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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Storm Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emil Cioran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
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221 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Storm Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Emil Cioran!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cioran misses with a looping left.
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Cioran moves out of range.
Cioran works the jab nicely.
Cioran has Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Cioran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cioran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cioran misses with the head strike.
Cioran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cioran's coach down at THE GYM (20 Elite coaches on the Island !!!) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Cioran's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson throws the left hand but Cioran avoids the punch easily.
Cioran wants to counter the offense by Johnson and move into the clinch position.
Cioran moves to clinch but Johnson breaks away
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Cioran's shoulder, as Cioran tries to avoid the shot.
Cioran now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cioran lands a nice hook to Johnson's body. Johnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cioran moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Johnson lands with a right hand.
Cioran is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cioran.
Cioran tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Cioran takes the fight into the clinch.
Cioran presses Johnson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cioran.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cioran gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cioran lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cioran lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cioran misses with some punches.
Cioran is pushing Johnson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cioran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cioran scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cioran holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cioran lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Cioran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Cioran.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cioran.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cioran tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Cioran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cioran scores with a punch to the head.
Johnson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cioran fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cioran gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Cioran on the inside.
A body shot lands from Cioran.
Johnson is trying to break free.
Cioran keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Cioran struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Johnson on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Cioran misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cioran tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Cioran tries to clinch
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emil Cioran dominated that round.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cioran wants to clinch but Johnson slips to the side
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Cioran wants to clinch.
It looked like Johnson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cioran.
Cioran drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cioran.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cioran.
Cioran blocks a body shot from Johnson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cioran misses with some punches.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cioran lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Cioran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Cioran.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cioran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cioran has Johnson pressed against the cage.
Cioran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cioran lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Cioran misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Cioran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cioran creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Cioran in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Cioran has Johnson pushed against the cage.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cioran.
A left hand lands to the body for Cioran.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Cioran.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Cioran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Cioran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johnson is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cioran creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Johnson's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Johnson drops to his knees and Cioran pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emil Cioran!
Emil Cioran 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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FIGHT
RATING
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