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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Locke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and boxing sparingtwo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Locke has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin |
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Excellent boxer
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, John Locke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, boxing sparingtwo!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Locke drives through and clinches with sparingtwo against the cage.
sparingtwo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Locke scores with a knee to the head.
Locke breaks the clinch.
sparingtwo wants to clinch
and Locke counters with a big head kick but sparingtwo shrugs it off.
Locke closes the distance and clinches.
sparingtwo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Locke throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A knee to the head by Locke.
Locke scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Locke with a knee to the head.
sparingtwo looks gassed!
sparingtwo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Locke has him pressed against the cage.
Locke landing knees to the head.
Locke lands an elbow inside that sparingtwo shrugs off.
Locke scores with a knee to the head.
Locke lands a damaging elbow.
Locke scores with a knee to the head.
Locke is working for takedown but sparingtwo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Locke crunches a lovely knee into sparingtwo's ribcage.
Locke landing knees to the head.
Locke with a knee to the head.
Locke looking for a takedown.
Locke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Locke with a knee to the head.
Locke landing knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
sparingtwo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
sparingtwo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
sparingtwo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Locke lands a knee to the head.
sparingtwo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Locke avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Locke scores with a knee to the head.
Locke really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
sparingtwo is working for takedown but Locke is calmly controlling the position for now.
sparingtwo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Locke scores with a knee to the head.
Locke looking to throw knees to the head but sparingtwo is blocking nicely.
sparingtwo tries to circle away but Locke has him pinned against the cage.
Locke throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but sparingtwo blocks it with crossed arms.
Locke misses with a knee strike.
Locke misses with a knee strike.
sparingtwo is trying to break the clinch but Locke is controlling him.
sparingtwo can't break the clinch.
Locke trying to control the position but instead, sparingtwo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Locke into the cage.
sparingtwo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Locke has sparingtwo pressed against the cage, preventing sparingtwo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Locke lands a right hand that snaps the head of sparingtwo backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Locke lands with a light punch inside.
sparingtwo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Locke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Locke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
sparingtwo wants to get back to striking at distance but Locke won't allow it.
sparingtwo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Locke connects with a knee to the head.
Locke connects with a knee to the head.
Locke can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Locke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Locke misses with an elbow over the top.
Locke is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Locke misses with a knee strike.
sparingtwo is trying to break the clinch but Locke has him pressed against the cage.
Locke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Locke prevents sparingtwo from breaking the clinch.
sparingtwo tries to circle away but Locke has him pinned against the cage.
Locke tries to land a knee to the head but sparingtwo blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on sparingtwo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
sparingtwo takes a knee right on the jaw!
sparingtwo can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
sparingtwo working hard to break the clinch.
sparingtwo wants to break free but Locke has control.
Locke lands a knee to the head.
Locke misses with some punches.
sparingtwo is trying to break free.
Locke slows down the pace here.
sparingtwo wants to get back to striking at distance but Locke won't allow it.
sparingtwo stops a takedown attempt from Locke.
sparingtwo wants to break the clinch but can't.
sparingtwo is looking to break free of the clinch but Locke has double underhooks.
Locke with an attempt at a knee that misses.
sparingtwo can't break the clinch.
sparingtwo is looking to break free of the clinch but Locke has double underhooks.
Locke scores with a knee to the head.
Locke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
sparingtwo tries to break free but Locke pushes him back against the cage.
sparingtwo is trying to break free.
Locke connects with a nasty looking knee right to sparingtwo's face.
Locke tries a knee to the head but sparingtwo blocks it.
That's four 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.
sparingtwo is trying to force a seperation but Locke has the dominant position.
Locke connects with a knee to the head.
Locke with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
sparingtwo is trying to break free.
sparingtwo has had enough of the clinch but Locke keeps him there for the moment.
sparingtwo takes an elbow to the forehead.
sparingtwo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A knee to the head by Locke.
Locke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
sparingtwo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Locke connects with a nasty looking knee right to sparingtwo's face.
Locke with a knee to the head.
Locke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
sparingtwo has had enough of the clinch but Locke keeps him there for the moment.
sparingtwo can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Locke.
Locke stalling.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A frustrated look appears on sparingtwo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
sparingtwo wants a takedown but no success here.
sparingtwo wants to break the clinch but can't.
sparingtwo takes an elbow to the temple.
Locke tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. sparingtwo smiles and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Locke dominated that 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.
sparingtwo wants to clinch but Locke slips to the side
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Locke counters by clinching up.
Locke misses with a knee to the head.
Locke connects with a knee to the head.
Locke is working for takedown but sparingtwo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Locke controlling the action here for a moment.
sparingtwo blocks an elbow strike.
Locke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite sparingtwo's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Locke throws an elbow but misses.
sparingtwo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Locke stalling the fight.
sparingtwo working hard to break the clinch.
Locke stalling against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
sparingtwo tries to break free but Locke pushes him back against the cage.
sparingtwo wants to break the clinch but can't.
sparingtwo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
sparingtwo wants to break the clinch but can't.
sparingtwo wants to break free but Locke has control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Locke prevents sparingtwo from breaking the clinch.
sparingtwo is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Locke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Locke swats away the attempt to clinch by sparingtwo.
Locke has a takedown stuffed.
