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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yar Bol (ranked 146 p4p, 199 weight class) and Haruki Johnson (ranked 23 p4p, 33 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yar Bol!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Haruki Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bol connects with a good right hand that stumbles Johnson. Johnson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
It looks like Haruki Johnson has been cut.
Bol misses with a looping right.
Bol clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bol.
Bol blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bol dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bol lands with a right to the head.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Bol's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
A little jabbing left from Johnson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bol doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Bol 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 takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bol misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bol takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Bol pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bol has managed to clinch.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Bol lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Bol throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Bol misses with the head strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bol takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bol pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Bol settles back down.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bol lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
That has opened up Haruki Johnson's cut even more.
A jab from Bol misses.
Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bol misses the jab.
Bol tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Johnson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bol misses with a body shot.
Bol wants to land a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson takes one on the button.
Bol takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bol throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bol fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johnson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bol takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Yar Bol has been cut.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Bol sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bol thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bol jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The cut above Haruki Johnson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bol ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bol.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
A jab lands there for Bol.
Bol misses with a left hand
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
Bol throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bol is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bol instigates a clinch.
Bol swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson lands with a left to the head.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Bol controls the action.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bol's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Bol pushes Johnson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bol lands a right hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yar Bol dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bol lunges at Johnson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Johnson's hand.
Bol cracks Johnson with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Johnson looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Bol finish him?
Johnson is rocked!
Johnson avoids the body shot from Bol.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Bol avoids it with no problem.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Bol finish him?
Bol cracks Johnson with a hook to the temple - Johnson is on wobbly legs here! Bol swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Johnson falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Bol wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Yar Bol!
Yar Bol retains his light heavyweight title!
Haruki Johnson was interviewed post fight and said 'Yeah but my nan says I'm really good at this.'.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
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