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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Graham Who Dat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isaiah Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Graham Who Dat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Isaiah Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Who Dat misses
and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Who Dat pushes Johnson off looking to stand but Johnson dives back in and keeps control.
Who Dat has one foot on Johnson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Johnson pushes Who Dat up against the cage in a clinch.
Who Dat tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into Who Dat's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Johnson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Johnson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Johnson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Who Dat working some strikes from top position.
Johnson working a defensive guard here.
Who Dat stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Who Dat is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Who Dat pushes down on Johnson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Johnson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Who Dat.
Who Dat is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Who Dat is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Johnson defends it well.
Johnson wants to control but Who Dat is keeping busy.
Who Dat really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Who Dat takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Who Dat lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Who Dat is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Who Dat seems to be looking for submissions.
Johnson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Who Dat. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Who Dat thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.
Who Dat is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Johnson to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Who Dat trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to stand but Who Dat is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson looks gassed!
Who Dat trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Who Dat works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Who Dat is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Johnson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Who Dat.
Who Dat content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Who Dat wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
Who Dat is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Johnson trying to control but Who Dat postures up.
Who Dat prevents Johnson from improving his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Who Dat is working for a submission of some sort.
Johnson is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Graham Who Dat dominated that round.
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.
Who Dat will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Who Dat pushes him off.
Who Dat fails with a takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Who Dat shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Who Dat trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Who Dat working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
Who Dat showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Who Dat is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Johnson is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Johnson has escaped and now he's on top!
Johnson trying to control but Who Dat is working from the bottom.
Johnson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Who Dat is proving hard to escape from.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson trying to control but Who Dat is working from the bottom.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Who Dat uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Who Dat connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Johnson momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Who Dat shows good takedown defense.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Who Dat fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Graham Who Dat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Who Dat blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Who Dat throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Johnson was covering up waiting for the punch and Who Dat finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Who Dat scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Johnson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Who Dat throwing strikes but missing.
Who Dat throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson working a defensive guard here.
Who Dat thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Who Dat working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Who Dat loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Who Dat isn't so interested in that idea.
Who Dat controls from within his opponent's guard.
Who Dat scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Who Dat trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Who Dat working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson can't keep his opponent in guard - Who Dat advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Who Dat is working for a submission of some sort.
Who Dat working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Graham Who Dat dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Who Dat shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Who Dat shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Who Dat showed some decent athleticism there.
Johnson is trying to control but can't.
Who Dat slips a nice elbow through Johnson's hands, connecting with Johnson's forehead.
Johnson trying to control here.
Johnson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Who Dat.
Who Dat seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Johnson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Who Dat is looking to advance position but Johnson won't allow it.
Who Dat slows the pace down in half guard.
Who Dat looking for a submission but Johnson manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Johnson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Johnson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Who Dat cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
Graham Who Dat overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Who Dat content to stall in guard here.
Who Dat trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Who Dat gets the takedown into side control.
Who Dat controlling from side mount.
Who Dat decides to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Who Dat shoots for a double leg takedown but Johnson sprawls well. He's pushed Who Dat's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Who Dat shoots in for a takedown but Johnson shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Graham Who Dat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Who Dat tries to score a power double leg takedown but Johnson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Who Dat somewhat.
Johnson connects with a high kick.
Isaiah Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Who Dat shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Johnson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Johnson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Who Dat throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Who Dat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Who Dat is defended easily by Johnson.
Who Dat circles away from the clinch attempt
and Who Dat counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Who Dat wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
Johnson trying to control but Who Dat postures up.
Who Dat is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Who Dat has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Johnson defend it? Who Dat steps over the head and cranks it - Johnson is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Who Dat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Graham Who Dat!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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