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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sven Johansson (ranked 476 p4p, 363 weight class) and Lewis Pendragon (ranked 48 p4p, 38 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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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 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sven Johansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lewis Pendragon!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johansson throws a big shot that misses.
Pendragon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pendragon rushes Johansson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pendragon prevents a body shot from Johansson.
Johansson prevents a body shot from Pendragon.
Johansson digs a right hand into Pendragon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pendragon's gas tank.
Still in the clinch, Pendragon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Johansson lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johansson.
Johansson prevents a body shot from Pendragon.
Johansson trying to control the position but instead, Pendragon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johansson into the cage.
Johansson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Johansson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johansson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johansson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Johansson.
A right hand to the body from Pendragon.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johansson tries to land a knee to the head but Pendragon blocks with his arms.
Pendragon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johansson misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pendragon.
Pendragon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Pendragon as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Pendragon fails to land.
I was talking to Johansson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pendragon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johansson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A right hook to the body lands for Johansson.
Johansson stalling in the clinch but Pendragon improves position.
Johansson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Pendragon.
Pendragon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pendragon lands a hook that snaps the head of Johansson backwards.
Pendragon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johansson is struggling to control the position.
Pendragon misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pendragon.
Pendragon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johanssons head.
Johansson lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Johansson on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johansson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johansson misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pendragon.
Pendragon working aggressively here.
Johansson lands a hook that snaps the head of Pendragon backwards.
Pendragon letting Johansson take a breather here.
Pendragon presses Johansson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pendragon lands a body shot.
Johansson lands a nice uppercut.
Pendragon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johansson backwards.
Pendragon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pendragon working aggressively here.
Pendragon managing to block the knees to the body from Johansson.
Pendragon throws a punch but it's blocked by Johansson.
Johansson misses with the head strike.
Johansson wants to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Pendragon fails to land.
Pendragon cracks Johansson with a nice body shot.
Johansson pushes Pendragon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson tries a body shot but Pendragon blocks it.
Johansson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johansson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pendragon takes a shot to the head.
Pendragon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pendragon tries to close the distance and clinch but Johansson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johansson appears to be looking for a big counter.
Pendragon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pendragon moves in looking to clinch but Johansson pushes him off.
Johansson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pendragon.
Pendragon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pendragon walks into a stiff left hand from Johansson.
Pendragon moves out of range as Johansson strikes.
Pendragon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pendragon forces Johansson back against the cage and clinches.
Johansson lands a knee to the head.
Johansson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pendragons head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johansson taking a breather.
Pendragon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Johansson - that landed with a thud.
Johansson misses with the head strike.
Johansson prevents a body shot from Pendragon.
Pendragon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Johansson tries a knee to the head but Pendragon blocks it.
Pendragon blocking some punches.
Pendragon blocking some punches.
Johansson working aggressively here.
Pendragon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johansson's elbow.
Pendragon misses with a body punch.
Johansson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johansson gets through Pendragon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Johansson tries to work over Pendragon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pendragon blocks a body shot from Johansson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johansson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Johansson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pendragon backwards.
Johansson tries to work over Pendragon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sven Johansson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Johansson has Pendragon up against the cage in a clinch.
Pendragon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pendragon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johansson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johansson throws a lazy right hand but Pendragon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pendragon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johansson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pendragon takes one on the button.
Johansson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pendragon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johansson.
Pendragon moves in looking to clinch but Johansson pushes him off.
Johansson misses with a straight left.
Sven Johansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johansson throws a shot from downtown. Pendragon moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johansson throws a big shot that misses.
Johansson lands a glancing blow to the side of Pendragon's head.
Johansson takes a swing at Pendragon's ribcage but misses.
Pendragon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johansson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pendragon closes the distance looking to clinch
and Johansson counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sven Johansson is winning the standup battle so far.
Pendragon wants to clinch up but Johansson keeps it at a distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Johansson misses the target.
Johansson throws a right and a left that Pendragon avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pendragon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pendragon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pendragon tries to clinch there but Johansson circles away.
Pendragon has Johansson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johansson scores with a shoulder strike.
Johansson lands a right hand.
Pendragon throws a head punch that misses.
Johansson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johansson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johansson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pendragon blocks it with crossed arms.
Johansson lands a shot to the body.
Pendragon misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Johansson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johansson.
