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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zach Striker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damon Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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189 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zach Striker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damon Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Striker is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Striker sprawls well. Striker wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Striker throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Striker bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johnson's guard.
Striker has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Striker isn't so interested in that idea.
Johnson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Striker trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Striker stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
Striker wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looking for a sweep. Not yet Johnson, not yet.
Johnson keeping full guard, as Striker tries to pass.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Striker lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Striker lands a nice knee to the body.
Striker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Striker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Striker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Striker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson closes the distance but Striker moves to the side
and Striker counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Striker lands a big head kick that sends Johnson to the canvas! Striker follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zach Striker!
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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
62% |
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