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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wampage Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Young Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Come Over (feat. Stylo G). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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178 cm
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220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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193 cm
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211 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wampage Johnson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Young Blood! The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Blood lands with an overhand left. A punch combination from Johnson misses. Johnson avoids the body shot from Blood.
Blood tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range. Blood moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off. Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Blood. Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blood paws at him with a jab and circles away. Blood tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range. Blood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Blood cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs. Johnson throws a jab when Blood was well out of range. Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch. Johnson forces Blood back against the cage and clinches. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Blood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Blood scores with an uppercut up the middle. Blood's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Blood throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Blood blocks an uppercut.
Johnson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. Blood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Blood throws an elbow that misses.
I was talking to Johnson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Blood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow. Blood struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Blood has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson tries to stall but Blood uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A hook to the body from Johnson.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blood throws an elbow but misses. Blood has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Johnson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Blood can turn it around. Johnson lands a body punch in the clinch. Blood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blood's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! A head punch on the inside from Blood fails to land. A right hook to the body lands for Blood.
Blood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson dodges an elbow strike from Blood.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Blood tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Blood back against the cage. Johnson is pushing Blood up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Blood misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Johnson lands an uppercut. Blood tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Blood back against the cage. Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside. Blood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head. Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss. Blood feints and then cracks Johnson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johnson down. Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket. Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blood moves away. Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Blood clinches up with Johnson and pushes him back against the cage. Blood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Blood. Johnson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blood or not. Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Blood backwards. Blood tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Blood misses with an elbow over the top. Blood pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Blood throws a head punch that misses. A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson. Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Blood throws a head punch that misses. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson. Johnson blocks an elbow strike. Johnson has Blood pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Johnson is leaning against Blood and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Blood lands a hook to the side of the head. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Blood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Blood scores with a nice hook to the head. Blood tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Blood throws a head punch that misses. Johnson blocks a body shot from Blood. The referee calls for Johnson to work.
Johnson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Johnson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time. Blood's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson needs to keep his hands up - Blood had a free shot at his head there. Johnson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Blood slips under a jab from Johnson. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wampage Johnson will probably get the nod. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blood is looking to clinch. Blood takes the fight into the clinch. Johnson working hard to break the clinch. Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Blood controls his hands.
Blood creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses. Blood throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blood backwards. Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Come on Johnson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Johnson lands a body shot. Blood misses with a punch to the body.
Wampage Johnson has scored more points in the clinch so far. Blood struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. A short right hand to the side of the head by Blood. A short uppercut from Johnson. Blood tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Blood back against the cage. Blood has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Blood can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Blood misses with a hook from the clinch. Johnson tries to break free but Blood pushes him back against the cage. A head punch blocked on the inside by Blood. Blood lands a shoulder strike. Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Blood.
Blood avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson. Johnson slows down the pace here.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head. Johnson blocks a body shot from Blood.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Blood controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Blood.
Blood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blood. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Blood throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson. Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Blood uses good head movement to avoid it. Blood lands an elbow inside. Johnson is working Blood over against the cage. Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Blood walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Blood saw that one coming. Johnson lands a nice looking body shot.
Blood misses with a body shot
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Wampage Johnson is winning the standup battle so far. Johnson moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head. Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blood is rocked! Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Blood is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnson finish him? Blood lands an elbow inside that Johnson shrugs off. Johnson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Blood! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Johnson is unloading with more strikes now! Blood drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wampage Johnson! After winning the bout, Wampage Johnson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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