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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mickey O Neil has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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177 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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186 cm
30
174 lbs
21 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mickey O Neil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by O Neil. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of O Neil.
Johnson gets a takedown into half guard.
O Neil wants to improve his position but Johnson is controlling well.
O Neil has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Johnson is working away from the top position though.
Johnson is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil wants to improve his position but Johnson is controlling well.
O Neil works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two 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 throwing strikes from guard but O Neil blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Neil is pulling down on Johnson's head to control his posture.
O Neil looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mickey O Neil has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
O Neil wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Johnson.
It looks like Mickey O Neil has been cut.
O Neil avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.
O Neil takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through O Neil's defenses.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice elbow from Johnson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil is trying to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but O Neil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
O Neil is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johnson is keeping busy.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards O Neil's brow.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Neil.
O Neil working hard to break the clinch.
O Neil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mickey O Neil's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Johnson tries to clinch up but O Neil circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson slips under a jab from O Neil.
O Neil throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but O Neil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but O Neil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Neil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson moves into range and clinches up with O Neil.
Johnson lands an elbow inside.
A frustrated look appears on O Neil's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that O Neil shrugs off.
Mickey O Neil's cut is getting worse.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mickey O Neil's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
O Neil wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
O Neil wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
O Neil avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but O Neil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
O Neil manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Neil will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
O Neil displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Johnson.
Johnson closes the distance but O Neil moves to the side
enabling O Neil to counter with a crisp jab.
O Neil moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but O Neil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch up but O Neil circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson is looking to clinch but O Neil is avoiding it.
Mickey O Neil is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Neil avoids the head kick by Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice body kick from Johnson.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - O Neil circles away.
O Neil misses with a looping left.
O Neil misses the jab.
Johnson rushes O Neil and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
O Neil tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.
O Neil is trying to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling him.
O Neil blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but O Neil avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that O Neil shrugs off.
Jeez, Mickey O Neil's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Johnson is trying to stall.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mickey O Neil's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Johnson!
John Johnson tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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