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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between andy toole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). andy toole has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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189 cm
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246 lbs
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200 cm
18
280 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, andy toole! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Johnson! The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! toole circles away from the clinch attempt.
toole looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this! Johnson blocks a head kick by toole.
Johnson darts in and clinches toole up against the cage. Johnson jumps guard.
Johnson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy. Johnson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Johnson is looking to stand up but toole isn't so interested in that idea. Johnson trying to control the position.
Johnson wants to stand up but toole is controlling him. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Horrible takedown by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by toole which made him look bad. Nice sprawl there from Johnson as toole shoots in. The fight moves into the clinch position. toole breaks the clinch.
toole swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round. toole looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well. toole throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
toole throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease. toole tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt toole. The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though. toole keeps the fight on the outside. toole bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Johnson is trying to get back to half guard. toole wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. toole throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage. Johnson is trying to improve his position. Johnson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's two minutes gone in the round. toole cracks Johnson with a big right hand but Johnson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
It looks like David Johnson has been cut. Johnson is not content to let toole control the position. toole in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. toole working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter. Johnson can't do much from the bottom here. Johnson tries to buck toole off but toole is having none of it. Johnson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. toole decides to take the fight back to the feet. toole's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and toole duly obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Johnson wants to clinch up but toole keeps it at a distance. Johnson takes one to the chin there. Danga de danga de dang - toole scores with a four punch combination! Johnson clinches up against the cage. Johnson scores with a knee to the head.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into toole's ribcage. Johnson lands with a short shot to the head. toole wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. toole tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Johnson lands a nice knee to the body. Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. toole tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position. toole wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage. With the fighters up against the cage, toole throws an elbow but misses. Johnson crunches a lovely knee into toole's ribcage. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Johnson lands a nice elbow. toole has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment. toole can't break the clinch.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson has managed to clinch.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson has toole up against the cage in a clinch.
toole lands with a right to the head. Johnson stalling against the cage.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round. toole has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment. Johnson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but toole gets the underhooks and prevents it.
toole manages to break the clinch.
Johnson wants to clinch. Johnson takes the fight into the clinch. Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
toole fails miserably with a takedown attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for andy toole. That's going to take a lot out of him. toole stuffs the takedown attempt from Johnson. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet. A punch combination from toole misses. Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but toole shows good takedown defense. Johnson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. Johnson moves in looking to clinch but toole pushes him off. toole scores with a head kick.
Johnson clinches up with toole and pushes him back against the cage. Johnson crunches a lovely knee into toole's ribcage. toole can't break the clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round. toole lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards. toole breaks the clinch.
Johnson staying out of range there. Some wild striking there from toole.
Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with toole, pushing him back against the cage. Johnson lands a knee to the body.
Johnson pulls guard successfully.
Johnson wants to control the position but toole says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard. toole decides to stand up. Nice takedown defense from toole. No joy for Johnson on that attempt. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Johnson keeps the fight on the outside. toole shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side. A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson. Johnson is looking to clinch. The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though. toole moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off. toole fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick. toole closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's six minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Johnson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
toole throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily. Johnson lands a jab to toole's midsection. Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson throws a series of punches but toole moves out of range. toole closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side and Johnson counters with a nice double leg into guard. Johnson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. toole wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him. toole has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. toole controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself. Johnson stopping the sweep attempt from toole. toole looking to control.
toole manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round. Johnson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around toole's waist but toole gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnson off to one side. toole looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well. toole keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Johnson fails with the takedown. toole fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Johnson sprawls well initially but toole persists and gets the takedown into half guard. toole scores with a couple of good hammerfists. It looks like toole is going to stand back up.
Johnson punching from the bottom.
Johnson is trying to control but can't.
Johnson tries to get to full guard but toole has control of the leg. toole throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Johnson has one foot on toole's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet. Johnson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. toole misses with a few strikes there.
toole lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round. toole throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles toole's knee momentarily. toole falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in toole's guard now. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage! toole trying to keep a closed guard but Johnson is proving a slippery customer.
toole wants to get back to his feet but Johnson is in a dominant position and won't allow it. toole keeping busy on the bottom but Johnson has passed one foot through into half guard.
