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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Kimble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doug McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kimble comes to the cage accompanied by Ecstasy Of Gold. John Kimble is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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155 lbs
6 - 2 - 1 |
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150 lbs
4 - 1 - 1 |
Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, John Kimble!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Doug McDonald!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimble misses with a left hand
and McDonald counters with a nice uppercut.
Kimble shoots in looking for a takedown but McDonald manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kimble's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
McDonald avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A combination from McDonald does no damage.
McDonald ducks under a wild hook from Kimble.
A low kick from McDonald misses
and Kimble counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
McDonald is looking for a triangle but Kimble pushes his legs off easily.
Kimble is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
McDonald is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kimble defends well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kimble wants to pass the guard but McDonald is keeping the position.
McDonald had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kimble defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimble pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McDonald is keeping the position for now.
McDonald has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kimble can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kimble pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McDonald is keeping the position for now.
McDonald looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kimble passes McDonald's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Kimble trying to mount his opponent but McDonald defends it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Kimble is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kimble misses with a head shot. McDonald uses the momentum to regain guard.
Kimble trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimble stays in close to McDonald's body and controls the position.
Kimble trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kimble postures up in McDonald's guard and throws a big left but McDonald blocks it.
Kimble cracks McDonald with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kimble accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McDonald keeping moving, preventing Kimble from controlling successfully.
McDonald working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kimble.
Kimble trying to control but McDonald is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kimble trying to control the position from guard on top but McDonald is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kimble 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.
Kimble is really struggling to control McDonald but he's trying to hold on to the position.
McDonald is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McDonald working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kimble doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kimble manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kimble trying to control but McDonald is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Kimble dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Crunch! McDonald slams his shin into Kimble's torso.
McDonald throws a wild body kick that Kimble sees coming a mile off.
Kimble tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McDonald misses the shot to the body.
Kimble scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kimble working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kimble throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
McDonald tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kimble wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kimble wants to control but McDonald is keeping him busy.
Kimble lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear McDonald down.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McDonald tries to bench press Kimble off him but Kimble keeps the position.
Kimble has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimble working McDonald over with strikes here.
Kimble connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
McDonald is looking to improve his position but Kimble isn't that keen on the idea.
Kimble wants to control the pace but McDonald is squirming around nicely.
Kimble raining down hammerfists from mount.
McDonald is rocked!
It looks like Doug McDonald has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McDonald taking shots to the head.
McDonald is still in real trouble! Can Kimble finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kimble looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kimble looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has McDonald covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Kimble!
John Kimble is the new featherweight champion!
John Kimble decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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