No joy there for sparingtwo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
sparingtwo lands a jab.
sparingtwo's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and sparingtwo duly obliges.
sparingtwo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
sparingtwo wants to clinch
and Locke counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Locke prevents sparingtwo from breaking the clinch.
sparingtwo tries to break the clinch but Locke is controlling the position.
sparingtwo is trying to break the clinch but Locke is controlling him.
sparingtwo is looking to break free of the clinch but Locke has double underhooks.
Locke scores with a knee to the head.
Locke breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
sparingtwo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Locke counters with a flying knee. Nice.
sparingtwo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Locke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
John Locke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Locke avoids a kick to the body.
Locke fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with sparingtwo, pushing him back against the cage.
Locke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
sparingtwo throws a body kick the misses
and Locke counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Locke scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
sparingtwo swats away the attempt to clinch by Locke.
sparingtwo closes the distance but Locke moves to the side
and Locke counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Locke.
Locke misses with a knee to the head.
sparingtwo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Locke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite sparingtwo's efforts to push away.
sparingtwo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
sparingtwo is looking to break free of the clinch but Locke has double underhooks.
sparingtwo wants to get back to striking at distance but Locke won't allow it.
John Locke has scored more points in the clinch so far.
sparingtwo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Locke scores with a knee to the head.
sparingtwo letting Locke take a breather here.
Locke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Locke tries to close the distance and clinch but sparingtwo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
sparingtwo darts in and clinches Locke up against the cage.
Locke comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
sparingtwo wants to break free but Locke has control.
sparingtwo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
sparingtwo prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Locke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Locke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite sparingtwo's efforts to push away.
Locke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
sparingtwo is trying to force a seperation but Locke has the dominant position.
Locke breaks from the clinch.
sparingtwo looks to clinch
and Locke holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
sparingtwo is looking to break free of the clinch but Locke has double underhooks.
Locke has sparingtwo pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. sparingtwo manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A frustrated look appears on sparingtwo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
sparingtwo tries to break the clinch but Locke is controlling the position.
Locke lands an elbow inside that sparingtwo shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Locke lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Locke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Locke fails to pull guard.
Locke with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Locke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
sparingtwo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
sparingtwo is trying to break free.
sparingtwo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Locke misses with an elbow over the top.
A knee to the head by Locke.
A knee to the head by Locke.
sparingtwo is trying to break the clinch but Locke is controlling him.
Locke is trying to work for a single leg takedown but sparingtwo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
sparingtwo is trying to force a seperation but Locke has the dominant position.
Locke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Locke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite sparingtwo's efforts to push away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Locke misses with an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on sparingtwo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Locke stalling in the clinch.
sparingtwo wants to break the clinch but can't.
sparingtwo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Locke dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Locke moves into the clinch.
Locke content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Locke landing knees to the head.
Locke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Locke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
sparingtwo tries to bum rush Locke with a series of wild strikes but Locke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
sparingtwo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
sparingtwo tries to clinch
and Locke counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
sparingtwo working hard to break the clinch.
sparingtwo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Locke has him pressed against the cage.
Locke scores with a knee to the head.
sparingtwo prevents the takedown attempt.
Locke drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
sparingtwo breaks from the clinch.
sparingtwo cracks Locke with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Locke gets a clinch.
sparingtwo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Locke will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning sparingtwo up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Locke lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
sparingtwo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Locke prevents it.
Locke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Locke has managed to clinch.
sparingtwo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
sparingtwo wants to break free but Locke has control.
Locke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Locke looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Locke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Locke counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Locke connects with a knee to the head.
sparingtwo goes for a takedown attempt but Locke pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
John Locke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of boxing sparingtwo.
sparingtwo fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locke wants to clinch up but sparingtwo keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for sparingtwo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Locke clinches with his opponent.
sparingtwo is trying to force a seperation but Locke has the dominant position.
Locke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
sparingtwo has Locke up against the cage in a clinch.
Locke lands a body shot.
sparingtwo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Locke pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Locke with a knee to the head.
Locke keeps control of sparingtwo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Locke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Locke connects with a nasty looking knee right to sparingtwo's face.
sparingtwo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Locke has him pressed against the cage.
Locke breaks from the clinch.
sparingtwo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Locke is out of range.
Locke shoots in for a takedown but sparingtwo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Locke closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Locke throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Locke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite sparingtwo's efforts to push away.
Locke is trying to drag sparingtwo to the mat but sparingtwo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Locke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Locke throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but sparingtwo blocks it with crossed arms.
Locke throws a knee to the head but misses.
sparingtwo can't break the clinch.
Locke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite sparingtwo's efforts to push away.
Locke throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
sparingtwo tries to break the clinch but Locke is controlling the position.
sparingtwo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
sparingtwo tries to break free but Locke pushes him back against the cage.
sparingtwo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Locke has him pressed against the cage.
Locke jumps guard and drags sparingtwo to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Locke has a closed guard, preventing sparingtwo from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Locke wants to stand and escape but sparingtwo is having none of it.
John Locke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Locke seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Locke wants to stand and escape but sparingtwo is having none of it.
boxing sparingtwo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Locke tries to land a sweep but no joy.
sparingtwo landing some decent shots from guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Locke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Locke 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Locke!
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energy
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hype
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