Johnson is pressing down on toole's thigh, looking to free his foot. toole is holding on for now. toole manages to get to full guard.
toole punching from the bottom - just letting Johnson know he's still in a fight.
That's nine minutes gone in the round. Johnson passes toole's right leg, so he's now in half guard. toole wants to get back to his feet.
toole kicks Johnson off and gets back to his feet. A combination from toole does no damage. Johnson looking for a takedown here - he's got it. toole keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully. toole wants to stand up but Johnson is controlling him. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. toole wants to improve his position but instead Johnson has moved into half guard.
Johnson stops toole from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but David Johnson will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on David Johnson's cut. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch. toole closes the distance and clinches up with Johnson, looking for a takedown. toole pushes Johnson against the cage but Johnson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
toole will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt from distance. andy toole is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. toole moves into the clinch. toole breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. toole throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. toole is looking to improve his position.
David Johnson has got the better of the ground game so far. Johnson working the head and body with strikes. Johnson decides to stand and escape the position. toole rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. toole smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. andy toole is winning the standup battle so far. Johnson tries to clinch but toole moves out of range. Johnson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. toole pushes Johnson off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Johnson tries to clinch but toole is having none of it. Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch. Johnson with a lazy takedown attempt and toole counters with a straight punch to the midsection. andy toole has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Johnson. toole throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it. toole swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson. toole misses with a head kick.
toole goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That has opened up David Johnson's cut even more. Johnson moves into range and clinches up with toole. toole wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
toole is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Johnson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. toole wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage. Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson. Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick. Johnson has toole up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson lands a nice uppercut. Johnson pulls toole into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells toole's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's two minutes gone in the round. toole stands up out of Johnson's guard for a moment - Johnson manages to land a nice upkick. toole stands and steps away. Johnson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game. Nice sprawl there from toole as Johnson shoots in. toole fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
toole displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Johnson slips a jab and a cross from toole.
toole throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson has toole up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - toole circles away.
Johnson has closed the distance and engaged toole in a clinch.
Johnson lands a knee to the head.
It looks like andy toole has been cut. Johnson successfully pulls guard.
Johnson uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Johnson instigates a clinch. Johnson scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnson connects with a knee to the head.
toole is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Johnson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
toole is rocked! Johnson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oh toole is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! David Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt toole. toole takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
toole seems to have got his legs back now. Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson throws a right hand that toole ducks under and follows up with a left that toole also avoids with ease. toole falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters with a nice low kick that buckles toole's knee momentarily. toole misses with the combination.
toole circles away from the clinch attempt.
toole lands with a nice combination. Johnson backs away looking to recover. toole throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range. toole forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches. Johnson drags the fight down to the ground.
toole gets to his feet - Johnson follows without any prompting. toole moves into the clinch. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Johnson scores with a knee to the head.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into toole's ribcage. Good body shot from Johnson.
Johnson pulls toole into guard.
toole stands up from guard. Let's bang! Johnson clinches up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. toole takes an elbow to the forehead. toole breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. toole scores with a three punch combo!
toole ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Johnson moves into range and clinches up with toole. toole tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Johnson just stands there and leans against the cage. toole tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Johnson smiles and moves away.
toole wants to clinch but Johnson slips to the side and Johnson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in toole's guard. toole scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Johnson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. toole shoots in and bounces Johnson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. toole gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
toole falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Johnson. Johnson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from toole.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's five minutes gone in the round. A punch combination from toole misses. Johnson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. toole looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. Johnson working the ground and pound from side control. toole is trying to escape and get back to his feet. toole is not content to let Johnson control the position. toole manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Johnson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Johnson tries to get to full guard but toole has control of the leg. toole decides to stand up. toole wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
That's six minutes gone in the round. Johnson tries to clinch up but toole circles away and keeps his distance. Johnson has his takedown stuffed and toole counters with a flying knee. Nice. An inside leg kick lands from Johnson. Nice jab there from toole. toole swings and misses with a hook to the body.
toole swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson. Johnson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from toole.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
toole swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson. toole misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but toole shows good takedown defense. toole scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage! toole sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Johnson defending well though. toole lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Johnson! More strikes land and this one is all over! toole jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). andy toole!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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