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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Protacio Jawo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larsson has chosen Foo Fighters - My Hero as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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183 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Protacio Jawo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Johan Larsson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larsson catches Jawo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Jose Protacio Jawo has been cut.
Jawo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jawo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jawo moves out of range of the strikes.
Larsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Larsson is looking to score with low kicks.
Jawo wants to clinch.
Larsson gets caught flat footed, as Jawo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jawo trying to control but Larsson is working from the bottom.
Jawo is looking to work some ground and pound but Larsson has wrist control.
Jawo trying to control but Larsson is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jawo looking to sit in guard and control but Larsson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jawo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Larsson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jawo is trying to control the position but Larsson postures up.
Larsson wants to stand but Jawo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Jawo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Larsson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Larsson preventing the sweep.
Jawo keeping moving, preventing Larsson from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jawo lands a nice shot to the body.
A punch combination from Larsson misses.
Jawo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Larsson misses with the head strike.
Larsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Larsson looking to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Larsson.
Larsson misses with an elbow strike.
Jawo misses with some punches.
A short right from Larsson.
Jawo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larsson's elbow.
Larsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jawo effectively controlling the action here.
Good body shot from Jawo.
Larsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jawo tries to land knees in the clinch but Larsson avoids the damage to the body.
Larsson lands an uppercut.
Jawo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Larsson backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jawo.
Nice elbow from Jawo.
Jawo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A body shot lands from Jawo.
Jawo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Larssons head.
Larsson taking a breather.
Jawo misses with an elbow strike.
Larsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Larsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Larsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Larsson lands a shoulder strike.
Jawo stalling in the clinch but Larsson improves position.
Larsson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Larsson.
Jawo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Jawo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larsson scores with a shot to the side of Jawo's head.
Jawo blocking some punches.
Jawo is trying to maintain a safe position but Larsson gets an underhook and turns Jawo into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Larsson throws an elbow but misses.
Jawo misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Larsson.
Larsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jawo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Larsson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jawo wants to clinch up but Larsson keeps it at a distance.
Larsson loads up on a big right hand but Jawo slips the punch.
Jawo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jawo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Johan Larsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larsson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jawo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Larsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Larsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice cross by Larsson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jose Protacio Jawo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jose Protacio Jawo's cut.
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.
Jawo slips under a jab.
Larsson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Larsson throws a looping overhand right but Jawo ducks down to avoid it.
Larsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Larsson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jawo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jawo throwing shots but Larsson is blocking nicely.
Jawo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Larsson defending well though.
Larsson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jawo.
Jawo is looking for a kimura but Larsson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jawo to get the leverage.
Jawo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jawo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Jawo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jawo prevents Larsson from improving his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jawo in particular looking to stall.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jawo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jawo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Larsson.
Jawo slips a jab from Larsson.
That's two 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.
Larsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Larsson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jawo moves into range and clinches up with Larsson.
Larsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Jawo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short body shot lands from Jawo as the two fighters clinch.
Larsson controlling the action here for a moment.
Larsson is breathing heavily.
Jawo tries a body shot but Larsson blocks it.
Jawo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Larsson backwards.
Jawo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jawo is trying to stall.
Jawo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Larsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jawo stalling in the clinch but Larsson improves position.
Larsson misses with the head strike.
Jawo blocks the elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Larsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Jawo uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jawo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Larsson.
Larsson misses with a punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Larsson fails to land.
Larsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Larsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jawo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Larsson.
Jawo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Larsson prevents a takedown attempt there.
A shot in the inside from Jawo.
Larsson blocks an elbow strike.
Jawo trying to control the position but instead, Larsson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jawo into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Larsson fails to land.
Larsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jawo tries to land knees in the clinch but Larsson avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Larsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jawo blocks the elbow strike.
Larsson avoiding damage as Jawo throws knees to the body.
Jawo wants to stall.
Jawo throws an elbow that misses.
Larsson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jawo taking a breather.
Larsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jawo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Larsson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Larsson.
Larsson lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Larsson.
Larsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Larsson misses with some punches.
Larsson lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Larsson on the inside.
Jawo working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Larsson.
Jawo ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jawo no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Protacio Jawo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jose Protacio Jawo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Larsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jawo moves away.
A jab from Larsson misses.
A jab from Larsson misses.
Larsson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jawo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Larsson.
Larsson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Larsson swings for the body but Jawo moves out of range.
Larsson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Larsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jawo.
Jawo blocks a jab.
Jawo tries to close the distance and clinch but Larsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jawo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Larsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jawo tries to clinch up.
Jawo wants to clinch.
Jawo doesn't manage to clinch there - Larsson circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsson thuds his right hand into Jawo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jawo wants to clinch up but Larsson keeps it at a distance.
Larsson misses with an uppercut. Jawo saw that one coming.
Jawo rushes Larsson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jawo gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Larsson 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.
Larsson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jawo looking to pass the guard.
Jawo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Jose Protacio Jawo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jawo is one step ahead there.
Jawo looking to sit in guard and control but Larsson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Larsson wants to control from the top but Jawo keeps moving.
Johan Larsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jawo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Larsson stopping the sweep attempt from Jawo.
Larsson trying to control the position from guard on top but Jawo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jawo wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Jawo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Larsson.
Larsson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Larsson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jawo working a defensive guard here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Larsson tries to bum rush Jawo with a series of wild strikes but Jawo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jawo has Larsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Jawo gets control of Larsson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jawo will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Jawo controls Larsson momentarily but Larsson frees himself.
Larsson stays in close to Jawo's body and controls the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jawo seems keen to control Larsson's posture.
Jawo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Protacio Jawo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jawo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Protacio Jawo!
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energy
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