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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davi Sousa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sousa has chosen "Ratamahatta" By Sepultura as his entrance music. Davi Sousa looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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255 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 Rio de Janeiro, Aaron Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Davi Sousa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sousa stuffs the takedown.
Horrible takedown attempt by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Sousa, which made it look bad.
Johnson clinches.
Sousa is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johnson wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sousa letting Johnson take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Sousa's head.
Johnson manages to pull guard.
Sousa stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control the position here.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sousa is controlling him.
Sousa trying to stand up but can't free himself from Johnson's guard.
Johnson is controlling Sousa's posture.
Sousa trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson working a defensive guard here.
Johnson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sousa gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Johnson clinches up with Sousa and pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sousa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Johnson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson pulls guard.
Johnson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Johnson pulls Sousa in to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sousa postures up.
Sousa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
Sousa stands and steps away. Johnson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Sousa looks winded!
Johnson looks for a takedown but Sousa sprawls well.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sousa as he jumps to the side.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sousa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sousa is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown but Sousa shows good takedown defense.
Sousa has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Johnson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sousa is fending him off so far but Johnson persists. Nope, Sousa circles away and we're back to standing.
Sousa forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
Sousa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sousa sprawls well. Sousa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Sousa shapes to counter with a head kick.
Sousa should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Johnson clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Aaron Johnson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sousa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson shoots for a takedown but Sousa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sousa leaves Johnson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sousa keeps the fight on the outside.
Sousa throws a big counter head kick but Johnson avoids it with no problem.
Sousa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Johnson.
Sousa shapes to counter with a head kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sousa defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Johnson.
Sousa slaps away a takedown attempt from Johnson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sousa feints the counter takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sousa shoots for a takedown but Johnson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Johnson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sousa defends well and Johnson ends up having to push Sousa into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Johnson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sousa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Johnson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sousa defends it nicely.
Sousa goes for a double leg but Johnson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Johnson continues to drive forward.
A low kick from Johnson misses
and Sousa counters with a takedown into side control.
Sousa is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Johnson is trying to control Sousa's posture but Sousa avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sousa is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sousa taking a breather here.
Johnson struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
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.
Sousa trying to control the position but Johnson is working away.
You can see the frustration on Johnson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sousa.
Johnson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Aaron Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sousa's waist but Sousa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnson off to one side.
Sousa shapes to counter with a head kick.
Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sousa, pushing him back against the cage.
Sousa is trying to pull guard but Johnson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Johnson tightens his grip and picks Sousa up, before dumping him to the ground. Sousa manages to land in guard.
Sousa has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Johnson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson is pushing Sousa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Johnson effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Davi Sousa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sousa to keep the fight standing.
Sousa is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Johnson jumps guard and drags Sousa to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sousa trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sousa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sousa trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sousa is standing up over Johnson. Johnson looks to escape but Sousa dives into side control.
Johnson explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Johnson rushes Sousa and presses him up against the cage.
Sousa is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Johnson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sousa gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Davi Sousa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sousa tries for a takedown but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Johnson shoots in and drives through. Sousa sprawls well.
Sousa is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson fails to land the takedown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sousa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Johnson defends it nicely.
Aaron Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Johnson is defended easily by Sousa.
Sousa stuffs the takedown.
Sousa stuffs the takedown.
Sousa looks for a takedown but Johnson sprawls well.
Johnson scores with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson rushes Sousa and presses him up against the cage.
Johnson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Johnson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Johnson jumps into guard, dragging Sousa to the mat.
Johnson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sousa gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Johnson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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