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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arne De Rick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen Dethklok - The Gears as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arne De Rick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Todd Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Johnson.
De Rick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Rick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De Rick scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnson should have avoided that one.
It looks like Todd Johnson has been cut.
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Arne De Rick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Todd Johnson.
Johnson tries for a takedown but De Rick sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Johnson looks gassed!
De Rick scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Rick is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.
De Rick goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Rick lands a slapping body shot.
De Rick lands a jab-cross combination.
De Rick gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Rick manages to break the clinch.
De Rick cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
De Rick scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That has opened up Todd Johnson's cut even more.
De Rick looks to land a combination. Johnson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
De Rick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rick throws a one two combo.
Johnson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
De Rick closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson pulls De Rick into guard.
Johnson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but De Rick can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Johnson working for a triangle but De Rick defends it easily.
De Rick stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Rick trying to stand up but can't free himself from Johnson's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson working for submissions but it's allowed De Rick to get to half guard.
De Rick lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Johnson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Johnson wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Johnson wants to get back to full guard but De Rick has mounted him!
De Rick takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
De Rick prevents Johnson from getting the reversal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Rick trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Johnson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arne De Rick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Todd Johnson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
De Rick throws a series of strikes that have Johnson backpedaling.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says De Rick as he avoids it easily.
De Rick darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
De Rick is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Still in half guard, De Rick seems content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Johnson is looking to escape.
Johnson is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but De Rick pulls his head out easily.
Johnson is refusing to be controlled, as De Rick sits in half guard.
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.
De Rick seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Johnson tries for a takedown but De Rick circles away easily
and De Rick makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Johnson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Arne De Rick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Todd Johnson.
De Rick drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Johnson throws De Rick to one side and escapes!
De Rick cracks Johnson with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson with a poor takedown
and De Rick counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
De Rick throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Rick throws a body kick that misses.
De Rick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson tries for a takedown but De Rick sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
De Rick misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
De Rick looks to land a combination. Johnson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Johnson is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, De Rick has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson seems to be looking for submissions.
Johnson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Johnson is working for an americana but De Rick has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Johnson was thinking about the submission.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arne De Rick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Todd Johnson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A right-left combo lands from De Rick.
Johnson fails with the takedown
and De Rick counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Rick.
Nice body punch from De Rick.
De Rick scores with a jab to the body.
De Rick cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
De Rick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Rick throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Johnson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around De Rick's waist but De Rick gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnson off to one side.
Arne De Rick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Todd Johnson.
De Rick lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson tries for a takedown but De Rick circles away easily
and De Rick counters with a right hand to the body.
Johnson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rick tries to clinch up.
Johnson shoots and misses
and De Rick counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Johnson has a takedown stuffed.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from De Rick.
Johnson misses with a takedown
and De Rick counters with a series of strikes. Johnson will be more careful next time no doubt.
The cut above Todd Johnson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
De Rick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
De Rick works over Johnson's head and body with a nice combination.
De Rick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Johnson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Johnson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
De Rick wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Rick is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Johnson off and has taken his back!
Johnson is covering up but some of the strikes from De Rick are getting through and doing damage.
De Rick keeps control of the position as Johnson tries to break free.
Todd Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Johnson looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Johnson tries to escape the position.
De Rick is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Johnson defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
De Rick is looking to control Johnson but Johnson is wriggling around and keeping busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arne De Rick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for De Rick, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arne De Rick!
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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
RATING
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