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The second fight of the night at UFC on Fox 2 airing on Fuel TV is Michael Johnson vs. Shane Roller. This is a lightweight fight, meaning 155 pounds. The referee in charge of the action is Herb Dean.
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ROUND 1 - Johnson opens southpaw and lands a jab. Roller is orthodox and has a low stance. Roller shoots onto Johnson's hips and is stuffed, now Johnson separates. Nice one-two combos from Johnson and he stuffs another Roller takedown attempt. Another failed trip attempt from Roller as the two clinch along the fence. Nice left hand from Johnson, but Roller throws a right and the two luck up on another Roller takedown attempt. Johnson lands punches and an outside leg kick. Johnson partially lands a jumping knee to end the round.
MMA Nation scores this round 10-9 Johnson.
ROUND 2 - The two start the round clinching along the fence. Roller is still unsuccessful in all takedown attempts. Roller shoots for another takedown and tries to secure a guillotine, but Johnson moves out of it. Roller attempts a trip, but ends up on bottom. Roller hunting a sit-up guillotine, but uses it to stand to his feet. Roller lands a bomb of a right hand and tries for the takedown again. Nothing doing, but they're still clinching. Johnson fires another knee up the middle as the clinch, plus a hard left hand. Roller tries several takedowns, all of them stuffed.
MMA Nation scores this round 10-9 Johnson.
ROUND 3 - Johnson dances on the outside and lands several hard outside leg kicks. Roller dives for a single and gets one hook in and Johnson goes forward into the mat. Roller is banging on Johnson and referee Herb Dean gives Roller a warning for punching Johnson in the back of the head. Roller has a body triangle and rolls to his own back. Johnson is looking for 2-on-1 to reverse in the body lock and gets it as Roller lets it go. The fighters stand and Roller eats a groin kick with roughly 20 seconds left in the fight. Dean temporarily stops the fight. Both fighters land big punches to end the round.
MMA Nation scores this round 10-9 Roller and the fight 29-28 Johnson.
Official results: Michael Johnson defeats Shane Roller by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
UFC on FOX 2 results:
Michael Johnson defeats Shane Roller by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Lavar Johnson defeats Joey Beltran by KO (strikes, referee stoppage) at 4:24 of round 1.
Chris Camozzi defeats Dustin Jacoby by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:08 of round 3.
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