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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manny Johnson (ranked 499 p4p, 19 weight class) and Winston Todd (ranked 70 p4p, 3 weight class). Johnson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, On The Run . The crowd seem to be enjoying Todd's choice of entrance music: Piano Man. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Manny Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Winston Todd!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Todd uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Todd is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Johnson with a body shot.
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.
Johnson needs to keep his hands up - Todd had a free shot at his head there.
Todd scores with a head kick.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Todd moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Todd checks the leg kick nicely there.
Todd scores with a nice strike.
Todd connects with a good right hand that stumbles Johnson. Johnson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Todd thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Todd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Todd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Todd misses with a hook.
Todd misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Todd wants to land a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Todd goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Todd slips the punch.
Todd feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Johnsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Johnson has closed the distance and engaged Todd in a clinch.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Todd uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Johnson.
Todd takes a shot to the head.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Todd.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Todd.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Todd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Todd is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todd is trying to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling him.
Todd blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Todd.
Todd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Todd can't break the clinch.
Johnson tries to pull guard but Todd forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Todd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Todd lands a body punch in the clinch.
Todd lands a body shot in the clinch.
Todd manages to break the clinch.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson avoids a kick to the body.
Johnson misses with a shot to the body
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Todd.
Todd throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Todd misses with a series of wild punches.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Todd's coach down at GWad's Playpen was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Todd's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todd moves away from the strike by Johnson.
Todd looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Todd takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Johnson clinches with his opponent.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Todd shrugs off.
Johnson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Todd's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Todd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice shot lands for Todd.
Todd misses with a body kick.
Todd blocks a low kick nicely.
Todd scores with a hook.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Todd is avoiding it.
Todd appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Todd ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Nice straight punches there by Todd. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Todd.
Todd lands a nice hook to Johnson's body. Johnson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Todd bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Todd throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Johnson.
Todd lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
Todd blocks a jab.
Todd is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Johnson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Todd lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Todd lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Todd moves out of range easily.
A low kick lands for Todd.
Todd stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice cross by Johnson.
Todd throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Todd doesn't seem bothered though.
Todd takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Johnson moves out of range as Todd throws a body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Winston Todd dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Todd loads up on a big right hand but Johnson slips the punch.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Todd can pounce on him.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Todd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Todd with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Todd thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice straight punches there by Johnson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnson.
Todd misses with a low kick.
Todd throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Todd looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Todd moves out of range as Johnson throws a body kick.
Todd tries a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson thumps Todd with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Todd throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Todd lands a really nice looking cross but Johnson seems unphased.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Todd.
Johnson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Todd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Todd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson lands a glancing blow to the side of Todd's head.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Todd connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheers as Todd lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
Todd scoring well with a low kick there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab from Johnson.
Todd's corner calls for a 1-2. Todd obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Johnson throws a hook but Todd avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a leg kick
and Todd counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Todd throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Todd has time to react.
Johnson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Johnson misses with a hook
and Todd counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Todd lands a body shot.
The fighters circling - Todd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Todd scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Todd sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - Todd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnson throwing a counter right hand but Todd manages to avoid it.
Todd throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Johnson throws a nice head kick!
Johnson slips under a jab from Todd.
Todd is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Johnson.
Todd drops his hands momentarily and Johnson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todd tries to land a leg kick but Johnson saw it coming and moves away.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Todd keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Johnson.
Todd connects with a nice looking jab.
Johnson slips under a jab from Todd.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Todd works Johnson's body with a nice hook.
Johnson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Good work by Johnson as he checks the leg kick.
Johnson throws out a leg kick but Todd moves out of range and Johnson only half commits.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Todd uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Todd. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Todd throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Todd misses.
Johnson tests Todd's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Todd with a hook.
Johnson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Todd makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Todd scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Todd looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Johnson misses with a low kick as Todd jumps back.
Todd throws a right hand that misses
and Johnson counters with a left and a right that stings Todd.
Nice jab there from Todd.
Good work by Johnson as he checks the leg kick.
Johnson lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Todd avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Todd counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson drops his hands momentarily and Todd takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Todd punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Winston Todd will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Johnson moves out of range as Todd strikes.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Todd is looking to chop away at Johnson's legs.
Johnson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Todd. That did some damage!
Johnson slips under a jab from Todd.
It appears Johnson was looking to counter with a kick there.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Todd swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson checks a low kick from Todd.
Todd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Todd throws a big shot that misses.
Todd jabs Johnson right on the nose. Johnson blinks but takes it well.
Johnson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Todd lands with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson moves out of range as Todd strikes.
Johnson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Todd is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Todd moves away.
Johnson throws a chopping leg kick but Todd manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A low kick lands for Johnson.
Todd connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson slips under a jab from Todd.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Todd's head but Todd sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Todd swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Todd connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice side step and Todd releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Todd uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Todd bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jab by Todd.
Johnson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Todd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Johnson connects with a nice looking jab.
A swing and a miss from Todd.
Todd takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Todd throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Todd uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Todd getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Manny Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Todd throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A low kick lands for Todd.
Todd keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Todd misses with a looping right.
Todd cracks Johnson with an open hand slap.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Todd looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Todd fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.
Todd swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Todd has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Todd's head.
Johnson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Todd.
Todd slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Todd cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Winston Todd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson throws a hook but Todd blocks it.
Todd has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Todd circles away and keeps his distance.
Todd connects with the punch.
Todd darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Todd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Todd just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Todd fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Todd.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Todd stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Winston Todd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Todd scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnson should have avoided that one.
Todd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson throwing a counter right hand but Todd manages to avoid it.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Todd ducks down to avoid it.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.
Todd connects with a single shot there.
Todd scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Todd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Todd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson throws a jab when Todd was well out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Todd misses.
Todd lands a slapping body shot.
Todd connects with a leg kick.
Todd lands with a thumping leg kick.
Todd slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Todd on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Todd. That's going to slow Johnson down.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Todd fails to land with a series of punches.
Good leg kick by Todd.
Both fighters circling a little - Johnson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Johnson misses the body punch
and Todd counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Todd.
Jab, jab by Todd - just one landing.
Nice uppercut there from Todd.
And that's the end of the fight!
Winston Todd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Todd winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Winston Todd!
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Winston Todd!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Winston Todd!
Winston Todd wins by unanimous decision!
Winston Todd seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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