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00:00Good evening, Shredda. Good evening, Shredda.
00:03Ladies, you both know the rules.
00:05Obey my commands and protect yourself at all times.
00:07Touch close now. Come on fighting at the bell.
00:20A short camp for Shredda Johnson taking this fight on
00:23relatively short notice considering the magnitude of it.
00:26Shredda Metcalf, well, she's been waiting her whole life.
00:29There has never been an undisputed bantamweight champion of the world.
00:43There is about to be.
00:49One thing about Shredda Johnson, she stays in shape.
00:52She stays in the gym. She stays training.
00:54So, you know, she's going to come to fight and come to win.
00:57And the end of the yoga, pilates, meditation.
01:08Born in New Zealand, raised in Australia.
01:12It's going to be tough for Metcalf because she has to stay on her toes
01:16and use her feet to circle around Johnson.
01:19But let's see if she's able to do that for ten rounds.
01:22She used to being the taller fighter.
01:24You heard the nickname chicken, which she got because of her legs.
01:27She was always told she had chicken legs.
01:29But what has made her is one of, she's extremely tall for 118.
01:37Shredda Nix has been the bully here in the first minute.
01:44So much so, she's getting that warning.
01:46She's got to continue to use that jab just like that.
01:58She has the height advantage and the reach advantage.
02:00You don't want to stay on the inside against Johnson.
02:03She's a big one, she's trying to lose the body in the middle.
02:04She's going to go.
02:05She's going to say I'm going to go.
02:06She's going to go.
02:07She's going to go.
02:08No, I'm going to go.
02:09Admission, I'm going to go.
02:10Dina Thorson, who was going to be in this spot at two of the Bantamweight titles.
02:11Dina Thompson.
02:12All right.
02:13Johnson back to Metcalf in the corner, and a good right, that caught Metcalf off balance.
02:28Some good strong shot by Johnson early.
02:30Dina Thorson's pregnancy is what caused her to pull out of this fight, she will get an opportunity.
02:38She is ready to return to the ring. In the meantime, these are the two fighting for the title.
02:43How'd it go? Sit down. Very good, big breaths.
02:53Give me some breaths. Two. All right, very good.
02:58Now, this jab is working, but now we start bringing this on behind it, all right?
03:04You've got to start out bringing right hand behind it now, okay?
03:07Every time you throw it in last.
03:09So now you set up up, bring it up, right hand. That's going to let this go too.
03:13Step by step. Follow the system.
03:16Right hand in now, okay?
03:19Jab here, jab here, but bring it over.
03:21You've got to bring it. If you're using the left hand, you have to follow it up.
03:24You have to follow it up.
03:25She doesn't like it. She's already feeling your punches.
03:27But now we've got to double it up.
03:29All right?
03:30All right?
03:31Let's go.
03:32Nothing dangerous. Same, same.
03:34Let's go, let's go.
03:36Let's go.
03:41Johnson's corner telling her to drop that right hand after the jab.
03:51And her being the shorter fighter, she's got a double jab.
03:54Triple jabs again on the inside and throw that straight right just like that.
03:57That's true. Nikki Johnson has found her success working behind the left jab.
04:01She did in round one.
04:04And also throwing a straight right to Metcalf's body is going to be very effective
04:08because that gets the fighter to fold and lean forward.
04:12Then you can land that overhand right or right hand up top.
04:16Nikki Johnson, one of her two losses, came to Ellie Scott.
04:21Lead off the big show where we go live on Netflix at the top of the hour.
04:25This wasn't fast enough for Ellie Scottie, but I'm not sure who is.
04:32Left jab has been a problem here.
04:34Sure, the Metcalf trying to work around it.
04:41The combination with the left hook.
04:46Metcalf trying to work around it with her jab, but as she's turning out to her left,
04:51she's straight up, which is going to make it easier for Johnson to land that right hand over the top.
04:58So what does she have to do instead of that?
