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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tota Lidel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lidel comes to the cage accompanied by Dry Kill Logic - Lost. Johnson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: When the Wild Wind Blows. Johnny Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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215 lbs
26 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tota Lidel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lidel lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
Lidel is trying hard to land a takedown here. Johnson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lidel needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
It looks like Tota Lidel has been cut.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnson is looking to score with low kicks.
Lidel looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Lidel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lidel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lidel scores with a jab.
Lidel shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lidel passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Johnson!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lidel controlling the pace for now.
Johnson is looking to get to half guard.
Johnson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lidel.
Lidel controlling his opponent.
Lidel misses with a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to get to half guard.
Lidel throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Johnson because Lidel loaded up on that one.
Johnson is desperately trying to improve his position but Lidel has a good base and remains in mount.
Lidel dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lidel misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Lidel trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lidel cracks Johnson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lidel sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Johnson taking shots to the head.
Lidel throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Lidel throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Johnson because Lidel loaded up on that one.
Lidel prevents Johnson from getting the reversal.
Johnson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Lidel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lidel 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.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lidel is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lidel tries to pass the half guard into mount. Johnson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lidel throws a strike but Johnson avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Johnson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lidel throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tota Lidel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tota Lidel's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lidel throws out the jab.
Lidel lands an overhand right.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Lidel.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Lidel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lidel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lidel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Lidel misses with a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a nice leg kick.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Lidel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lidel connects with an inside leg kick.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lidel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson forces Lidel back against the cage and clinches.
Lidel is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Johnson is defending well.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right hand to the body from Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a body shot.
A short right from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Lidel misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johnson as Lidel tries to tie him up.
Nice body punch from Johnson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Lidel.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lidel.
Lidel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lidel blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lidel.
Johnson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lidel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lidel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Lidel is trying to drag Johnson to the mat but Johnson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lidel blocks an uppercut.
Lidel lands a shoulder strike.
Lidel lands a left hand.
Lidel tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Lidel back against the cage.
Lidel blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tota Lidel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Johnson wants to stall.
Johnny Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson is trying to stall.
Lidel misses with the head strike.
Lidel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lidel drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Johnson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Lidel backwards.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tota Lidel's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
Lidel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.
Johnson cracks Lidel with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Lidel looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Johnson finish him?
Lidel is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lidel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oh Lidel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson batters Lidel with a massive right followed by a huge left! Lidel is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Johnson lands a final crushing right hand to drop Lidel to the mat with a gruesome thud! Johnson is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Johnny Johnson!
Johnny Johnson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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