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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phol Boxaaja (ranked 785 p4p, 102 weight class) and CJ Johnson (ranked 1747 p4p, 216 weight class). Johnson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Relentless - Slayer kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 lbs
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200 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phol Boxaaja!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, CJ Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a poor cross that misses
and Boxaaja connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Boxaaja throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fighters circling - Boxaaja throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boxaaja slips a straight right by Johnson.
Boxaaja digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs.
We've been hearing reports that Boxaaja has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Boxaaja's head but Boxaaja sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson defending well as Boxaaja loads up on a big left hand.
Boxaaja shoots and misses
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boxaaja shoots and misses
and Johnson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boxaaja.
Johnson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Boxaaja misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boxaaja gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boxaaja is keen to just control but Johnson is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Boxaaja seems to be looking for submissions.
Boxaaja trying to pass the guard but Johnson defending well.
Boxaaja seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Johnson is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Phol Boxaaja!
Phol Boxaaja retains his middleweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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