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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Johnston (ranked 2552 p4p, 316 weight class) and Joe Davis (ranked 2547 p4p, 315 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
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195 cm
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wayne Johnston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Davis!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis's corner calls for a 1-2. Davis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Johnston uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davis.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnston manages to avoid it.
Johnston clinches with his opponent.
Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnston wants to clinch but Davis slips to the side
and Davis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Johnston moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnston pulls guard effortlessly.
Johnston tries to strike from the bottom.
Johnston wants to sweep but no luck.
Johnston on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Johnston tries to get out of the position.
Johnston is working hard here to advance position.
Johnston is trying to control the position but Davis postures up.
Johnston definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnston is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Davis's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Johnston is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Johnston is on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis keeping full guard, as Johnston tries to pass.
Davis looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Johnston has picked Davis up and slammed him! Davis can't keep hold of the triangle and Johnston manages to pass to side control!
Sloppy strikes there by Johnston.
Davis sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Johnston passes to full mount!
Davis tries to hold on but Johnston pushes him away.
Johnston cracks Davis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Johnston scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Davis?
Johnston throwing strikes here but Davis is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Johnston is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Johnston with good strikes from the mount here!
Johnston landing strikes from the mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Johnston there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
BOOM! Johnston connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Davis is rocked!
Johnston putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Davis is still in real trouble! Can Johnston finish him?
A big strike lands for Johnston! That's really hurt Davis and he's turned his back - Johnston keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Johnston jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayne Johnston!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
58% |
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