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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johann Joensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeAngelo Suggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 lbs
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167 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johann Joensen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, DeAngelo Suggs!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Joensen catches Suggs with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Joensen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Suggs tries to keep at a distance but Joensen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Suggs lands an elbow that stopped Joensen in his tracks for a moment.
Joensen breaks the clinch.
Suggs swats away the attempt to clinch by Joensen.
Suggs gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Joensen.
Suggs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joensen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Suggs throws an off balance right hand
and Joensen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Suggs throws a nice looking combination but Joensen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Joensen with a jab.
Joensen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Suggs counters with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suggs throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Suggs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joensen scores with a jab to the head.
Joensen tries to clinch up.
Joensen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Suggs, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Suggs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Joensen breaks the clinch.
Johann Joensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joensen defending well as Suggs loads up on a big left hand.
Joensen tries to close the distance and clinch but Suggs swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joensen wants to clinch.
Suggs tests Joensen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Suggs takes a jab right on the kisser.
Joensen scores with a decent looking hook.
Joensen throws a lazy right hand but Suggs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joensen stalks Suggs and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Suggs's face. Suggs staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Joensen finds it's target.
Suggs lands a head kick. Joensen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Joensen tries to clinch up.
Joensen misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Suggs does it's job there.
Suggs fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joensen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joensen tries to clinch but Suggs is having none of it.
Joensen throws a leg kick which misses Suggs's front leg but catches the back leg as Suggs tries to avoid it.
Joensen misses with a right hand
and Suggs counters with an outside leg kick.
Joensen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Suggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joensen.
Joensen misses with an uppercut.
Joensen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Suggs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suggs keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Joensen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Joensen drops his hands momentarily and Suggs takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Joensen tries to clinch up.
Suggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Joensen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Suggs throws a right and a left that Joensen avoids nicely.
Joensen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joensen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Suggs throws a leg kick
and Joensen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nice body punch from Joensen.
Joensen tries to clinch up.
Joensen catches Suggs with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joensen throws a jab when Suggs was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suggs lands with a kick to the ribs.
Joensen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Suggs misses the jab.
Joensen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Suggs circles away quickly and effectively.
Joensen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Joensen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
An inside leg kick lands from Joensen.
Suggs misses with an uppercut.
Joensen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joensen tries to clinch up.
Suggs throws a hook but Joensen blocks it.
Joensen walks into a left hand.
Joensen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sloppy strikes from Suggs. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johann Joensen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Joensen tries to clinch but Suggs moves out of range.
Joensen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A head kick by Suggs misses
letting Joensen counter with a right hand.
Johann Joensen is winning the standup battle so far.
Joensen checks a leg kick nicely.
Suggs moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Joensen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Suggs counters with a good, hard body kick but Joensen shrugs it off.
Suggs tries a low kick but Joensen avoids it.
Suggs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Joensen throws a shot from downtown. Suggs moves away and avoids it.
Joensen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Suggs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Suggs, right into the meat.
Joensen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
It looks like Johann Joensen has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suggs listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suggs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joensen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joensen. Suggs does a little dance to reset his feet.
Suggs smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Suggs swats away the attempt to clinch by Joensen.
Joensen avoids the head kick by Suggs.
Joensen cracks Suggs with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Joensen closes the distance and pushes Suggs back into the cage.
Joensen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Suggs trying to control the position but instead, Joensen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Suggs into the cage.
Suggs lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joensen backwards.
Joensen is rocked!
Suggs throws a punch but it's blocked by Joensen.
The referee calls for Joensen to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joensen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Joensen tries to break free but Suggs pushes him back against the cage.
Suggs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Joensen misses with a head kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Joensen, as that shot connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joensen scores with a nice strike.
A low kick from Suggs is predictable there
and Joensen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Joensen avoids the body shot from Suggs.
Suggs throws a looping overhand right but Joensen ducks down to avoid it.
