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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mahjid Salazar (ranked 25024 p4p, 3771 weight class) and Prison John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mahjid Salazar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Prison John!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - John looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Salazar half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
John throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
John throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Salazar's waist but Salazar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing John off to one side.
John looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Salazar looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salazar looking to hit a scissor sweep but John is one step ahead there.
Salazar controlling John's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar trying to control the position.
John trying to control the position from guard on top but Salazar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
John looking to sit in guard and control but Salazar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
John keeping moving, preventing Salazar from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Salazar slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Salazar trying to control the position from guard on top but John is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
John is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Salazar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Salazar works over John with some ground and pound from guard.
John is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Salazar is controlling him.
Salazar trying to control but John is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
John scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Salazar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of John's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take John's back!
Salazar trying to control.
Salazar looking to hold on to the position here but John rolls and ends up regaining guard.
John can't keep his opponent in guard - Salazar advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
John wants to control but Salazar is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salazar looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Salazar wants to take a breather but John is having none of it.
Salazar works his way into side control.
John is looking for a sweep.
Salazar wants to control but John is keeping him busy.
John gets back to half guard.
John looks winded!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Salazar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mahjid Salazar will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
John waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Salazar.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from John is defended easily by Salazar.
John dives in for a single leg takedown but Salazar sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Salazar stuffs the takedown.
Mahjid Salazar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Prison John.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John dives in for a single leg takedown but Salazar sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Salazar half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
John is breathing heavily.
Salazar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Salazar tries to counter with a takedown but John is quick to defend against it.
Salazar stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Salazar wants it to stay on the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - John looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
John shoots for a takedown but Salazar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Salazar appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
John throws a head kick that misses.
Nice takedown defense from Salazar. No joy for John on that attempt.
Salazar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that John can do to turn this around?
John just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from John.
Salazar tries to counter with a takedown but John is quick to defend against it.
Nice sprawl there from Salazar as John shoots in.
Salazar changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Horrible takedown attempt by John or perhaps it was just good defense by Salazar, which made it look bad.
Salazar appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
John misses with a hook. Salazar ducked under it nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from John.
Salazar swats away the attempt to clinch by John.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salazar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Salazar half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
John misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
John fails with the takedown.
A head kick misses from John.
Salazar drops down looking for a counter takedown but John sprawls and moves away.
John tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Salazar attempts a counter takedown but John avoids it well and moves away.
John tries to clinch there but Salazar circles away.
Salazar tries to counter with a takedown but John is quick to defend against it.
Salazar moves out of range of the body kick from John.
Salazar attempts a counter takedown but John avoids it well and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
John looks for a takedown but Salazar sprawls well.
Salazar changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Prison John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
John will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
John misses with a body kick.
John goes for a double leg but Salazar avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Salazar continues to drive forward.
Mahjid Salazar is winning the standup battle so far.
John shoots in for a takedown but Salazar shows good takedown defense.
Salazar changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
John fails with the takedown.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
John fails with the takedown.
Salazar tries to counter with a takedown but John is quick to defend against it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mahjid Salazar dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
John fails with an attempt to clinch.
Salazar half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Mahjid Salazar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
John shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. John showed some decent athleticism there.
John is looking to stall here but Salazar recovers full guard.
Salazar looking for a sweep. Not yet Salazar, not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John wanted to stand there but Salazar had control of the position.
Salazar wants to sweep here but John controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Salazar is on top in guard.
Salazar is pushing down on John's leg trying to pass to half guard. John is fighting to maintain full guard but Salazar has managed to sneak the leg through.
Salazar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. John defending well though.
Salazar keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Salazar's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Salazar tries to pass the half guard into mount. John knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Salazar is keen to just control but John is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar stalling.
John looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Salazar with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
John misses with a takedown attempt - Salazar sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
John shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Salazar defends it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salazar avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Salazar tries to counter with a takedown but John is quick to defend against it.
John wants to clinch up but Salazar keeps it at a distance.
John throws a sloppy head kick
and Salazar counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Salazar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Salazar wants to lay and pray for a moment but John keeps working.
Salazar content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Mahjid Salazar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salazar wants to control but John is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
John is in trouble now - Salazar has advanced to mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Salazar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Salazar controlling the position easily from mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if John can do anything to dispel that myth.
Salazar tries to control but John wriggling away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Prison John has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Salazar raining down shots from the mount!
And that's the end of the fight!
Mahjid Salazar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Salazar 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mahjid Salazar!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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