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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jagkero Batdori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batdori's entrance music is Huun Hurr Ti-Chira Khoor. A fine choice. Lester is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Johnny Cash - Gods gonna cut you down. Johnny Lester has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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270 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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192 cm
23
280 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jagkero Batdori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Lester!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batdori avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lester is trying to break the clinch but Batdori has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Batdori.
Batdori leaning against his opponent.
Batdori is looking for a takedown.
Batdori has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lester is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lester wants to stall.
Lester tries to circle away but Batdori has him pinned against the cage.
Batdori is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jagkero Batdori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Batdori looking for a takedown.
Batdori keeps control of Lester as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lester pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Batdori avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lester misses with a few strikes there.
Lester lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Jagkero Batdori has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester misses the shot to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lester tries to work over Batdori's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lester wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Batdori has Lester pressed against the cage, preventing Lester from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lester tries to circle away but Batdori has him pinned against the cage.
Batdori is trying to trip Lester. He has hold of a leg but Lester is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Batdori persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Batdori throwing strikes from guard but Lester blocks nicely.
Lester is pulling down on Batdori's head. It's preventing any offense from Batdori, at least for the moment.
Lester really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Batdori. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lester preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batdori trying to control but Lester is working from the bottom.
Batdori with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lester utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Batdori postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lester wants to stand and escape but Batdori is having none of it.
Batdori throws a big right hand that misses.
Batdori passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Batdori thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Batdori working the head with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batdori tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Batdori working the ground and pound but Lester is defending the strikes.
Batdori trying to control the position but Lester is working away.
Batdori with the ground and pound but Lester regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Batdori looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lester with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Batdori is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Lester won't allow Batdori to pass to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batdori throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Batdori lands with a punch from half guard.
Lester blocking the ground and pound attempt from Batdori.
Batdori thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Batdori missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Batdori 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lester flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Batdori is looking to take a break and control but Lester is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Batdori slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jagkero Batdori dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jagkero Batdori's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Batdori throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lester.
Batdori fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lester, pushing him back against the cage.
Batdori holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Batdori works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Batdori working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lester's head.
Lester 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.
Batdori chips away with some ground and pound.
Batdori slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batdori is looking for a kimura here.
Lester is trying to stand up here but Batdori is controlling him well.
Lester is refusing to be controlled, as Batdori sits in half guard.
Batdori thows a huge punch but Lester dodges it nicely.
Batdori is trying to control. Lester wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Batdori not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jagkero Batdori overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batdori thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lester wants to control but Batdori is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Batdori thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Batdori is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Batdori not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Batdori wants to control but Lester is keeping him busy.
Batdori lands with a punch from half guard.
Batdori throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batdori lands strikes from half guard.
Batdori is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lester defends it well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lester can do anything to dispel that myth.
Batdori thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batdori thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Batdori scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Batdori thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Batdori is thwarting Lester's attempts to control the position.
Batdori seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lester does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Batdori trying to control the pace.
Batdori working Lester over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Batdori lands a nice short elbow.
Lester has hold of Batdori's hands but Batdori slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Batdori there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lester on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lester is breathing heavily.
Batdori passes to side control.
Batdori scoring with punches from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Batdori scoring with punches from side control.
Batdori in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Batdori in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jagkero Batdori dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jagkero Batdori's cut.
That's time! Batdori's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Batdori shoots for a takedown but Lester saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Batdori tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lester loads up on a big right hand but Batdori slips the punch.
Batdori shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lester sprawls well. Lester wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Batdori gets slowly back to his feet.
Batdori closes the distance and pushes Lester back into the cage.
Lester prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jagkero Batdori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Come on Batdori - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lester goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Batdori has Lester pressed against the cage, preventing Lester from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Batdori is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lester gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Batdori has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Lester regains guard immediately.
Batdori prevents Lester from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester keeping full guard, as Batdori tries to pass.
Batdori won't allow Lester to sweep him here.
Lester can't keep his opponent in guard - Batdori advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Batdori is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Lester has managed to free his arm - good work.
Batdori is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Jagkero Batdori is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batdori's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Batdori is looking for a kimura but Lester is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Batdori to get the leverage.
Lester avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Batdori.
Lester wants to get back to his feet.
Lester is looking to control Batdori's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lester avoid being mounted?
Batdori is controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lester dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lester lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Batdori gets a takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Batdori.
Batdori sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Batdori trying to pass the guard but Lester defending well.
Johnny Lester has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Batdori looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice strikes from Batdori there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jagkero Batdori showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Batdori, 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jagkero Batdori!
Jagkero Batdori made sure to mention his sponsor, Conviction in his post fight interview.
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energy
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RATING
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