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It is onerous to seek out 90 seconds of combating extra eventful than what went down between Tim Johnson and Danilo Marques at Thursday’s PFL card.
And it began with low blow that was downright mesmerizing.
Two minutes into the primary spherical, Johnson linked on a tough left hook that left Marques reeling and open for a end. Sadly, at the very same second Johnson’s first made contact, Marques landed a proper kick into Johnson’s groin.
Each fighters went down concurrently, with Marques getting up first. Marques briefly started celebrating, earlier than realizing Johnson was about to get on a regular basis he wanted to recuperate.
Johnson ultimately did recuperate and stayed within the struggle. The subsequent minutes or so went very badly for Marques, whom Johnson leveled into the fence with a proper, then went to work as his opponent tried to get back to his feet.
The pair ultimately reached the bottom, the place Johnson received Marques right into a seatbelt maintain and ended it with repeated punches to the pinnacle.
As Johnson explained after the fight, he had no concept that he may have completed the struggle even earlier had it not been for the groin strike:
“I had no concept that I had even landed … That damage. That was undoubtedly the worst groin strike I’ve ever had. I did not know, I simply head everybody booing. I used to be like ‘I am sorry guys, I received kicked within the groin, I am attempting.’ However then I discovered they have been booing at Danilo, so no matter.”
The entire thing was fairly a PFL debut for Johnson, who stated he was hauling livestock in a truck 14 days earlier than the struggle. The 39-year-old heavyweight is each a UFC and Bellator veteran, holding a profession 18-9 file.
Nonetheless he received there, it was additionally a very good begin for Johnson within the PFL standings, as he took away a most six factors from the struggle due to his first-round end.
