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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frank Dahmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dahmer comes to the cage accompanied by Boris Gardiner - This Old House. Johnson has chosen The Clash - This Is England as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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135 lbs
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135 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Dahmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson gets a double leg takedown into Dahmer's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dahmer trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Johnson trying to control but Dahmer is working from the bottom.
Dahmer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dahmer tries to get out of the position.
Dahmer is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dahmer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson trying to control but Dahmer is working from the bottom.
Johnson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Dahmer escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Johnson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dahmer is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahmer keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dahmer striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Dahmer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dahmer looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dahmer working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Johnson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Johnson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Dahmer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Johnson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Dahmer keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Johnson lands with a hook. Dahmer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Dahmer saw that one coming.
Dahmer avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Dahmer moved out of range.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Dahmer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Johnson has eaten all the pies!
Dahmer closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Johnson to the mat! Johnson manages to get full guard.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Dahmer postures up and lands a big shot to Johnson's brow.
Dahmer is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Johnson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Dahmer works over Johnson with some ground and pound from guard.
Dahmer scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Johnson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dahmer defends well.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Johnson looks winded!
Dahmer is working Johnson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Dahmer isn't so interested in that idea.
Dahmer working some strikes from top position.
Dahmer is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dahmer chips away with some ground and pound.
Dahmer trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Dahmer postures up and lands a big shot to Johnson's brow.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Dahmer from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dahmer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Dahmer dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dahmer shoots in and gets a takedown into Johnson's guard.
Johnson controls Dahmer momentarily but Dahmer frees himself.
Dahmer landing with the ground and pound.
Dahmer lands a couple of digs.
Frank Dahmer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dahmer's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Johnson wants to stand up but Dahmer is controlling him.
Dahmer drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Johnson dives on top into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Johnson is continuing to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahmer controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
Johnson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Dahmer is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson wants to stand but Dahmer is controlling his posture from full guard.
Dahmer has his foot on Johnson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Johnson works his way back into a safe position though.
Dahmer keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Johnson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Johnson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dahmer is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Johnson tests Dahmer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dahmer fails with the takedown.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dahmer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dahmer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Johnson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dahmer to the mat! Dahmer manages to get full guard.
Johnson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Dahmer keeps moving.
Johnson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dahmer haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Johnson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Johnson working some strikes from top position.
Johnson trying to control but Dahmer is working from the bottom.
Johnson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dahmer tries to strike from the bottom.
Johnson drops back looking for a leg! Dahmer is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dahmer manages to kick Johnson off! Johnson jumps back into Dahmer's guard.
Dahmer keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dahmer looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dahmer keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Johnson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dahmer is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A jab from Johnson does it's job there.
Johnson lands a head shot.
Johnson gets a double leg takedown into Dahmer's guard.
Dahmer has his foot on Johnson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Johnson works his way back into a safe position though.
Dahmer will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dahmer has his foot on Johnson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Johnson works his way back into a safe position though.
Dahmer keeping moving, preventing Johnson from controlling successfully.
Johnson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
The crowd cheers as Johnson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dahmer doesn't seem phased though.
Dahmer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dahmer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dahmer with a nice head shot there.
Dahmer landing with the ground and pound.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dahmer is controlling him.
Johnson tries to strike from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson wants to sweep but no luck.
Dahmer working some strikes from top position.
Dahmer throwing strikes but missing.
Dahmer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Johnson working for a triangle but Dahmer defends it easily.
Dahmer thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Johnson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Dahmer scoring with some ground and pound.
Dahmer distracts Johnson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnson tries to strike from the bottom.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dahmer lands a couple of elbows.
Johnson working for a triangle but Dahmer defends it easily.
Dahmer wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Johnson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dahmer shoots in looking for a takedown but Johnson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dahmer's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
Johnson lands a jab.
Good shot there by Johnson.
Dahmer tries for a takedown but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Dahmer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson scores with a punch to the head.
Johnson manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Dahmer on his heels. He'll look to pass Dahmer's guard now, I'm sure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Dahmer keeps moving.
Dahmer wants to sweep here but Johnson controlling him for the moment.
Johnson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dahmer is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Johnson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Dahmer throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Dahmer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dahmer shoots in looking for a takedown. Johnson tries to sprawl out of it but Dahmer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Johnson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Johnson connects with a crisp jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Johnson!
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energy
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