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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between CJ Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Trent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by 2pac & Dr.Dre - California Love. Trent has chosen Sub Focus - Rock It as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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144 lbs
23 - 11 - 0 |
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146 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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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
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, CJ Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Trent!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Trent is looking for a sweep. Johnson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson throwing shots but Trent is blocking nicely.
Johnson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Trent sees it coming and defends easily.
Trent wants to control but Johnson is keeping busy.
Trent is staying active underneath Johnson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Trent is looking to control Johnson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Trent avoid being mounted?
Johnson prevents Trent from improving his position.
Johnson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trent is pressing down on Johnson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Trent.
Johnson throws a big right hand that misses.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Trent looking for a sweep. Not yet Trent, not yet.
Johnson 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.
Trent working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Trent preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Johnson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Trent is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Trent works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Trent is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
Johnson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Trent works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Trent is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Trent sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Johnson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Johnson is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at School Of Fighting, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to control but Trent is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Johnson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Johnson is on top in guard.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Trent is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trent is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
CJ Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Johnson misses with a low kick.
A low kick from Trent is predictable there
and Johnson counters with a shoot takedown. Trent fights it but they end up in guard.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Trent.
Johnson advances to half guard.
Johnson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Trent keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Trent is not content to let Johnson control the position.
Trent keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson 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. Trent tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Johnson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). CJ Johnson!
After winning the bout, CJ Johnson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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