Joensen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Suggs makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Suggs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joensen.
Suggs slips a jab from Joensen.
Joensen throws a series of punches but Suggs avoids them all with ease.
Suggs throws a looping overhand right but Joensen ducks down to avoid it.
Johann Joensen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suggs looks to throw a body kick
and Joensen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Joensen. Those never looked like landing.
Joensen moves in looking to clinch but Suggs pushes him off.
Suggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joensen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joensen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Suggs avoids the head kick by Joensen.
Suggs swats away the attempt to clinch by Joensen.
Suggs throws a leg kick but Joensen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Joensen is looking to clinch.
Joensen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Joensen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Suggs swivels and escapes.
Joensen throws a body punch but Suggs moves out of range.
Suggs misses with a two punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joensen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Suggs lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joensen slips under a jab.
Suggs misses with a head kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Joensen wants to clinch.
Suggs tries a head kick but it misses.
Suggs swats away the attempt to clinch by Joensen.
Joensen misses with a hook. Suggs ducked under it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joensen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Joensen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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 Johann Joensen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johann Joensen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Joensen lands with a hook. Suggs tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Suggs swings for the body but Joensen moves out of range.
Suggs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Suggs swinging wildly here.
Joensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joensen tries to clinch up but Suggs circles away and keeps his distance.
Joensen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Suggs does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Joensen thows a body shot but no joy.
Joensen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joensen takes one to the chin there.
Suggs throws a poor cross that misses
and Joensen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Suggs lunges at Joensen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Joensen's hand.
Joensen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joensen pushes Suggs up against the cage in a clinch.
Joensen manages to break the clinch.
Joensen throws a head kick that misses.
Joensen misses with a series of wild punches.
Joensen misses with a looping right.
Suggs digs a good hook to Joensen's body.
Suggs is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Joensen.
Some bone on bone action there as Suggs checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Joensen tries for a takedown but Suggs sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Joensen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Joensen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Suggs has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joensen blocks a jab.
Joensen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Suggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joensen.
Joensen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Suggs swats away the attempt to clinch by Joensen.
Jab from Joensen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suggs lands a jab to Joensen's midsection.
Joensen digs a good hook to Suggs's body.
Joensen throws a body kick that misses.
Suggs scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Joensen tries a head kick but it misses.
Joensen looks to land a left hand but Suggs moved out of range nicely.
Suggs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Joensen as he checks the leg kick.
Suggs cracks Joensen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Joensen throws a series of punches but Suggs avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Joensen misses.
Suggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joensen was well out of range. Poor timing from Suggs.
Good standup being displayed there by Joensen as he connects with a hook.
Joensen lands a two punch combo.
Joensen looks to land a right hand but Suggs moved out of range.
Joensen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Suggs takes one on the button.
Joensen connects with a high kick.
Suggs turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Joensen avoids a kick to the body.
Joensen digs a good hook to Suggs's body.
Suggs has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
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!
Joensen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Joensen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Suggs fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Joensen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joensen lands an overhand right.
Joensen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Suggs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Suggs scores with a jab to the jaw.
Oh Joensen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Joensen misses with a head kick.
Joensen ducks right into an uppercut from Suggs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joensen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Joensen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Suggs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Joensen blocks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Johann Joensen did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Johann Joensen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Joensen scores with a nice right hand.
Joensen seems to have got his legs back now.
Joensen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Suggs sees it coming and avoids it easily.
No joy there for Suggs, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Suggs throws a leg kick but Joensen checks it.
Joensen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Joensen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Suggs throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Suggs misses with a combination
and Suggs takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Suggs connects with a jab.
Joensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joensen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Suggs lands a big head kick that sends Joensen tumbling to the mat! Suggs takes a step backwards and waves Joensen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suggs tries a head kick but it misses.
Joensen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Joensen cracks Suggs with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Suggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joensen manages to avoid it.
Joensen lands a lovely overhand right.
Joensen fails to land with a series of punches.
