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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rakishi Johns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ray ray louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johns comes to the cage accompanied by Just Dance. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm
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217 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rakishi Johns! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, ray ray louis! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Johns throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Johns shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says louis as he avoids it easily. louis lands a jab to Johns's midsection. louis clinches with his opponent.
louis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johns or not. Johns goes for a takedown attempt but louis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Johns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by louis.
Johns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by louis.
A slapping body kick lands there for louis. Johns is breathing heavily. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Johns on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Johns shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in louis's guard. louis punching from the bottom - just letting Johns know he's still in a fight. louis keeping moving, preventing Johns from controlling successfully. Johns throws and elbow that misses. louis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Johns's guard. Nice move by louis! louis scores with a decent looking elbow strike. louis must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round. Johns trying to keep a closed guard but louis is proving a slippery customer.
louis looking to pass the guard. louis trying to control the position from guard on top but Johns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. louis looking to sit in guard and control but Johns gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Johns slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from louis. louis moves into full guard.
louis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johns is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. louis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. louis missing with the ground and pound from half guard. louis drops an elbow to the side of Johns's head. louis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Johns wants to get back to his feet.
louis scoring with strikes to the body and head. louis is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Johns has managed to free his arm - good work. Johns tries to get to full guard but louis has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Johns is pressing down on louis's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. louis looking to pass the guard. louis stands and throws Johns's legs to the side, diving into side control. Johns is positioning himself to get back to half guard. louis throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Johns works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure. louis blocks the strikes from Johns.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. louis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Johns is trying to defend against the ground and pound but louis scores with a couple of nice shots. Johns has hold of louis's hands but louis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Johns is rocked! louis working over Johns with some ground and pound. Johns looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Oh Johns is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! louis lands with a punch from half guard. louis looks to score some points with some ground and pound. louis winds up and cracks Johns with a swinging punch to the side of the head. louis passes the guard and advances to mount! Johns is wriggling around trying to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. louis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
louis raining down shots from the mount! louis landing shots from mount. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
ray ray louis dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
louis shoots in for a takedown but Johns shows good takedown defense. louis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johns as he jumps to the side. louis moves into the clinch successfully.
louis tries to stall but Johns uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
louis seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by ray ray louis. louis misses with a takedown attempt - Johns sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Rakishi Johns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ray ray louis. louis has closed the distance and engaged Johns in a clinch.
louis is trying to stall.
louis is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by ray ray louis. louis fails miserably with a takedown attempt. louis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Rakishi Johns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. louis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. louis forces Johns back against the cage and clinches. louis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johns is keeping busy. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by ray ray louis. louis closes the distance and clinches up with Johns, looking for a takedown. louis pushes Johns against the cage but Johns circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. louis with a lazy takedown attempt and Johns counters with a nice double leg into side control. louis won't be happy with that.
That's two minutes gone in the round. louis is looking to regain half guard here but Johns keeps moving and retains side control. louis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Johns seems to have got his legs back now. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. louis tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck. louis is trying desperately to improve position. Johns scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish louis?
That's three minutes gone in the round. louis wants to control but Johns is having none of it. louis is working to get back to half guard.
Johns lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
louis is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Johns content just to control the position here. Johns looking to control but louis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. louis working to try and regain half guard.
Johns landing strikes, looking to finish! Johns trying to control but he's not successful this time. louis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
louis is rocked! Johns working away from the top, dropping strikes. louis is still in real trouble! Can Johns finish him? louis is trying to escape the mount.
Johns lands a nice shot to the head. Johns lands a heavy elbow. louis is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rakishi Johns dominated that second round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Johns dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! louis has had enough and taps out.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rakishi Johns!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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