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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Takanori Gomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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180 cm
24
178 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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189 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Takanori Gomi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anthony Johnson! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Left hook, right uppercut from Johnson. Gomi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson. Gomi misses with a looping left. Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gomi counters with a stiff right hand. Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Gomi lands with a right hand. Gomi misses the jab. Johnson misses with a double jab.
Gomi throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely. Gomi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gomi.
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It looks like Anthony Johnson has been cut. Gomi throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease. Johnson throws a combination that misses and Gomi counters with a nice uppercut. Johnson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gomi eats them both and turns towards Johnson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
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Johnson is rocked! 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! A slow jab from Gomi misses its intended target. Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Gomi finish him? Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gomi counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Johnson seems to have recovered his senses. Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gomi counters with a stiff right hand. Johnson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Gomi throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. A jab from Gomi misses. Gomi feints a jab promting Johnson to slip. Gomi then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Johnson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut. Johnson misses with a combination
and Gomi counters with a nice body shot.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Gomi.
Johnson throws a combination that misses and Gomi counters with a lovely straight right hand! Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gomi circles away quickly and effectively. Johnson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gomi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Johnson misses with a combination
and Gomi counters with a right hand to the body. Johnson looks gassed! Johnson blocks a jab. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Gomi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Gomi cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Gomi misses with a few strikes there.
Gomi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson misses with a double jab
and Gomi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Anthony Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Gomi throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease. Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Gomi to counter with a crisp jab. A jab from Gomi finds it's way through Johnson's defenses. Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gomi misses with an uppercut. Johnson throws a combination that misses and Gomi counters with a nice body shot. Gomi cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss. Gomi misses with a wild combination.
Gomi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Gomi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Johnson under the eye. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Johnson misses with a combination
and Gomi counters with a stiff right hand. Gomi misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Gomi digs a good hook to Johnson's body.
Gomi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johnson on the side of the head. Johnson misses with a combination
and Gomi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Johnson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Gomi lands a head shot. Danga de danga de dang - Gomi scores with a four punch combination! Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket. Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gomi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Johnson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gomi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Gomi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Johnson finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the ropes, ducking and weaving under Gomi's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Johnson falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takanori Gomi!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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