Johansson blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pendragon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sven Johansson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A left hand lands to the body for Pendragon.
Johansson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pendragon backwards.
Johansson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pendragon working aggressively here.
Johansson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johansson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pendragon can do to turn this around?
Pendragon tries to land knees in the clinch but Johansson avoids the damage to the body.
Johansson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johansson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A short right from Johansson on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pendragon.
Pendragon is trying to push Johansson away but Johansson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johansson lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Johansson.
A hook to the body from Johansson.
Johansson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pendragon misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Johansson fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pendragon as Johansson tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johansson.
Pendragon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pendragon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johansson digs a good hook to Pendragon's body.
Johansson misses with the combination.
Pendragon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Johansson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pendragon forces Johansson back against the cage and clinches.
Johansson effectively controlling the action here.
Pendragon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johansson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Johansson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pendragon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johansson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pendragon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johansson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johansson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johansson drives through and clinches with Pendragon against the cage.
Pendragon prevents a body shot from Johansson.
Pendragon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johansson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pendragon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pendragon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johansson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pendragon blocks a body shot from Johansson.
Still in the clinch, Johansson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pendragon pushes off an throws an elbow but Johansson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Johansson has a couple of punches blocked by Pendragon.
Pendragon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johansson lands with a short shot to the head.
Pendragon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johansson lands with a light punch inside.
Pendragon presses Johansson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pendragon prevents a body shot from Johansson.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johansson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sven Johansson dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Johansson has closed the distance and engaged Pendragon in a clinch.
Johansson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pendragon presses Johansson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Johansson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pendragon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johansson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Pendragon.
Johansson swings wildly with an uppercut but Pendragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pendragon digs a right hand into Johansson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Johansson's gas tank.
Pendragon lands a nice uppercut.
Pendragon scores with a hook to the body.
Johansson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johansson throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Pendragon.
Pendragon lands with a left to the head.
Johansson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johansson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Pendragon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon blocks an uppercut.
Pendragon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johansson lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johansson.
Pendragon blocks a body shot from Johansson.
Johansson has a couple of punches blocked by Pendragon.
Johansson working aggressively here.
Johansson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pendragon backwards.
A short left from Pendragon.
Pendragon lands with a right to the head.
Pendragon lands with a short shot to the head.
Johansson has a couple of punches blocked by Pendragon.
Pendragon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johansson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pendragon prevents a body shot from Johansson.
Johansson can't find room to land a body shot as Pendragon controls the action.
Johansson 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!
Nice body punch from Pendragon.
Johansson misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johansson.
Johansson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson working aggressively here.
Johansson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johansson misses with some punches.
Johansson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johansson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johansson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pendragon manages to break the clinch.
Pendragon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johansson.
Johansson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pendragon closes the distance and clinches.
Pendragon is working Johansson over against the cage.
Pendragon lands an uppercut.
Pendragon misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johansson.
Pendragon blocks a body shot from Johansson.
Johansson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pendragon can't find room to land a body shot as Johansson controls the action.
A short left from Johansson.
Pendragon blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pendragon takes a shot to the head.
Pendragon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pendragon can't find room to land a body shot as Johansson controls the action.
Pendragon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johansson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pendragon lands with a right to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pendragon.
Johansson swings wildly with an uppercut but Pendragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pendragon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lewis Pendragon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johansson swings wildly with an uppercut but Pendragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pendragon can't find room to land a body shot as Johansson controls the action.
Pendragon lands a right hand.
Johansson tries to land a knee to the head but Pendragon blocks with his arms.
Johansson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johansson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Pendragon.
Pendragon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johansson is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pendragon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pendragon lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johansson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Pendragon.
A hook to the body from Johansson.
Johansson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pendragon's elbow.
Johansson digs a right hand underneath Pendragon's ribcage. Pendragon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johansson tries a body shot but Pendragon blocks it.
Johansson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pendragon blocks it with crossed arms.
Pendragon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pendragon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pendragon lands a leg kick that knocks Johansson off balance momentarily.
Johansson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pendragon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pendragon is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Johansson.
Johansson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johansson throws out a loose jab but Pendragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pendragon is looking for the big counter here.
Pendragon moves out of range as Johansson strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lewis Pendragon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Johansson 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sven Johansson!
After winning the bout, Sven Johansson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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