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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnnie Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rashad Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lao comes into the arena with Drowning Pool - Let The Bodies Hit The Floor blaring out of the sound system. Evans comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ready For Some Aksion kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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209 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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180 cm
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205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnnie Lao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rashad Evans!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lao.
Lao staying out of range there.
Lao feints and as Evans raises his hands in defense, Lao changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Evans pushes Lao off and gets back to his feet.
Lao gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Evans.
Evans throws a jab when Lao was well out of range.
Evans bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Lao! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
It looks like Johnnie Lao has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans stands up and waves to Lao to follow him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Lao.
Lao moves out of range as Evans strikes.
Evans scores with a jab. Lao acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lao misses with a takedown attempt - Evans sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lao is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans slaps away a takedown attempt from Lao, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnnie Lao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lao staying out of range there.
Lao dives in and grabs Evans's left leg, looking for a takedown. Evans pushes down on Lao's head and hops out.
Evans misses with a wild body shot.
Evans looks to land a right hand but Lao moved out of range.
Evans throws out a loose jab but Lao uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lao takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lao slips a straight right by Evans.
Evans cracks Lao with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Lao looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Evans finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lao shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Evans as he avoids it easily.
Evans throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans misses with a straight left.
Lao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Evans.
Lao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Evans throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Evans might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Evans lands a glancing blow to the side of Lao's head.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Lao closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Are you kidding me?! Evans ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Lao clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rashad Evans!
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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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