05:00So instead of that, instead of moving out to the left straight up,
05:03you have to move out to the left and stay low.
05:06Stay low and turn out quickly.
05:08Is it hard to stay low when your opponent is three inches smaller than you?
05:18Yes, it's hard to stay low.
05:19That's something that you have to constantly be working on in the gym,
05:22working on and sparring.
05:23So Metcalf might not be used to that.
05:25Metcalf won her version of the world title here in the theater at Madison Square Garden.
05:35Probably saw a lot of the stuff this week in the press conferences and weigh-ins.
05:39Listen, mamita, you've got to lead with that two sometimes.
05:56You've got to do two hook two, two one two.
05:58You hear me?
05:59Whenever she steps, you step.
06:01Don't let her in that close.
06:02That's what she's doing on the back of the head.
06:03Okay?
06:04You lift her up and lead with that two, those two hook two, she's fucking tired.
06:10The two hook two and the two one two are there.
06:12She steps, you step.
06:14Lift her ass up.
06:15Up jab and two.
06:16That two there all day from every angle.
06:19That guy's a big one there.
06:20You know that.
06:21This is you, baby.
06:22This is you, baby.
06:23This is you, baby.
06:24This is your house.
06:25Your house.
06:26Can't nobody take nothing from you.
06:28Let's go.
06:28We're going to try to keep everything strong.
06:31If you happen to be inside, you have to start to come back with uppercut.
06:34She's there.
06:34You hear me?
06:35Not to keep it outside, but if you happen to be happy, let's go and get it inside.
06:47Again, round three with Metcalf still trying to figure out the puzzle.
06:50She said Shadika Johnson's tailor-made for me.
06:53So far, not so much.
06:55And what Metcalf's Corner wants her to do is to continue to stay on the outside,
06:59but use those long punches.
07:01Throw straight right hands down the middle.
07:03Jabs followed by the straight right hand.
07:05Even straight right hands followed by the hook.
07:16Talked about the strong left jab of Shadika Johnson.
07:19She's been on display.
07:22And really, to your point, Sadisa, Sharona Metcalf is unable to throw her because she's been pushed off balance.
07:28Right.
07:28She's putting herself in a bad position.
07:31She's making herself off balance by moving with her back foot, turning with her back foot instead of stepping with the, I'm sorry.
07:39She's moving to the left with her back foot only instead of stepping first with her front foot and then follow with the back foot.
07:49Again, MVP side, everybody bridges this week when we talk about this division and the bantamweights.
08:03And now she thinks Johnson's starting to open up.
08:11Shadika Metcalf is not used to being bullied.
08:13She is usually the more aggressive fighter.
08:15And clinching on the inside is exactly what she has to do.
08:19If she gets trapped on the ropes and gets trapped on the inside, clinch, push Johnson back and get that space.
08:26Told you her her unusual backstory.
08:28And she started two and three as a professional.
08:30She's only lost one of her last 14 fights all the way to a world title.
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08:47Second point.
08:53That's mercy.
08:56That's what I want to see.
08:59When you start letting this go, you can start bringing this in.
