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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johann Joensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Bracha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joensen comes to the cage accompanied by Gasolina. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
36 - 25 - 0 |
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180 cm
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181 lbs
22 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
36 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johann Joensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eli Bracha!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joensen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Joensen throws a low kick but Bracha moves out of range easily.
Bracha delivers a nice body kick.
Joensen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Joensen tries a head kick but it misses.
Joensen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Joensen lands with a kick to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joensen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bracha throws a head kick but Joensen moves out of range.
Joensen lands with a kick to the temple. Bracha shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Joensen cracks a nice hook into Bracha's ribs.
Joensen misses with a body shot
and Bracha makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Joensen really felt that one!
Joensen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bracha.
Bracha throws a push kick but Joensen slaps the foot to one side.
Joensen lands a glancing blow to the side of Bracha's head.
Bracha throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Joensen counters with a right hand to the body.
Bracha misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bracha tries to clinch there but Joensen circles away.
Bracha jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bracha misses with a kick to the body.
Joensen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Joensen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bracha misses with a looping right.
Joensen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bracha is out of range and Joensen settles back down.
Joensen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bracha misses with the combination.
Bracha throws a push kick but Joensen slaps the foot to one side.
Bracha throws a looping overhand right but Joensen ducks down to avoid it.
Joensen instigates a clinch.
Bracha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joensen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bracha can't find room to land a body shot as Joensen controls the action.
Joensen gets through Bracha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Joensen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joensen working aggressively here.
Bracha misses with a hook to the ribs.
Joensen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bracha taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Bracha.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joensen takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Johann Joensen has been cut.
Joensen managing to block the knees to the body from Bracha.
Bracha prevents a body shot from Joensen.
Joensen tries to throw a body punch but Bracha avoids it by throwing Joensen back against the cage.
Bracha scores a nice knee to the body.
Bracha taking a breather.
Joensen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joensen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Joensen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Joensen.
Joensen scores with a shot to the side of Bracha's head.
Bracha blocks an uppercut.
Joensen swings wildly with an uppercut but Bracha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joensen working aggressively here.
Bracha effectively controlling the action here.
A short right from Joensen.
Nice body punch from Joensen - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Bracha.
Joensen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bracha's elbow.
Bracha tries to land knees in the clinch but Joensen avoids the damage to the body.
Joensen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bracha's elbow.
Joensen tries to throw a body punch but Bracha avoids it by throwing Joensen back against the cage.
Bracha throws an elbow that misses.
Joensen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Joensen lands a body punch.
Bracha wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joensen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Joensen misses with a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bracha staying out of range there.
Joensen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bracha under the eye.
Joensen misses with a two punch combination.
Joensen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Joensen avoids the head kick by Bracha.
Joensen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bracha takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Joensen looks to land a combination but Bracha avoids it well.
Bracha tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Joensen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joensen throws out a powerful jab.
Bracha walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joensen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johann Joensen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johann Joensen's cut.
That's time! Joensen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bracha looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bracha looks for the body kick but Joensen saw that one coming.
Bracha is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Joensen.
Joensen swats away the attempt to clinch by Bracha.
Bracha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bracha.
A jab from Bracha does it's job there.
Bracha misses with a low kick.
Bracha lets loose with a powerful body kick. Joensen will feel that in the morning.
Bracha chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Joensen lands with a good body shot.
Bracha lands a high kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joensen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joensen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joensen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bracha tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joensen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joensen lands with a cross.
Joensen scores with a spinning back kick!
Joensen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bracha's calf.
Joensen tries to clinch there but Bracha circles away.
Bracha looks to land a body kick but Joensen moved away.
Bracha dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Joensen. That did some damage!
Bracha lands a glancing blow to the side of Joensen's head.
Joensen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Joensen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bracha has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bracha and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bracha lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bracha swats away the attempt to clinch by Joensen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bracha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joensen.
Bracha punishes Joensen's body with a nice straight punch.
Joensen sizes up Bracha with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Joensen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Joensen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joensen throws a head kick that misses.
