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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Mayzing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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157 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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173 cm
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165 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jose De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Mayzing!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayzing slaps away a takedown attempt from De Souza, before circling back to the center of the mat.
De Souza looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mayzing!
De Souza scoring with strikes but Mayzing is staying in there.
De Souza 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.
De Souza throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mayzing because De Souza loaded up on that one.
De Souza is in the full mount, landing strikes.
De Souza moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Mayzing has worked his arm free - good work by Mayzing!
De Souza creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Mayzing sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The ground and pound from De Souza seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
De Souza tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mayzing can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sloppy strikes there by De Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayzing is looking for a sweep.
De Souza in side control, throwing shots but Mayzing defends.
De Souza wants to control but Mayzing is keeping him busy.
De Souza working away.
Mayzing is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
De Souza wants to take a breather but Mayzing manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for De Souza.
Mayzing is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mayzing seems keen to control De Souza's posture.
De Souza working some strikes from top position.
De Souza lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Mayzing wants to sweep here but De Souza controlling him for the moment.
Mayzing keeping moving, preventing De Souza from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Mayzing holds on and takes a little breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza postures up and lands a big shot to Mayzing's brow.
De Souza trying to control but Mayzing is working from the bottom.
Mayzing working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Souza.
De Souza trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mayzing is controlling De Souza's posture.
De Souza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mayzing works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De Souza working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mayzing's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza throws a strike but Mayzing rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mayzing must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Mayzing missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
De Souza keeping full guard, as Mayzing tries to pass.
Mayzing working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mayzing is working De Souza over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mayzing throws an elbow that misses. De Souza uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mayzing's guard. Nice move by De Souza!
Mayzing wants to get back to his feet but De Souza is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose De Souza dominated that 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.
De Souza throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Mayzing tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. De Souza is in Mayzing's guard.
De Souza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mayzing is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Mayzing tightens his grip and picks De Souza up, before dumping him to the ground. De Souza manages to land in guard.
De Souza has a closed guard, preventing Mayzing from standing up.
Mayzing postures up in De Souza's guard and throws a big left but De Souza blocks it.
De Souza trying to keep a closed guard but Mayzing is proving a slippery customer.
De Souza keeping full guard, as Mayzing tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayzing throws a big elbow that misses.
Mayzing missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
De Souza looking to control.
Mayzing controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De Souza dives in and grabs Mayzing's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mayzing pushes down on De Souza's head and hops out.
Horrible takedown by Mayzing or perhaps it was just good defense by De Souza which made him look bad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Mayzing's guard.
De Souza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mayzing trying to keep a closed guard but De Souza is proving a slippery customer.
De Souza wants to pass the guard but Mayzing is keeping the position.
Mayzing tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mayzing wants to stand and escape but De Souza is having none of it.
De Souza postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Mayzing is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of De Souza, into his guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mayzing wants to control from the top but De Souza keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayzing controls from within his opponent's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
De Souza is pulling down on Mayzing's head. It's preventing any offense from Mayzing, at least for the moment.
Mayzing stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De Souza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza keeping moving, preventing Mayzing from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Johnny Mayzing.
Nice takedown defense from De Souza. No joy for Mayzing on that attempt.
Mayzing shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in De Souza's guard.
Mayzing landing with the ground and pound.
Mayzing throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mayzing tries to free his leg and advance position but De Souza is retaining full guard.
Mayzing decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Mayzing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
De Souza looks for a takedown but Mayzing sprawls well.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Mayzing.
Mayzing gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and De Souza counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mayzing won't be happy with that.
De Souza working away.
De Souza misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
De Souza creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Mayzing sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
De Souza wants to control for a moment but Mayzing uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
De Souza thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mayzing's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayzing is looking for a sweep. De Souza is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jose De Souza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mayzing desperately trying to maintain half guard.
De Souza wants to free his trapped foot but Mayzing is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Mayzing tries to get to full guard but De Souza has control of the leg.
De Souza throwing shots but Mayzing is blocking nicely.
De Souza throwing shots but Mayzing is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayzing manages to get to full guard.
De Souza trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Mayzing manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Mayzing trying to control the position from guard on top but De Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mayzing looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayzing slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Mayzing throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mayzing accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
De Souza wants to stand and escape but Mayzing is having none of it.
Mayzing is looking to advance position but De Souza has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
De Souza misses with a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayzing bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
De Souza is looking to stand up but Mayzing isn't so interested in that idea.
Mayzing throws a big elbow that misses.
Mayzing controls from within his opponent's guard.
Mayzing looking to sit in guard and control but De Souza gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mayzing wants to stand and escape but De Souza is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johnny Mayzing.
I think Mayzing has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Johnny Mayzing!
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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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