guard. Passmoor has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Johnson drops back, looking for a kneebar! Passmoor looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Passmoor looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Passmoor!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson sneaks back into half guard.
Johnson is looking for a sweep. Passmoor is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Johnson preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Johnson moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson controls Passmoor momentarily but Passmoor frees himself.
Passmoor stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Johnson holds on and takes a little breather.
Johnson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Corey Johnson has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Passmoor lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Corey Johnson has been cut.
Passmoor doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Johnson counters with a one-two to the body.
Passmoor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Corey Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Passmoor lands with an uppercut that bounces Johnson off the cage and back into rage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Corey Johnson had his way with Minanda Passmoor in that round.
The cut man is working on Corey Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Passmoor swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Passmoor's legs.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Passmoor should have avoided that one.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Johnson winds up and cracks Passmoor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Johnson wants to free his trapped foot but Passmoor is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Johnson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Passmoor keeps working.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Passmoor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Johnson.
Johnson working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johnson lands a nice short elbow.
Passmoor tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.
Passmoor is trying to stand up here but Johnson is controlling him well.
Johnson winds up and cracks Passmoor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Johnson is working for a submission of some sort.
Johnson is trying to work for a kimura but Passmoor is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Passmoor to regain full guard.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Passmoor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Corey Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Passmoor keeps moving.
Johnson thows a big elbow that misses.
Minanda Passmoor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Passmoor keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson throwing strikes from guard but Passmoor blocks nicely.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Johnson trying to control but Passmoor is working from the bottom.
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.
We're going to have a standup here because Corey Johnson wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Passmoor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson with a jab.
Passmoor leaves Johnson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Passmoor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Passmoor's guard.
Johnson controlling from the top position.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Passmoor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Corey 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 49:46
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Corey Johnson!
Corey Johnson retains his featherweight title!
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