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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Golovkin (ranked 108 p4p, 16 weight class) and Taylor Jack (ranked 331 p4p, 36 weight class). Jack has chosen Lucid Dreams as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vadim Golovkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taylor Jack!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Golovkin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Golovkin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Golovkin lands with a good body shot.
Jack throws out a loose jab but Golovkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Golovkin swings for the body but Jack moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Jack there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jack throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Golovkin throws a hook but Jack avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Jack. Beautiful body shot.
Golovkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jack 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.
A big left from Golovkin misses.
Golovkin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jack throws a solid leg kick but Golovkin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jack.
Golovkin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jack.
Jack is looking to chop away at Golovkin's legs.
Jack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jack rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Golovkin to counter with a crisp jab.
Golovkin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jack in his tracks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jack misses with a hook. Golovkin ducked under it nicely.
Golovkin throws a lazy right hand but Jack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Golovkin misses with an uppercut. Jack saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jack moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jack displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Golovkin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jack throws a wild body kick that Golovkin sees coming a mile off.
Golovkin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jack throws a leg kick that is checked
and Golovkin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Golovkin scores with a decent looking hook.
Golovkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jack throws a big shot that misses.
Golovkin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Golovkin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Golovkin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Jack throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little feinted left hand from Golovkin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Golovkin lands with a cross.
Jack throws a hook to the side of Golovkin's head but Golovkin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jack throws a low kick but Golovkin avoids it.
Jack fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Golovkin swings for the body but Jack moves out of range.
Jack looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Golovkin looks to throw the jab but Jack is out of range.
Jack throws out a counter right but Golovkin avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Golovkin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.
A big left from Golovkin misses.
Jack thows a leg kick but Golovkin checks it
and Golovkin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Taylor Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jack throws a left and a right that both miss
and Golovkin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jack stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jack takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jack throws an overhand right that lands on Golovkin's shoulder, as Golovkin tries to avoid the shot.
Jack finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jack lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Golovkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Golovkin throws a lazy right hand but Jack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jack throws a looping overhand right but Golovkin ducks down to avoid it.
Golovkin misses with a looping right.
Golovkin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jack bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jack was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Golovkin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jack. Jack circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Golovkin checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack throws a wild body kick that Golovkin sees coming a mile off.
Good work by Golovkin as he checks the leg kick.
Jack moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Golovkin misses with a looping left.
Jack throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A slow jab from Golovkin misses its intended target.
Jack looks to land a body kick but Golovkin moved away.
Jack scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jack misses with an uppercut. Golovkin saw that one coming.
Golovkin throws a big shot that misses.
Jack misses with a hook.
Jack swings for the body but Golovkin moves out of range.
Golovkin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jack.
An attempted straight right counter from Golovkin misses the target.
Jack throws a sloppy body shot
and Golovkin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Golovkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Jack.
Jack looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Golovkin moves away from the strike by Jack.
Jack avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Golovkin throws a body punch but Jack moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin throws a shot from downtown. Jack moves away and avoids it.
Golovkin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Golovkin blocks a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jack lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Golovkin walks into a stiff left hand from Jack.
Jack lands a nice looking body kick.
Golovkin moves out of range of the leg kick from Jack.
Golovkin thuds a left hand into Jack's body.
Jack misses with a wild combination.
Jack bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jack misses with a wild body shot.
Golovkin misses with a straight left.
Jack throws a lazy right hand but Golovkin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jack thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jack throws a jab but it's blocked by Golovkin.
Golovkin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jack throws out the jab.
A swing and a miss from Golovkin.
Jack throws out a counter right but Golovkin avoids it with no problem.
Golovkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jack manages to avoid it.
Jack slips a straight right by Golovkin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Taylor Jack will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Golovkin.
It looked like Golovkin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Golovkin moves out of range as Jack strikes.
Golovkin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Golovkin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Golovkin ducks under a wild hook from Jack.
Jack thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Golovkin if he has to take too many more of those.
Taylor Jack seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jack fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Golovkin on the side of the head.
Jack uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Golovkin.
Jack throws a lazy uppercut
and Golovkin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Golovkin thows a left - swing and a miss!
A good leg kick by Jack.
Jack tries to move into range but Golovkin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheers as Golovkin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jack doesn't seem phased though.
Golovkin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jack sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jack uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Golovkin.
Golovkin scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jack throws a body punch but Golovkin moves out of range.
Golovkin throwing a counter right hand but Jack manages to avoid it.
Jack with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jack jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jack misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack tries to land a leg kick but Golovkin saw it coming and moves away.
Golovkin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jack slips under a jab.
A jab from Golovkin finds it's way through Jack's defenses.
A bone on bone clash there as Golovkin blocks the leg kick.
Jack throws the left hand but Golovkin avoids the punch easily.
Jack connects with a leg kick. Golovkin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jack avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jack lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jack throws a low kick but it's checked well by Golovkin.
Golovkin lands with a shot to the body.
Jack keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Golovkin.
Golovkin throws a hook to the side of Jack's head but Jack sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Golovkin scores with a shot to the body.
Jack ducks under a wild hook from Golovkin.
Jack throws a lazy right hand but Golovkin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jack cracks Golovkin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jack tries to work over Golovkin's front leg with a kick but Golovkin checks it.
A little feinted left hand from Golovkin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters circling - Golovkin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Golovkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jack manages to avoid it.
