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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Kenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Survival of the Sickest by Saliva kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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177 lbs
18 - 8 - 0 |
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183 lbs
23 - 7 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class 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
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Kenzie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Chan!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kenzie manages to avoid it.
Chan scores with a jab to the head.
Chan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kenzie checks it well.
Chan wants to clinch up but Kenzie keeps it at a distance.
Chan clinches.
Chan throws a head punch that misses.
Kenzie prevents a body shot from Chan.
Chan can't find room to land a body shot as Kenzie controls the action.
Chan misses with the head strike.
Chan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chan prevents Kenzie from breaking the clinch.
Kenzie blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kenzie blocks an uppercut.
Kenzie breaks the clinch.
Chan tries to clinch but Kenzie moves away
and Kenzie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Chan takes the fight into the clinch.
Chan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kenzie's elbow.
Chan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chan has a couple of punches blocked by Kenzie.
Kenzie prevents a body shot from Chan.
Chan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kenzie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chan needs to keep his hands up - Kenzie had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan lands a high kick!
Chan misses with a body shot.
Kenzie moves out of range as Chan throws a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chan throws a hook to the side of Kenzie's head but Kenzie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chan avoids the body shot from Kenzie.
Johnny Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Chan throws a right hand that misses
and Kenzie counters with a right hand to the body.
Chan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kenzie tries to move into range but Chan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Chan swings for the body but Kenzie moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Johnny Chan has been cut.
Kenzie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kenzie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chan scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice combination there by Kenzie.
Chan darts in trying to clinch
and Kenzie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chan scores with a jab.
A big left from Kenzie misses.
Chan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kenzie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chan counters with a nice uppercut.
Chan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kenzie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kenzie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kenzie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chan jabs Kenzie right on the nose. Kenzie blinks but takes it well.
Kenzie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kenzie misses with a straight right.
Kenzie on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Chan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Chan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kenzie misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kenzie throws a lazy uppercut
and Chan counters by clinching up.
Kenzie breaks from the clinch.
Chan moves away from the strike by Kenzie.
Chan feints and then cracks Kenzie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kenzie down.
Kenzie throws a hook but Chan avoids it easily.
Kenzie swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kenzie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kenzie lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kenzie throws a jab but it's blocked by Chan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan misses with a wild body shot.
Chan throws a wild body kick that Kenzie sees coming a mile off.
Chan thows a body shot but no joy.
Chan slips under a jab.
Chan misses with a low kick.
Kenzie swinging wildly here.
Johnny Chan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chan looks to throw the jab but Kenzie is out of range.
Chan wants to slow Kenzie down by chopping away at his legs.
Kenzie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chan walks into a stiff left hand from Kenzie.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Chan lands an overhand right.
Some wild striking there from Chan.
Kenzie loads up on a big right hand but Chan slips the punch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Chan!
Chan misses with a series of wild punches.
Chan throws a head kick but Kenzie moves out of range.
Chan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan misses with a kick to the body.
Kenzie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chan moves into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chan.
Chan misses with a body punch.
Chan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kenzie is trying to force a seperation but Chan has the dominant position.
Kenzie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chan misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie breaks from the clinch.
Kenzie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chan jabs Kenzie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chan wants to clinch but Kenzie slips to the side
and Kenzie counters with a stiff right hand.
Kenzie moves out of range as Chan strikes.
Kenzie throws a looping overhand right but Chan ducks down to avoid it.
Kenzie works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kenzie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chan.
Chan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kenzie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Chan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Chan'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!
Chan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kenzie.
Kenzie scores with a nice strike.
Nice jab there from Chan.
Chan thumps Kenzie with a low kick.
Chan misses the shot to the body.
Chan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Kenzie does it's job there.
Chan lands a nice looking body shot.
A shot to the body from Kenzie misses
and Chan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Chan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kenzie was well out of range. Poor timing from Chan.
Kenzie is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kenzie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chan manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan's corner calls for a 1-2. Chan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kenzie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chan.
Chan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kenzie throws a lazy right hand but Chan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chan throws a body kick that misses.
Chan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kenzie.
Kenzie looks to throw the jab but Chan is out of range.
Kenzie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kenzie misses with a few strikes there.
Patrick Kenzie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan misses with a wild body shot.
Kenzie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kenzie sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The fighters circling - Chan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chan clinches up with Kenzie and pushes him back against the cage.
Chan struggles to land a body shot inside as Kenzie controls his hands.
Chan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kenzie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kenzie avoids the body shot from Chan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kenzie is able to avoid easily.
Chan missing with a left hand there. Kenzie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kenzie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chan moves away.
Chan throws a leg kick which misses Kenzie's front leg but catches the back leg as Kenzie tries to avoid it.
Kenzie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chan.
Johnny Chan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Chan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kenzie moves out of range of the strikes.
Chan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Chan with a jab.
Kenzie works Chan's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie fails to land with a series of punches.
Chan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Chan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chan moves away from the strike by Kenzie.
Chan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kenzie moves away.
Kenzie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kenzie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kenzie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kenzie looks to score with a jab to the body but Chan is just out of range.
Kenzie feints a jab promting Chan to slip. Kenzie then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Chan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Chan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chan 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Chan!
Our winner, Johnny Chan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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