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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jon Yankowy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Homether (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yankowy's entrance music is Just Can't Hate Enough. A fine choice. Alex Homether will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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180 lbs
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179 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Yankowy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Homether!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Homether tries to bum rush Yankowy with a series of wild strikes but Yankowy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Homether lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yankowy circles away quickly and effectively.
Yankowy ducks under a wild hook from Homether.
Some wild striking there from Homether.
Homether throws a nice looking combination but Yankowy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Homether fails to land with a series of punches.
Homether looks to land a combination but Yankowy avoids it well.
Homether ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yankowy moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Homether throws a body punch but Yankowy moves out of range.
Homether throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Homether jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Jon Yankowy has been cut.
Homether misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankowy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yankowy avoids the body shot from Homether.
Homether cracks Yankowy with a good jab.
A combination from Homether does no damage.
The fighters circle momentarily. Homether darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Yankowy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yankowy has a takedown stuffed.
Yankowy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Homether avoids a kick to the body.
Yankowy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homether thows a body shot but no joy.
Yankowy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Homether swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Yankowy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yankowy moves out of range of the strikes.
Yankowy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Homether misses the shot to the body.
Alex Homether seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Homether throws a right hand that Yankowy ducks under and follows up with a left that Yankowy also avoids with ease.
Yankowy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yankowy takes one on the button.
Yankowy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homether throws a series of punches but Yankowy avoids them all with ease.
Homether defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yankowy.
Homether looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Homether will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Homether.
Homether blocks a head kick by Yankowy.
Homether jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yankowy scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yankowy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yankowy lands a nice shot to the head.
Yankowy punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Homether that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Yankowy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Homether is trying to escape the mount.
Yankowy punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yankowy cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Homether can't escape the position.
Homether regains half guard.
Yankowy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Homether tries to get to full guard but Yankowy has control of the leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ground and pound from Yankowy.
Yankowy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Homether dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Yankowy's cut.
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.
Yankowy looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yankowy decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Homether tries to get to full guard but Yankowy has control of the leg.
Yankowy moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Homether.
Homether is looking to reverse the position.
Yankowy working the ground and pound.
Homether tries to buck Yankowy off but Yankowy is having none of it.
Yankowy creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Homether tries to bench press Yankowy off him but Yankowy keeps the position.
Yankowy is putting a hurting on Homether here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Homether is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Yankowy's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Yankowy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Homether is breathing heavily.
Yankowy prevents Homether from improving his position.
Yankowy winds up and cracks Homether with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Homether has hold of Yankowy's hands but Yankowy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Yankowy working the head and body with strikes.
Yankowy working the head and body with strikes.
Yankowy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yankowy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Homether is looking to improve his position.
Homether is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yankowy is trying to control the action in half guard but Homether is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Homether is looking for a sweep. Yankowy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Homether gets back to full guard.
Yankowy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Yankowy won't allow Homether to sweep him here.
Homether manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Yankowy tries to improve his position but instead Homether has taken his back!
Yankowy rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Yankowy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Homether is working away from the top position though.
Yankowy actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homether thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Yankowy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Homether is pressing down on Yankowy's thigh, looking to free his foot. Yankowy is holding on for now.
Yankowy actively working from the bottom here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Homether misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yankowy.
Homether misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four 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.
Yankowy avoids the body shot from Homether.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yankowy is defended easily by Homether.
Homether misses with a wild body shot.
Homether fails to land with a series of punches.
Yankowy looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Homether looking for a guillotine here but Yankowy defends easily.
Homether is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Yankowy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jon Yankowy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yankowy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yankowy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Homether.
Homether misses the jab.
Homether misses with the combination.
Homether lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yankowy at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Homether throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Homether lands a nice shot to the body.
Horrible takedown by Yankowy or perhaps it was just good defense by Homether which made him look bad.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Homether throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Homether lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yankowy at a distance.
Homether swats away the attempt to clinch by Yankowy.
Homether throws a series of punches but Yankowy avoids them all with ease.
Yankowy shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Yankowy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Homether throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Homether missing with a left hand there. Yankowy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Homether misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homether moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Homether is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Yankowy rather than just go for the knockout.
