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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paul Eclaro (ranked 595 p4p, 357 weight class) and Sven Johansson (ranked 56 p4p, 35 weight class). Eclaro's entrance music is I'm The Boy. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Eclaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sven Johansson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Johansson misses the target.
Eclaro wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Johansson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice shot lands for Johansson.
Johansson misses the jab.
Eclaro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Johansson throws the left hand but Eclaro avoids the punch easily.
Johansson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Johansson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Johansson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johansson connects with a body shot.
Eclaro blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eclaro shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Johansson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johansson tries to improve position but can't.
Johansson told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Johansson bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Eclaro has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Johansson jabs Eclaro to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johansson looks to score with a jab to the body but Eclaro is just out of range.
Eclaro feinted with a counter takedown.
Eclaro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johansson.
Eclaro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Eclaro shoots in looking for a takedown. Johansson tries to sprawl out of it but Eclaro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Johansson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Eclaro throws a body shot but no joy.
Sven Johansson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johansson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Johansson lands with a hook. Eclaro tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Eclaro throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johansson! But no joy.
Johansson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Eclaro walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro moves away from the strike by Johansson.
Eclaro drops down looking for a counter takedown but Johansson sprawls and moves away.
Eclaro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johansson.
Eclaro attempts a counter takedown but Johansson avoids it well and moves away.
Johansson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Johansson throws a body punch but Eclaro moves out of range.
Eclaro tries to counter with a takedown but Johansson is quick to defend against it.
Johansson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Eclaro on the side of the head.
Johansson misses with a lunging right hand
and Eclaro counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Johansson is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Eclaro presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eclaro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johansson breaks the clinch.
Johansson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johansson lands with a nice body punch.
Eclaro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johansson manages to avoid it.
Sven Johansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johansson looks to throw the jab but Eclaro is out of range.
Eclaro slips a straight right by Johansson.
Eclaro appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Eclaro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johansson manages to avoid it.
Johansson with a hook.
Johansson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Eclaro.
Johansson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Johansson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johansson.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Johansson!
Johansson tries to bum rush Eclaro with a series of wild strikes but Eclaro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johansson scores with a jab to the head.
Johansson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Johansson misses with a hook. Eclaro ducked under it nicely.
Johansson lands a nice shot that snaps Eclaro's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eclaro slips under a jab.
Eclaro shoots in for a takedown but Johansson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Johansson misses the target.
Eclaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johansson.
Eclaro attempts a counter takedown but Johansson avoids it well and moves away.
Johansson throws a body punch but Eclaro moves out of range.
Johansson throws a lazy right hand but Eclaro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eclaro moves forwards but Johansson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Johansson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Johansson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Eclaro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eclaro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Eclaro tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Eclaro moves out of range of the strikes.
Eclaro tries to counter with a takedown but Johansson is quick to defend against it.
Johansson throws a hook but Eclaro blocks it.
Johansson throws a hook but Eclaro avoids it easily.
Eclaro feinted with a counter takedown.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sven Johansson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Eclaro takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Johansson throws an overhand right that lands on Eclaro's shoulder, as Eclaro tries to avoid the shot.
Johansson swats away the attempt to clinch by Eclaro.
Johansson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Eclaro.
Johansson connects with a jab.
Eclaro needs to keep his hands up - Johansson had a free shot at his head there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johansson works the jab nicely.
Johansson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johansson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eclaro tries to counter with a takedown but Johansson is quick to defend against it.
Eclaro swings for the body but Johansson moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eclaro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johansson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johansson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eclaro moves away.
Nice cross by Johansson.
Johansson misses with a hook. Eclaro ducked under it nicely.
Johansson misses with a looping left.
Johansson throws a sloppy body shot
and Eclaro counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Eclaro prevents Johansson from improving his position.
Johansson manages to get to full guard.
Johansson has his feet on Eclaro's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Eclaro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johansson.
Eclaro tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Johansson manages to circle out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johansson misses with a body shot.
Johansson looks to land a right hand but Eclaro moved out of range.
