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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Oliver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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180 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jack Johnson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Liam Oliver! The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Johnson lands a high kick!
Oliver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oliver shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Oliver was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet. Oliver controlling the position from side mount. The strikes coming from Oliver are missing the target in this wave of attacks. Johnson is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Johnson is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Johnson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Johnson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Johnson stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Oliver to get to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Johnson lands a two punch combo.
Oliver leaves Johnson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Oliver is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Johnson's half guard. Johnson is looking to improve his position.
Johnson is defending against the submission attempts here by Oliver.
Johnson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Oliver is working away from the top position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Oliver tries to stand and escape but Johnson is controlling the position. Johnson is doing well to control the position and prevent Oliver from advancing to side control. Oliver prevents Johnson from standing back up.
Ground and pound from Oliver. Oliver tries to stand but can't do so whilst Johnson controls his leg. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Oliver decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up. Oliver is trying hard to land a takedown here. Johnson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Oliver displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Johnson. Johnson is breathing heavily. Oliver defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Johnson. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Oliver closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Johnson did well to prevent Oliver getting side control. Oliver is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Oliver thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head. Oliver is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Oliver is keen to just control but Johnson is a slippery customer. Johnson strikes from the bottom but Oliver passes into mount!
Oliver lands a nice shot to the head. Oliver fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oliver lands a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round. This has been an exciting period of action! Oliver fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oliver fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oliver tries to control but Johnson wriggling away. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Oliver is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Johnson is rocked! Oliver putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Oliver landing strikes from the mount and Johnson is in trouble! Oliver lands a heavy elbow. Oliver is landing with some decent strikes but Johnson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Oliver looking for a guillotine from mount but Johnson is having none of it. Oliver lands a big shot to the head and Johnson winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Liam Oliver! A less than humble Liam Oliver misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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hype
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pop
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