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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson put on a clinic against challenger Ali Bagautinov at UFC 174, scoring 133 significant strikes to only 36 from the Russian.
It was a fight fought mostly in the clinch, as Bagautinov tried to slow Johnson's movement down, only to get hit with knee after knee after knee while there. Johnson utilized the Muay Thai clinch throughout the fight, landing knees to the head and body at a high rate, and continuing to damage the challenger.
Bagautinov was a tough competitor, though, and made it through all 25 minutes despite not winning any portion of the bout. When the fight wasn't in a clinch battle, Johnson's movement was predictably the difference as well, as he scored strikes from all angles while avoiding much from Bagautinov.
It amounted to yet another convincing win for the only Flyweight Champ in the UFC's history, and though it wasn't his most destructive or exciting win, it was as one-sided as any other fight that he's had to date.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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