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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, E-17 . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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140 lbs
26 - 10 - 0 |
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172 cm
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144 lbs
41 - 10 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Johnson tries to avoid it but Harvey manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Johnson to the ground. Johnson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Harvey shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Brian Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harvey misses with a takedown attempt - Johnson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Harvey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harvey misses with a takedown attempt
and Johnson counters with a takedown into side control.
Harvey tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harvey lands with an elbow strike from the bottom.
Harvey is looking to reverse the position.
Johnson is putting a hurting on Harvey here, landing some big shots from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Harvey is avoiding damage well.
Harvey on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Harvey tries to bench press Johnson off him but Johnson keeps the position.
Harvey misses with a strike from the bottom.
Harvey is looking for a sweep.
Johnson landing a few strikes.
Harvey tries to buck Johnson off but Johnson is having none of it.
Harvey throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Harvey is working to avoid the ground and pound but Johnson connects with a decent elbow.
Harvey misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Johnson trying to control the position but Harvey is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey seems a little lost for a moment, as Johnson dominates the positioning.
Johnson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Harvey throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Johnson misses with the ground and pound.
Harvey is looking for a sweep.
Harvey is working hard here to advance position.
Johnson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The strikes coming from Johnson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Check out the look on Johnson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Johnson blocks the strikes from Harvey.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harvey tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Harvey throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Harvey manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Johnson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Harvey tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson moves into full mount! Harvey won't be happy about that!
Johnson landing strikes from the mount.
Harvey is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Johnson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Johnson lands a heavy elbow.
Johnson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Harvey is rocked!
Johnson lands a nice shot to the head.
Oh Harvey is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson with good strikes from the mount here!
Johnson is landing with some decent strikes but Harvey is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Harvey swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Harvey gets back to half guard.
Harvey 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.
Harvey throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Harvey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Johnson.
Harvey missing with punches from the bottom.
Johnson lands with a punch from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey striking from half guard on the bottom.
Harvey flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Harvey seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Johnson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Johnson content to control rather than advance.
Harvey tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Harvey landing a few short strikes.
Johnson working the head and body with strikes.
Johnson blocks the strikes from Harvey.
Harvey flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Johnson throwing shots but Harvey is blocking nicely.
Harvey wants to improve his position but Johnson is controlling well.
Harvey moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harvey trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harvey thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Harvey throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Harvey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Harvey keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson tries to stand but Harvey is controlling from the bottom.
Harvey throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Johnson tries to stand but Harvey is controlling from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harvey thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Harvey will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Harvey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Harvey keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Johnson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Harvey doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Harvey wants to improve his position but Johnson is controlling well.
Johnson working Harvey over with strikes.
Harvey tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Harvey is pressing down on Johnson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Harvey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Harvey throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Harvey throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Harvey with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Johnson can't handle though.
Johnson distracts Harvey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Johnson works over Harvey with some ground and pound from guard.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Harvey's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson is looking to stand up but Harvey won't let him.
Harvey throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Johnson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control but Harvey is working from the bottom.
Harvey trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Harvey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harvey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Johnson chips away with some ground and pound.
Harvey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harvey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.
Johnson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Johnson is looking to work some ground and pound but Harvey has wrist control.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harvey punching to the body, from the bottom.
Harvey wants to sweep but no luck.
Harvey punching from the bottom - just letting Johnson know he's still in a fight.
Harvey is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Harvey stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jeremy Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Johnson tries to kick Harvey off but Harvey keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Harvey tries to stand and escape but Johnson is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to escape.
Harvey has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Johnson works to full guard.
Johnson has a closed guard, preventing Harvey from standing up.
Johnson wants to stand but Harvey is controlling the position.
Harvey wanted to stand there but Johnson had control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Johnson pushes Harvey off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Harvey looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harvey scores with a takedown into Johnson's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harvey would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Harvey isn't so interested in that idea.
Harvey tries to stand but Johnson is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Brian Harvey will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Harvey.
Harvey with a poor takedown
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson gets the takedown into side control.
Johnson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Johnson cracks Harvey with a big elbow.
Harvey throws up a few punches.
Johnson trying to control the position but Harvey is working away.
Johnson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Harvey down.
Check out the look on Johnson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Harvey tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harvey is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
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!
Harvey won't allow Johnson to pass to mount.
Johnson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Harvey flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Johnson slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Harvey misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Harvey tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Harvey missing with punches from the bottom.
Harvey tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Johnson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Johnson.
Johnson drops an elbow to the side of Harvey's head.
Harvey misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Harvey throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Harvey landing small, sideways elbows.
Johnson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Johnson prevents Harvey from improving his position.
Johnson blocks the strikes from Harvey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Harvey tries to roll over but Johnson keeps him under control.
Ground and pound from Johnson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harvey is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Harvey!
BOOM! Johnson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Johnson unloading with bombs!
Harvey is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Johnson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Harvey is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Harvey swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Johnson working the ground and pound effectively.
Johnson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Harvey takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Johnson's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeremy Johnson!
Jeremy Johnson decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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