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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sparring John (ranked 678 p4p, 874 weight class) and Tino Takala (ranked 97 p4p, 117 weight class). Sparring John has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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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 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sparring John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tino Takala!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John rushes Takala and presses him up against the cage.
Takala breaks from the clinch.
John swings widly with a right hand
and Takala counters with a one-two to the body.
John looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
John moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
John tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Takala manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takala takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
John throws an off balance right hand
and John takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
John throws a hook but Takala blocks it.
Takala is looking for the big counter here.
John wants to clinch
letting Takala counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
John scores with a three punch combo!
A telegraphed right hand from John misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Takala blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takala.
Still in the clinch, John scores with a nice short uppercut.
John lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Takala wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Takala breaks from the clinch.
John darts in and clinches Takala up against the cage.
Takala wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but John has him pressed against the cage.
John misses with a hook from the clinch.
John misses with some punches.
Takala can't break the clinch.
John struggles to land a body shot inside as Takala controls his hands.
John lands a right hand.
John misses with some punches.
John misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takala manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from John.
Takala let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
John working aggressively here.
Takala breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
John dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
John throws a looping overhand right but Takala ducks down to avoid it.
John just misses with a punch to the body.
Takala looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Takala moves away from the strike by John.
Takala circles away from the clinch attempt
and Takala counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
John looks to land a left hand but Takala moved out of range nicely.
Takala gets cracked there but stands up to it.
John ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takala moves away.
Takala swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
John misses with a hook
and Takala counters with a right hand to the body.
John tries to close the distance and clinch but Takala swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from John.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Takala! But no joy.
A left lands for John.
Takala swats away the attempt to clinch by John.
As John backs off Takala throws a huge counter combo but John manages to avoid it all.
Takala slips a straight right by John.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
John tries to close the distance and clinch but Takala swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
John has closed the distance and engaged Takala in a clinch.
John misses with some punches.
John working aggressively here.
Takala is trying to break the clinch but John has him pressed against the cage.
John lands a body shot.
A head punch on the inside from John fails to land.
John throws a punch but it's blocked by Takala.
A head punch on the inside from John fails to land.
Takala breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
John tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takala swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good standup being displayed there by John as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takala ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Takala looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big left from John misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sparring John dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Takala avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
John wants to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Takala misses.
John looks to score with a jab to the body but Takala is just out of range.
Takala on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sparring John is winning the standup battle so far.
A shot to the liver by John. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takala bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Takala throws out a counter right but John avoids it with no problem.
John has closed the distance and engaged Takala in a clinch.
Takala prevents a body shot from John.
John lands with a short shot to the head.
John misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John prevents Takala from breaking the clinch.
Takala's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Takala needs to keep his hands up - John had a free shot at his head there.
John lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
John misses with a looping left.
Takala is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nice shot by John.
John throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Takala counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
John jabbing away but nothing is landing.
John cracks Takala with a right hand to the side of the head.
Takala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
John misses the shot to the body.
Takala let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John lands a jab to Takala's midsection.
Tino Takala is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
John misses the body punch
and Takala counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
John scores with a nice strike.
John misses the shot to the body.
Takala tries a quick counter leg kick but John is wise to it.
Takala walks into a jab.
John tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Takala manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takala takes one to the chin there.
John throws a lazy uppercut
and Takala counters with a nice uppercut.
John ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
John works over Takala's head and body with a nice combination.
John is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Takala can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
John pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Takala throws a counter combo.
John misses the body punch
enabling Takala to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters circling - John throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sparring John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
John misses with an uppercut. Takala saw that one coming.
Takala unleashes a big counter combination but John bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
John misses with an uppercut
and John takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
John wants to clinch.
John fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takala lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
John throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Takala.
Takala lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takala ducks right into an uppercut from John.
Takala drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
John fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takala throws out a counter right but John avoids it with no problem.
John connects with a nice looking jab.
Sloppy strikes from John. Those never looked like landing.
Takala unleashes a big counter combination but John bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
John clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John misses with a hook from the clinch.
Takala escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
John misses with a lunging right hand
and Takala counters with a stiff right hand.
John thuds a left hand into Takala's body.
John tries to clinch but Takala is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sparring John dominated that second round.
That's time! John's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
John swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Takala slips a jab and a cross from John.
Takala has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A cross from John lands.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Takala is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sparring John has scored more points in the clinch so far.
John goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
John throws a head punch that misses.
John swings wildly with an uppercut but Takala uses good head movement to avoid it.
John lands with a light punch inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John throws a head punch that misses.
John lands a shoulder strike.
Takala escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
John is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Takala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takala flicks out a counter leg kick but John steps away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John tries to clinch but Takala is having none of it.
John misses with a combination
and Takala connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Takala slips a straight right by John.
A nice side step and Takala releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Takala doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Takala defending well as John loads up on a big left hand.
Takala throws out a counter right but John avoids it with no problem.
John moves into the clinch.
John swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takala breaks the clinch.
John is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tino Takala has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takala looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
John throws an overhand right that lands on Takala's shoulder, as Takala tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from John misses.
A combination from John does no damage.
John scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
John tries to clinch but Takala is having none of it.
John fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Takala looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
John swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Takala counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
John misses with a combination
and Takala counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
John swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Takala counter with a right hand.
John misses with a wild body shot.
Takala swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
John swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
John throws a lazy right hand but Takala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Takala throws out a counter right but John avoids it with no problem.
Takala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
John backing away here, and Takala unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
John lands a head shot.
John misses with a combination
and Takala counters with a low kick, right behind John 's knee.
John throws a hook but Takala avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
John misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Takala counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
John misses with a few strikes there.
John misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Takala counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
John with a jab.
John misses the shot to the body.
John is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
John moves to clinch but Takala breaks away
letting Takala counter with a right hand.
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!
John looks to land a right hand but Takala moved out of range.
Takala tries a quick counter leg kick but John is wise to it.
John swings for the body but Takala moves out of range.
Takala doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sparring John showed his dominance in that final round.
Well John 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sparring John!
Sparring John thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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