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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Yochanan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Johnston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yochanan comes to the cage accompanied by Know your Enemy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yochanan
vs
Johnston

184 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers standup

VTS - Q150 Stamina $30
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VTS - Q150 Stamina $30

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David Yochanan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Johnston!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yochanan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnston misses with a body kick.
Johnston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnston throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yochanan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnston walks into a jab.
Johnston checks a low kick from Yochanan.
Yochanan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Yochanan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yochanan scores with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yochanan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yochanan misses the shot to the body.
Yochanan lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Johnston falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). David Yochanan!

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FIGHT
RATING
74%

Undercard bout

Co-main event

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santino Di Vaio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Jameson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phil Jameson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Di Vaio
vs
Jameson

184 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Santino Di Vaio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Phil Jameson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Di Vaio takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Jameson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Di Vaio!
Di Vaio working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jameson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Di Vaio tries to hold on but Jameson postures up.
Di Vaio regains half guard.
Di Vaio won't allow Jameson to pass to mount.
Jameson trying to control the action but Di Vaio is working from the bottom.
Jameson tries to stand and escape but Di Vaio is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Vaio wants to improve his position but Jameson is controlling well.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Di Vaio is pressing down on Jameson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Di Vaio looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jameson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Di Vaio looking for a sweep. Not yet Di Vaio, not yet.

Di Vaio had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jameson defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Vaio controls Jameson momentarily but Jameson frees himself.
Jameson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jameson wants to control from the top but Di Vaio keeps moving.
Jameson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Di Vaio is keeping the position for now.

Di Vaio is looking for a triangle but Jameson pushes his legs off easily.

Di Vaio has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jameson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jameson trying to control the position from guard on top but Di Vaio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Vaio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jameson wanted to stand there but Di Vaio had control of the position.
Di Vaio trying to keep a closed guard but Jameson is proving a slippery customer.
Jameson wanted to stand there but Di Vaio had control of the position.
Jameson trying to control the position from guard on top but Di Vaio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Phil Jameson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Di Vaio shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Di Vaio showed some decent athleticism there.
Di Vaio is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jameson is trying to control but can't.
Jameson has hold of Di Vaio's hands but Di Vaio slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Di Vaio lands strikes from half guard.
Di Vaio lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jameson is trying to get back to full guard.
Jameson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Di Vaio. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Di Vaio is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Di Vaio throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Di Vaio stops Jameson from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santino Di Vaio dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Di Vaio with a poor takedown

and Jameson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Di Vaio's guard now.
Jameson wants to stand but Di Vaio is controlling his posture from full guard.
Jameson preventing the sweep.

Di Vaio has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jameson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jameson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Di Vaio is keeping the position for now.

Di Vaio is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jameson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Di Vaio is trying to control the position but Jameson postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Vaio throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Di Vaio looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jameson passes into side control.
Di Vaio sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Di Vaio is looking to improve his position.
Jameson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Jameson tries to stand and escape but Di Vaio is controlling the position.
Di Vaio is refusing to be controlled, as Jameson sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jameson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jameson is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Di Vaio reverses the position - he's now on top in Jameson's guard.
Jameson trying to control the position.
Di Vaio wants to control from the top but Jameson keeps moving.

Jameson is looking for a triangle but Di Vaio pushes his legs off easily.

Jameson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Di Vaio defends well.
Di Vaio content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Vaio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Di Vaio trying to control the position from guard on top but Jameson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jameson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Di Vaio is one step ahead there.
Di Vaio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Di Vaio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Di Vaio preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jameson is trying to control the position but Di Vaio postures up.
Di Vaio works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jameson wants to control but Di Vaio is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Di Vaio thows a huge punch but Jameson dodges it nicely.
Jameson manages to get to full guard.
Di Vaio tries to free his leg and advance position but Jameson is retaining full guard.
Jameson controls Di Vaio momentarily but Di Vaio frees himself.
Di Vaio wants to control from the top but Jameson keeps moving.

Jameson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Di Vaio 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.

Phil Jameson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jameson tries to clinch but Di Vaio moves out of range.
Phil Jameson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jameson has his takedown stuffed

and Di Vaio counters with a takedown into side control.
Jameson taking punishment in the form of punches.

