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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balrog Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Pinksy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights . I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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285 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Balrog Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
49 - 36 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drew Pinksy!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinksy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Johnsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pinksy scores with a kick to the midsection.
Pinksy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Pinksy throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Pinksy.
Johnson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Johnson throws a wild body kick that Pinksy sees coming a mile off.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Pinksy moved out of range nicely.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Pinksy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pinksy digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs.
Pinksy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pinksy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pinksy.
Pinksy throws a front kick that sends Johnson stumbling back into the cage.
Pinksy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pinksy clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pinksy moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.
Pinksy delivers a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinksy throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Johnson's head.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Pinksy is looking to land body kicks.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pinksy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Johnson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pinksy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pinksy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pinksy.
Pinksy throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Pinksy connects with an inside leg kick.
Pinksy misses with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pinksy.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Johnson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pinksy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Johnson at a distance.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Johnson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pinksy lands with a nice body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Pinksy.
A lazy body kick from Pinksy
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Pinksy misses its intended target.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pinksy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Pinksy throws a head kick that misses.
Pinksy throws a big shot that misses.
Pinksy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Pinksy throws a head kick that half lands.
Pinksy lands a nice shot that snaps Johnson's head back.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Pinksy checks it.
Johnson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Pinksy's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Pinksy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No joy there for Pinksy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pinksy is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.
Pinksy is looking to land body kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pinksy misses with an uppercut.
Pinksy fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson is looking to counter punch.
Pinksy missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pinksy with a jab.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Pinksy.
Pinksy just misses with a punch to the body.
Pinksy misses with a body shot.
Pinksy throws out a powerful jab.
Pinksy defending well as Johnson loads up on a big left hand.
A countering left hand to the body from Pinksy misses.
Pinksy moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Johnson is looking to land body kicks.
Pinksy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pinksy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pinksy's efforts to push away.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Pinksy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pinksy tries to circle away but Johnson has him pinned against the cage.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Pinksy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drew Pinksy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pinksy!
Pinksy missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pinksy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johnson on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinksy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pinksy tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pinksy wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drew Pinksy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pinksy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pinksy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Pinksy scores with a head kick. Johnson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pinksy.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Johnson connects with a jab.
Pinksy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jab, jab by Pinksy - just one landing.
Pinksy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Pinksy looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Pinksy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pinksy blocks the body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinksy cracks Johnson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Johnson misses with a hook. Pinksy ducked under it nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Pinksy.
A shot to the liver by Johnson. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pinksy.
Johnson checks a low kick from Pinksy.
As Pinksy backs away, Johnson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pinksy - that will leave a mark!
Pinksy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Pinksy just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pinksy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pinksy circles away and keeps his distance.
Pinksy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johnson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Good shot there by Pinksy.
Pinksy scores with a shot to the body.
Pinksy lands a front kick.
Johnson moves out of range as Pinksy throws a body kick.
Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Pinksy misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pinksy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pinksy. That's going to slow Johnson down.
Pinksy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pinksy misses with the combination.
Pinksy is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A telegraphed right hand from Pinksy misses the target.
Pinksy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnson throws a hook but Pinksy blocks it.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pinksy throws a body shot but no joy.
Pinksy works over Johnson's head and body with a nice combination.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pinksy tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pinksy or not.
Pinksy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Johnson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pinksy throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson keeps control of Pinksy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Pinksy's head.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pinksy up against the cage.
Pinksy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pinksy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Drew Pinksy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pinksy throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson takes a swing at Pinksy's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
Pinksy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson dodges an elbow strike from Pinksy.
Pinksy being controlled against the cage.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinksy can't break the clinch.
Johnson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pinksy up against the cage.
Pinksy blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Pinksy is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Pinksy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drew Pinksy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
Pinksy walks forward, straight into a front kick from Johnson.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnson.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Pinksy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pinksy.
Johnson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pinksy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pinksy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pinksy moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson tries to score with a low kick but Pinksy moves his leg out of the way.
Good leg kick by Johnson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinksy connects with a crisp jab.
Pinksy cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Johnson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pinksy moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Pinksy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Johnson. That one must have hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Pinksy's front leg but catches the back leg as Pinksy tries to avoid it.
Johnson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pinksy is able to avoid easily.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Pinksy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Johnson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pinksy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pinksy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pinksy throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pinksy.
Pinksy swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson walks into a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pinksy.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Pinksy.
Pinksy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pinksy throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Pinksy checks a leg kick.
Pinksy cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A counter left hand to the body from Johnson misses its target.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pinksy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pinksy. Pinksy obviously looking to wear him down.
Johnson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pinksy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pinksy lands a nice looking body shot.
Pinksy misses with a low kick as Johnson jumps back.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pinksy finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnson throws a hook but Pinksy avoids it easily.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pinksy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Johnson stuns Pinksy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy just misses with a punch to the body.
Pinksy looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Pinksy.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Pinksy.
Pinksy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pinksy looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Pinksy throws a body kick that misses.
Johnson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Johnson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pinksy's calf.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pinksy.
Pinksy misses with a body shot.
Drew Pinksy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Johnson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pinksy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pinksy throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pinksy.
Johnson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Pinksy.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pinksy scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnson should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pinksy misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big left from Pinksy misses.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Pinksy checks it.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pinksy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson thumps Pinksy with a low kick.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pinksy.
Pinksy throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
As Pinksy backs away, Johnson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Balrog Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pinksy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Drew Pinksy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pinksy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drew Pinksy!
During a confident post fight interview, Drew Pinksy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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