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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between DeShawn Johnson (ranked 565 p4p, 85 weight class) and Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 676 p4p, 95 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Eazy e- real mother fuckin gs. Luzhin has chosen The time has come... as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, DeShawn Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 16 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nikolai Luzhin!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luzhin scores with a hook to the body. Johnson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Luzhin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Luzhin misses with a body kick.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Luzhin throws a lazy body kick
and Luzhin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jab, jab by Luzhin - just one landing.
Luzhin lands a right hook to the body.
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson misses with a hook to the body
enabling Luzhin to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Luzhin misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luzhin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson misses with a hook to the body
and Luzhin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and Luzhin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luzhin connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Johnson walks into a jab.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luzhin.
Johnson throws a hook but Luzhin avoids it easily.
Luzhin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Johnson lands a big head kick that sends Luzhin tumbling to the mat! Johnson takes a step backwards and waves Luzhin back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Nikolai Luzhin has been cut.
Luzhin lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luzhin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Luzhin.
Luzhin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luzhin moves away.
Luzhin throws a front kick that sends Johnson stumbling back into the cage.
Luzhin misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Luzhin forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
Luzhin struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Luzhin landing knees to the body.
Luzhin misses with a body punch.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Luzhin.
Luzhin tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Luzhin back against the cage.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Luzhin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luzhin misses with a body punch.
Luzhin struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Luzhin trying to land knees to the body.
Luzhin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luzhin missing with knees to the body.
Johnson is pushing Luzhin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Luzhin misses with a body punch.
Luzhin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Luzhin.
Johnson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Luzhin or not.
Luzhin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Luzhin.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin lands a left hand.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Luzhin slips the punch.
Luzhin looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luzhin moves away.
Johnson takes a swing at Luzhin's ribcage but misses.
Johnson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Luzhin fails in his attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Luzhin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson is looking to land body kicks.
Luzhin throws a solid leg kick but Johnson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Luzhin.
Luzhin avoids the head kick by Johnson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luzhin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nikolai Luzhin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nikolai Luzhin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Johnson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Luzhin - the referee stops the clock and Johnson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Luzhin. Johnson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Luzhin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Luzhin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Luzhin avoids a kick to the body.
Luzhin is trying to counter with his kicks.
Luzhin clinches.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like DeShawn Johnson has been cut.
Luzhin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Luzhin struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Luzhin landing knees to the body.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Johnson avoiding damage as Luzhin throws knees to the body.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Luzhin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luzhin tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson gets through Luzhin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
Luzhin being controlled against the cage.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Luzhin's ribcage. Luzhin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Luzhin avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson is leaning against Luzhin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Luzhin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Luzhin.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Luzhin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson gets through Luzhin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luzhin can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Luzhin tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Luzhin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson wants to stall.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Luzhin misses with a body punch.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luzhin.
Luzhin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luzhin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luzhin tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Luzhin prevents a body shot from Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson taking a breather.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luzhin tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Luzhin backwards.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Johnson tries a body shot but Luzhin blocks it.
Johnson avoiding damage as Luzhin throws knees to the body.
Luzhin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Luzhin is breathing heavily.
Johnson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Luzhin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Johnson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Johnson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Luzhin up against the cage.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Luzhin avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Luzhin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Luzhin misses with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Johnson.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson takes a swing at Luzhin's ribcage but misses.
Despite the aggression on Luzhin's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Johnson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Luzhin. That one must have hurt.
A solid body kick from Johnson.
Jab from Johnson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luzhin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luzhin. Luzhin obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nikolai Luzhin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Johnson throws a low kick but Luzhin moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Luzhin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Luzhin misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Nice uppercut there from Johnson.
Luzhin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Luzhin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Luzhin there.
Luzhin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luzhin was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Luzhin avoids the body shot from Johnson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes a swing at Luzhin's ribcage but misses.
Luzhin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Luzhin misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Luzhin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Luzhin flicks out a counter leg kick but Johnson steps away.
Johnson cracks Luzhin with a good jab.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Luzhin misses with a body punch
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Luzhin misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Luzhin.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Luzhin moves away and avoids it.
Johnson takes a swing at Luzhin's ribcage but misses.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
DeShawn Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a slapping body shot.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Luzhin thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Luzhin lands with an overhand left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It seemed like Luzhin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Luzhin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
Luzhin throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
Luzhin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Johnson lands a jab to the head.
Luzhin is rocked!
Luzhin throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Johnson at a distance.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Luzhin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Luzhin throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luzhin tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Good leg kick by Luzhin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Luzhin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nikolai Luzhin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Luzhin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Luzhin looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Luzhin's shoulder, as Luzhin tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson throws the left hand but Luzhin avoids the punch easily.
Johnson throws the left hand but Luzhin avoids the punch easily.
Luzhin counters with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
and Luzhin counters with a nice body kick.
Johnson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Luzhin.
Luzhin jabs at Johnson's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Luzhin misses with a series of wild punches.
Luzhin connects with a body shot that sends Johnson's belly button to the back.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luzhin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson throws a hook but Luzhin avoids it easily.
Luzhin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Johnson with a body shot.
Luzhin avoids a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to DeShawn Johnson.
I think Luzhin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DeShawn Johnson!
DeShawn Johnson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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