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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carter Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Sparger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes into the arena with Enter Sandman by Metallica blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sparger's choice of entrance music: Pledge Allegiance to the Swag by T.I. feat. Rick Ross. Rob Sparger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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276 lbs
21 - 9 - 0 |
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260 lbs
13 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carter Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Sparger!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Columbo Gatti and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparger misses the shot to the body.
Carter Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sparger looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sparger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sparger throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sloppy strikes from Sparger. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Johnson.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sparger. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sparger.
Sparger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparger cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sparger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Sparger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sparger throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sparger stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Sparger is just out of range.
Sparger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sparger. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson cracks a nice hook into Sparger's ribs.
Johnson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparger misses with a straight right.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sparger takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like Rob Sparger has been cut.
Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A leg kick checked by Sparger.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Sparger shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sparger scores with a jab. Johnson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sparger punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Sparger.
Johnson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Johnson lands a nice hook to Sparger's body. Sparger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sparger lands a jab to the nose.
Sparger scores with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands the left hand.
Sparger misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sparger is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
Sparger slips under a jab.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sparger circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson misses with a leg kick.
Sparger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Johnson. Johnson obviously looking to wear him down.
Sparger steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Johnson. That one must have hurt.
Sparger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sparger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Sparger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sparger looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Sparger shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carter Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sparger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sparger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Sparger tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sparger wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sparger wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sparger is looking for a takedown.
Johnson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sparger looks gassed!
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johnson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sparger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Johnson is leaning against Sparger and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carter Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Sparger's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Johnson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson tries to clinch but Sparger is having none of it.
Sparger needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
Sparger throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Sparger.
Johnson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sparger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Johnson misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sparger to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sparger is breathing heavily.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Johnson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Sparger has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Johnson is proving hard to escape from.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson trying to control the position.
Johnson has his foot on Sparger's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sparger works his way back into a safe position though.
Sparger throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Johnson is on top in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sparger swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparger keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson throws a big right hand that misses.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson 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.
Johnson stops Sparger from standing up.
Johnson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson tries to free his leg and advance position but Sparger is retaining full guard.
Johnson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sparger avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Johnson is standing up over Sparger. Sparger looks to escape but Johnson dives into side control.
Johnson misses with the ground and pound.
Johnson scoring with punches from side control.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sparger can do to turn this around?
Johnson prevents Sparger from escaping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sparger down.
That has opened up Rob Sparger's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson advances nicely into full mount.
Johnson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Johnson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Johnson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rob Sparger's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rob Sparger's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Carter Johnson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Carter Johnson waved his t-shirt featuring Black Market Pharmacy and Laundromat's logo in front of the cameras.
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hype
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