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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Uestus Johnston (ranked 1020 p4p, 1714 weight class) and Timo Bader (ranked 142 p4p, 229 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Johnston might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Clint Eastwood- Gorillaz. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Uestus Johnston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 26 - 1, fighting out of London, Timo Bader!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ron Honeybunn and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bader throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnston appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bader moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bader is looking to clinch.
Bader throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bader misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnston.
Bader swinging wildly here.
Johnston bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bader's head backwards.
We've been told by Johnston's head coaches at Shut Up & Train! {$1000} that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Johnston scores with a one two! Bader had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Johnston throws a lazy right hand but Bader sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnston takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bader slips a jab and a cross from Johnston.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bader scores with a leg kick.
Bader tries to land a leg kick but Johnston saw it coming and moves away.
Bader takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A slow jab from Bader misses its intended target.
Johnston feints a jab promting Bader to slip. Johnston then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bader slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Johnston moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnston is looking to counter punch.
Nice straight punches there by Johnston. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Johnston.
A big left from Johnston misses.
Bader drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader working away.
Johnston is looking to reverse the position.
Bader stands up.
Bader swings for the body but Johnston moves out of range.
Johnston connects with a looping right hand.
Johnston throws a right hand that misses
and Bader counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bader works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Johnston gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Uestus Johnston has been cut.
Bader throws a head kick but Johnston moves out of range.
Bader misses with a looping right.
Bader lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bader ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnston. Bader does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Uestus Johnston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bader tries to bum rush Johnston with a series of wild strikes but Johnston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've been informed that Bader has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bader cracks Johnston with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Johnston scores with a hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Johnston throws a good cross that connects.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bader throws a looping overhand right but Johnston ducks down to avoid it.
Bader scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnston should have avoided that one.
Bader throws a body shot but no joy.
A little feinted left hand from Johnston on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Johnston scores with a hook.
Bader moves out of range as Johnston strikes.
Johnston throws a big shot that misses.
Bader scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bader moves away from the strike by Johnston.
Johnston keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnston misses with an uppercut.
Johnston connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Johnston misses with a hook. Bader ducked under it nicely.
Johnston takes a swing at Bader's ribcage but misses.
Johnston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A shot to the body from Johnston misses
and Bader counters with a straight right hand.
Johnston tries to keep at a distance but Bader has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bader escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bader takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bader slips under a jab.
Johnston is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bader shoots in but no luck this time.
Johnston fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Johnston throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnston misses with a hook.
Johnston throws a hook but Bader avoids it easily.
Bader lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bader avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A shot to the liver by Bader. Beautiful body shot.
Johnston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bader was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnston.
Johnston lands a jab.
Bader misses the shot to the body.
Bader misses with a hook. Johnston ducked under it nicely.
Bader lands a head kick. Johnston smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Johnston tries to sprawl but Bader drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bader is thwarting Johnston's attempts to control the position.
Johnston is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bader is looking for a kimura but Johnston is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bader to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnston is defending against the submission attempts here by Bader.
Johnston has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bader is working away from the top position though.
Bader seems to be working for a kimura but Johnston defends the submission attempt.
Bader is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Johnston has managed to free his arm - good work.
Johnston trying to control from the bottom.
Bader stands up out of the half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bader pushes Johnston up against the cage in a clinch.
Bader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bader throws an overhand right that lands on Johnston's shoulder, as Johnston tries to avoid the shot.
A punch lands to the side of Bader 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Johnston throws a hook but Bader avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Timo Bader dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uestus Johnston's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Johnston waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bader.
Johnston throws a right and a left that Bader avoids nicely.
Bader has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Bader misses the target.
Bader displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnston throws out the jab.
Bader moves in looking to clinch but Johnston pushes him off.
Bader buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
No joy there for Bader, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bader lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bader throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnston misses the target.
Good standup being displayed there by Bader as he connects with a hook.
Johnston slips a straight right by Bader.
Bader fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnston, pushing him back against the cage.
Bader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnston throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bader takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnston throws a poor cross that misses
and Bader connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bader lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnston circles away quickly and effectively.
Bader connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Johnston's hands.
Bader lands a jab to the head.
Johnston takes a swing at Bader's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Johnston darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Johnston misses the jab.
Johnston misses with a looping right.
Bader connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Johnston lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnston throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bader sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnston misses with a straight left.
Bader throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bader staying out of range there.
Bader uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnston.
Bader moves into the clinch.
Johnston is trying to force a seperation but Bader has the dominant position.
Johnston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bader prevents Johnston from breaking the clinch.
Bader's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnston lands a nice hook to Bader's body. Bader takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bader, as that shot connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bader throws a big shot that misses.
Johnston takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnston uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bader has time to react.
