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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fireball Kid (ranked 7874 p4p, 547 weight class) and JJ Woods (ranked 2071 p4p, 245 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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165 lbs
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fireball Kid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, JJ Woods!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Woods.
Woods tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Woods lands a leg kick that knocks Kid off balance momentarily.
Woods throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Woods tries a head kick but it misses.
Kid closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Woods's guard.
Woods pushes Kid off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Woods misses with a straight right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kid moves out of range of the body kick from Woods.
Kid tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Woods manages to circle out of the way.
Woods misses with a low kick.
Woods throws a leg kick which misses Kid's front leg but catches the back leg as Kid tries to avoid it.
Kid throws a right and a left that Woods avoids nicely.
A head kick misses from Woods.
Woods chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Woods scores with a spinning back kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kid moves out of range of the body kick.
Woods has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Kid is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Woods gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kid counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Woods tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Woods looking to control.
Kid is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kid is looking to stand up but Woods won't let him.
Kid 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.
Woods has an active guard here but Kid has managed to pass into half guard.
Kid thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kid is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Woods!
Woods tries to hold on but Kid pushes him away.
Kid sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kid looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Kid controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods tries to hold on but Kid pushes him away.
Woods is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Kid looking to ground and pound but Woods is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Woods tries to lock up and control but Kid gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kid tries to control but Woods wriggling away.
Kid controlling the pace for now.
Woods is looking to get to half guard.
Kid won't let Woods get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Kid looking to control and managing it successfully.
Woods really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kid. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kid tries to control but Woods wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Woods is still trying to improve position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kid throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kid sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Woods avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kid.
Kid landing strikes from the mount.
Woods taking shots to the head.
Kid tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods can't escape the position.
Woods wants to hold on but Kid pushes him away.
Kid controlling his opponent.
Kid avoids the attempt from Woods to control.
Woods looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Woods is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Kid off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Kid controlling well, preventing Woods from escaping the position.
Woods is keeping busy.
Woods wants to escape the position.
Woods wants to get back to his feet.
Kid is hanging on to Woods's back as he tries to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fireball Kid dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Woods misses with a kick to the body.
Woods pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Woods misses with a head kick.
Woods misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kid misses with a wild combination.
Woods tried to score with a low kick but Kid checks it.
Woods attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Woods scores with a head kick.
It looks like Fireball Kid has been cut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Woods.
Woods misses with a head kick.
Kid feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woods keeps the fight on the outside.
Fireball Kid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Woods wants to land a leg kick but Kid is out of range.
Kid tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Woods manages to circle out of the way.
Kid will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kid goes for a double leg but Woods avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Woods continues to drive forward.
Woods tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kid is able to avoid easily.
Kid is looking for a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods is looking to slow Kid down with leg kicks.
Woods is looking to slow Kid down with leg kicks.
Kid dives in for a single leg takedown but Woods sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fireball Kid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kid has a takedown stuffed.
Woods lands with a kick to the temple. Kid shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kid takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Woods clinches up with Kid and pushes him back against the cage.
Kid blocks an uppercut.
Woods can't find room to land a body shot as Kid controls the action.
Kid works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Woods is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Kid presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kid blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods scores a nice knee to the body.
Woods misses with a hook from the clinch.
Woods misses with a short punch on the inside.
Woods swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kid blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Woods struggles to land a body shot inside as Kid controls his hands.
Woods tries to throw a body punch but Kid avoids it by throwing Woods back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Woods.
Woods gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kid.
Kid is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Woods to keep the fight standing.
Woods misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Woods misses with some punches.
Woods has a couple of punches blocked by Kid.
Woods misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Woods fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kid has hold of one of Woods's legs. Woods is fighting the takedown attempt but Kid gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Woods has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Kid is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Kid taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kid tries to circle away but Woods has him pinned against the cage.
Woods blocks an elbow strike from Kid.
Woods is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kid gets control of Woods's arms and successfully pulls guard. Kid will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Kid utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kid avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kid looking to control.
Woods throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Woods has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Woods working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Woods postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Woods wants to stand and escape but instead Kid has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kid with a flurry of punches that miss.
Woods looking to control.
Kid is fighting to break Woods's control of his arms but Woods is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Woods trying to control the position.
Fireball Kid overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kid looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Kid trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JJ Woods showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fireball Kid's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kid 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 Woods has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Woods and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kid throws a nice looking combination but Woods bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Woods dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kid. That did some damage!
Woods throws a body shot but no joy.
Kid blocks the body kick.
Kid takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Woods pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kid drops down looking for a counter takedown but Woods sprawls and moves away.
Kid has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kid wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Woods has him pressed against the cage.
Woods tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kid's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kid is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Woods is defending well.
Woods working aggressively here.
Woods misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Woods swings wildly with an uppercut but Kid uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kid.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kid tightens his grip and picks Woods up, before dumping him to the ground. Woods manages to land in guard.
Woods is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Kid is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Woods to keep the fight standing.
Kid jumps guard but Woods stands there with Kid around his waist. Kid gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fireball Kid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kid drops down looking for an ankle pick but Woods pulls his leg out and moves away.
Woods scoring well with a low kick there.
Kid is trying hard to land a takedown here. Woods sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Woods throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good exchange - Woods coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Woods fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kid.
Kid takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kid moves out of range of the body kick.
Kid lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Kid shoots in looking for a takedown. Woods tries to sprawl out of it but Kid keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Woods manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kid is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Woods lands with a thumping leg kick.
Woods misses with a low kick.
Woods misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kid scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kid throws an elbow but Woods slips to the side and avoids it well.
Woods tries to bench press Kid off him but Kid keeps the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Woods is trying to escape the mount.
Kid looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Kid is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Woods has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Woods is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Woods keeps trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kid thowing shots but they're missing.
Kid controlling the pace for now.
Woods avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kid.
Woods is working to get back to half guard.
Kid controlling the pace for now.
Woods is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kid has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Woods's face.
Kid working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Woods tries to hold on but Kid postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
JJ Woods comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Woods 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JJ Woods!
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