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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Skantze Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Louvierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louvierre has chosen Dirty House as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. John Skantze Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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174 lbs
18 - 23 - 0 |
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170 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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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
18 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Skantze Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Louvierre!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skantze Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Louvierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Skantze Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Skantze Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Louvierre has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Louvierre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Skantze Jr throws a lazy right hand but Louvierre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Skantze Jr moves out of range as Louvierre strikes.
Louvierre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
It looks like Alex Louvierre has been cut.
Skantze Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Louvierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Skantze Jr thows a body shot but no joy.
Louvierre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Skantze Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Skantze Jr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Louvierre jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louvierre closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Louvierre throws a combination that misses
and Skantze Jr counters with a three punch combo that has Louvierre backing up. Louvierre nods at Skantze Jr to acknowledge the strikes.
Louvierre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've been told by Skantze Jr's head coaches at Grappling Pro Helsinki that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Skantze Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Skantze Jr tries to bum rush Louvierre with a series of wild strikes but Louvierre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Skantze Jr swinging wildly here.
Skantze Jr ducks under a wild hook from Louvierre.
Skantze Jr with a nice cross.
Skantze Jr lands with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Skantze Jr misses.
Louvierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Skantze Jr throws a jab when Louvierre was well out of range.
Skantze Jr fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Skantze Jr.
Louvierre throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Skantze Jr stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Louvierre falls off balance throwing a combination
and Skantze Jr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Skantze Jr misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre scores with a one two! Skantze Jr had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Louvierre throws a nice looking combination but Skantze Jr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Skantze Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Louvierre misses with a two punch combination.
Skantze Jr cracks Louvierre with a good jab.
Skantze Jr avoids a punch combination nicely.
Louvierre slips a jab and a cross from Skantze Jr.
Skantze Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Louvierre circles away quickly and effectively.
Louvierre looks to land a combination but Skantze Jr avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre looks to land a combination but Skantze Jr avoids it well.
Skantze Jr lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Louvierre has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skantze Jr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Skantze Jr tries to bum rush Louvierre with a series of wild strikes but Louvierre uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Skantze Jr lands a slapping body shot.
Louvierre waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Skantze Jr.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A left and a right from Skantze Jr both land. Nice combination.
Louvierre lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Louvierre throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that John Skantze Jr will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alex Louvierre's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Skantze Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Louvierre takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Louvierre slips a straight right by Skantze Jr.
Louvierre throws a right and a left that Skantze Jr avoids nicely.
Louvierre swinging wildly here.
Skantze Jr digs a good hook to Louvierre's body.
Louvierre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Louvierre misses with a few strikes there.
A shot to the body from Louvierre misses
and Skantze Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Skantze Jr scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louvierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Skantze Jr dodges the punch combination from Louvierre.
Skantze Jr throws a right hand that Louvierre ducks under and follows up with a left that Louvierre also avoids with ease.
Louvierre ducks under a wild hook from Skantze Jr.
Louvierre's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Skantze Jr connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Louvierre scrambles back to his feet.
Nice jab there from Skantze Jr.
Louvierre swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Skantze Jr counter with a right hand.
Louvierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Skantze Jr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skantze Jr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
John Skantze Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Louvierre throws a right hand that Skantze Jr ducks under and follows up with a left that Skantze Jr also avoids with ease.
Louvierre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louvierre shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Louvierre throws a series of punches but Skantze Jr moves out of range.
Skantze Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Skantze Jr throws a right hand that Louvierre ducks under and follows up with a left that Louvierre also avoids with ease.
Skantze Jr throws a series of punches but Louvierre moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Skantze Jr.
John Skantze Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Skantze Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Skantze Jr misses the jab.
Louvierre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Skantze Jr counters with a one-two to the body.
Skantze Jr slips under a jab from Louvierre.
Skantze Jr lands with a nice combination. Louvierre backs away looking to recover.
Skantze Jr getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Skantze Jr throws a right hand that Louvierre ducks under and follows up with a left that Louvierre also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Skantze Jr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Louvierre throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Skantze Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Louvierre misses with a two punch combination.
Skantze Jr slips under a jab.
Skantze Jr lands a really nice looking cross but Louvierre seems unphased.
Louvierre misses with a combination
letting Skantze Jr counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Louvierre throws a combination that misses
and Skantze Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good standup being displayed there by Skantze Jr as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Skantze Jr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Louvierre's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Louvierre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Skantze Jr dips to his left and cracks Louvierre with an uppercut!
Louvierre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Skantze Jr feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Louvierres jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Louvierre has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Skantze Jr finds it's way round the side to connect with Louvierre's head.
Louvierre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Louvierre takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Louvierre tries to bum rush Skantze Jr with a series of wild strikes but Skantze Jr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Skantze Jr connects with a looping right hand.
Skantze Jr lands a really nice looking cross but Louvierre seems unphased.
Skantze Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louvierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Skantze Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louvierre fails to land with a series of punches.
Louvierre falls off balance throwing a combination
and Skantze Jr counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Louvierre misses with a double jab.
Skantze Jr pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Louvierre back to the cage. Skantze Jr follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Skantze Jr scores with a hook.
A nice combination there by Skantze Jr.
Nice straight punches there by Skantze Jr. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Skantze Jr.
Louvierre is rocked!
Louvierre slips a jab and a cross from Skantze Jr.
Louvierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Skantze Jr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre misses the shot to the body.
Skantze Jr jabs at Louvierre's body.
Skantze Jr moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Skantze Jr lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Skantze Jr does it's job there.
Skantze Jr throws a series of punches but Louvierre avoids them all with ease.
Louvierre looks to land a left hand but Skantze Jr moved out of range nicely.
Skantze Jr bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Louvierre's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skantze Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Louvierre.
Skantze Jr throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louvierre has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Louvierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Skantze Jr.
Skantze Jr misses with a hook.
Louvierre falls off balance throwing a combination
and Skantze Jr counters with a three punch combo that has Louvierre backing up. Louvierre nods at Skantze Jr to acknowledge the strikes.
Louvierre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good standup being displayed there by Skantze Jr as he connects with a hook.
Skantze Jr throws a right and a left that both miss.
Skantze Jr lands with a nice combination. Louvierre backs away looking to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre misses with a two punch combination.
Louvierre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Skantze Jr.
Louvierre ducks under a wild hook from Skantze Jr.
Alex Louvierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Skantze Jr misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Louvierre misses.
Louvierre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Skantze Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
John Skantze Jr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Skantze Jr scores with a three punch combo!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Skantze Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louvierre was well out of range. Poor timing from Skantze Jr.
Skantze Jr defending well as Louvierre loads up on a big left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Skantze Jr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Skantze Jr has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Skantze Jr!
Post fight, an emotional John Skantze Jr said 'i new i gonna win the trilogy against alex! whos next?'.
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