Post by The Sandmen on Sept 11, 2015 8:57:34 GMT -5
ManMMA SuperFight Championship
Anthony Johnson looks very relaxed.
Andrei Arlovski doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Rumble wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Anthony Johnson is absolutely terrifying with his power in the clinch, and is violently punishing Arlovski with uppercuts!
Arlovski is taking more than he can endure. This could end soon if Arlovski is unable to escape!
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Rumble pushes off of Andrei Arlovski and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Arlovski stumbles backwards but Anthony Johnson chases him and continues the rain of blows!
Arlovski's Right eye is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Andrei Arlovski's Right eye
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Andrei Arlovski tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Rumble is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Arlovski doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Anthony Johnson embrace and tries to move away...
Anthony Johnson pushes Arlovski forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Rumble tries to take Andrei Arlovski down... Arlovski stumbles backwards and Anthony Johnson launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Arlovski's jaw!
The fighters are clinching.
Anthony Johnson fakes a punch to Andrei Arlovski ribs and the tries to trip him
Andrei Arlovski loses balance and goes to the ground
Anthony Johnson is in closed guard over Arlovski
Rumble is in closed guard... Arlovski tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Anthony Johnson!
Andrei Arlovski is in full mount over Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson launches a few punches to Arlovski's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Arlovski tries to cover his face,
Andrei Arlovski is in full mount over Anthony Johnson
Rumble is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
He pushes Arlovski's knee away and tries to roll! Nice move to get half guard!
Anthony Johnson is in half guard over Arlovski
Deep breaths from Andrei Arlovski who tries a hammer punch to Rumble's ribs.
Rumble blocks those punches
Anthony Johnson is in half guard over Arlovski
Arlovski measures the resilience of Rumble's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Rumble blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Rumble tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Anthony Johnson tries to pass Andrei Arlovski's guard...
Anthony Johnson manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Anthony Johnson is in side mount over Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski attempts to trap Anthony Johnson in his guard.
Andrei Arlovski manages to switch to full guard.
Anthony Johnson is in closed guard over Arlovski
Arlovski is moving on the ground...
Rumble tries to counter Arlovski's moves on the ground.
Anthony Johnson is in closed guard over Arlovski
2:31 Round 1 and Rumble is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Anthony Johnson tries to pass Andrei Arlovski's guard...
Anthony Johnson manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Anthony Johnson is in half guard over Arlovski
Arlovski tries to move on the ground and shows Anthony Johnson a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Arlovski's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Anthony Johnson is in half guard over Arlovski
Arlovski tries to move on the ground and shows Anthony Johnson a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Arlovski's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Arlovski's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Anthony Johnson is in half guard over Arlovski
Rumble launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Andrei Arlovski is not able to stop Arlovski ground skills and Anthony Johnson moves to side mount!
Anthony Johnson is in side mount over Andrei Arlovski
Anthony Johnson looks to mount Andrei Arlovski...
Anthony Johnson slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Anthony Johnson is in full mount over Andrei Arlovski
Rumble gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Andrei Arlovski! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Andrei Arlovski doesn't defend himself!
The ref pulls off Anthony Johnson! Arlovski seems confused and a bit dazed as the bell sounds the bout over.
Arlovski has a small cut in his Nose
Winner is Anthony Johnson by TKO (GnP) at 3:29 Round 1
Statistics: Anthony Johnson
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 8/12 (67%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 9/10 (90%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 128 s
Statistics: Andrei Arlovski
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/3 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 128 s
Anthony Johnson defends the SuperFight Championship!
What the hell is RUmble doing going for takedowns? Stop that. But it worked I guess. Arlovski was unabvle to get pretty much anything done. I think he was expecting a stand-up brawl, so I guess the strategy was smart from Rumble's end.