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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bryce Garrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bryce Garrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jim Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Garrison's guard.
Johnson content to stall in guard here.
Garrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Johnson is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Johnson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Garrison's head.
Johnson trying to control but Garrison is working from the bottom.
Johnson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Johnson wants to control but Garrison is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson wants to stand but Garrison is controlling his arm.
Garrison on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Johnson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Garrison knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Johnson wants to stand but Garrison has his arm trapped.
Garrison is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Johnson off and has taken his back!
Johnson is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Johnson is trying to stand back up.
Johnson preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Garrison.
Garrison is persistently looking for the submission but Johnson is defending it well.
Garrison controlling well, preventing Johnson from escaping the position.
Johnson trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Johnson wants to improve his position but Garrison is controlling well.
Johnson tries to kick Garrison off but Garrison keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Johnson actively working from the bottom here.
Johnson trying to hold on to Garrison's head to control him but Garrison postures up.
Garrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
Johnson is looking for a sweep. Garrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to control but Garrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Garrison keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Johnson keeping hold of Garrison's head, controlling as best he can.
We're going to have a standup here because Bryce Garrison wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Garrison tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Garrison circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garrison looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Johnson is fending him off so far but Garrison persists. Nope, Johnson circles away and we're back to standing.
Garrison misses with a low kick.
Johnson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Garrison defends it nicely.
Johnson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Garrison fails to land the takedown.
Garrison throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garrison shoots in for a takedown but Johnson shows good takedown defense.
Garrison fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryce Garrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Garrison sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Garrison tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson shoots in but Garrison avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Garrison as he jumps to the side.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Garrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson scores with a takedown into Garrison's guard.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from Garrison.
Johnson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Johnson tries to free his leg and advance position but Garrison is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson trying to control but Garrison is working from the bottom.
Johnson stands and throws Garrison's legs to the side, diving into side control.
A lull in the action here as Johnson stalls from top position.
Johnson trying to control the action but Garrison is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Garrison will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Johnson wants to control but Garrison is keeping him busy.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Johnson wants to take a breather but Garrison manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Johnson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Garrison won't let him.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jim Johnson wasn't active enough on the ground.
Garrison tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Johnson counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Garrison!
Johnson works to advance to full mount. Garrison defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Johnson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson is landing with some decent strikes but Garrison is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garrison fails with the takedown.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt - Garrison sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Garrison changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Garrison gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Johnson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Garrison keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Garrison keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jim Johnson.
Garrison shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Johnson sprawls well. Johnson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Garrison gets slowly back to his feet.
Garrison 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 Bryce Garrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garrison tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Garrison.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Garrison as he jumps to the side.
Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Garrison jumps guard and drags Johnson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Johnson postures up in Garrison's guard and throws a big left but Garrison blocks it.
Johnson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Johnson is stalling in the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Johnson slips nicely into half guard.
Johnson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Johnson lands strikes from half guard.
Johnson wants to stand up but Garrison has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Johnson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Garrison!
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Johnson.
Johnson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Garrison is in all sorts of trouble here.
Garrison is trying to reverse the position but instead Johnson has taken his back - oops!
Johnson controlling the position well here. Garrison rolled but Johnson kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson lands strikes to the head.
Bryce Garrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jim Johnson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson controls the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Johnson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Johnson!
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FIGHT
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