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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wampage Johnson (ranked 1185 p4p, 159 weight class) and Pertti Silsa (ranked 1317 p4p, 183 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Come Over (feat. Stylo G). Silsa has chosen Candy by Robbie Williams as his entrance music. Pertti Silsa has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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178 cm
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202 lbs
22 - 14 - 0 |
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186 cm
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197 lbs
36 - 21 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wampage Johnson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
36 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Pertti Silsa! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silsa. Silsa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Silsa. Johnson lands a body shot.
Silsa has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. A slow jab from Silsa misses its intended target. Johnson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Silsa. Silsa throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it. Silsa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Nice shot lands for Johnson. Silsa misses the shot to the body. Johnson fires out a quick counter leg kick but Silsa just manages to avoid it. Silsa slips a straight right by Johnson. Silsa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick. Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson throws the kick towards the body but Silsa avoids it. Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Silsa takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Johnson lands a nice hook to Silsa's body. Silsa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round. The fighters circling - Silsa throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Wampage Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Wampage Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Johnson lands a body shot.
Johnson feints and then cracks Silsa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silsa down. Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silsa throws out the jab. The fighters circling - Silsa throws out the jab but it was never going to land. A low kick from Johnson is predictable there and Silsa counters with a straight right hand. Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Silsa's front leg but catches the back leg as Silsa tries to avoid it. Johnson lands with a cross. Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Johnson looks to land a combination. Silsa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. This has been an exciting period of action! Silsa throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily. Johnson throws a head kick that misses. Silsa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Silsa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Silsa settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Johnson throws a leg kick that misses. Silsa steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Johnson. Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick. Silsa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Johnson scores with a jab to the body. Silsa throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Silsa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily. Silsa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Silsa fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson moves forwards but Silsa connects with a nice, crisp jab. Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silsa with a jab. Silsa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Silsa might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Johnson moves out of range of the strikes. Johnson is looking to counter punch. Johnson connects with a body shot that sends Silsa's belly button to the back. Silsa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson slips under a jab from Silsa. Silsa takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Johnson misses with a wild body shot. Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Silsa moves out of range easily. Silsa tries to counter with a clinch but Johnson shakes him off and moves away. Silsa throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely. Johnson lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnson is looking to land body kicks. Johnson cracks Silsa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Silsa misses with a body shot.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silsa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Silsa misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Silsa misses with a looping right. Silsa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Silsa shoots and misses and Johnson counters with a flying knee. Nice. Johnson ducks right into an uppercut from Silsa. Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Johnson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silsa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Silsa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Johnson lands with a good body shot. Silsa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Johnson takes a swing at Silsa's ribcage but misses. Johnson throws a body punch but Silsa moves out of range. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silsa! But no joy. A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Silsa does a little dance to reset his feet. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silsa! But no joy. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Johnson throws a head kick that misses. Johnson cracks Silsa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wampage Johnson dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silsa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silsa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Johnson. Johnson obviously looking to wear him down.
Johnson scores with a jab to the body. Silsa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Johnson with a body punch. A glancing blow. Silsa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Johnson throws a shot to the body.
Silsa throws a leg kick that misses. Johnson misses with a leg kick enabling Silsa to counter with a crisp jab. Johnson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silsa at a distance.
Johnson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Silsa misses with a wild body shot. Johnson avoids the body shot from Silsa.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Silsa might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Johnson has got the better of the exchanges. Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silsa looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range. Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round. Johnson throws a body punch but Silsa moves out of range. Silsa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson tried to counter with a leg kick but Silsa avoided it. A telegraphed right hand from Silsa misses the target. Johnson thinks about countering with a body kick. A big right from Silsa misses. Good leg kick by Johnson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silsa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silsa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Silsa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnson connects with a solid leg kick. Johnson connects with an inside leg kick. Silsa throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson. Silsa misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silsa.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Johnson scores with a jab to the body. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Johnson misses with a jab to the body
and Silsa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Johnson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silsa on the side of the head. Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silsa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Johnson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Johnson throws a combination that misses and Silsa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Silsa misses the jab. A left lands for Johnson. Silsa dives in and grabs Johnson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Johnson pushes down on Silsa's head and hops out. Johnson lands a head kick. Silsa smiles back at him and beckons him forward. Wampage Johnson is winning the standup battle so far. Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silsa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Johnson scores with a three punch combo!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Silsa needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there. Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silsa was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson. Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silsa tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance. Some bone on bone action there as Silsa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Johnson scores with a spinning back kick! Ouch! a nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat.
