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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Johnson (ranked 4853 p4p, 24675 weight class) and Steph Curry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steph Curry!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curry decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Curry is looking to stall here but Johnson recovers full guard.
Johnson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnson is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Curry doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Curry manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Johnson is on top in guard.
Johnson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Curry keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry is trying to hold Johnson in close to prevent damage but Johnson has managed to pass into half guard.
Johnson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Curry is trying to control but can't.
We've been hearing good reports from Johnson's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Johnson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Johnson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Johnson looking to control but Curry is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Johnson tries to control but Curry wriggling away.
Curry wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Johnson.
Johnson is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Curry has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Curry!
Johnson wants to control but Curry passes easily into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeping control of the position.
Johnson trying to hold on to Curry's head to control him but Curry postures up.
Johnson moves into full guard.
Curry wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnson trying to control the position.
Curry really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johnson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Johnson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Johnson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Curry.
Johnson looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Curry is defending well. Johnson quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Curry has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Johnson celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Johnson!
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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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