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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rebel Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by If you want blood, you got it by AC/DC . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
12 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rebel Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Black!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Black throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Black.
Johnson lands a head shot.
Black moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Black has managed to clinch.
Black trying to control the position but instead, Johnson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Black into the cage.
Black's coach down at Kick In The Nutz Gym (14 Elite Coaches, Low Cap) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Black's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Black avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson jumps guard and drags Black to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Black working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Black manages to get himself to full guard.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Black pulls Johnson in close to his closed guard and prevents Johnson from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black looking for a sweep. Not yet Black, not yet.
Johnson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
Black is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Black keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. John Black wasn't active enough on the ground.
Black tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black scores with a jab to the head.
Nice sprawl there from Black as Johnson shoots in.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Johnson. That snapped Black's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black wants to clinch.
Black pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Black pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Black.
Nice shot by Black.
Black has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Black 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Black pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Black missing with knees to the body.
Black tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson blocks the elbow strike.
Johnson is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rebel Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Black lands a nice elbow.
Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Black avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Johnson avoiding damage as Black throws knees to the body.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but Black has him pressed against the cage.
Black looking to slow down the pace here.
Johnson avoids a wild elbow strike from Black.
Johnson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Black is defending well.
Black 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 wants a takedown.
Black tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Black stops a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Johnson tightens his grip and picks Black up, before dumping him to the ground. Black manages to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Black controlling the position.
Black is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Black 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.
Black working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson.
Johnson throwing strikes but missing.
Black looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Black avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Black wants to sweep here but Johnson controlling him for the moment.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
Johnson won't allow Black to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Black dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Black tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Black enables Johnson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Black manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've been hearing that Johnson has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Johnson slips nicely into half guard.
Black is trying to get back to full guard.
Johnson trying to control from half guard but Black is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Black is trying to stand up here but Johnson is controlling him well.
Black is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black is not content to let Johnson control the position.
Johnson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Black is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black moves into full guard.
Black looking to control.
Johnson passes Black's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Johnson is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Black is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rebel Johnson!
Rebel Johnson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Steel Penn's All 160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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