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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ben Johnson (ranked 4766 p4p, 223 weight class) and Jan Jedrzejczyk (ranked 2143 p4p, 106 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Johnson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Clash - This Is England. Jan Jedrzejczyk struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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136 lbs
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149 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ben Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jan Jedrzejczyk!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jedrzejczyk.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Jedrzejczyk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jedrzejczyk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jedrzejczyk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Jedrzejczyk counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Jedrzejczyk throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As Johnson backs off Jedrzejczyk throws a huge counter combo but Johnson manages to avoid it all.
Johnson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jedrzejczyk lands a right hook to the body.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jedrzejczyk connects with a body shot.
Johnson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Jedrzejczyk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jedrzejczyk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Johnson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Johnson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jedrzejczyk pinned against the cage. Jedrzejczyk gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jedrzejczyk thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Jedrzejczyk throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Jedrzejczyk throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Johnson misses with a combination
enabling Jedrzejczyk to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands an overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Johnson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jedrzejczyk moves out of range of the strikes.
Jedrzejczyk throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Jedrzejczyk lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Jedrzejczyk counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson is rocked!
Jedrzejczyk throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson shoots in and gets a takedown into Jedrzejczyk's guard.
Johnson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Jedrzejczyk won't let him.
Johnson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jedrzejczyk holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Jedrzejczyk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson wants to stand but Jedrzejczyk has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Johnson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Johnson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jedrzejczyk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Jedrzejczyk throws a shot to the body.
Johnson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jedrzejczyk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson darts in looking for a takedown but Jedrzejczyk gets double underhooks and turns Johnson into the cage.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jedrzejczyk looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jedrzejczyk dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Ben Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jedrzejczyk ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
and Jedrzejczyk counters with a head kick that drops Johnson to the mat! Johnson scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jedrzejczyk pounces like a tiger and cracks Johnson with a vicious hook! Johnson is down but not out! Jedrzejczyk follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jan Jedrzejczyk!
Jan Jedrzejczyk made sure to mention his sponsor, Freebok (85% Laundry) in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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