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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jade Malikai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malikai comes to the cage accompanied by Big in Japan - Guano Apes. Taylor Johnson struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jade Malikai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Taylor Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malikai knocks Johnson to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
It looks like Taylor Johnson has been cut.
Johnson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malikai moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Malikai is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Johnson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Johnson is letting Malikai control him for a moment.
Malikai landing strikes.
Johnson is pushing Malikai's head away, looking to escape. Malikai manages to hold on to the position though.
Johnson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Malikai wants to control the pace but Johnson is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malikai is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Johnson has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Malikai working the ground and pound effectively.
Malikai looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Johnson covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jade Malikai!
Jade Malikai was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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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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