Eclaro takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Eclaro staying out of range there.
Johansson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johansson connects with the punch.
Johansson looks to throw the jab but Eclaro is out of range.
Eclaro half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Eclaro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Eclaro ducks under a wild hook from Johansson.
Eclaro slips a jab from Johansson.
Eclaro half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Johansson looks to land a right hand but Eclaro moved out of range.
Eclaro avoids the body shot from Johansson.
A slow jab from Johansson misses its intended target.
Eclaro is looking to wear down Johansson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eclaro staying out of range there.
Johansson missing with a left hand there. Eclaro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johansson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Johansson misses with a right hand
and Eclaro counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Johansson kicks Eclaro off and gets back to his feet.
Johansson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Eclaro. Johansson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Johansson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johansson looks to land a left hand but Eclaro moved out of range nicely.
Eclaro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johansson throws a shot to the body.
Johansson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson looks to throw the jab but Eclaro is out of range.
Eclaro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johansson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eclaro was well out of range. Poor timing from Johansson.
Eclaro gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Eclaro avoids the body shot from Johansson.
Eclaro looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Eclaro misses with a straight right.
Johansson misses with a hook.
A jab from Johansson misses.
Eclaro takes one to the side of the head.
Eclaro misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Johansson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sven Johansson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Eclaro moves in looking to clinch but Johansson pushes him off.
Paul Eclaro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eclaro misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Johansson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johansson scores with a shot to the body.
Eclaro defending well as Johansson loads up on a big left hand.
Eclaro tries to counter with a takedown but Johansson is quick to defend against it.
Sven Johansson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johansson misses with a body shot.
Eclaro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Eclaro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johansson.
Eclaro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johansson.
Eclaro half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eclaro slips under a jab.
Eclaro tries to counter with a takedown but Johansson is quick to defend against it.
Eclaro moves out of range of the strikes.
Eclaro slips under a jab.
Eclaro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Eclaro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson misses with a straight right.
Johansson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eclaro circles away quickly and effectively.
Johansson digs a good hook to Eclaro's body.
Johansson sizes up Eclaro with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Johansson throws a poor cross that misses
and Eclaro counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Johansson pushes Eclaro off and gets back to his feet.
Johansson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Eclaro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Johansson throws a series of punches but Eclaro moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eclaro with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johansson to score with a decent uppercut.
A jab from Johansson misses.
Eclaro feinted with a counter takedown.
Eclaro misses the shot to the body.
Johansson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Johansson wants it to stay on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro staying out of range there.
Johansson misses with an uppercut.
Eclaro appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Johansson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johansson throws a lazy right hand but Eclaro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eclaro shoots in and drives through. Johansson sprawls well.
Johansson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Eclaro. Eclaro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Eclaro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice jab there from Johansson.
Nice body punch from Eclaro.
Johansson throws an overhand right that lands on Eclaro's shoulder, as Eclaro tries to avoid the shot.
Eclaro misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eclaro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johansson lands with a shot to the body.
Johansson throws a right hand that misses
so Eclaro counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Eclaro thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Eclaro throws a big right hand that misses.
Johansson uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Johansson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Eclaro.
Eclaro blocks a jab.
Eclaro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eclaro works Johansson's body with a nice hook.
Johansson throws a jab but it's blocked by Eclaro.
A telegraphed right hand from Eclaro misses the target.
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!
Johansson misses with a hook.
Johansson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Eclaro manages to avoid it.
Eclaro appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Eclaro slips under a jab.
Johansson throws the left hand but Eclaro avoids the punch easily.
Eclaro ducks right into an uppercut from Johansson.
Johansson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johansson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Eclaro in his tracks.
Eclaro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johansson throws out a counter right but Eclaro avoids it with no problem.
Johansson looks to score with a jab to the body but Eclaro is just out of range.
Eclaro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Eclaro feinted with a counter takedown.
Eclaro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eclaro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sven Johansson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Johansson 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sven Johansson!
Sven Johansson 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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