Bracha throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bracha looks for the body kick but Joensen saw that one coming.
Bracha scoring well with a low kick there.
Johann Joensen is winning the standup battle so far.
Bracha swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bracha lets loose with a powerful body kick. Joensen will feel that in the morning.
Joensen wants to slow Bracha down by chopping away at his legs.
Joensen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bracha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joensen misses with a head kick.
Bracha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joensen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bracha. That one must have hurt.
Bracha moves out of range as Joensen strikes.
Joensen throws a leg kick but Bracha sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bracha lands a big head kick that sends Joensen tumbling to the mat! Bracha takes a step backwards and waves Joensen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Joensen is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joensen. That's going to slow Bracha down.
Oh Joensen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bracha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joensen.
Joensen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Joensen moves out of range as Bracha throws a body kick.
Joensen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A head kick misses from Bracha.
Bracha tries to land a leg kick but Joensen saw it coming and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bracha instigates a clinch.
Joensen seems to have got his legs back now.
Bracha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bracha lands a left hand.
Bracha tries to land knees in the clinch but Joensen avoids the damage to the body.
Bracha lands an elbow inside.
Johann Joensen's cut is getting worse.
Joensen blocks an elbow strike.
Joensen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joensen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joensen takes an elbow to the temple.
Bracha is working Joensen over against the cage.
Bracha avoiding damage as Joensen throws knees to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bracha in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Bracha tries to land knees in the clinch but Joensen avoids the damage to the body.
Joensen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joensen lands a body punch.
Bracha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joensen misses with a body punch.
Joensen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eli Bracha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johann Joensen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Joensen moves out of range as Bracha throws a body kick.
Bracha clinches with his opponent.
Joensen swings wildly with an uppercut but Bracha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joensen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bracha misses with a punch on the inside.
Bracha breaks the clinch.
Bracha connects with a leg kick. Joensen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bracha throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bracha takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joensen throws a sloppy body shot
and Bracha counters with a nice low kick that buckles Joensen's knee momentarily.
Bracha misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bracha takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bracha lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Joensen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bracha manages to avoid it.
Joensen tries to bum rush Bracha with a series of wild strikes but Bracha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bracha keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Joensen moves out of range of the body kick.
Joensen wants to clinch but Bracha slips to the side
and Bracha counters with a nice body kick.
Bracha uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joensen.
Joensen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joensen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bracha.
A big right from Bracha misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bracha.
Bracha cracks the inside of Joensen's front leg.
Joensen connects with a body shot that sends Bracha's belly button to the back.
Joensen misses with a wild body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bracha!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Bracha finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circle momentarily. Joensen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bracha lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Joensen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Brachas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Joensen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bracha scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Joensen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bracha.
Bracha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bracha thuds his shin into the meat of Joensen's side.
Joensen throws a sloppy head kick and Bracha moves out of range easily.
Bracha throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Joensen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bracha takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Joensen throws a sloppy head kick and Bracha moves out of range easily.
Joensen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bracha looks to land a combination but Joensen avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joensen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Joensen, right into the meat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Joensen.
Bracha throws a push kick but Joensen slaps the foot to one side.
Joensen tries to clinch but Bracha is having none of it.
Bracha scores with a jab.
Bracha sizes up Joensen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Joensen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bracha scoring well with a low kick there.
Joensen slips a straight right by Bracha.
Joensen throws a combination that misses
and Bracha counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Joensen tries to clinch but Bracha moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joensen works Bracha's body with a nice hook.
Joensen misses with a body shot.
Bracha wants to clinch.
Bracha throws out a powerful jab.
Joensen misses the shot to the body.
Joensen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joensen jabs at Bracha's body.
Joensen digs a good body shot into Bracha's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Joensen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bracha - the referee stops the clock and Joensen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bracha. Joensen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bracha is looking to land body kicks.
Joensen blocks the body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eli Bracha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bracha has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eli Bracha!
An out of breath Eli Bracha thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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