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Watch Nelson battle Rick Story in the main event at UFC Fight Night Stockholm.

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Gunnar Nelson vs DaMarques Johnson

by Dr. Octagon, J.D. 

Here's the play by play on this fight, which is tape delayed.

Gunnar Nelson is a badass grapppler from Iceland. Hope he came out to a Bjork song.

Round 1: Gunnar throws a nice head kick. Side kick from Gunnar. Gunnar punches, shoots, and dumps DaMarques Johnson on his ass; he's in the half guard. DaMarques walks up the cage and goes for an omoplata, but the man from the land of ice is not having it. He punches DaMarques, who lets go. 

Gunnar's back on top. Gunnar passes to the full mount. DaMarques tries to buck Gunnar off, but Gunnar takes his back and goes for the rear naked choke. The hold is too high up on Johnson's face. He's just popping DaMarques to loosen him up. Gunnar goes for the choke again and has it underneath the chin perfectly, DaMarques taps.

Gunnar Nelson by submission due to rear naked choke at 3:34 of Round 1.

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Damarques Johnson vs. John Maguire

Maguire is fighting this Saturday at UFC on Fuel TV: Struve vs Miocic. His opponent is John Hathaway.

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Mike Swick vs. ‪DaMarques Johnson It has been 30 months since we last saw Mike “Quick” Swick and his first fight back was against DaMarques “The Darkness” Johnson which was no tune up fight. Swick didn’t show any rust on his striking game early as he came at Johnson with a few crisp blows, but Johnson countered with a takedown and his wrestling skills outmatched Swick’s in the first round.

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Fight Night

Fight Night is an article style discussion where three (sometimes more) MMA fans share their thoughts/opinions with what’s going on in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. This is the first edition and it is solely UFC on FOX Shogun vs Vera. As we continue this series (which is most likely going to be posted every month or so) we will get into other topics, we really just wanted to break this in and see how it felt and went.  If you would be interested in discussing things with us or have ideas on how we could improve (without going podcast right now) let us know!

thegoddamnblogman: Machida was a lot like Spain playing Soccer. It’s not that he wasn’t good or exciting, it’s that he was so safe that it took away from the skill required to do what he did. He did what he always does, and he stayed in his comfort zone 100%. I completely agree with Randy Couture’s comments about the night. Shogun may not have had the one punch knockout but he showed a lot more heart and drive than Machida. fighter-mentality: I think they were just giving him a fight so they could give him a rematch. Somehow I think they just knew he would win, and Bader recently beat Rampage so that would make an excuse to put Machida back in line for another title shot.  Why did Shogun gas in the 2nd round? thegoddamnblogman: I really don’t know why, but if I were to take a guess I would say he underestimated Vera. Or more likely that he focused more on fighting/wrestling than his cardio. He actually went for takedowns which is not something you ever see him do. So my guess would be that he focused on his wrestling more than usual specifically for Vera. That and striking take up a good portion of training. Maybe he just didn’t prioritize his cardio, who knows? But thank God he has a chin. fighter-mentality: I was literally shocked that he gassed so early. Maybe it was because he took Vera lightly and he didn't train as hard as he usually does. fyeahmma:  Lack of cardio training most likely, like blogman said he went for takedowns which you never see Shogun go for a takedown. He could have been underestimating Vera, that is highly possible considering everyone thought the fourth round would be the first. Those knees to the body can take a lot out of you as well. Gased or not, Shogun always puts on a show and I wouldn’t want to fight him. How good did Mike Swick look after  almost 2 1/2 years of inactivity?  fighter-mentality: To me Swick looked really impressive out there. He was right though, getting in a fight will clean the ring rust off. He looked like a new fighter, I think maybe his tours with the Army helped him and he came back a better fighter than the one who lost to Dan Hardy. fyeahmma: He looked rusty in the first round, and he did almost end it in the first round on more than one occasion Every punch he landed hurt Johnson, and he looked in great shape and still holding on to his nickname “Quick”. But no doubt he has another fight or two before he finds his groove again but I think he found some of that in the second round against Johnson. Beautiful takedown followed by a perfect right hand. It’s safe to say Swick looked great considering he was out of action for almost 2 1/2 years. thegoddamnblogman: It honestly reminded me of Anderson Silva’s knockout over James Irvin, when Silva made him pay for trying to kick him. Swick is a bit rusty, but he’s definitely back. How amazing was Lauzon vs Varner?   fyeahmma: I thought it was a hell of a fight, I honestly had it dead even going into the third. I kept wondering why Varner was taking Lauzon down. In the end he paid for it when Lauzon snapped on that triangle. I felt Varner could have ended it a time or two but Lauzon hung in there and applied pressure when Varner gassed managing to rock him a few times. Beautiful triangle honestly, Lauzon showed why you should not underestimate him.   thegoddamnblogman: Lauzon owned the night. He fought smarter, he fought more effectively, he stood his ground and turned up the heat when and where necessary. Very few people have a chance against him the ground. His ability to just snap on a submission attempts is outstanding. That’s not just training, that’s instinct. It’s been etched into his mind and it’s their naturally when he needs it to be. fighter-mentality: I think Lauzon will be in the UFC for awhile, he wins some, he loses some then comes back. He's a good fighter but I really don't see him getting a title shot but he wont be getting cut either. But I thought it was a great fight honestly.

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(w)Mike Swick vs. DaMarques Johnson

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Looked like DaMarques Johnson was focused on going for the triangle when he got his leg caught and ate the finish when his back hit the ground.  Great fight and great to see Swick back in the cage.

I'll be interested to see the post fight interviews on MMAFighting.com, if he remembers what happened, if he says he was going for the triangle.  Look at his right leg right after it gets caught next time you see the highlight.