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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wampage Johnson (ranked 1299 p4p, 163 weight class) and Danny Page (ranked 2082 p4p, 248 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Come Over (feat. Stylo G). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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198 lbs
28 - 19 - 1 |
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185 lbs
12 - 20 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class 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
28 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Wampage Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Page!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Page 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.
Page scores with a shot to the body.
Page moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.
Page shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Johnson as he avoids it easily.
Page blocks a leg kick.
Page feints the counter takedown.
A leg kick checked by Page.
Page uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Page lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnson scores with a body shot.
Page tries a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Page misses with an uppercut
and Johnson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses.
Johnson lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Page lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Page scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. Page looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson walks into a left hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Johnson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Page forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
Page is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Johnson pushes Page back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Page effectively controlling the action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Johnson.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Page is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Page tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Page pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Johnson.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Page backwards.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
I was talking to Johnson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Page's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wampage Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Johnson scores with a three punch combo!
Johnson tries to work over Page's front leg with a kick but Page checks it.
Johnson lands with a nice body kick.
A big right from Page misses.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Danny Page seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Johnson cracks Page with a right hand to the side of the head.
Page throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Page misses with a jab to the body
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Page misses with an uppercut.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Page scores with a jab to the body.
Page 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 misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Page steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Page fakes the leg kick and cracks Johnson in the body.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Page forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Page backwards.
Johnson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Page up against the cage.
Page throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Page feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Johnsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Page lands a slapping body shot.
Johnson slips a straight right by Page.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page walks into a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Page's sensitive parts.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Page blocks a head kick by Johnson.
Page looks to clinch
and Johnson counters with a nice body shot.
Johnson misses with a hook. Page ducked under it nicely.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Johnson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Page throws a jab when Johnson was well out of range.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Page.
And Johnson counters with a quick kick to the body but Page blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Page buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Johnson moves out of range as Page strikes.
Page walks into a straight right hand from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wampage Johnson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Page uses good head movement to avoid it.
Page sizes up Johnson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice shot lands for Page.
Page lands an overhand right.
Page throws a good cross that connects.
Page lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Page throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Page misses the jab.
Johnson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Page connects with an inside leg kick.
Johnson tries a low kick but Page avoids it.
Page gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Page keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Page.
Page dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Page fails with a takedown attempt.
Page lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
Johnson connects with a body shot that sends Page's belly button to the back.
Page works the jab nicely.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Page is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Page shoots in but no luck this time.
Johnson is looking to slow Page down with leg kicks.
Johnson throws a push kick but Page slaps the foot to one side.
Page changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Johnson tries to avoid it but Page manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Johnson to the ground. Johnson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wampage Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Page.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page throws a left and a right that both miss
and Johnson counters with a low kick, right behind Page 's knee.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Page 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.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Page jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Johnson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Page looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Page throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Johnson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Page takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Johnson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Page walks into a stiff left hand from Johnson.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson scores with a jab. Page acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Good leg kick by Johnson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Page throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Page throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Page. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Page throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters with an inside leg kick.
Page looks to land a combination. Johnson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Page takes one to the chin there.
Page throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Page shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Page scores with a jab to the jaw.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Page looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Page looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Page connects with a body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Page scores with a nice right hand.
Johnson cracks Page with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Page 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Johnson motions for Page to come forward. Johnson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Page swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Page misses with a looping right.
Page misses with a combination
and Johnson counters with a good, hard body kick but Page shrugs it off.
Page is breathing heavily.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson moves forwards but Page connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Page attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Johnson lands a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Page is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Page tries to land a front kick but Johnson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Wampage Johnson will probably get the nod.
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 misses with a leg kick
and Page counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Page from controlling successfully.
Page is looking to advance position but Johnson has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Johnson controlling from mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Page is working to get back to half guard.
Johnson controlling his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Page is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson controlling from the full mount.
Page tries to hold on but Johnson pushes him away.
Johnson prevents Page from getting the reversal.
Johnson controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Page is looking to get to half guard.
Johnson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Page keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Johnson controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson prevents Page from getting the reversal.
Johnson content just to control the position here.
Wampage Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Page throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Page bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Page preventing the sweep.
Johnson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Page's guard.
Page is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danny Page has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Page looking for subs off his back but Johnson has passed one foot through into half guard.
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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wampage Johnson!
Our winner, Wampage Johnson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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