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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Johnstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrico Vargas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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173 lbs
2 - 8 - 0 |
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179 lbs
6 - 9 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Experienced |
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Dangerous GnP
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ray Johnstone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Enrico Vargas!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vargas misses with a head kick.
Johnstone fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vargas avoids it really well and circles away.
Vargas moves into the clinch successfully.
Vargas misses with a body punch.
Vargas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnstone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnstone shoots and misses
and Vargas counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Johnstone's guard now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Vargas content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vargas lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Johnstone might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Johnstone has momentary wrist control but Vargas slips an elbow through the middle.
Vargas with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Vargas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Johnstone looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Vargas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vargas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnstone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnstone is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Johnstone's head.
Vargas content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Johnstone is trying to keep Vargas in close.
Vargas got a little sloppy there for a moment and Johnstone has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Vargas has managed to get both his arms back between Johnstone's legs - danger averted.
Johnstone is breathing heavily.
Vargas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Vargas got a little sloppy there for a moment and Johnstone has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Vargas has managed to get both his arms back between Johnstone's legs - danger averted.
Johnstone wants to stand but Vargas is controlling the position.
Vargas is in close to Johnstone's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Vargas working some strikes from top position.
Vargas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Vargas is in close to Johnstone's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vargas cracks Johnstone with a solid left hand.
Vargas pushing down on Johnstone's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Vargas drops an elbow to the side of Johnstone's head.
Johnstone is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Vargas scores with a couple of nice shots.
Johnstone is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vargas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Oh Johnstone is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnstone on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Johnstone tries to get out of the position.
Vargas winds up and cracks Johnstone with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Vargas is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Johnstone is hurt! He's hurt bad - Vargas fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Johnstone from any more punishment! Congratulations to Vargas! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Enrico Vargas!
In his post fight interview, Enrico Vargas started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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