09:01that's what we want now system is on all right she's rearing down a little bit she's starting
09:08to break now we got to start doing it like you did at the end of that round start letting go
09:12let the hips turn a little bit all right but keep forward she's sticking her head up in the air
09:17you just cut the fucking distance and throw that fucking right hand over her head's right up there
09:22come on go to throw the ball over it's there craig wilson says turn your hips she did here
09:28she sure did and she threw that straight right hand followed by a jab which didn't land but i
09:35love how she followed up with the jab because sometimes against taller fighters it's best to
09:39throw that straight right hand and follow up with the jab when as they're leaning back and not
09:43expecting another punch
09:44needless to say she's running back has to change some things quickly it is not changing as they
09:55both go tumbling to the ground saw sunika johnson has been a bully and they are calling it a knockdown
10:01seven eight you see immediately by her reaction is that charida metcalf
10:08clearly thought they had tumbled to the floor together
10:12and she was protesting instantly it was being called the knockdown
10:17that was a clean shot but she did hold on which you know it made both of them lose their balance and fall forward
10:25charida metcalf was already losing this fight she a 10-8 round could be calamitous
10:33and holding on right after getting hit by a big shot is just her instinct to to try to survive
10:46make it a pretty good case for taking fights on short notice at camp for too long
11:03all right sean we're like you watched it you saw it was that a knockdown sean i believe that it was
11:07referee charlie fitch was determining that charida metcalf was going to go down to the canvas
11:12and then shanika johnson tangled with her both fighters went down new york does have instant replay
11:17i believe this will be reviewed between rounds four and five
11:25we'll get a better look at it obviously at the end of the round
11:3010-9 to 10-8 aren't going to matter the way shanika johnson is dominating the first four
11:35i like that and that will wobble the legs of charida metcalf she is in deep trouble here late
11:40in the round you cannot be saved by the bell
11:51all right let's take a look first at what was called a knockdown
11:59she clearly was going down and then her instinct was to grab shanika johnson to pull her down with her
12:04she's definitely going down by those overhand rights there while moving backwards because
12:11metcalf's stance is a bit all over the place so she's not she's not strong in her stance so when
12:17she gets hit with the shot it definitely takes her back and her both her feet come together
12:24and this is the final segment the final sequence of the round here
12:28shanika johnson saying well just in case you don't want to give me a 10-8 i'm making it a 10-8
12:39scheduled for 10.
12:43shanika johnson looking to make it an early night
12:46and there's got to be an adjustment by metc having the second half of this fight because as
12:59throws go on she's going to continue to get more fatigue and more affected by those
13:03overhand rights landing by johnson
13:06see the overwhelming numbers sure the johnson doesn't need to see those numbers
13:17short of that doesn't need to see those numbers to know who's winning this fight and it's not her
13:25think about chanika johnson not being it she when this fight was announced with metcalf and
13:30she was disappointed she wasn't in it amazing what happens when you answer the phone
13:40and the reason why johnson is able to
13:44get through so easily and land those overhand rights is because metcalf continues to break her stance
13:51because both of her feet come come together which pushes her back even easier and when you're when
13:56you're landing powerful right hands that's that's going to take you back is it harder with her
14:01body shape to be stronger in your stance uh no it shouldn't matter how tall or how short you are
14:08how big or how skinny you are if you have a strong stance and a good stance you have a strong stance
14:18eye guard from shanika johnson and she explodes out of it and another right
14:22flip metcalf and she's in some trouble here
14:28break break
14:32and shanika johnson going for that stop it you can tell that she wants it
14:39she wants to stop it she wants the bonus and she wants the undisputed world title
14:52very good very good there's a little restaurant for you okay i want to see you now start the system
15:00a little bit sooner come with that right hand a little bit sooner don't wait man let's get her early
15:04she's me she's got nothing left you got gas for days we know that you work too hard for this
15:09she's not wrong
15:15that was almost a forearm that set up the big shot from shanika johnson
15:21that little push here gave her that space that little push with the elbow
15:40the eyes tell the story there
15:49johnson coming out in the start of this round double jabbing triple jabbing to make her way in to land
15:53that overhand right corner pleading with charona metcalf to lead with the right hand
15:58and that guy throws a nice right hand from the outside but as soon as she throws it whether she
16:10lands it or not that stance breaks
16:12where's the two where's the combination where's the two where's the two
16:25needs to continue to throw that one two just like that just like the corner's telling you
16:28that's the contest on azeń moe
16:33leader
16:33johnson picked off
16:35two metcalf punches then landed that overhand right
16:38this has been a very impressive performance
16:41Using the body shot, he's set up the right, and Metcalf is wobbling here.
17:02She's already been knocked down, and the math is very much against her here through six
17:06rounds.
