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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jack Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas comes to the cage accompanied by Rock You by Helix. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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160 lbs
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150 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dave Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas misses with a head kick.
Douglas misses with the combination.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Douglas misses with a looping left.
Douglas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Douglas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Douglas is looking to score with low kicks.
Douglas closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Douglas creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Johnson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Johnson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Douglas.
Johnson controls the position for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Douglas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is holding Douglas down, trying to stall.
Douglas looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Johnson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Douglas working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Douglas connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Johnson some visible discomfort.
Douglas throws a strike aimed at the side of Johnson's head but Johnson avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Johnson sneaks back into half guard.
Johnson is trying is best to control the position here.
Johnson moves into full guard.
Johnson keeping full guard, as Douglas tries to pass.
Douglas postures up in Johnson's guard and throws a big left but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson pulls Douglas in close to prevent any damage.
Johnson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Douglas's guard.
Douglas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas preventing the sweep.
Johnson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Douglas manages to get himself to full guard.
Douglas is looking for a triangle but Johnson pushes his legs off easily.
Douglas looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Johnson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Douglas moves into full guard.
Douglas is looking for a triangle but Johnson pushes his legs off easily.
Johnson scoring with some ground and pound.
Douglas escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Johnson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Johnson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Johnson with a nice head shot there.
Douglas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Douglas is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Douglas working for a triangle but Johnson defends it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson looking to sit in guard and control but Douglas gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Douglas dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Douglas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Douglas misses with a body kick.
Douglas fails to land the takedown.
Dave Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Douglas throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
Douglas goes for a double leg but Johnson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Johnson continues to drive forward.
Douglas moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Douglas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Douglas misses with a straight right.
Douglas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Johnson connects with a high kick.
It looks like Jack Douglas has been cut.
Douglas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Johnson tries to avoid it but Douglas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Johnson to the ground. Johnson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Douglas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Douglas seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Johnson lands with an uppercut that bounces Douglas off the cage and back into range.
Dave Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Douglas is looking for a triangle but Johnson pushes his legs off easily.
Johnson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Douglas looking for a sweep. Not yet Douglas, not yet.
Douglas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Johnson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Johnson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Johnson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Douglas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas won't allow Johnson to sweep him here.
Douglas throws a big right hand that misses.
Douglas looking to pass the guard.
Johnson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Johnson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Johnson controlling the position.
Douglas postures up.
Johnson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Douglas haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Douglas enables Johnson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Douglas manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Jack Douglas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas wants to sweep here but Johnson controlling him for the moment.
Douglas is working hard here to advance position.
Douglas keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
Johnson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Douglas's head.
Johnson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Douglas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but Douglas is keeping the position.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Douglas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Johnson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Douglas had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Johnson defends it easily.
Douglas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Douglas is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Johnson defends well.
Douglas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Johnson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Johnson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jack Douglas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Douglas missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson lands with a straight right. Douglas didn't see that one coming.
A jab from Douglas misses.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Douglas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson scores with a jab. Douglas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Douglas throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Douglas doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Johnson swings for the body but Douglas moves out of range.
Johnson moves out of range as Douglas strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Douglas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
The fighters circle momentarily. Johnson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Douglas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Johnson jabs Douglas right on the nose. Douglas blinks but takes it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson connects with a right hand. Douglas shakes it off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Douglas, right into the meat.
Douglas throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Douglas tries to work over Johnson's front leg with a kick but Johnson checks it.
Douglas slips under a jab from Johnson.
Douglas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Johnson cracks Douglas with an open hand slap.
Johnson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Douglas counters with a good, hard body kick but Johnson shrugs it off.
Douglas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Douglas pinned against the cage. Douglas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Douglas. Douglas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Douglas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Douglas moves away.
Douglas scores with a kick to the midsection.
Johnson fakes the leg kick and cracks Douglas in the body.
Douglas sizes up Johnson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Douglas tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Douglas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters with a series of strikes. Douglas will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Douglas sprawls well initially but Johnson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Johnson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Douglas's head.
Johnson working Douglas over with strikes.
Douglas is trying to get back to full guard.
Douglas is staying active underneath Johnson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Johnson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Douglas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Johnson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Douglas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Douglas tries to get to full guard but Johnson has control of the leg.
Johnson looks to land a strike but Douglas avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Douglas wants to sweep here but Johnson controlling him for the moment.
Douglas has an active guard here but Johnson has managed to pass into half guard.
Johnson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Douglas keeps working.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Johnson!
Dave Johnson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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