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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Soylent Grimm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grimm's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Soylent Green. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
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217 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Soylent Grimm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Calvin Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a hook but Grimm avoids it easily.
Grimm works the jab nicely.
Grimm lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Grimm looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Grimm falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Johnson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grimm keeps working.
Grimm looking for submissions off his back.
Grimm wants to improve his position but Johnson is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but Grimm defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimm trying to control but Johnson postures up.
Grimm is looking for a sweep. Johnson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Grimm looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Johnson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Grimm is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Grimm misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Grimm jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson thinks about the counter body kick.
Johnson slips a jab from Grimm.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Grimm.
Johnson steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Grimm throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
And Johnson tries to counter it with a takedown but Grimm pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Soylent Grimm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson lands with an uppercut that bounces Grimm off the cage and back into range.
Grimm misses with a jab to the body
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grimm throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Grimm misses with a hook to the body
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Grimm's head backwards.
Johnson gets caught napping as Grimm dives in and scores a takedown. Johnson manages to retain guard.
Grimm working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Johnson managing to control the position.
Grimm throws a big elbow that misses.
Grimm wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to keep Grimm in close.
Grimm loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grimm with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Johnson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Grimm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson scores with a nice body kick.
Grimm misses with a looping right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Grimm ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calvin Johnson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A slow jab from Grimm misses its intended target.
Grimm throws a good cross that connects.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Calvin Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grimm shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Grimm lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
A little jabbing left from Johnson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Grimm scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Grimm digs a good hook to Johnson's body.
Grimm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grimm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Grimm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimm throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grimm on the side of the head.
A left lands for Grimm.
A big right from Grimm misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Grimm misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Grimm misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Grimm is rocked!
Grimm lands with a shot to the body.
Grimm throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Grimm crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Calvin Johnson!
Calvin Johnson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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