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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manny Johnson (ranked 133 p4p, 404 weight class) and Krsto Vujić (ranked 23 p4p, 64 weight class). Johnson comes into the arena with On The Run blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Vujić's choice of entrance music: Regeaton Montenegro. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Great wrestler
World class 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 20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Krsto Vujić!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vujić scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Johnson connects with a body shot.
Vujić lands with a shot to the body.
Vujić misses with a looping right.
Krsto Vujić seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vujić takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vujić checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Johnson takes one on the button.
Vujić throws a body shot but no joy.
Vujić lands a jab to the nose.
Vujić throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Vujić stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vujić avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vujić drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Johnson defends it well.
Vujić throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Vujić has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Johnson.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Vujić dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vujić throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johnson on the side of the head.
Vujić misses with an uppercut.
Manny Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Johnson. Beautiful body shot.
Vujić throws out a powerful jab.
Vujić works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnson throws out a powerful jab.
Johnson lands a leg kick that knocks Vujić off balance momentarily.
Johnson 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.
Vujić misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vujić thinking.
Vujić throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Vujić throws out a powerful jab.
Johnson defending well as Vujić loads up on a big left hand.
Johnson clobbers Vujić with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vujić throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vujić sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vujić avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vujić misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vujić fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Johnson throwing a counter right hand but Vujić manages to avoid it.
Johnson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vujić.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Vujić moved out of range nicely.
Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson lands a really nice looking cross but Vujić seems unphased.
Good leg kick by Johnson.
Johnson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vujić comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Johnson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vujić.
Vujić gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
Vujić with a hook.
Vujić ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Vujić misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.
An inside leg kick from Johnson misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Johnson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vujić's head.
Vujić closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Vujić working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Vujić throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Vujić landing a few strikes.
Vujić content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Johnson throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vujić fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Vujić is out of range.
Johnson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A jab lands there for Vujić.
Johnson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A leg kick checked by Vujić.
Vujić feints the counter takedown.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Vujić scores with a nice head shot.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Vujić counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Vujić.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vujić creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Vujić as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vujić lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
I was talking to Johnson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Vujić goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Vujić lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vujić.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Manny Johnson will probably get the nod.
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.
Johnson throws a head kick but Vujić moves out of range.
Vujić throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Vujić misses with an uppercut.
Vujić goes for a double leg but Johnson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Johnson continues to drive forward.
Johnson thumps Vujić with a low kick.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vujić has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Johnson.
Vujić swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Vujić tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Vujić saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
Vujić wants to clinch.
Vujić uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Vujić.
Vujić fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Johnson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vujić tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
Johnson throwing a counter right hand but Vujić manages to avoid it.
Vujić fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Vujić's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vujić swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Vujić working aggressively here.
Vujić tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vujić blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vujić has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vujić misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
Vujić misses with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson tries a low kick but Vujić avoids it.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Vujić uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Vujić.
Vujić misses with a hook
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson connects with a single shot there.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Vujić is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Johnson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Johnson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vujić.
Vujić dips to his left and cracks Johnson with an uppercut!
Johnson moves out of range as Vujić strikes.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Vujić moved out of range nicely.
Vujić lands a lovely overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Vujić.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vujić moves away.
Vujić tries to counter with a clinch but Johnson shakes him off and moves away.
Vujić throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
Vujić throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vujić tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Vujić throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vujić tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vujić throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vujić moves away.
Johnson with a jab.
Vujić cracks Johnson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vujić pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vujić.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vujić's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Vujić prevents Johnson from breaking the clinch.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vujić lands a jab to the nose.
Vujić throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Vujić does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vujić has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson lands a shot to the body.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Vujić slips a straight right by Johnson.
Manny Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Vujić misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
As Vujić backs away, Johnson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vujić moves away.
Vujić connects with a jab.
Johnson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vujić.
Johnson thumps Vujić with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Johnson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Vujić looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Vujić.
Vujić tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
Vujić tries to clinch up
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vujić gets a clinch.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vujić.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Johnson.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Vujić is controlling the position.
Krsto Vujić seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Vujić counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vujić is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vujić throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vujić slips a straight right by Johnson.
Vujić checks a leg kick.
Johnson throws a jab when Vujić was well out of range.
Vujić lands a lovely overhand right.
The fighters circling - Vujić throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vujić throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vujić misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Johnson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vujić is able to avoid easily.
Vujić swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Vujić's head but Vujić sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vujić wants to counter the offense by Johnson and move into the clinch position.
Vujić throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vujić misses the jab.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vujić rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
Vujić has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vujić backwards.
Vujić swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vujić misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Johnson cracks Vujić with a good jab.
Vujić tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vujić's head.
Vujić lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Vujić throws a big shot that misses.
Krsto Vujić has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vujić checks a leg kick.
Vujić throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Vujić misses the jab.
Vujić swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Johnson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vujić will feel that in the morning.
Johnson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vujić.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Vujić is out of range.
Vujić avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A countering left hand to the body from Vujić misses.
Johnson lands a jab to Vujić's midsection.
Vujić lands with an overhand left.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vujić throws out the jab.
Johnson with the inside leg kick.
Vujić misses with an uppercut
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vujić thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson throws the left hand but Vujić avoids the punch easily.
Vujić tries for a takedown but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Johnson lands a jab.
Vujić keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Vujić is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Johnson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Johnson motions for Vujić to come forward. Johnson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson throws a head kick that half lands.
Vujić on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Vujić has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johnson lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Still in the clinch, Vujić scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Johnson!
A relieved looking Manny Johnson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Krsto Vujić was interviewed post fight and said 'Who loses a Win, wins a Loss'.
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