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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jhonny Ippo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ippo comes to the cage accompanied by Rocky Theme. Roberts has chosen Killing In The Name Of - By Rage Against The Machine as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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270 lbs
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273 lbs
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BJJ Blue 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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jhonny Ippo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonny Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ippo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ippo misses with a double jab.
Roberts cracks Ippo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Roberts slips a jab from Ippo.
Roberts wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ippo looks to land a right hand but Roberts moved out of range.
Ippo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Roberts. Beautiful body shot.
A combination from Roberts does no damage.
Roberts lands with a shot to the body.
Roberts scores with a hook to the body. Ippo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roberts bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ippo's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ippo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Roberts throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ippo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roberts scores with a body shot.
Ippo is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ippo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Roberts counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Roberts, as that shot connected.
A lazy left from Roberts finds it's target.
Roberts misses with a few strikes there.
A left lands for Roberts.
Roberts catches Ippo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ippo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ippo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Roberts to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ippo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ippo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Roberts punishes Ippo's body with a nice straight punch.
Roberts lands a nice looking body shot.
Roberts goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ippo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts clobbers Ippo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Roberts cracks Ippo with a good jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Roberts. That snapped Ippo's head back.
Ippo is rocked!
Ippo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Oh Ippo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roberts rushes Ippo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ippo seems to have got his legs back now.
Ippo takes a shot to the head.
Roberts is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ippo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Roberts gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Roberts passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Ippo!
Roberts takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roberts cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Roberts sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Let's hope that Roberts has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Roberts looking to secure an arm triangle but Ippo defends it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roberts controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonny Roberts dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Roberts shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Roberts looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Roberts is pressing down on Ippo's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ippo is holding on for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ippo is trying to stand.
Roberts is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ippo looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Roberts moves nicely into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ippo wants to get back to his feet but Roberts drags him back down.
Ippo being controlled for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts advances to full mount.
Roberts controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roberts won't let Ippo get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Roberts tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
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.
Roberts's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonny Roberts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Ippo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ippo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Roberts counters with a right hand to the body.
Roberts thuds a left hand into Ippo's body.
Roberts throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Roberts lands a right hook to the body.
Roberts lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Roberts lands a jab to the head.
Roberts cracks Ippo with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roberts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good standup being displayed there by Roberts as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ippo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Roberts takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Roberts throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Roberts shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Roberts is trying to work for a kimura but Ippo is defending well.
Roberts not doing much here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jonny Roberts.
Ippo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Roberts throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ippo on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ippo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Roberts scores with a hook.
Roberts lands with an overhand left.
Roberts throws out a powerful jab.
Roberts displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Roberts, as that shot connected.
Roberts lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Ippo falls backwards - clearly groggy! Roberts dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonny Roberts!
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RATING
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