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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Farha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Johnsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Farha comes to the cage accompanied by Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. Johnsson has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 cm
28
167 lbs
19 - 11 - 0 |
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180 cm
25
201 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Sammy Farha! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Johnsson! The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Farha drives through with a takedown into Johnsson's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Johnsson looks gassed! Farha passes Johnsson's right leg, so he's now in half guard. Farha seems to be working for a kimura but Johnsson defends the submission attempt. Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Farha in particular looking to stall. Farha trying to control from half guard but Johnsson is working away. Farha seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Farha thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnsson's head. Farha sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johnsson defending well though. Farha 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. Farha throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round. Farha thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Johnsson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Farha. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Farha controlling the action here. Farha missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Farha in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Johnsson tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Farha!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sammy Farha! Sammy Farha 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
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
35% |
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