The fighters circling - Silsa throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silsa cracks Johnson with a good jab. Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Silsa moves out of range easily. Johnson is looking to wear down Silsa with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Johnson throws a wild body kick that Silsa sees coming a mile off. Silsa throws a leg kick and Johnson counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Johnson pushes Silsa away with a front kick. Silsa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Silsa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silsa thinking. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Horrible takedown attempt by Silsa or perhaps it was just good defense by Johnson, which made it look bad. Johnson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Johnson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silsa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Silsa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson. Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silsa misses with a looping right. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. A big left from Silsa misses. Johnson stuns Silsa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Silsa throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Silsa lands a nice hook to Johnson's body. Johnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wampage Johnson dominated that second round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Johnson swings for the body but Silsa moves out of range.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silsa moves away. Silsa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. A slapping leg kick lands for Johnson.
Silsa throws a right hand that misses
and Silsa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Silsa dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Silsa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily. Johnson throws the kick towards the body but Silsa avoids it. Johnson moves out of range of the leg kick from Silsa. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Silsa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. A swing and a miss from Silsa. Silsa throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well. Silsa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Silsa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Silsa.
That's one minute gone in the round. An inside leg kick from Silsa misses. Silsa just misses with a punch to the body.
Silsa throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Silsa throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it. Johnson looks for the body kick but Silsa saw that one coming. Silsa misses with an uppercut
and Silsa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. A decent looking body kick lands there for Johnson. Silsa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silsa.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Johnson takes a swing at Silsa's ribcage but misses. Johnson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silsa was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson. Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Pertti Silsa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Johnson throws a nice inside leg kick. Johnson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Johnson lands with an overhand left. Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Silsa's front leg but catches the back leg as Silsa tries to avoid it. This has been an exciting period of action! Johnson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Johnson sets himself, and Silsa steps forward looking for the clinch! Johnson avoids it this time. Johnson throws a body shot but no joy. Silsa feints a counter leg kick. Johnson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silsa on the side of the head. Johnson misses with a wild body shot. Johnson blocks a jab. A counter left hand to the body from Johnson misses its target. Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silsa.
Silsa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Johnson lands a nice looking body kick. Silsa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silsa pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Wampage Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Silsa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson staying out of range there. Silsa misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silsa is lucky that one didn't land flush. Johnson slips under a jab. It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Silsa misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silsa has time to react. Johnson throws a body shot but no joy. Silsa is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. A decent looking cross lands there for Silsa. Johnson jabs at Silsa's body. Silsa misses with a right hand and Johnson counters with a straight right hand. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Silsa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Silsa throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range. Johnson throwing a counter right hand but Silsa manages to avoid it. Johnson thows a body kick. Silsa tries to catch it but that hurt him. A telegraphed right hand from Silsa misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Silsa takes one to the side of the head.
Silsa swings widly with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a good, hard body kick but Silsa shrugs it off. Silsa takes a shot right to the bread basket. Silsa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Johnson looks for the body kick but Silsa saw that one coming. A nice side step and Silsa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Silsa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Johnson. Silsa avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Silsa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away. Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
It seemed like Silsa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Johnson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Johnson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight! Wampage Johnson showed his dominance in that final round. Well Johnson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27 Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27 Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wampage Johnson! Wampage Johnson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Urban Fighter logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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