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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jozef Jankowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Squirrel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Squirrel has chosen Bio Crisis - Delirio as his entrance music. Steve Squirrel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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226 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jozef Jankowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Squirrel!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Squirrel throws a hook to the side of Jankowski's head but Jankowski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Squirrel throws a combination that misses
and Jankowski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Squirrel misses the jab.
Squirrel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jankowski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Squirrel has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Squirrel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jankowski on the side of the head.
Squirrel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Squirrel dives in and grabs Jankowski's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jankowski pushes down on Squirrel's head and hops out.
Jankowski tries to counter with a takedown but Squirrel is quick to defend against it.
Squirrel misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Squirrel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jankowski moves away.
Jankowski defending well as Squirrel loads up on a big left hand.
Squirrel throws a jab when Jankowski was well out of range.
Jankowski drives through with a takedown into Squirrel's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Squirrel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Squirrel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Squirrel looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jankowski trying to control but Squirrel is working from the bottom.
Squirrel will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Jankowski is in close to Squirrel's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Squirrel has his foot on Jankowski's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jankowski works his way back into a safe position though.
Jankowski landing with the ground and pound.
Squirrel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jankowski is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski trying to control but Squirrel is working from the bottom.
Jankowski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jankowski passes Squirrel's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jankowski is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Squirrel makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Squirrel.
Squirrel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jankowski has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Squirrel is trying to keep Jankowski in close.
Squirrel looking for a guillotine here but Jankowski defends easily.
Squirrel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jankowski works over Squirrel with some ground and pound from guard.
Jankowski is stalling in the full guard.
Squirrel looking for a sweep. Not yet Squirrel, not yet.
Squirrel preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jankowski working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jankowski distracts Squirrel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jankowski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Squirrel has his foot on Jankowski's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jankowski works his way back into a safe position though.
Squirrel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Squirrel controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jankowski not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Squirrel throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squirrel looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jankowski puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Squirrel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jankowski.
Squirrel has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jankowski is working away from the top position though.
Jankowski is taking a breather. Squirrel says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Squirrel actively working from the bottom here.
Jankowski is trying to control the action in half guard but Squirrel is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Squirrel moves into full guard.
Jankowski slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Jankowski preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jozef Jankowski dominated that round.
That's time! Jankowski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Squirrel is looking to clinch.
A jab from Squirrel does it's job there.
Squirrel drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jankowski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Squirrel throwing strikes but missing.
Squirrel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Squirrel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Squirrel with a nice head shot there.
Squirrel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jankowski seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Squirrel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Squirrel trying to control the position from guard on top but Jankowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Squirrel postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jankowski keeping moving, preventing Squirrel from controlling successfully.
Jankowski being controlled here, momentarily.
Jankowski working a defensive guard here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Squirrel bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squirrel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jankowski keeps working.
Squirrel tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Squirrel has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Squirrel lands some shots froms side control.
Squirrel is staying tight to Jankowski's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Squirrel throws a strike aimed at the side of Jankowski's head but Jankowski avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squirrel postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Squirrel throwing strikes but Jankowski manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Jankowski looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jankowski trying to control the position but Squirrel is working away.
Squirrel tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jankowski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Squirrel is still trying to improve position.
Jankowski has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Squirrel wants to control but Jankowski is having none of it.
Jankowski scoring with strikes but Squirrel is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski with a couple of short strikes.
Jankowski cracks Squirrel with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Squirrel is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jankowski landing strikes from the mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Squirrel is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jankowski with shots to the head and body - Squirrel looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jankowski wants to finish this one by submission but Squirrel is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Jankowski.
BOOM! Jankowski connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jankowski looking to control and managing it successfully.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Squirrel is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jankowski controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jozef Jankowski will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A big right from Squirrel misses.
Jankowski feinted with a counter takedown.
Steve Squirrel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jankowski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Squirrel.
Squirrel looks to land a combination but Jankowski avoids it well.
Jankowski has managed to clinch.
Jankowski lands a knee to the body.
Jankowski unloads a knee to the mid-section. Squirrel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jankowski lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Squirrel has hold of Jankowski's hands but Jankowski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jankowski looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jankowski is keen to just control but Squirrel is a slippery customer.
Squirrel won't allow Jankowski to pass to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Squirrel gets full guard.
Squirrel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jankowski can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jankowski controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jankowski postures up and lands a big shot to Squirrel's brow.
Squirrel is looking for a triangle but Jankowski pushes his legs off easily.
Jankowski scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jankowski throwing strikes from guard but Squirrel blocks nicely.
Squirrel preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jankowski wants to control from the top but Squirrel keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squirrel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jozef Jankowski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Squirrel keeping full guard, as Jankowski tries to pass.
Jankowski trying to control but Squirrel is working from the bottom.
Squirrel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jankowski seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Jankowski wants to control from the top but Squirrel keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Squirrel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squirrel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Squirrel misses with a double jab
and Jankowski counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Squirrel is trying to get back to full guard.
Jankowski slips a nice elbow through Squirrel's hands, connecting with Squirrel's forehead.
Jankowski slips a nice elbow through Squirrel's hands, connecting with Squirrel's forehead.
Jankowski wants to advance to full mount but Squirrel doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Squirrel escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jankowski gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Squirrel working for a triangle but Jankowski defends it easily.
Squirrel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jankowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Squirrel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Squirrel trying to control the position.
Jankowski wants to control from the top but Squirrel keeps moving.
Squirrel has momentary wrist control but Jankowski slips an elbow through the middle.
Squirrel working a defensive guard here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Squirrel looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Steve Squirrel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jozef Jankowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jankowski's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jozef Jankowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jankowski, 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jozef Jankowski!
Jozef Jankowski took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'It's my goal to win a title in my MMA career before I retire. I wont stop until that title is around my waste!'.
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