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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Olof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olof comes to the cage accompanied by I am a poor lonesome cowboy. Jesus Gonzalez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Olof's chin.
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134 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, John Olof!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesus Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Olof defending well as Gonzalez loads up on a big left hand.
Nice sprawl there from Gonzalez as Olof shoots in.
Olof tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Olof tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzalez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olof wants to clinch up but Gonzalez keeps it at a distance.
Olof checks a low kick from Gonzalez.
Olof has a takedown stuffed.
Gonzalez looks to land a body kick but Olof moved away.
Gonzalez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Olof keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gonzalez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonzalez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gonzalez closes the distance and clinches.
Olof is trying to stall.
Gonzalez tries to land knees in the clinch but Olof avoids the damage to the body.
Gonzalez tries to land knees in the clinch but Olof avoids the damage to the body.
Gonzalez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Olof tries to pull guard but Gonzalez holds him up against the cage and eventually Olof drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Olof. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Olof managing to block the knees to the body from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like John Olof has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olof is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gonzalez misses with an elbow strike.
Gonzalez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gonzalez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Olof tries for a takedown but Gonzalez manages to get underhooks.
Gonzalez misses with some punches.
Gonzalez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Olof lands a body punch.
Olof makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gonzalez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Olof is defending well for now.
Olof's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut lands for Olof. That snapped Gonzalez's head back.
Olof looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Olof is breathing heavily.
Olof blocks a head kick by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez moves into the clinch.
Olof working aggressively here.
Olof takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gonzalez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Olof.
Olof blocks the elbow strike.
Olof throws a head punch that misses.
Olof blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Olof blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Olof avoids the elbow strike from Gonzalez, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olof wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Olof tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gonzalez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Olof tries to break the clinch but Gonzalez is controlling the position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gonzalez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Olof's brow.
Olof tries to circle away but Gonzalez has him pinned against the cage.
Gonzalez missing with knees to the body.
Gonzalez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Olof.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Olof.
Olof fails to pull guard.
Olof lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Olof misses with some punches.
Olof presses Gonzalez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Olof wants a takedown.
Gonzalez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Olof.
Olof blocks the elbow strike.
Gonzalez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Olof on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Olof.
Olof avoids the elbow strike from Gonzalez, against the cage.
Olof tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gonzalez lands a good knee to the midsection. Olof won't want to take too many of those.
Olof stalling in the clinch but Gonzalez improves position.
Olof blocks an elbow strike from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Olof tries to pull guard but Gonzalez won't allow it.
Olof breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Olof manages to avoid it.
Olof tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Olof stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gonzalez.
Olof throws a right and a left that Gonzalez avoids nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gonzalez. That's going to slow Olof down.
Gonzalez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gonzalez looks to throw the jab but Olof is out of range.
Gonzalez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gonzalez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzalez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gonzalez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick and Olof moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a head kick but Olof moves out of range.
Jesus Gonzalez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gonzalez instigates a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gonzalez.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gonzalez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Olof's brow.
Gonzalez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Olof is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gonzalez pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Gonzalez throws an elbow but it misses.
Gonzalez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez trying to land knees to the body.
Gonzalez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Olof.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzalez trying to land knees to the body.
Olof avoiding damage as Gonzalez throws knees to the body.
Olof misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gonzalez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Olof tries to pull guard but Gonzalez won't allow it.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Olof. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Olof slowing the pace effectively.
Gonzalez misses with an elbow over the top.
Gonzalez has Olof pressed against the cage, preventing Olof from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Olof breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gonzalez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Olof shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gonzalez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Olof rather than just go for the knockout.
Gonzalez clinches up with Olof and pushes him back against the cage.
Olof is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gonzalez prevents a takedown attempt there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Olof avoids the elbow strike from Gonzalez, against the cage.
Gonzalez looking to throw knees to the head but Olof is blocking nicely.
Olof blocks the elbow strike.
Gonzalez tries a knee to the head but Olof blocks it.
Gonzalez scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Gonzalez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Olof'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.
Olof avoids the body shot from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is looking to slow Olof down with leg kicks.
John Olof is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gonzalez. That's going to slow Olof down.
