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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clint River (ranked 596 p4p, 639 weight class) and Haruki Johnson (ranked 83 p4p, 90 weight class). Johnson has chosen Shooting Stars ft. Toro y moi (Flume Cover) as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint River !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Haruki Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick lands for Johnson.
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Haruki Johnson has been cut.
River ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
River just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson feints a counter leg kick.
River misses with a hook.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from River .
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johnson defending well as River loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by River .
River slips under a jab.
River checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That kick from Johnson tenderised River 's leg. River is trying to keep his angry face on.
River scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
River looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
River pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Clint River seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
River throws a leg kick
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
River avoids a punch combination nicely.
River was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River instigates a clinch.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as River controls his hands.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from River .
River misses with the head strike.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of River s head.
River misses with some punches.
Johnson misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
River scores with an uppercut up the middle.
River lands with a light punch inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, River just misses with a elbow thrown towards Johnson's brow.
Johnson lands a left hand.
River presses Johnson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
River blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson is leaning against River and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
River tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing River back against the cage.
River doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
River misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johnson.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
River blocks an uppercut.
Johnson working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by River .
River tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from River .
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by River .
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. River seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Johnson can turn it around.
Nice body punch from River .
River makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by River .
River lands a left hand.
That has opened up Haruki Johnson's cut even more.
A head punch blocked on the inside by River .
Good body shot from River .
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
River pushes off an throws an elbow but Johnson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by River .
River blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
River lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Johnson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
River lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Johnson looks winded!
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
The referee calls for River to work.
River lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
River can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
River lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
River lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
The cut above Haruki Johnson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
River misses with a punch to the body.
River lands with a short punch from the clinch.
River lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from River .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
River blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
River stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
River lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Haruki Johnson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
River doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by River .
Johnson misses with a body punch.
River scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
River tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by River .
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Haruki Johnson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Clint River !
An out of breath Clint River thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Haruki Johnson was interviewed post fight and said 'Yeah but my nan says I'm really good at this.'.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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