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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Juju Chavez (ranked 3142 p4p, 4125 weight class) and Mark Junior (ranked 189 p4p, 246 weight class). Junior has chosen I am Goated as his entrance music. Juju Chavez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Juju Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Junior!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junior moves away from the strike by Chavez.
Junior is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chavez misses with a double jab.
Chavez looks to score with a jab to the body but Junior is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Junior! But no joy.
Junior lands a nice shot that snaps Chavez's head back.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Junior.
A little jabbing left from Junior on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Junior 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.
Junior tests Chavez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Junior connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Junior throws a hook to the side of Chavez's head but Chavez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Junior connects with a single shot there.
Junior connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Junior misses with a looping left.
Chavez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chavez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Junior looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good exchange - Junior coming out on top.
Chavez throws the kick towards the body but Junior avoids it.
Chavez falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Junior counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Junior tries to close the distance and clinch but Chavez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chavez with a nice cross.
Chavez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chavez swings for the body but Junior moves out of range.
Chavez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Junior! But no joy.
Chavez lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chavez. Junior does a little dance to reset his feet.
Junior looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chavez is looking to wear down Junior with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Chavez throws a series of punches but Junior moves out of range.
Chavez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chavez tries to keep at a distance but Junior has taken the fight into the clinch.
Junior fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Chavez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chavez swats away the attempt to clinch by Junior.
Junior is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Junior was well out of range. Poor timing from Chavez.
Junior looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Junior tries to clinch but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez throws a jab when Junior was well out of range.
Junior rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chavez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chavez misses the shot to the body.
Junior might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Chavez throws a series of punches but Junior moves out of range.
Junior moves in looking to clinch but Chavez pushes him off.
Chavez blocks a jab.
It looked like Chavez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Chavez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Junior pushes Chavez up against the cage in a clinch.
Junior fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Chavez throws a punch but it's blocked by Junior.
Chavez is trying to maintain a safe position but Junior gets an underhook and turns Chavez into the cage.
Chavez is leaning against Junior and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chavez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Junior avoids the elbow strike from Chavez, against the cage.
Chavez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Junior avoids it.
Chavez pushes off an throws an elbow but Junior leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Juju Chavez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Junior.
Chavez effectively controlling the action here.
Junior fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Chavez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Junior moves away from the strike by Chavez.
It seemed like Junior was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chavez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Chavez looks to land a combination but Junior avoids it well.
Chavez swinging wildly here.
Junior tries to clinch up.
Chavez cracks a nice hook into Junior's ribs.
Chavez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Junior.
Chavez takes a swing at Junior's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Junior! But no joy.
Junior misses with a hook
and Chavez counters with a nice body shot.
Chavez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Junior.
Chavez drops down looking for a counter takedown but Junior sprawls and moves away.
Junior is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Chavez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Chavez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chavez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Junior closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Junior pulls guard.
Junior had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chavez defends it easily.
Junior looks winded!
Junior looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Junior can't keep his opponent in guard - Chavez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Junior actively working from the bottom here.
Ground and pound from Chavez.
Chavez passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Junior!
Chavez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Chavez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Chavez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Chavez 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.
Chavez lands a big shot there that rocks Junior but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Junior can't escape the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juju Chavez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Junior keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Junior throws out a counter right but Chavez avoids it with no problem.
Junior is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chavez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Juju Chavez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chavez misses with a straight left.
Chavez misses with a left hand
and Junior connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chavez scores with a nice head shot.
Junior is looking to clinch.
Chavez is looking to counter punch.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Junior.
Junior uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chavez.
Chavez cracks a nice hook into Junior's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Junior is out of range and Chavez settles back down.
Chavez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Junior ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Junior tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Chavez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Juju Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
Chavez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Junior lands with a hook. Chavez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez gets tackled into the cage by Junior. Junior maintains the clinch.
Junior is trying to pull guard but Chavez has him pressed against the cage.
Chavez misses with an elbow strike.
Junior is trying to pull guard but Chavez turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Junior is breathing heavily.
Junior tries to pull guard but Chavez holds him up against the cage and eventually Junior drops back down to his feet.
Juju Chavez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Junior.
Chavez trying to stall but Junior improves his position.
Chavez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Chavez breaks the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Chavez.
Junior gets a clinch.
Chavez pushes off an throws an elbow but Junior leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Junior is trying to pull guard but Chavez turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Chavez looking to throw knees to the head but Junior is blocking nicely.
Chavez lands with a right to the head.
