Post by The Sandmen on Jan 21, 2021 19:06:40 GMT -5
ManMMA Middleweight Championship
Anthony Johnson is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
Shogun Rua glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Now Anthony Johnson put his title in contention against Shogun.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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Anthony Johnson and Shogun Rua touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Rumble moves forward looking for some action
He surprises Shogun with a double overhooks!
Anthony Johnson launches a body shot
Shogun dodges and catches him with a hard cross.
Rumble has a small cut in his Right eye
Winner is Shogun Rua by TKO (Stoppage - Small cut Right eye) at 0:41 Round 1
Statistics: Anthony Johnson
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Shogun Rua
Punches 1/1 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Shogun Rua wins the Middleweight title!
INCREDIBLY shitty flash-stoppage. Quite possibly the worst title fight play-out in ManMMA history, given the gravitas and context of this whole thing. Like....Jesus, ref.
Upon re-reading the end, the cut appears to be on Rumble's actual eyeball, so this is probably a really, really legit stoppage. We don't need gooey eye-insides all over the cage. We have more fights coming tonight!!!
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!