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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juno Ku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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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BJJ White Belt
Solid 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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Justin Willis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Juno Ku!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ku stuffs the takedown.
Ku moves into the clinch successfully.
Willis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ku moves into the clinch successfully.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Ku has eaten all the pies!
Willis manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Ku missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ku landing with the ground and pound.
Ku works over Willis with some ground and pound from guard.
Willis is trying to control the position but Ku postures up.
Ku won't allow Willis to get back to his feet.
Willis looking for a sweep. Not yet Willis, not yet.
Willis throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Ku throws a big right hand that misses.
Willis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ku with a nice head shot there.
Ku loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ku throws a strike but Willis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Willis prevents Ku from getting back to his feet.
Willis is looking to stand up but Ku won't let him.
Willis stops Ku from standing up.
Willis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Willis stops Ku from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Willis tries to clinch
and Ku counters with a series of strikes. Willis will be more careful next time no doubt.
Willis misses with a straight left.
Ku swings for the body but Willis moves out of range.
Willis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ku circles away quickly and effectively.
Willis is breathing heavily.
Willis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ku throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ku throws a series of punches but Willis moves out of range.
Ku throws a right and a left that both miss.
Willis misses with a straight right.
Nice body punch from Ku.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ku pushes Willis up against the cage in a clinch.
Ku lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Willis or not.
Ku lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Willis or not.
Ku digs a right hand underneath Willis's ribcage. Willis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ku pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ku ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Willis moves away.
Ku misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Willis.
Ku is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Willis rather than just go for the knockout.
Ku gets a clinch.
Ku has had enough of the clinch but Willis keeps him there for the moment.
Willis tries to pull guard but Ku holds him up against the cage and eventually Willis drops back down to his feet.
Ku wants to break free but Willis has control.
Ku is trying to break the clinch but Willis is controlling him.
Ku digs a right hand underneath Willis's ribcage. Willis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Ku - that landed with a thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ku wants to break the clinch but can't.
Willis has Ku pressed against the cage, preventing Ku from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Willis prevents a takedown attempt there.
A frustrated look appears on Ku's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ku tries to circle away but Willis has him pinned against the cage.
Ku wants to break free but Willis has control.
Willis keeps control of Ku as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ku wants to break free but Willis has control.
Ku managing to block the knees to the body from Willis.
Willis prevents Ku from breaking the clinch.
Ku breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ku just misses with a punch to the body.
Ku throws a series of punches but Willis moves out of range.
Ku ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ku throws a combination that misses
and Willis counters with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juno Ku dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ku throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Juno Ku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ku tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Willis was well out of range. Poor timing from Ku.
Ku lands with a nice body punch.
Ku throws a series of punches but Willis moves out of range.
Willis shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ku sprawls well. Ku wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Willis gets slowly back to his feet.
Ku ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Willis moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ku looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Willis darts in trying to clinch
and Ku counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ku scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ku gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ku wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Willis has him pressed against the cage.
Ku is trying to break free.
Ku wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ku drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ku wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ku can't break the clinch.
Ku pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ku lands a jab to Willis's midsection.
Ku throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Ku.
Ku gets a clinch.
Ku has had enough of the clinch but Willis keeps him there for the moment.
Ku looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ku can't break the clinch.
Willis manages to pull guard.
Ku preventing the sweep.
Ku connects with a couple of short punches.
Ku loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ku won't allow Willis to get back to his feet.
Ku throws and elbow that misses. Willis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ku's guard. Nice move by Willis!
Ku wants to stand but Willis is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Willis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ku is proving hard to escape from.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ku just misses with a punch to the body.
Ku throws a body punch but Willis moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ku fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ku fails to land with a series of punches.
Ku misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Willis clinches with his opponent.
Willis looking for a takedown.
Willis decides to pull guard.
Ku is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ku in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Willis keeping full guard, as Ku tries to pass.
Ku throws a big right hand that misses.
Willis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juno Ku showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ku dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ku shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Willis napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ku is working Willis over with some ground and pound from side control.
Willis takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ku lands some shots froms side control.
Willis wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Ku landing a few strikes.
Willis on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ku landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ku cracks Willis with a big right hand but Willis just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ku lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ku creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Ku working the ground and pound.
Ku is chipping away with strikes.
Ku with the ground and pound but Willis regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Ku really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Willis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are battling for position here. Willis manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Willis wants to get back to his feet but Ku is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ku working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Willis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Willis tries to get out of the position.
Ku postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ku working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Willis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ku.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Ku stops Willis from standing up.
Ku lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Willis is trying to control the position but Ku postures up.
Ku is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Willis has his feet on Ku's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Ku scores with a body shot.
Ku wants to clinch.
Ku tries to close the distance and clinch but Willis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ku throws a combination. Willis tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Horrible takedown by Ku or perhaps it was just good defense by Willis which made him look bad.
Willis sizes up Ku with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ku will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Willis shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ku manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Ku is looking to stand up but Willis isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis looking to pass the guard.
Willis trying to control but Ku is working from the bottom.
Ku is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juno Ku comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ku has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juno Ku!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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