Junior jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Chavez walks away with a smile on his face. Junior gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Chavez misses with a wild combination.
Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chavez misses with a body kick.
Chavez blocks a jab.
Chavez walks into a left hand.
Chavez throws a body punch but Junior moves out of range.
Junior is looking to clinch.
Chavez scores with a head kick. Junior tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Junior dodges the punch combination from Chavez.
Chavez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Junior tries to clinch but Chavez moves away
and Chavez counters with a right hand to the body.
Chavez misses with a shot to the body
enabling Junior to counter with a crisp jab.
Junior paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Chavez needs to keep his hands up - Junior had a free shot at his head there.
A big left from Junior misses.
Chavez scores with the left hand. Junior knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Chavez fails to land with a series of punches.
Junior moves in looking to clinch but Chavez pushes him off.
Junior fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Chavez, pushing him back against the cage.
Chavez lands a nice elbow.
Junior blocks a body shot from Chavez.
Junior tries to pull guard but Chavez won't allow it.
Junior jumps guard but Chavez turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Chavez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Juju Chavez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Junior tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Chavez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Chavez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Chavez.
Junior blocks a body shot from Chavez.
Junior fails to pull guard.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chavez throws an elbow but misses.
Chavez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Junior can do to turn this around?
Chavez breaks the clinch.
Junior misses with an uppercut.
Chavez is looking to counter punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez takes a swing at Junior's ribcage but misses.
Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Junior manages to avoid it.
Junior darts in and clinches Chavez up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Junior avoids a wild elbow strike from Chavez.
Junior is trying to pull guard but Chavez has him pressed against the cage.
Junior manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Chavez passes Junior's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Chavez slips a nice elbow through Junior's hands, connecting with Junior's forehead.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Chavez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Chavez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chavez is working for a submission of some sort.
Chavez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Chavez is working for a kimura but Junior is defending it quite comfortably.
Junior on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juju Chavez dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Junior tests Chavez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A low kick from Chavez misses
and Junior counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chavez looks to score with a jab to the body but Junior is just out of range.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Junior.
Chavez thuds his right hand into Junior's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Junior misses with a looping right.
Chavez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Junior moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chavez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chavez blocks a jab.
Chavez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Junior momentarily.
Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Junior swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Junior takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Junior throws an overhand right that lands on Chavez's shoulder, as Chavez tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chavez. Junior does a little dance to reset his feet.
Junior has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Junior there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior throws a hook to the side of Chavez's head but Chavez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chavez is looking to counter punch.
Nice defenses there by Chavez.
Chavez misses with a kick to the body.
Junior closes the distance and pushes Chavez back into the cage.
Chavez tries to circle away but Junior has him pinned against the cage.
Junior tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Chavez smiles and moves away.
Junior wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chavez. Junior does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chavez misses with a looping left.
Chavez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chavez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chavez misses with the combination.
A lazy left from Chavez finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez misses with a series of wild punches.
Chavez throws a right hand that Junior ducks under and follows up with a left that Junior also avoids with ease.
Chavez misses with a straight right.
Chavez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Junior sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chavez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Junior.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chavez misses with some punches.
Chavez looking to stall.
Junior tries to pull guard but Chavez won't allow it.
Chavez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Junior is trying to pull guard but Chavez turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Juju Chavez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Junior.
Junior fails to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Chavez lands with a short shot to the head.
Chavez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chavez slows down the pace here.
Chavez wants to stall.
Junior tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Chavez smiles and moves away.
Chavez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Junior.
Junior misses with a looping left.
Junior moves out of range of the body kick.
Junior moves to clinch but Chavez breaks away
and Chavez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Chavez connects with a leg kick.
Junior doesn't manage to clinch there - Chavez circles away.
Junior misses with a looping left.
Juju Chavez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Junior tests Chavez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Junior tests Chavez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Junior looks to land a left hand but Chavez moved out of range nicely.
Junior on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Chavez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Junior.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Junior blocks a head kick by Chavez.
Chavez throws a jab when Junior was well out of range.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Junior.
Chavez throws a body punch but Junior moves out of range.
Junior clinches up with Chavez and pushes him back against the cage.
Junior fails to pull guard.
Junior tries to pull guard but Chavez won't allow it.
Junior tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Chavez smiles and moves away.
Chavez throws a hook to the side of Junior's head but Junior sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Junior throws out a counter right but Chavez avoids it with no problem.
Mark Junior has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chavez scores with a nice right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juju Chavez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chavez 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juju Chavez!
Juju Chavez thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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