Homether takes a swing at Yankowy's ribcage but misses.
Horrible takedown by Yankowy or perhaps it was just good defense by Homether which made him look bad.
Yankowy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Homether sprawls well. Homether wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Yankowy gets slowly back to his feet.
Homether just misses with a punch to the body.
Yankowy slips a straight right by Homether.
Homether scores with a sloppy right hand. Yankowy should have avoided that one.
Alex Homether is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yankowy slips a jab from Homether.
Yankowy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Homether paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No luck for Yankowy with that takedown attempt.
Homether scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Yankowy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Homether.
Homether thows a body shot but no joy.
Homether fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Homether looks to score with a jab to the body but Yankowy is just out of range.
Homether fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yankowy manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yankowy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Yankowy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yankowy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Homether throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Homether fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yankowy manages to avoid it.
Yankowy moves forwards but Homether connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Horrible takedown by Yankowy or perhaps it was just good defense by Homether which made him look bad.
Yankowy ducks under a wild hook from Homether.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Homether really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Yankowy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Homether throws a body punch but Yankowy moves out of range.
Alex Homether seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Homether throws a series of strikes that have Yankowy backpedaling.
Yankowy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Homether looks to land a combination. Yankowy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Yankowy is rocked!
Homether swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Homether as Yankowy shoots in.
Homether connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yankowy's hands.
A big right from Homether misses.
Homether digs a good body shot into Yankowy's ribs.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankowy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice takedown defense from Homether. No joy for Yankowy on that attempt.
Homether throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yankowy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Homether looks to score with a jab to the body but Yankowy is just out of range.
Homether fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yankowy manages to avoid it.
Homether ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Homether.
A jab from Homether misses.
Homether throws a series of strikes that have Yankowy backpedaling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homether misses with a wild body shot.
Homether throws a right hand that Yankowy ducks under and follows up with a left that Yankowy also avoids with ease.
Homether fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yankowy manages to avoid it.
Yankowy slips a straight right by Homether.
Homether lands a slapping body shot.
Yankowy feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Yankowy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Yankowy stopping the sweep attempt from Homether.
Homether is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homether can't keep his opponent in guard - Yankowy advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Homether is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Yankowy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Homether defending well though.
Yankowy working over Homether with some ground and pound. Homether looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Yankowy is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Homether tries to roll over but Yankowy keeps him under control.
Homether regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Yankowy.
Homether had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yankowy defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Yankowy working some strikes from top position.
Yankowy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Yankowy throwing strikes but missing.
Homether looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Yankowy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Yankowy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yankowy advances position into side control!
Yankowy tries to advance to mount but can't.
An elbow from Yankowy crashes against the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Homether dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jon Yankowy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Homether looks to score with a jab to the body but Yankowy is just out of range.
Yankowy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Homether.
Homether throws a nice looking combination but Yankowy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Homether swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice jab there from Homether.
Nice takedown defense from Homether. No joy for Yankowy on that attempt.
Homether fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Homether throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Homether is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A right-left combo lands from Homether.
Yankowy looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankowy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Homether swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Yankowy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed right hand from Homether misses the target.
Yankowy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yankowy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Homether scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Homether sizes up Yankowy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yankowy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A jab from Homether misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homether punishes Yankowy's body with a nice straight punch.
Homether throws a series of punches but Yankowy moves out of range.
Homether misses with a looping right.
Homether misses with a wild combination.
Homether moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Homether takes a swing at Yankowy's ribcage but misses.
Homether thows a body shot but no joy.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yankowy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homether misses with a two punch combination.
Yankowy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Homether.
No joy there for Homether, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yankowy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Homether.
Homether keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Homether throws a right and a left that Yankowy avoids nicely.
Homether misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Homether lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Yankowy fails with a takedown attempt.
Yankowy avoids the body shot from Homether.
Alex Homether is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Homether swings for the body but Yankowy moves out of range.
Homether sizes up Yankowy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yankowy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Homether's waist but Homether gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yankowy off to one side.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Homether throws a right and a left that Yankowy avoids nicely.
Jon Yankowy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Homether throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Homether comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Homether has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:49
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:49
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Homether!
Alex Homether is the new welterweight champion!
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