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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ryan Johansson (ranked 6471 p4p, 4539 weight class) and Logan Paul (ranked 684 p4p, 584 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Brawler
Good chin
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Decent boxing
Determined
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryan Johansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Logan Paul!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johansson throws a hook but Paul avoids it easily.
Paul flicks out a counter leg kick but Johansson steps away.
Johansson looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Paul forces Johansson back against the ropes and clinches.
Paul wants to break free but Johansson has control.
Paul lands a hook that snaps the head of Johansson backwards.
Johansson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Paul backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Paul's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johansson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Paul tries to land knees in the clinch but Johansson avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paul lands a nice knee to the body.
Paul slows down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johansson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Paul's efforts to push away.
Our sources have told us that Johansson has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Paul effectively controlling the action here.
Johansson prevents Paul from breaking the clinch.
Johansson throws a head punch that misses.
The referee calls for Paul to work.
Johansson throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Paul lands a shoulder strike.
Paul breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Paul closes the distance and pushes Johansson back into the ropes.
Paul looking to throw knees to the head but Johansson is blocking nicely.
Paul is pushing Johansson up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Paul breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Paul does no damage.
Jab by Paul.
Paul moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Paul breaks from the clinch.
Paul takes the fight into the clinch.
Paul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johansson gets tackled into the ropes by Paul. Paul maintains the clinch.
Paul working hard to break the clinch.
Paul looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Paul wants to break free but Johansson has control.
Paul lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson avoids the elbow strike from Paul, against the ropes.
Paul looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Paul escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ryan Johansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paul throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johansson moves into range and clinches up with Paul.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Paul takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Paul wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johansson has him pressed against the ropes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paul manages to break the clinch.
Paul clinches up against the ropes.
Paul blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Logan Paul dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Paul has closed the distance and engaged Johansson in a clinch.
Paul tries to land a knee to the head but Johansson blocks with his arms.
Paul wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Logan Paul seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Paul manages to break the clinch.
Paul has Johansson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Paul can't break the clinch.
Paul tries to break free but Johansson pushes him back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paul breaks from the clinch.
Paul closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Johansson struggles to land a body shot inside as Paul controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul is trying to break free.
Nice body punch from Paul - that landed with a thud.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paul tries to break the clinch but Johansson is controlling the position.
Paul tries to land a knee to the head but Johansson blocks with his arms.
Paul stalling in the clinch.
Paul is trying to break free.
Johansson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Paul's efforts to push away.
Paul tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A head punch on the inside from Johansson fails to land.
Paul with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paul taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Paul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Paul dodges the punch combination from Johansson.
Paul takes the fight into the clinch.
Paul working hard to break the clinch.
Paul's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paul has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johansson has Paul pressed against the ropes, preventing Paul from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johansson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Paul's efforts to push away.
Paul manages to break the clinch.
Paul tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paul connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Johansson is looking to clinch but Paul is avoiding it.
Johansson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson wants to clinch.
Johansson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johansson blocks a head kick by Paul.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Paul displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johansson up against the ropes.
The crowd are getting on Paul's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Paul lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Logan Paul showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Paul gets a clinch.
Johansson avoids the elbow strike from Paul, against the ropes.
Paul wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johansson has him pressed against the ropes.
Paul lands with a light punch inside.
Johansson has a couple of punches blocked by Paul.
Paul content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Johansson tries a body shot but Paul blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paul throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paul is trying to force a seperation but Johansson has the dominant position.
Paul is looking to break free of the clinch but Johansson has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul lands a left hand.
Paul is looking to break free of the clinch but Johansson has double underhooks.
Paul is trying to break the clinch but Johansson is controlling him.
Paul dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Paul is trying to force a seperation but Johansson has the dominant position.
Paul pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paul throws a push kick but Johansson slaps the foot to one side.
Johansson wants to clinch but Paul slips to the side
and Paul counters with a two punch combo.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Paul.
Paul catches Johansson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Paul has Johansson up against the ropes in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Paul.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johansson has a couple of punches blocked by Paul.
Paul wants to get back to striking at distance but Johansson won't allow it.
Paul is looking to break free of the clinch but Johansson has double underhooks.
Paul's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Paul trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paul gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Johansson misses with a knee strike.
Paul wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johansson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johansson throws a punch but it's blocked by Paul.
Paul misses with an elbow over the top.
Paul throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Johansson.
Paul blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paul looking to stall.
Paul tries a body shot but Johansson blocks it.
Paul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Paul has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paul tries to circle away but Johansson has him pinned against the ropes.
Ryan Johansson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Logan Paul is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johansson misses with some punches.
Paul escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that's the end of the fight!
Logan Paul comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Paul has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Logan Paul!
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight for Logan Paul!
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for Logan Paul!
Logan Paul wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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