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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leon Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Johnsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia comes to the cage accompanied by AnSchanz. John Johnsson has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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195 lbs
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201 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leon Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Johnsson!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Garcia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnsson is defending well for now.
Johnsson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Garcia taking a breather.
Johnsson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garcia rushes Johnsson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Johnsson fails to land.
Johnsson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnsson lands an elbow inside that Garcia shrugs off.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Johnsson working aggressively here.
Garcia taking a breather.
Garcia throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnsson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnsson breaks the clinch.
Johnsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Garcia letting Johnsson take a breather here.
Johnsson misses with some punches.
Garcia blocking some punches.
Garcia effectively controlling the action here.
Garcia avoiding damage as Johnsson throws knees to the body.
Garcia blocks an elbow strike from Johnsson.
Johnsson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson lands a damaging elbow.
Johnsson misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia blocks a body shot from Johnsson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnsson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnsson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Garcia throws an elbow that misses.
Garcia throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnsson tries to land a knee to the head but Garcia blocks with his arms.
Garcia tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnsson avoids the damage to the body.
Garcia dodges an elbow strike from Johnsson.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Johnsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Johnsson lands a nice elbow.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnsson throws an elbow but misses.
Garcia stalling in the clinch but Johnsson improves position.
Garcia slowing the pace effectively.
Johnsson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnsson effectively controlling the action here.
Johnsson misses with a knee strike.
Johnsson avoids a wild elbow strike from Garcia.
Johnsson dodges an elbow strike from Garcia.
Johnsson blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson is looking to control Garcia's arms but Garcia gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johnsson has his back to the cage.
Johnsson lands an elbow inside.
Johnsson is trying to stall.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Johnsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Garcia misses with a knee to the head.
Johnsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Garcia throws an elbow but misses.
Garcia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnsson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garcia looking to throw knees to the head but Johnsson is blocking nicely.
Johnsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garcia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Johnsson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Johnsson closes the distance and clinches.
Garcia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnsson backwards.
Johnsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garcia avoids it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnsson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnsson avoids it.
Johnsson taking a breather.
Johnsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnsson misses with a knee to the head.
Garcia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Johnsson misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnsson landing knees to the body.
Garcia gets through Johnsson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garcia avoids the elbow strike from Johnsson, against the cage.
Johnsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Garcia takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnsson.
Johnsson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Johnsson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnsson misses with a knee to the head.
Johnsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnsson slowing the pace effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson lands with a right to the head.
Johnsson lands a nice elbow.
Garcia is struggling to control the position.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Garcia keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnsson's efforts to push away.
Johnsson throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnsson landing knees to the head.
Johnsson looking to throw knees to the head but Garcia is blocking nicely.
Garcia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garcia gets tackled into the cage by Johnsson. Johnsson maintains the clinch.
Garcia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnsson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Johnsson trying to stall but Garcia improves his position.
Johnsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia has Johnsson pressed against the cage.
Garcia lands an uppercut.
Garcia will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Johnsson up against the cage.
Garcia is trying to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnsson throws a knee to the head but misses.
John Johnsson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Garcia lands a right hand.
Johnsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnsson rushes Garcia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Garcia creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnsson's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnsson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garcia blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnsson is trying to force a seperation but Garcia has the dominant position.
Johnsson misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnsson misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Johnsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Garcia takes a kick to the side of the head.
Johnsson darts in and clinches Garcia up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Garcia.
Garcia is looking to control Johnsson's arms but Johnsson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garcia has his back to the cage.
Johnsson managing to block the knees to the body from Garcia.
Johnsson wants to stall.
Johnsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnsson lands with a left to the head.
Garcia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Garcia stalling the fight.
Johnsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garcia is struggling to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnsson.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia misses with a knee to the head.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the head but Johnsson blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Garcia.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Johnsson misses with some punches.
Garcia dodges an elbow strike from Johnsson.
Garcia stalling the fight.
Johnsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Garcia is trying to stall.
Garcia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Johnsson breaks the clinch.
Johnsson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Garcia, pushing him back against the cage.
Garcia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnsson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Garcia content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Johnsson blocking some punches.
Garcia missing with knees to the body.
Garcia throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Garcia dodges an elbow strike from Johnsson.
Garcia slowing the pace effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Garcia's face.
Garcia tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnsson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Garcia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garcia.
Garcia stalls.
Johnsson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnsson manages to break the clinch.
Garcia with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garcia counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garcia.
Garcia blocks an elbow strike from Johnsson.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Garcia blocks an elbow strike.
Garcia being controlled against the cage.
Johnsson tries to throw a body punch but Garcia avoids it by throwing Johnsson back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnsson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garcia's defenses.
Leon Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia lands a shoulder strike.
Johnsson trying to land knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Johnsson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnsson 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Johnsson!
John Johnsson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [GTI] Divine Clothing [8.95$ MORALE BOOSTERS] logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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