A clash of legs there as Joensen blocks the low kick.
Joensen moves into range and connects with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joensen. That's going to slow Suggs down.
Joensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Suggs takes one to the chin there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Suggs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suggs feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Joensens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Suggs avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Joensen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joensen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Suggs.
Joensen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Suggs circles away quickly and effectively.
Suggs blocks a jab.
Suggs thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joensen misses with a jab to the body
and Suggs counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joensen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Suggs momentarily.
Suggs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Suggs walks into a left hand.
A jab from Joensen finds it's way through Suggs's defenses.
Joensen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joensen dives in and grabs Suggs's left leg, looking for a takedown. Suggs pushes down on Joensen's head and hops out.
Joensen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Suggs throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joensen.
Suggs lands a really nice looking cross but Joensen seems unphased.
Suggs throws a right hand that Joensen ducks under and follows up with a left that Joensen also avoids with ease.
Joensen throws a big shot that misses.
Joensen slips under a jab.
Joensen works the jab nicely.
Joensen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Suggs.
Joensen checks the leg kick.
Joensen ducks under a wild hook from Suggs.
Joensen feints and then cracks Suggs's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Suggs down.
Joensen throws a jab when Suggs was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joensen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Joensen tries to clinch but Suggs moves out of range.
Joensen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Suggs.
Joensen moves in looking to clinch but Suggs pushes him off.
Suggs lands with a straight right. Joensen didn't see that one coming.
Joensen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Suggs counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suggs moves away from the strike by Joensen.
Suggs thows a body shot but no joy.
Suggs will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Suggs's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suggs thuds a left hand into Joensen's body.
Suggs missing with a left hand there. Joensen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Joensen misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DeAngelo Suggs dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Johann Joensen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Suggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joensen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Suggs back to the cage. Joensen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Joensen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A right-left combo lands from Joensen.
Suggs throws a leg kick but Joensen moved away.
Joensen darts in trying to clinch
and Suggs counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joensen.
Suggs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Suggs is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Joensen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Joensen avoids the body shot from Suggs.
Joensen misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suggs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joensen.
Joensen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Suggs cracks Joensen with a good jab.
Joensen tries to clinch but Suggs moves out of range.
Joensen lands with a straight right. Suggs didn't see that one coming.
Joensen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joensen. Suggs does a little dance to reset his feet.
Suggs tests Joensen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A combination from Joensen does no damage.
Suggs is looking to chop away at Joensen's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joensen doesn't manage to clinch there - Suggs circles away.
Suggs will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Joensen lands a lovely overhand right.
Suggs dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Suggs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joensen slips a jab and a cross from Suggs.
Suggs tries a head kick but it misses.
Joensen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Suggs moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Joensen throws a sloppy head kick and Suggs moves out of range easily.
A combination from Joensen does no damage.
Suggs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joensen wants to clinch.
Suggs slips a jab and a cross from Joensen.
Suggs fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A slow jab from Suggs misses its intended target.
Suggs buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Suggs ducks under a wild hook from Joensen.
Suggs jabs at Joensen's body.
Joensen moves to clinch but Suggs breaks away
and Suggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Joensen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Suggs has time to react.
A leg kick checked by Joensen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joensen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
DeAngelo Suggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joensen scores with a head kick.
Suggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joensen.
Suggs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joensen.
Joensen moves in looking to clinch but Suggs pushes him off.
Joensen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johann Joensen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Joensen clinches up with Suggs and pushes him back against the cage.
Suggs misses with a hook to the ribs.
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!
A right handed body shot lands from Suggs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suggs is trying to stall.
Suggs lands with a short shot to the head.
Joensen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suggs is defending well for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to DeAngelo Suggs.
Well Joensen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 48:47
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 48:47
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johann Joensen!
Johann Joensen retains his lightweight title!
Johann Joensen gave a mention to CHAOS Clothing (*Laundry Available*) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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