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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Moris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Johnson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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250 lbs
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275 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Moris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Moris!
Johnson is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Moris has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Moris!
Johnson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Moris can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Moris keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Moris wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Moris keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson has his foot on Moris's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Moris works his way back into a safe position though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Moris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Moris distracts Johnson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Moris content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Johnson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Johnson is trying to control the position but Moris postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moris scoring with punches to the head and body.
Moris is working Johnson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Moris is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Johnson looks gassed!
Moris keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Moris could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Moris lands a couple of digs.
Moris scoring with punches to the head and body.
Moris postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Moris trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Johnson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Moris is in close to Johnson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Moris from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moris stands up over Johnson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Moris drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Moris seems to have locked his on tight now - Johnson screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Moris, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Travis Moris!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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