Johnston throws a hook but Bader avoids it easily.
Timo Bader seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnston lands with a shot to the body.
Bader shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bader misses with an uppercut.
Bader is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Johnston lands with a right hand.
Johnston showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bader.
Johnston stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Johnston digs a good body shot into Bader's ribs.
Bader tries to clinch up.
Johnston pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnston throws a hook but Bader blocks it.
Bader lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Johnston at a distance.
Bader shoots in and drives through. Johnston sprawls well.
Johnston fails to land with a series of punches.
Bader misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnston connects with a body shot that sends Bader's belly button to the back.
Johnston digs a good hook to Bader's body.
Johnston takes a swing at Bader's ribcage but misses.
Bader missing with a left hand there. Johnston was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnston throws a right hand that Bader ducks under and follows up with a left that Bader also avoids with ease.
A combination from Bader does no damage.
Bader wants to clinch.
Bader avoids the body shot from Johnston.
Bader swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bader misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bader. Johnston does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A cross from Johnston lands.
Bader ducks under a wild hook from Johnston.
Bader takes one to the chin there.
Bader throws an overhand right that lands on Johnston's shoulder, as Johnston tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnston. Bader does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bader 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnston tests Bader's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bader fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnston.
Bader lands a nice hook to Johnston's body. Johnston takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bader's corner calls for a 1-2. Bader obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Johnston throws a shot from downtown. Bader moves away and avoids it.
Johnston throws a big shot that misses.
Bader throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A left lands for Johnston.
Johnston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bader manages to avoid it.
Johnston lands a right hook to the body.
Johnston slips a jab and a cross from Bader.
Bader scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Johnston was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bader.
Johnston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bader.
Bader lands a nice hook to Johnston's body. Johnston takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bader throws a solid leg kick but Johnston takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bader.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Timo Bader will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Uestus Johnston's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Johnston slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Johnston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bader avoids the body shot from Johnston.
Bader lands a jab.
Bader throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bader throws a nice outside leg kick.
Johnston throws a big shot that misses.
Johnston blocks a head kick by Bader.
Bader slips under a jab.
A jab from Bader misses.
Bader jabs Johnston to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bader tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnston throws a hook but Bader blocks it.
Bader has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bader displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnston throws out the jab.
Bader swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnston moves out of range of the leg kick from Bader.
Johnston is looking to counter punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Bader misses.
Johnston misses with a hook. Bader ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader lands a jab to the nose.
Bader tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnston was well out of range. Poor timing from Bader.
Bader misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnston.
Johnston lands the left hand.
Bader fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnston manages to avoid it.
Bader throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Johnston stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnston lands a jab to the head.
Johnston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnston throws an off balance right hand
and Bader counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bader misses with a body shot.
Bader throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bader fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johnston manages to avoid it.
Johnston lands with a shot to the body.
Bader throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Johnston was covering up waiting for the punch and Bader finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Bader takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnston tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bader stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bader takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnston is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Johnston throws a hook but Bader blocks it.
Bader lands with a straight right. Johnston didn't see that one coming.
Johnston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bader takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnston moves out of range as Bader strikes.
Johnston misses with a straight left.
Johnston defending well as Bader loads up on a big left hand.
Johnston looks to throw the jab but Bader is out of range.
The fighters circling - Johnston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnston scores with a punch to the head.
Bader gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A jab from Johnston misses.
Bader closes the distance and clinches.
Bader breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnston lands a lovely overhand right.
Bader walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bader misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnston.
Bader steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnston.
Bader looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bader throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Johnston stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bader rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnston moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bader misses with an uppercut. Johnston saw that one coming.
Johnston throws a poor cross that misses
and Bader counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnston throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnston listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bader throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnston.
Bader slips a jab from Johnston.
Johnston takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bader gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Johnston scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bader tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnston misses with a left hand
and Bader moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bader breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bader scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnston with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bader throws a leg kick but Johnston checks it.
Bader misses with a double jab.
Bader throws a hook but Johnston blocks it.
Johnston throwing a counter right hand but Bader manages to avoid it.
Johnston takes one to the chin there.
Bader lands with a good body shot.
Johnston avoids the body shot from Bader.
Johnston connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bader. Bader circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A jab from Johnston misses.
A left and a right from Johnston both land. Nice combination.
Bader tries to clinch but Johnston is having none of it.
Johnston 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.
Bader throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnston.
Johnston lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnston connects with a crisp jab.
Bader keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnston.
Bader waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnston.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnston misses the target.
Uestus Johnston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnston drops his hands momentarily and Bader takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnston misses the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Timo Bader.
Well Bader has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Topper Green scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Timo Bader!
A relieved looking Timo Bader thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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