Gonzalez misses with a leg kick.
Gonzalez throws a head kick that misses.
Gonzalez moves into the clinch successfully.
Olof has Gonzalez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gonzalez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Olof's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gonzalez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Olof.
Olof avoids the head kick by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick which misses Olof's front leg but catches the back leg as Olof tries to avoid it.
Gonzalez misses with a head kick.
Olof throws a sloppy head kick
and Gonzalez counters with a leg kick.
Olof shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gonzalez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gonzalez cracks Olof with an open hand slap.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A jab from Gonzalez misses.
Gonzalez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gonzalez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Olof on the side of the head.
Olof throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gonzalez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olof was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Olof blocks a head kick by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gonzalez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Olof.
Gonzalez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Olof.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gonzalez. Olof shrugs it off though.
Gonzalez misses with a leg kick.
Gonzalez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Olof closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gonzalez counters with a nice leg kick.
Gonzalez clinches up with Olof and pushes him back against the cage.
Olof managing to block the knees to the body from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gonzalez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gonzalez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gonzalez throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez looking to throw knees to the head but Olof is blocking nicely.
Gonzalez trying to land knees to the body.
Gonzalez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Olof blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gonzalez pushes off an throws an elbow but Olof leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gonzalez prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Olof. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonzalez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Olof avoids it.
Olof wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gonzalez crunches a lovely knee into Olof's ribcage.
Gonzalez is pressed up against the cage. Olof has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gonzalez down to the mat. Gonzalez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick and Olof moves out of range easily.
Olof shoots and misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gonzalez throws a jab but it's blocked by Olof.
A lazy left from Gonzalez finds it's target.
Olof with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gonzalez counters with a good low kick that Olof was not able to check.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olof moves away from the strike by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gonzalez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gonzalez throws a body kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a shot from downtown. Olof moves away and avoids it.
Gonzalez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gonzalez rushes Olof and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Olof presses Gonzalez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gonzalez being controlled against the cage.
Gonzalez throws an elbow that misses.
Olof blocks the elbow strike.
Olof throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Olof fails to pull guard.
Gonzalez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Olof blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Olof blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Olof breaks from the clinch.
Olof decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gonzalez trying to control but Olof postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Gonzalez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Olof'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Olof tries to clinch there but Gonzalez circles away.
Olof tries to clinch but Gonzalez moves away
and Gonzalez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Olof's knee momentarily.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but Olof avoids it.
Olof lands a lovely overhand right.
Olof throws a body kick the misses
and Olof takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Olof tries to clinch up but Gonzalez circles away and keeps his distance.
Some wild striking there from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick and Olof moves out of range easily.
Gonzalez looks to land a right hand but Olof moved out of range.
Gonzalez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Olof's calf.
Olof takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Olof sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Olof darts in trying to clinch
and Gonzalez counters by clinching up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
Olof is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gonzalez is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez misses with a knee to the head.
Gonzalez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Olof is defending well for now.
Gonzalez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Olof can't find room to land a body shot as Gonzalez controls the action.
Olof takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gonzalez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Olof is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gonzalez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Olof's brow.
A frustrated look appears on Olof's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gonzalez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Olof avoids the elbow strike from Gonzalez, against the cage.
Come on Olof - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Olof managing to block the knees to the body from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Olof's defenses.
Olof jumps guard and drags Gonzalez to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Olof wants to control the position but Gonzalez says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Gonzalez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gonzalez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Olof defending well though.
Gonzalez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Gonzalez looks to land a strike but Olof avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Gonzalez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez trying to control but Olof is working from the bottom.
Olof trying to control the position.
Gonzalez won't allow Olof to sweep him here.
John Olof has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Olof wriggles free and stands up.
Olof tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzalez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gonzalez misses with a leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Gonzalez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Olof misses with a takedown
and Gonzalez counters with an outside leg kick.
Olof looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gonzalez is fending him off so far but Olof persists. Nope, Gonzalez circles away and we're back to standing.
Olof takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Good leg kick by Gonzalez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonzalez misses with a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Gonzalez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Gonzalez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Gonzalez!
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FIGHT
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