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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Flaherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix. Alex Flaherty has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Curtis Johnson's chin.
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160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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24
163 lbs
3 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Curtis Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex Flaherty!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Roberts and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Johnson.
Johnson shoots in but no luck this time.
Johnson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Johnson wants it to stay on the feet.
Flaherty fails to land the takedown.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Flaherty is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Curtis Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Flaherty as Johnson shoots in.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Flaherty pushes Johnson off but Johnson dives into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Flaherty has escaped the position, nice work there.
Johnson trying to control the position but Flaherty is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flaherty is looking to reverse the position.
Flaherty is trying to control Johnson's posture but Johnson avoids it.
Flaherty is trying to improve his position.
Johnson works to advance to full mount. Flaherty defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Flaherty has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Flaherty wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flaherty is looking to escape here. Oh dear - Johnson has locked on a rear naked choke here! Flaherty is tapping out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Curtis Johnson!
During a confident post fight interview, Curtis Johnson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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