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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Witson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howlett comes to the cage accompanied by X-Men Theme Music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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201 lbs
14 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Howlett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johny Witson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Witson throws a head kick but Howlett moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Howlett misses its target.
Howlett throws out a loose jab but Witson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Witson tries a head kick but it misses.
Howlett checks a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Howlett misses the target.
Howlett looks to land a left hand but Witson moved out of range nicely.
Howlett jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Witson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Howlett counters with a straight right hand.
Witson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Howlett swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Howlett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Howlett throws out a loose jab but Witson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johny Witson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howlett loads up on a big right hand but Witson slips the punch.
Witson was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Witson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Howlett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little feinted left hand from Howlett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Howlett misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Witson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Howlett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Howlett scores with a jab.
James Howlett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Witson looks to throw a body kick
and Howlett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Witson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Witson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Witson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Witson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Howlett is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Witson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Witson's back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howlett is striking well from the back but Witson escapes and manages to control the positon and works his way to half guard. A much better position - the crisis is over for the time being.
Witson manages to get to full guard.
Howlett throwing strikes from guard but Witson blocks nicely.
Witson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Witson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Witson has Howlett pulled in close to control his posture.
Witson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Howlett manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett is trying to control the position but Witson postures up.
Witson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Witson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Witson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Howlett's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Howlett keeping moving, preventing Witson from controlling successfully.
Howlett manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Howlett has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Witson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Howlett swings wildly with an uppercut but Witson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Howlett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Witson is trying to push Howlett away but Howlett has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Howlett.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett breaks from the clinch.
Witson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Witson misses with a takedown
and Howlett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Witson misses with a kick to the body.
Witson throws a nice looking combination but Howlett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A low kick from Witson is predictable there
and Howlett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Howlett throws a jab when Witson was well out of range.
Witson throws a counter combo.
Howlett punishes Witson's body with a nice straight punch.
Witson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Donk. Howlett catches Witson right on the button with a cross.
Howlett forces Witson back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Howlett dominated that round.
That's time! Howlett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Witson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Howlett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Witson can do to turn this around?
Witson blocks a jab.
Witson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Johny Witson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Witson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Howlett scores with a jab to the jaw.
Witson slips a straight right by Howlett.
Howlett doesn't manage to clinch there - Witson circles away.
Howlett throws a looping overhand right but Witson ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Witson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Witson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Howlett counters with a left to the body.
Witson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Howlett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Howlett throws a series of punches but Witson moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Howlett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Howlett blocks a head kick by Witson.
Howlett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Witson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Howlett swivels and escapes.
Howlett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Howlett lands with a shot to the body.
Witson misses with a body shot
and Howlett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Howlett checks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Witson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Witson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Howlett scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Howlett connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Witson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Howlett.
Howlett checks a leg kick.
Howlett blocks a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Howlett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Witson.
Howlett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Witson has time to react.
Howlett is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Witson throws a leg kick
and Howlett counters with a stiff right hand.
Howlett misses with a straight right.
James Howlett is winning the standup battle so far.
Howlett throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Witson.
Howlett jabs at Witson's body.
Witson throws a right and a left that Howlett avoids nicely.
Witson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Howlett throws out a powerful jab.
Howlett keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Howlett is looking to counter punch.
Witson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Howlett backs off Witson throws a huge counter combo but Howlett manages to avoid it all.
Witson throws a low kick but Howlett moves out of range easily.
Howlett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Howlett connects with a crisp jab.
Witson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Howlett as he avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Howlett misses with a lunging right hand
and Witson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Howlett cracks Witson with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Howlett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Witson ducks under a wild hook from Howlett.
Howlett tries to keep at a distance but Witson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Howlett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Witson.
Witson tries to land a knee to the head but Howlett blocks with his arms.
Howlett stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Witson misses with a knee strike.
Witson pulls guard successfully.
Witson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Howlett can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Howlett dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Howlett lands a glancing blow to the side of Witson's head.
Witson misses with a leg kick
and Howlett counters with a stiff right hand.
Witson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Howlett lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Witson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Howlett defends well and Witson ends up having to push Howlett into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Witson blocks the low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Witson throws a wild body kick that Howlett sees coming a mile off.
Witson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Howlett.
Witson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Howlett is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A cross from Howlett lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Witson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Witson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Witson throws a leg kick
and Howlett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Witson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Howlett is looking to counter the offense by Witson and move into the clinch.
Witson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Howlett throws a hook to the side of Witson's head but Witson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Witson lands with a kick to the temple. Howlett shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Witson moves in looking to clinch but Howlett pushes him off.
An inside leg kick lands from Witson.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Howlett checks a leg kick.
Witson drives through with a takedown into Howlett's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Howlett looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett controls Witson momentarily but Witson frees himself.
Witson stopping the sweep attempt from Howlett.
Howlett lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Howlett is looking to work some ground and pound but Witson has wrist control.
Howlett postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Howlett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Witson keeping moving, preventing Howlett from controlling successfully.
Witson wants to sweep here but Howlett controlling him for the moment.
Johny Witson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Howlett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Witson has his hands on Howlett's head, controlling the position.
Howlett content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Howlett trying to control the position from guard on top but Witson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Witson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Howlett trying to control but Witson is working from the bottom.
Howlett with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Howlett landing with the ground and pound.
Witson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Howlett.
Howlett distracts Witson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Howlett with a flurry of punches that miss.
Howlett is looking to work some ground and pound but Witson has wrist control.
Howlett missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Witson is striking from the bottom but Howlett uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Howlett working over Witson with some ground and pound. Witson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Howlett lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Witson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Howlett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Howlett 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Howlett!
A victorious James Howlett thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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