Golovkin throws a hook but Jack blocks it.
Jack doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A slow jab from Golovkin misses its intended target.
Jack steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Golovkin.
Jack looks to throw the jab but Golovkin is out of range.
Golovkin is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Golovkin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jack.
An attempted straight right counter from Golovkin misses the target.
Jack is looking to land body kicks.
Jack does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jack fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Golovkin manages to avoid it.
Jack connects with a leg kick. Golovkin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jack's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Golovkin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jack scrambles back to his feet.
Golovkin throws a hook to the side of Jack's head but Jack sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Golovkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jack misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Jack misses the target.
Golovkin misses with a hook.
Golovkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Golovkin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Jack finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jack ducks under a wild hook from Golovkin.
Jack lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Golovkin moves out of range as Jack strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Golovkin misses the target.
Golovkin slips a straight right by Jack.
Jack ducks under a wild hook from Golovkin.
Jack looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Golovkin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jack.
A slow jab from Jack misses its intended target.
Jack moves out of range of the strikes.
Jack misses with a jab to the body
and Golovkin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jack throws a jab when Golovkin was well out of range.
Golovkin scores with a jab to the body.
Jack has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jack there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jack misses the shot to the body.
Golovkin ducks under a wild hook from Jack.
Jack walks into a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jack misses with a kick to the body.
Jack looks to land a left hand but Golovkin moved out of range nicely.
Jack throws a shot from downtown. Golovkin moves away and avoids it.
Golovkin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Golovkin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jack takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jack misses with a body shot.
Golovkin misses with an uppercut.
Golovkin misses with a straight right.
Jack misses with a looping left.
Jack throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jack lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jack ducks under a wild hook from Golovkin.
Jack throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Golovkin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jack lands with a cross.
Golovkin throws an overhand right that lands on Jack's shoulder, as Jack tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jack takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jack throws a body kick that misses
and Golovkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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 Vadim Golovkin will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Golovkin misses with a hook to the body
and Jack counters with a straight right hand.
Jack has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Golovkin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Golovkin loads up on a big right hand but Jack slips the punch.
Golovkin misses the shot to the body.
Golovkin blocks a leg kick.
Golovkin throws a sloppy body shot
and Jack counters with a nice leg kick.
Golovkin misses with a straight left.
Jack throws a predictable looking body shot
and Golovkin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Golovkin misses with a straight right.
Golovkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jack misses with a left hand
letting Golovkin counter with a right hand.
Golovkin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golovkin defending well as Jack loads up on a big left hand.
Golovkin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Golovkin misses its intended target.
Jack misses with a looping right.
Golovkin loads up on a big right hand but Jack slips the punch.
Golovkin cracks Jack with an open hand slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack throws an off balance right hand
enabling Golovkin to counter with a crisp jab.
Golovkin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice body kick from Jack.
A swing and a miss from Golovkin.
Jab from Golovkin.
Jack steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a hook. Jack ducked under it nicely.
Jack fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Golovkin checks it well.
Jack pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Golovkin back to the cage. Jack follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jack throws a body kick that misses
enabling Golovkin to counter with a crisp jab.
Jack misses with a few strikes there.
Golovkin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Jack scores with a spinning back kick!
Jack goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jack lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack staying out of range there.
Jack blocks a jab.
Golovkin cracks a nice hook into Jack's ribs.
Golovkin slips a straight right by Jack.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Golovkin blocks the low kick.
Jack attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Golovkin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jack moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Golovkin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jack.
It seemed like Jack was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Golovkin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Golovkin lands a lovely overhand right.
Golovkin misses with a looping right.
Golovkin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jack.
Golovkin swings for the body but Jack moves out of range.
Jack misses with an uppercut.
Golovkin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jack.
A counter left hand to the body from Golovkin misses its target.
Golovkin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jack ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Golovkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jack throws a front kick aimed at Golovkin's knee but Golovkin avoids it well.
Golovkin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Golovkin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jack.
A slow jab from Golovkin misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack defending well as Golovkin loads up on a big left hand.
Jack throws a series of punches but Golovkin avoids them all with ease.
Golovkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jack connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Golovkin's hands.
Golovkin tests Jack's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jack connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Golovkin lands an overhand right.
Golovkin throws a lazy right hand but Jack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jack swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Golovkin to counter with a crisp jab.
Jack throws the left hand but Golovkin avoids the punch easily.
Golovkin lands a nice shot to the body.
Golovkin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jack blocks a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack tries to land a leg kick but Golovkin saw it coming and moves away.
Golovkin moves away from the strike by Jack.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin lands a nice shot that snaps Jack's head back.
Jack looks to land a left hand but Golovkin moved out of range nicely.
Golovkin loads up on a big right hand but Jack slips the punch.
Jack misses with a straight right.
Jack defending well as Golovkin loads up on a big left hand.
Jack looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jack throws a jab when Golovkin was well out of range.
Golovkin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jack.
Jack throws a half hearted mid kick.
Golovkin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Golovkin swings for the body but Jack moves out of range.
Golovkin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Golovkin misses with an uppercut.
Jack looks to land a left hand but Golovkin moved out of range nicely.
Golovkin slips under a jab from Jack.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Golovkin misses the shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vadim Golovkin.
Well Golovkin 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vadim Golovkin!
A very excited looking Vadim Golovkin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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