17:13The corner's telling her to be first.
17:14She's got to throw those quick punches down the middle and get right out.
17:18Circle right out.
17:19Circle to the right, not to the left, because the left is putting her in a bad position.
17:24He said that very early in this fight, and that has come to fruition.
17:32Even jabs are getting through here.
17:37One-sided, undisputed world title fight through six.
17:41Sit down.
17:42She knows you're trying to jab.
17:43She's waiting for you jab, and then she's throwing her right hand on top of it.
17:48You gotta leave it right here.
17:49I got you.
17:50I got you.
17:51I put a water right there.
17:52Serana, how you feeling?
17:53Okay, great.
17:54You okay?
17:55Uh-huh, mamita.
17:56I need you to leave with this, too.
17:58She's timing this jab.
17:59I need you to leave with this, too.
18:00You hear me?
18:01I need you to leave with this, too.
18:02You hear me?
18:03I need you to leave with this, too.
18:05You hear me?
18:06You see that double jab from Johnson with the overhand right up top, which is what her
18:20team has been telling her to do.
18:22Starting with the body there and coming over the top with an overhand right, both overhand
18:28rights, landing flush.
18:29Boom, over the box.
18:31Right level check.
18:32A lot of smiles in that corner.
18:35A lot of easygoing conversations.
18:37Let's go.
18:38When Sharetta Metcalf went to her corner, the first thing you saw, when you see your team
18:41almost shrugging their shoulders, that's not a good sign.
18:44Not a good sign, but she's going to keep trying.
18:50Just showing tremendous heart.
18:57She's been through too much to get here.
19:02It's the impossible story of Sharetta Metcalf to become a world champion.
19:08It's before her 40th birthday.
19:17She's starting in the sport so late for Metcalf.
19:19That's where fundamentals come in, such as her footwork that I keep mentioning.
19:24It's something that should be taught first.
19:28No matter what the age, whether you're starting as a young kid, as a teenager, or as an adult.
19:34I'm going to go out on a limb and say fighting in nightflops is not where you're going to get your best fundamentals.
19:39Definitely not.
19:46Stop!
19:47Watch the head.
19:49Head flash.
19:54Every time they start from center, Shanika Johnson has just been quicker and on point.
20:01Quicker on point and just able to push her into the ropes and get her into the ropes easily because of Metcalf's stance that continues to keep fighting.
20:20Bigger, stronger, faster.
20:35Corner pleading for Sharetta Metcalf, but time is growing short.
20:39You're almost there, okay?
20:49You're almost there.
20:50Let's go, though.
20:51Give me a couple big ones to start, all right?
20:54What I want to see.
20:55You're starting to get there.
20:57She's tying you up more.
20:58Get out of it.
20:59Make it hard for her.
21:00You're not tied, man.
21:02Come on.
21:03You can fight in there, man.
21:05He's letting you go.
21:06You can fight in there.
21:07Hit her.
21:08Bump her off.
21:09Do what you've got to do.
21:10She doesn't like it.
21:11She wants there.
21:12You're giving her rest.
21:13Stay on system when you get there.
21:15Don't let her tie you up.
21:16You're on the inside.
21:17Throw that fucking left hook.
21:18Wham, wham, wham.
21:19Fucking lands.
21:20Just keep winging your head.
21:21All right?
21:22Give me that.
21:23Please.
21:24I'm leaving you, mate.
21:25Let's go.
21:26All right?
21:27Off system.
21:28Get there.
21:29Let's go.
21:30$250,000 performance bonus.
21:34The fighter performance of the night.
21:38Sam Tebow began the night with a knockout.
21:41Cherenika Johnson is becoming the leader in the clubhouse here with this one.
21:46Six weeks ago, thought she'd be sitting in the crowd tonight.
21:49Okay.
21:50Come on in.
21:53Now could be six minutes away from becoming the undisputed champion of the world.
21:59There you go.