Di Vaio working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Di Vaio landing a few strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jameson tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Di Vaio tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Di Vaio has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jameson tries to improve position but can't.
Di Vaio working the ground and pound but Jameson is defending the strikes.
Di Vaio throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jameson struggling a bit here.
Jameson taking a bit of punishment here - Di Vaio scoring with strikes.
Di Vaio misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jameson is looking to regain half guard here but Di Vaio keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Di Vaio throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Jameson wants to control but Di Vaio postures up.
Jameson is looking for a sweep.
Di Vaio is putting a hurting on Jameson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Di Vaio scores with a couple of short elbows.

Di Vaio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jameson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Jameson struggling a bit here.

Di Vaio tries for a kimura but Jameson is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Vaio misses with the ground and pound.
Santino Di Vaio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Di Vaio tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Jameson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Di Vaio looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jameson is avoiding damage well.
Di Vaio misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jameson regains half guard.
Jameson tries to roll over but Di Vaio keeps him under control.
Di Vaio with the ground and pound but Jameson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Di Vaio 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jameson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jameson trying to control the position.
Jameson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jameson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Di Vaio's guard.
Di Vaio keeping moving, preventing Jameson from controlling successfully.
Di Vaio looking for a sweep. Not yet Di Vaio, not yet.
Jameson wants to get up but he can't break Di Vaio's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Jameson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santino Di Vaio clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jameson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Di Vaio counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jameson won't be happy with that.
Di Vaio is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Jameson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Di Vaio scores with a couple of short elbows.
Di Vaio throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jameson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Di Vaio.
Jameson parries the strikes from Di Vaio easily there. Di Vaio is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jameson to escape.
Di Vaio working the ground and pound.
Di Vaio tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Di Vaio tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Di Vaio landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jameson tries to strike from the bottom but misses.

Di Vaio is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jameson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jameson tries to improve position but can't.

Di Vaio working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Di Vaio lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jameson is trying to improve his position.
Jameson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Di Vaio misses with a head shot. Jameson uses the momentum to regain guard.
Jameson looking to control.

Jameson is looking for a triangle but Di Vaio pushes his legs off easily.
Di Vaio lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jameson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Di Vaio stands up over Jameson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jameson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Di Vaio is one step ahead there.
Di Vaio lands a couple of elbows.
Di Vaio trying to control but Jameson is working from the bottom.
Di Vaio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jameson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Di Vaio is in close to Jameson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Di Vaio keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jameson's head.
Di Vaio content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Jameson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Di Vaio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Di Vaio looking to sit in guard and control but Jameson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jameson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jameson is looking to stand up but Di Vaio won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santino Di Vaio had his way with Phil Jameson in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A decent looking cross lands there for Jameson.
Jameson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Di Vaio misses with a takedown attempt
and Jameson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jameson scores with a head kick. Di Vaio tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Jameson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Di Vaio looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jameson tries to advance to mount but can't.
Di Vaio is not content to let Jameson control the position.
Di Vaio misses with a strike from the bottom.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

Jameson stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jameson misses with a takedown

and Di Vaio counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jameson's guard now.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Di Vaio's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Di Vaio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Di Vaio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jameson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jameson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Jameson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Jameson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Di Vaio defends it easily.
Di Vaio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Vaio in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jameson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jameson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Di Vaio cracks Jameson with a solid left hand.
Di Vaio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jameson is looking to stand up but Di Vaio isn't so interested in that idea.
Jameson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Di Vaio lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jameson trying to keep a closed guard but Di Vaio is proving a slippery customer.
Di Vaio stands and throws Jameson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Di Vaio is looking to take a break and control but Jameson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jameson manages to work his way to half guard, despite Di Vaio's best efforts.
Jameson is looking for a sweep. Di Vaio is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jameson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Di Vaio scores with a couple of nice shots.
Di Vaio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jameson trying to control but Di Vaio postures up.
Jameson taking some punishment here, with Di Vaio in his half guard.
Jameson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Di Vaio wants to control but Jameson is keeping him busy.
Jameson is trying to get back to full guard.
Di Vaio scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Phil Jameson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jameson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Di Vaio.

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 Santino Di Vaio.
I think Di Vaio has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 49:46
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 49:46
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Santino Di Vaio!
Santino Di Vaio is the new light heavyweight champion!