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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mao Zedong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Storm comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Thunderstruck. Zedong has chosen March Of The Volunteers as his entrance music. 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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180 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Storm!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mao Zedong!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Storm swats away the attempt to clinch by Zedong.
A lazy left from Zedong finds it's target.
Zedong scores with a jab to the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Storm.
Storm fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Zedong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Storm was well out of range. Poor timing from Zedong.
Zedong throws a leg kick
and Storm counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Zedong crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Storm - the referee stops the clock and Zedong gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Storm. Zedong manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Zedong misses with a right hand
and Storm counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Storm throws a hook but Zedong blocks it.
Zedong misses the shot to the body.
Storm darts in and clinches Zedong up against the cage.
Storm is working Zedong over against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zedong tries to throw a body punch but Storm avoids it by throwing Zedong back against the cage.
Zedong is looking to control Storm's arms but Storm gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zedong has his back to the cage.
Zedong misses with some punches.
Storm lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Storm lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zedong scores with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Storm.
Zedong can't find room to land a body shot as Storm controls the action.
Storm scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zedong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Storm scores with a nice hook to the head.
Storm tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Storm misses with a punch on the inside.
Zedong pushes Storm back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zedong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Storm manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Zedong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Storm misses with a hook to the ribs.
Storm fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Storm tries a body shot but Zedong blocks it.
Storm struggles to land a body shot inside as Zedong controls his hands.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Storm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zedong tries a body shot but Storm blocks it.
Zedong is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zedong can't find room to land a body shot as Storm controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Storm.
Storm working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Storm makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Storm breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zedong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Storm lands with a kick to the ribs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zedong.
Zedong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Storm lands an overhand right.
Zedong throws a leg kick which misses Storm's front leg but catches the back leg as Storm tries to avoid it.
Storm scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Storm avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zedong swings for the body but Storm moves out of range.
Zedong avoids the body shot from Storm.
Zedong misses with a body shot.
Zedong throws a body punch but Storm moves out of range.
Zedong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Storm.
Storm misses with a body shot.
Storm throws a head kick that misses.
A slow jab from Zedong misses its intended target.
Storm misses the shot to the body.
Storm scores with a shot to the body.
Zedong lands a head shot.
Zedong thows a body shot but no joy.
Donk. Storm catches Zedong right on the button with a cross.
Some wild striking there from Zedong.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zedong looks to land a combination but Storm avoids it well.
Zedong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Storm counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Zedong on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Storm misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mao Zedong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zedong scores with a jab to the head.
Storm moves out of range of the body kick from Zedong.
Storm tries to clinch but Zedong is having none of it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zedong swings away with a body shot that misses
and Storm counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Storm looks for the body kick but Zedong saw that one coming.
Zedong slips under a jab from Storm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Storm dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Storm scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Storm feints and then cracks Zedong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zedong down.
Zedong is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Storm rather than just go for the knockout.
Zedong tries to close the distance and clinch but Storm swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zedong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zedong lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnny Storm is winning the standup battle so far.
Zedong lands with an overhand left.
Storm goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Storm misses with a wild combination.
Zedong throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Zedong swings widly with a right hand
and Storm counters with a good, hard body kick but Zedong shrugs it off.
Storm works Zedong's body with a nice hook.
Storm swats away the attempt to clinch by Zedong.
Storm misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zedong misses with an uppercut.
Storm lands a jab to the head.
Zedong avoids the head kick by Storm.
Zedong throws a leg kick
and Storm counters with a nice leg kick.
Storm keeps the fight on the outside.
Zedong closes the distance and clinches.
Zedong trying to land knees to the body.
Storm blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Storm avoiding damage as Zedong throws knees to the body.
Storm working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zedong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Storm.
Zedong connects with a knee to the head.
Storm lands a shot to the body.
Storm working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Storm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Storm blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm stalling in the clinch but Zedong improves position.
Storm working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Storm fails to land.
Storm avoiding damage as Zedong throws knees to the body.
Zedong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnny Storm has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Storm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zedong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Zedong working aggressively here.
Storm blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Storm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Storm breaks the clinch.
Storm throws a leg kick but Zedong sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Zedong is looking to land body kicks.
Zedong misses the jab.
Storm tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Zedong is able to avoid easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Storm. Zedong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by Storm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Storm digs a good body shot into Zedong's ribs.
Zedong cracks a nice hook into Storm's ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Storm looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zedong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zedong closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Storm lands with a left to the head.
Storm lands with a short shot to the head.
Zedong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Storm throws a punch but it's blocked by Zedong.
Zedong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Storm lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zedong.
Zedong stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zedong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zedong misses with the head strike.
Zedong landing knees to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Storm swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zedong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Storm creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Storm throws a punch but it's blocked by Zedong.
Zedong blocks a body shot from Storm.
Storm wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Storm lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zedong or not.
Zedong prevents a body shot from Storm.
Storm blocks an uppercut.
Storm tries a body shot but Zedong blocks it.
Zedong lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zedong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Storm.
Storm lands a hook that snaps the head of Zedong backwards.
Storm blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Storm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Storm dominated that second round.
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.
Zedong looks to throw the jab but Storm is out of range.
Storm ducks under a wild hook from Zedong.
Zedong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Storm lands with a kick to the ribs.
Storm blocks a leg kick.
Zedong thuds his right hand into Storm's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zedong drives through and clinches with Storm against the cage.
Zedong tries to land knees in the clinch but Storm avoids the damage to the body.
Storm lands a hook that snaps the head of Zedong backwards.
Zedong taking a breather.
Storm scores with a nice hook to the head.
Storm lands a hook to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Zedong tries to throw a body punch but Storm avoids it by throwing Zedong back against the cage.
Storm lands a hook that snaps the head of Zedong backwards.
Zedong is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Storm lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zedong backwards.
Zedong is still on wobbly legs! Can Storm finish him?
Storm lands a shot to the body.
Zedong takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm is leaning against Zedong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Storm softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zedong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Storm dips a shoulder and cracks Zedong with a mighty uppercut! Zedong falls back against the cage and Storm unloads with a barrage of strikes! Zedong is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Storm screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Storm!
Johnny Storm retains his welterweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Johnny Storm thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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