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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maverick Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Little Secrets - Passion Pit. Johnson has chosen Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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205 lbs
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218 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maverick Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, King Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
Johnson gets tackled into the cage by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones decides to pull guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Johnson drops back looking for a leg! Jones is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jones manages to kick Johnson off! Johnson jumps back into Jones's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Johnson tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
Johnson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Johnson wants to stand and escape but instead Jones has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Johnson is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones pushes down on Johnson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jones trying to control from half guard but Johnson is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeping hold of Jones's head, controlling as best he can.
Jones prevents Johnson from improving his position.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
Johnson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Jones is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson is pulling down on Jones's head. It's preventing any offense from Jones, at least for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson pushes Jones off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Johnson has Jones pushed against the cage.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to stall.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Jones avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Johnson.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but King Johnson will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Johnson drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.
Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jones is keeping busy.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Johnson.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Johnson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Johnson avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
King Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones jumps guard but Johnson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson slows down the pace here.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Johnson.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Jones! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Johnson is unloading with more strikes now! Jones drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). King Johnson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, King Johnson waved his t-shirt featuring Vitality's logo in front of the cameras.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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