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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrik Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Johnson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henrik Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson is looking to clinch but Daniels is avoiding it.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Daniels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Daniels is looking to chop away at Johnson's legs.
Johnson has a takedown stuffed.
Daniels drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Johnson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Daniels wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daniels grinds an elbow into Johnson's temple.
Johnson is trying to improve his position.
Daniels throws an elbow but Johnson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Daniels lands a decent elbow from side control.
Johnson parries the strikes from Daniels easily there. Daniels is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Johnson to escape.
Daniels in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Johnson is trying to control Daniels's posture but Daniels avoids it.
Daniels wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
Johnson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Johnson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Daniels not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Daniels is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Daniels lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson pushes Daniels off looking to stand but Daniels dives back in and keeps control.
Daniels slips a nice elbow through Johnson's hands, connecting with Johnson's forehead.
Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Daniels decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
A lazy left from Daniels finds it's target.
Daniels shoots in and bounces Johnson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Daniels postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johnson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Johnson wants to stand but Daniels is controlling the position.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Daniels wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Johnson has momentary wrist control but Daniels slips an elbow through the middle.
Daniels decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Daniels 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Daniels from controlling successfully.
Daniels avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Johnson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Daniels trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson wants to sweep here but Daniels controlling him for the moment.
Daniels with a nice head shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daniels connects with a couple of short punches.
Daniels is in close to Johnson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Daniels cracks Johnson with a solid left hand.
Daniels makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels scoring with punches to the head and body.
Daniels with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Daniels postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Daniels with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Daniels distracts Johnson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson has his foot on Daniels's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Daniels works his way back into a safe position though.
Daniels slips nicely into half guard.
Daniels controlling the action here.
Daniels is looking to advance position but Johnson won't allow it.
Daniels looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Johnson wants to improve his position but Daniels is controlling well.
Daniels works his way into side control.
Johnson is trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Johnson is trying to improve his position.
Johnson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Daniels working the body and head with strikes.
Daniels working the ground and pound.
Johnson tries to improve position but can't.
Daniels working the head with strikes.
Johnson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Daniels connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Daniels working the head and body with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daniels takes a little break here. Johnson wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Johnson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henrik Daniels 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.
Daniels gets a takedown into half guard.
Daniels working Johnson over with strikes.
Daniels is thwarting Johnson's attempts to control the position.
Johnson tries to roll over but Daniels keeps him under control.
Johnson has hold of Daniels's hands but Daniels slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Johnson wants to improve his position but Daniels is controlling well.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Daniels looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Daniels wants to take a breather but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Daniels is nestled in close to Johnson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Daniels content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson is not content to let Daniels control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson taking some punishment here, with Daniels in his half guard.
Daniels lands with a punch from half guard.
Daniels stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Daniels connects with a nice looking jab.
Daniels has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Daniels looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Daniels lands strikes from half guard.
Daniels working over Johnson with some ground and pound. Johnson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Daniels lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Daniels sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Daniels connects with a nice short shot to Johnson's temple.
Daniels drops an elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Daniels scores with a couple of nice shots.
Henrik Daniels has got the better of the ground game so far.
Daniels drops an elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
Daniels working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Johnson taking some punishment here, with Daniels in his half guard.
Johnson trying to control from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Daniels.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daniels lands strikes from half guard.
Daniels trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Johnson has hold of Daniels's hands but Daniels slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Daniels there.
Daniels is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Daniels works his foot free and advances to mount.
Daniels lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is wriggling around trying to escape.
The referee warns Johnson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Daniels unloading with bombs!
The referee warns Johnson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Daniels pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Daniels lands a nice shot to the head.
Johnson tries to hold on but Daniels postures up.
Daniels can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnson is looking to escape.
Daniels landing strikes from the mount and Johnson is in trouble!
Johnson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Daniels working the ground and pound effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels with the ground and pound from mount.
Daniels is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Daniels scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Daniels lands a big elbow.
Daniels looking to control but Johnson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Daniels lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Johnson is squirming around, avoiding Daniels's attempts to control the action.
Daniels lands with some strikes.
Daniels landing shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson is in all sorts of trouble here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daniels breaks from Johnson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Daniels lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Johnson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Daniels raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henrik Daniels showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Daniels 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.
Daniels controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Daniels is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Daniels scoring with some ground and pound.
Daniels lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Daniels lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Daniels postures up.
Daniels throwing strikes but missing.
Daniels is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daniels throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels is pushing down on Johnson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Johnson is fighting to maintain full guard but Daniels has managed to sneak the leg through.
Johnson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Daniels lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Daniels working over Johnson with some ground and pound. Johnson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Daniels lands strikes from half guard.
Still in half guard, Daniels seems content to control.
Daniels lands strikes from half guard.
Johnson has hold of Daniels's hands but Daniels slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Johnson pushes Daniels off looking to stand but Daniels dives back in and keeps control.
Johnson trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Daniels working Johnson over with strikes.
Daniels seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Daniels scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnson trying to control but Daniels postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Johnson is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Daniels pulls his head out easily.
Johnson has hold of Daniels's hands but Daniels slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Daniels works his way into side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Daniels in side control lands a decent elbow.
Daniels trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Daniels in side control lands a decent elbow.
Check out the look on Daniels's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Daniels working the head and body with strikes.
Johnson is trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is working hard here to advance position.
Johnson can't do much from the bottom here.
Daniels slows the pace down.
Daniels trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Daniels creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Daniels tries to advance to mount but can't.
Johnson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Henrik Daniels is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Daniels controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Daniels grinds an elbow into Johnson's temple.
Johnson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Johnson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Daniels wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Johnson is being controlled here.
Daniels working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Daniels lands a decent elbow from side control.
Daniels is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Johnson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Daniels's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
James Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Henrik Daniels comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Daniels 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 24:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 24:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henrik Daniels!
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