22:00There you go.
22:01Hi, my team.
22:02Next, here you go.
22:03This is the other team.
22:04Overhand left.
22:05Snaps the head.
22:06Draws the Usunas.
22:09And Johnson's corner now.
22:10Telling her to the left hook up top.
22:13Double it.
22:14Triple it.
22:15Doesn't feel that Toronto Metcalf has won a round of this fight.
22:29She's also got knocked down around four.
22:33Did a good job to get not get knocked down around five.
22:37Hasn't went around, but has been showing just tremendous heart
22:40and courage to get to keep fighting and keep fighting.
22:45Watch her stand in front of Shanika Johnson.
22:50You appreciate her journey to get here.
22:53Dedication to her sons.
22:56The lesson of this night is don't ever doubt a single mother
22:59because one very nearly walked into the ring tonight
23:02with a chance to become the champion of it.
23:05Especially when he started fighting in a club.
23:08In her 30s.
23:15Some nice jabs there by Johnson.
23:22Was writing her own story.
23:28It is almost impossible to believe that this was a short camp,
23:32short-notice fight.
23:34Watching how polished and prepared she looks.
23:37Yes, as I said, Johnson's the type of fighter that stays in the gym.
23:40She loves boxing.
23:41She loves fitness.
23:42She loves working out.
23:43That's her passion.
23:43You can see it tonight.
23:44That's what they say.
23:45You don't have to get in shape if you stay in shape.
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24:36which is the punch I was talking about earlier that Johnson had missed but now
24:41as Metcalf is getting more fatigued she's able to land that jab right after the right hand.
24:46Do what you gotta do. Do what you gotta do.
24:56I am great. Why y'all doing like this?
24:58I don't like how she's reacting to the punches.
25:00How am I reacting?
25:01I don't know how her legs are. I'm stopping her.
25:04And we're done.
25:06It's over.
25:08Metcalf will not be allowed to come out for the ninth round.
25:16And Cherneika Johnson,
25:18who six weeks ago thought she'd be watching this night
25:22like the rest of the boxing world,
25:24will end it as undisputed champion of it.
25:28That was a tremendous win for Johnson. And as you said, she thought she would be here in the crowd, but tonight she's here. She got the stoppage. And, um, you know, I wasn't really sure about what the ref meant about what he didn't like her reaction. I, I, she continued to show that she wanted to fight and was even talented.
25:46And was telling the ref after every round.
25:48I'm good. I'm okay.
26:04It's difficult to watch a sports moment like that because she wanted to go the distance.
26:10She wanted to fight at this point down eight zip.
26:12We're virtually impossible.
26:14But when you consider the path that she has traveled to get here, winning the world title and fighting for this undisputed title, she wanted the chance to fight the full 10 rounds. And that was not in the cards.
26:29The numbers were lopsided. The fight was lopsided, but don't ever doubt you're in a Metcalf's heart.
26:39It was one way for round one. And then the knockdown here in round four really put it to a different place.
26:50You see Johnson trying to stay on the outside, but Johnson, Metcalf's trying to stay on the outside, but Johnson was just too resilient.
26:57Was able to come forward and land those overhand rights.
27:04Also working the body nicely and coming over the top with those overhand rights as well.
27:11Metcalf showed tremendous heart continuing to fight back and showed that she wanted to be in the fight.
27:17Metcalf.
27:20Disbelief.
27:27There was a new undisputed champion of the world and big mold's all us all about it.
27:36Ladies and gentlemen,
27:39Referee Charlie Fitch calls us out to this contest at two minutes, two seconds of the ninth round, declaring your winner by TKO, and now the first ever male or female Australian undisputed champion of the world,
28:02Sharnika Sugar Needs Chansa!
28:25They announced the right name that time.
28:27They sure did, and she deserved it all.
28:29She deserved this victory.
28:30She showed that she wanted to go in there tonight and make a statement and win, and she did clearly and decisively.
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