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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Klinx Maxwell (ranked 2778 p4p, 2164 weight class) and Jisoo Oh (ranked 365 p4p, 289 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Klinx Maxwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jisoo Oh!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maxwell is looking to clinch but Oh is avoiding it.
Horrible takedown attempt by Maxwell or perhaps it was just good defense by Oh, which made it look bad.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Maxwell.
Oh slips a jab and a cross from Maxwell.
Oh lands a body shot.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Oh.
Maxwell can't do much from the bottom here.
Maxwell is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Oh off and has taken his back!
Maxwell is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Oh is defending well though. Maxwell let's go of the attempt for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maxwell has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Oh has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oh breaks Maxwell's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Oh preventing the sweep.
Oh lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Maxwell controls Oh momentarily but Oh frees himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Maxwell is on top in guard.
Maxwell wants to control from the top but Oh keeps moving.
Our spies down at at Besta-Fera Training Center inform us that Oh has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Maxwell throwing strikes from guard but Oh blocks nicely.
Oh has his hands on Maxwell's head, controlling the position.
Maxwell trying to control but Oh is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oh controlling the position.
Oh is continuing to stall.
Maxwell stopping the sweep attempt from Oh.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oh trying to control the position.
Maxwell trying to control the position from guard on top but Oh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maxwell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Oh tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell is stalling in the full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oh cracks Maxwell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Oh shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Oh looking to sit in guard and control but Maxwell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Oh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oh avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Oh lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Maxwell working for a triangle but Oh defends it easily.
Oh trying to control but Maxwell is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oh with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Oh trying to control but Maxwell is working from the bottom.
Maxwell is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Maxwell keeping moving, preventing Oh from controlling successfully.
Maxwell not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Maxwell escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Oh gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Oh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jisoo Oh dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Maxwell tries to clinch but Oh moves out of range.
Oh swats away the attempt to clinch by Maxwell.
Maxwell doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Oh counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Maxwell is looking to improve his position.
Oh trying to control the action but Maxwell is working from the bottom.
Oh working Maxwell over with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maxwell is looking to improve his position.
Maxwell actively working from the bottom here.
Maxwell wants to control but Oh is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxwell moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Maxwell controls Oh momentarily but Oh frees himself.
Maxwell wants to control but Oh passes easily into half guard.
Oh wants to control but Maxwell is keeping him busy.
Maxwell tries to get to full guard but Oh has control of the leg.
Maxwell is trying is best to control the position here.
Oh slips a nice elbow through Maxwell's hands, connecting with Maxwell's forehead.
Maxwell is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Oh pulls his head out easily.
Oh trying to control the action but Maxwell is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Oh lands a nice short elbow.
Oh working over Maxwell with some ground and pound. Maxwell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Maxwell trying to control here.
Maxwell looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Oh is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Oh prevents Maxwell from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maxwell gets back to half guard.
Maxwell works his way to full guard. Good work.
Maxwell had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Oh defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oh trying to control but Maxwell is working from the bottom.
Oh stays in close to Maxwell's body and controls the position.
Jisoo Oh has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oh postures up.
Oh wants to control from the top but Maxwell keeps moving.
Oh keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Maxwell's head.
Maxwell trying to strike off his back.
Maxwell is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Oh is aware though and is defending well.
Oh working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Oh controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Maxwell working for submissions but it's allowed Oh to get to half guard.
Oh takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Oh wants to take a breather but Maxwell is having none of it.
Ground and pound from Oh.
Oh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Maxwell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oh working Maxwell over with strikes.
Maxwell slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Maxwell is trying to hold Oh in close to prevent damage but Oh has managed to pass into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Oh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Maxwell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Maxwell trying to hold on to Oh's head to control him but Oh postures up.
Oh winds up and cracks Maxwell with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jisoo Oh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Oh shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Maxwell defends it nicely.
Oh fails with the takedown.
Maxwell closes the distance and clinches.
Maxwell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maxwell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maxwell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maxwell tries a knee to the head but Oh blocks it.
Oh tries for a takedown. No joy.
Klinx Maxwell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jisoo Oh.
Still in the clinch, Maxwell scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxwell is trying to maintain a safe position but Oh gets an underhook and turns Maxwell into the cage.
Oh has picked Maxwell up - he's going for a ride! Oh dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Maxwell moves into full guard.
Oh is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Oh connects with a couple of short punches.
Maxwell escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Oh gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Oh is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Maxwell controls Oh momentarily but Oh frees himself.
Maxwell keeping moving, preventing Oh from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oh working some strikes from top position.
Oh advances position into side control!
Maxwell is not content to let Oh control the position.
Maxwell tries to buck Oh off but Oh is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Maxwell's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Oh tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Oh has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Oh grinds an elbow into Maxwell's temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oh lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Maxwell is looking for a sweep.
Oh is chipping away with strikes.
Maxwell throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Oh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oh working the body and head with strikes.
Oh trying to control the action but Maxwell is working from the bottom.
Maxwell is trying to improve his position.
Oh cracks Maxwell with a big right hand but Maxwell just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Maxwell is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oh wants to control but Maxwell is keeping him busy.
Maxwell is trying to get back to half guard.
Maxwell is working hard here to advance position.
Maxwell is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Oh's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Oh is thwarting Maxwell's attempts to control the position.
Maxwell is refusing to be controlled, as Oh sits in half guard.
Maxwell trying to control but Oh postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Maxwell regains full guard. Nicely done.
Klinx Maxwell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oh postures up and lands a big shot to Maxwell's brow.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jisoo Oh.
I've got Oh winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jisoo Oh!
After winning the bout, Jisoo Oh thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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