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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hiroyuki Hanzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hiroyuki Hanzo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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198 lbs
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193 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hiroyuki Hanzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanzo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hanzo decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hanzo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hanzo throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hanzo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Johnson's guard.
Hanzo stands up from guard. Let's bang!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanzo throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Hanzo.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Hanzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanzo misses with a head kick.
Hanzo darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Paul Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hanzo wants to clinch.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch
and Hanzo counters with a low kick, right behind Johnson 's knee.
Hanzo throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Hanzo gets a clinch.
Hanzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A bit of stalling here from Hanzo.
Nice elbow from Hanzo.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hanzo obliges.
Hanzo is breathing heavily.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson is trying to drag Hanzo to the mat but Hanzo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hanzo.
Nice elbow from Hanzo.
Hanzo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hanzo.
Johnson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hanzo prevents it.
Hiroyuki Hanzo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Johnson.
Hanzo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanzo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanzo lands a nice elbow.
Hanzo lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hanzo obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hanzo.
Hanzo avoiding damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanzo scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Hanzo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hanzo.
Hanzo lands a knee to the body.
Johnson letting Hanzo take a breather here.
Hanzo lands a damaging elbow.
Hanzo has Johnson pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hanzo obliges.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanzo scores a nice knee to the body.
Hanzo scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanzo lands a nice elbow.
Hanzo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hanzo.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hanzo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanzo lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hanzo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hanzo.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hanzo won't allow it.
Hanzo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanzo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hanzo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hanzo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hanzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Come on Hanzo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Johnson avoiding damage as Hanzo throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hanzo.
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.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson avoiding damage as Hanzo throws knees to the body.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hanzo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Hanzo.
Hanzo lands a damaging elbow.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hanzo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hanzo lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
Hanzo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hanzo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanzo lands a knee to the body.
Hanzo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hanzo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hanzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Johnson wants to break free but Hanzo has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroyuki Hanzo dominated that 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.
Hanzo clinches up against the cage.
Johnson is trying to push Hanzo away but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hanzo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Hanzo lands a nice elbow.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Hanzo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hanzo.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Hanzo.
Hanzo lands an elbow inside.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hanzo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hanzo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hanzo leaning against his opponent.
Johnson wants to break free but Hanzo has control.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Hanzo has double underhooks.
Hanzo slowing the pace effectively.
Hanzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hanzo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hanzo.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Johnson successfully pulls guard.
Hanzo decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Johnson.
Hanzo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hanzo lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Hanzo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hanzo.
Hanzo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hanzo stalling in the clinch.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hanzo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Hanzo lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanzo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Johnson up against the cage.
Hanzo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Johnson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hanzo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hanzo scores a nice knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hanzo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Hanzo is controlling the position.
Hanzo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Hanzo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
Hanzo taking a breather.
Hanzo lands an elbow inside.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hanzo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hanzo.
Hanzo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hanzo lands a knee to the body.
Johnson tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
Hanzo working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hanzo.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hanzo won't allow it.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Johnson jumps guard but Hanzo stands there with Johnson around his waist. Johnson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hanzo working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Hanzo lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Hanzo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Johnson fails to pull guard.
Hiroyuki Hanzo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Johnson.
Hanzo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hanzo lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Hanzo.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Hanzo blocks it.
Hanzo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.
Hiroyuki Hanzo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hanzo lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Hanzo keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hanzo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Paul Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson tries to clinch but Hanzo moves away
and Hanzo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hanzo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnson up against the cage.
Johnson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.
Hanzo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hanzo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Hanzo.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Hanzo.
Hanzo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hanzo lands an elbow that stopped Johnson in his tracks for a moment.
Hanzo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Hanzo stalling the fight.
Hanzo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroyuki Hanzo dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hanzo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Johnson stalling in the clinch but Hanzo improves position.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Hanzo.
Hanzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Hanzo lands a knee to the body.
Hanzo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hanzo slows down the pace here.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hanzo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hanzo lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Hanzo stalling the fight.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hanzo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hanzo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Hanzo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanzo instigates a clinch.
Johnson is trying to drag Hanzo to the mat but Hanzo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Hanzo.
Hanzo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Hanzo is trying to maintain a safe position but Johnson gets an underhook and turns Hanzo into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hanzo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Johnson wants to break free but Hanzo has control.
Johnson tries to break free but Hanzo pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson avoiding damage as Hanzo throws knees to the body.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hanzo missing with knees to the body.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hanzo won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Hanzo.
Hanzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson trying to stall but Hanzo improves his position.
Hanzo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two 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.
Hanzo lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Hanzo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanzo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hanzo misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Hanzo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hanzo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Hanzo crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Hanzo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanzo missing with knees to the body.
Johnson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.
Hanzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hanzo obliges.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage.
Hanzo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hanzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hanzo missing with knees to the body.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hanzo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hanzo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson shoots in but no luck this time.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson letting Hanzo take a breather here.
Johnson is trying to push Hanzo away but Hanzo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johnson tries to break free but Hanzo pushes him back against the cage.
Hanzo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hanzo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Hanzo.
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hanzo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hiroyuki Hanzo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Johnson.
Hanzo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hanzo trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hanzo obliges.
Hanzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson wants to break free but Hanzo has control.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hanzo.
Hanzo missing with knees to the body.
Hanzo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
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.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Hanzo.
Hanzo lands a nice knee to the body.
Johnson tries to circle away but Hanzo has him pinned against the cage.
Hanzo crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Hanzo is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hanzo down to the mat. Hanzo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hanzo closes the distance and clinches up with Johnson, looking for a takedown. Hanzo pushes Johnson against the cage but Johnson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hanzo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hanzo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hanzo keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hanzo lands a nice elbow.
Hanzo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hanzo just stands there and leans against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hanzo as Johnson tries to tie him up.
Hanzo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Paul Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hanzo landing knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hiroyuki Hanzo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hanzo 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiroyuki Hanzo!
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hype
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RATING
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