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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. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
22 - 8 - 0 |
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154 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Corey Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Minanda Passmoor!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Passmoor which made him look bad.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Passmoor manages to avoid it.
Johnson with a nice cross.
Passmoor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Passmoor scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A telegraphed right hand from Passmoor misses the target.
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Passmoor gets tackled into the cage by Johnson. Johnson maintains the clinch.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Passmoor is blocking nicely.
Passmoor digs a right hand into Johnson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johnson's gas tank.
Johnson tries to work over Passmoor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Passmoor lands a knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Passmoor tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Passmoor is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Passmoor moved out of range nicely.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Passmoor is able to avoid easily.
Passmoor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Passmoor.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Passmoor.
Passmoor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Passmoor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
Passmoor doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Passmoor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson misses the jab.
Passmoor staying out of range there.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Passmoor was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Passmoor manages to avoid it.
Passmoor wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Passmoor bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Johnson's head backwards.
Passmoor takes a jab right on the kisser.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
Passmoor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Passmoor blocks an uppercut.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Passmoor using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Passmoor tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Passmoor ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Passmoor.
Passmoor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Passmoor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Passmoor manages to avoid it.
Passmoor just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Passmoor's hands.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Passmoor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson misses the jab.
Passmoor tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Passmoor scores with a shot to the body.
Passmoor fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Johnson sprawls well initially but Passmoor persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Passmoor works his foot free and advances to mount.
Johnson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Johnson regains half guard.
Johnson gets back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson keeping full guard, as Passmoor tries to pass.
Johnson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Johnson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Passmoor has passed into side control.
Passmoor wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Passmoor taking a break here but Johnson is having none of it and regains half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Passmoor wants to take a breather but Johnson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Minanda Passmoor will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Passmoor is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Johnson's half guard.
Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Johnson gets full guard.
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.
Johnson is trying for a kimura here. Passmoor looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Johnson wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Corey Johnson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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