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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Kenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 lbs
21 - 11 - 0 |
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174 lbs
25 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Great elbows
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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
21 - 11 - 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
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenzie gets tackled into the cage by Johnson. Johnson maintains the clinch.
Kenzie blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Kenzie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kenzie is trying to break free.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kenzie avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Kenzie avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.
Johnson scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Kenzie avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kenzie's defenses.
It looks like Patrick Kenzie has been cut.
Kenzie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kenzie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kenzie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kenzie missing with a left hand there. Johnson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Kenzie moves away and avoids it.
Johnson tries to clinch but Kenzie is having none of it.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Kenzie circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kenzie moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Johnson throws a low kick, looking for Kenzie's leg but Kenzie calmly moves out of range.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kenzie scores with a body shot.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Kenzie circles away.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kenzie with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a head kick. Kenzie smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Johnson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson slips a straight right by Kenzie.
Kenzie misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Kenzie looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Kenzie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Kenzie steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kenzie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson clinches.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Kenzie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Kenzie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Kenzie in his tracks for a moment.
Kenzie is looking to control Johnson's arms but Johnson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kenzie has his back to the cage.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kenzie's brow.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kenzie is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Johnson keeps control of Kenzie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kenzie blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson has Kenzie pressed against the cage.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Kenzie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kenzie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kenzie avoids it.
Kenzie working hard to break the clinch.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patrick Kenzie's cut.
That's time! Kenzie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Johnson looks to clinch
and Kenzie counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Johnson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kenzie swinging wildly here.
Kenzie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a body kick that stops Kenzie in his tracks momentarily.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Kenzie pushes him off.
Kenzie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kenzie slaps away a takedown attempt from Johnson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a leg kick
and Kenzie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson clinches up with Kenzie and pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kenzie is defending well for now.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Kenzie avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kenzie avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Kenzie shrugs off.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Kenzie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kenzie's brow.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kenzie is keeping busy.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into Kenzie's ribcage.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Kenzie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Kenzie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kenzie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Kenzie blocks with his arms.
Kenzie blocks an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kenzie is trying to break free.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kenzie avoids it.
Kenzie breaks from the clinch.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Kenzie.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Kenzie is avoiding it.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Kenzie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson cracks the inside of Kenzie's front leg.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Kenzie pushes him off.
Kenzie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Johnson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Patrick Kenzie's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Johnson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kenzie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
John Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kenzie takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Johnson wants to clinch.
Kenzie throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Kenzie moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson moves to clinch but Kenzie breaks away
and Kenzie counters with a nice body shot.
A big right from Kenzie misses.
Johnson lands a head kick!
Kenzie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Kenzie is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Kenzie.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kenzie.
Patrick Kenzie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Kenzie misses.
Johnson wants to clinch but Kenzie slips to the side
and Kenzie counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kenzie's sensitive parts.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Kenzie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kenzie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kenzie.
Kenzie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Kenzie throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Kenzie in a clinch.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kenzie.
Kenzie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kenzie's brow.
Kenzie is trying to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling him.
Kenzie dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kenzie is trying to maintain a safe position but Johnson gets an underhook and turns Kenzie into the cage.
Kenzie breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kenzie throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Johnson is looking to land body kicks.
John Johnson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kenzie circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johnson 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Johnson!
John Johnson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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