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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott John (ranked 402 p4p, 396 weight class) and Kusal Perera (ranked 52 p4p, 50 weight class). Kusal Perera has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Scott John's chin.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kusal Perera!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John moves into the clinch.
John tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perera's elbow.
A hook to the body from Perera.
A body shot lands from Perera.
John pushes off an throws an elbow but Perera leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
John throws an elbow but it misses.
Perera misses with a punch to the body.
Perera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perera breaks the clinch.
Perera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
John throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
John misses with a body shot.
Perera throws out a counter right but John avoids it with no problem.
Perera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from John.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
John is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
John seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Perera closes the distance looking to clinch
and John finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Scott John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
John throws a big shot that misses.
Perera misses with a lunging right hand
and John counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
John misses with a left hand
and Perera counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perera looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Perera defending well as John loads up on a big left hand.
John misses with a hook to the body
and Perera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sloppy strikes from Perera. Those never looked like landing.
It looked like John wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Perera just misses with a punch to the body.
John jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Perera misses with a hook
and John cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perera throws a nice inside leg kick.
John takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
John connects with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perera scores with a leg kick.
Good work by Perera as he checks the leg kick.
John lands with an uppercut that bounces Perera off the cage and back into range.
Perera moves out of range of the leg kick from John.
John getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Perera throws a half hearted mid kick.
John throws the left hand but Perera avoids the punch easily.
Perera only half commits to the counter leg kick.
John misses with a left hand
and Perera counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by John.
Perera keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Perera is looking to clinch.
John dips to his left and cracks Perera with an uppercut!
John moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Perera moves away from the strike by John.
John lands a leg kick that knocks Perera off balance momentarily.
Perera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from John.
Perera misses with an uppercut
and John counters with a thumping low kick.
John misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perera walks into a jab.
John misses with a head kick.
John misses with a hook. Perera ducked under it nicely.
John misses the jab.
John throws the left hand but Perera avoids the punch easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perera misses with a straight right.
Perera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perera pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Perera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
John was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
John throws a jab but it's blocked by Perera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott John dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
John misses with a head kick.
John bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A low kick lands for John.
Perera takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
John misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perera.
Perera moves away from the strike by John.
John scores with a punch to the head.
John pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perera moves out of range as John throws a body kick.
John misses with a wild body shot.
John scores with a push kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perera scores with the left hand. John knows he should have avoided that one.
Perera tries to clinch but John moves out of range.
Perera throws a jab when John was well out of range.
John swings for the body but Perera moves out of range.
John throws a leg kick which misses Perera's front leg but catches the back leg as Perera tries to avoid it.
Scott John is winning the standup battle so far.
John cracks Perera with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Perera scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Perera tries to clinch up.
John throws a lazy uppercut
and Perera counters with a nice uppercut.
Perera feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends John sprawling to the canvas! John rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Perera finish him?!
John is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perera sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through John's defenses. It connects perfectly with John's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kusal Perera!
A very excited looking Kusal Perera made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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