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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Johns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Blatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johns's entrance music is By the Sword - Slash. A fine choice. Blatt is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: you're going down- sick puppies. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 cm
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218 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
22 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shane Johns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeff Blatt!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johns lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johns misses with a low kick as Blatt jumps back.
Blatt shoots in looking for a takedown but Johns manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Blatt's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Blatt avoids the body shot from Johns.
Johns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johns misses with an uppercut.
Johns takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Blatt ducks under a wild hook from Johns.
Johns tries to clinch up but Blatt circles away and keeps his distance.
Johns throws a hook but Blatt avoids it easily.
Johns moves into range and clinches up with Blatt.
Blatt taking a breather.
Blatt gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Johns keeping full guard, as Blatt tries to pass.
Blatt controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blatt is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Blatt looking to sit in guard and control but Johns gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Blatt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johns.
Blatt wants to sweep but no luck.
Johns throwing strikes but missing.
Johns trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Johns postures up in Blatt's guard and throws a big left but Blatt blocks it.
Johns looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns wants to control from the top but Blatt keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We're going to have a standup here because Shane Johns wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Johns punishes Blatt's body with a nice straight punch.
Johns dips to his left and cracks Blatt with an uppercut!
It looks like Jeff Blatt has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johns lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Johns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Blatt on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Johns connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Blatt.
A bone on bone clash there as Blatt blocks the leg kick.
Johns swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Blatt.
Blatt misses with a lunging right hand
and Johns connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blatt misses with a body shot.
Blatt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blatt shoots in but Johns avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Johns loads up on a big right hand but Blatt slips the punch.
Shane Johns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johns scores with a nice head shot.
Blatt throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blatt closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johns circles away.
Shane Johns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Blatt.
Blatt shoots for a double leg takedown but Johns sprawls well. He's pushed Blatt's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Blatt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blatt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Johns is fending him off so far but Blatt persists. Nope, Johns circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice body punch from Johns.
Johns lands with a straight right. Blatt didn't see that one coming.
Blatt is rocked!
Johns throws a jab when Blatt was well out of range.
Blatt is still on wobbly legs! Can Johns finish him?
Johns looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Johns backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Blatt's temple! It sends Blatt violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Johns celebrates and the doctors try to help Blatt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Shane Johns!
During a confident post fight interview, Shane Johns thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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