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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Totman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Totman has chosen Operation Ground and Pound as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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218 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm
26
218 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sam Totman!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard misses with an uppercut. Totman saw that one coming.
Totman takes a jab right on the kisser.
A slow jab from Howard misses its intended target.
A combination from Totman does no damage.
Howard looks to land a left hand but Totman moved out of range nicely.
Howard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Totman.
John Howard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howard throws a sloppy body shot
and Totman counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Howard is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Totman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Howard throws out the jab.
Totman tries to clinch but Howard moves out of range.
Howard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Totman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Howard.
Howard misses with a straight left.
Howard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Totman misses with a straight right.
Totman wants to clinch up but Howard keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Totman doesn't manage to clinch there - Howard circles away.
Howard cracks Totman with an open hand slap.
Howard thows a body shot but no joy.
Totman slips under a jab.
Howard misses with a hook. Totman ducked under it nicely.
Howard swings away with a body shot that misses
and Totman counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Totman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice jab there from Totman.
Howard swings for the body but Totman moves out of range.
Howard throws a predictable looking body shot
and Totman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Totman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Totman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Howard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howard throws a body punch but Totman moves out of range.
Howard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Totman tests Howard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Totman throws a hook to the side of Howard's head but Howard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sam Totman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Totman.
Totman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Howard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Howard lands a glancing blow to the side of Totman's head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Howard.
Totman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Howard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Totman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Howard throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Totman was covering up waiting for the punch and Howard finishes the takedown easily into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Howard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Howard stops Totman from standing up.
Howard chips away with some ground and pound.
Totman kicks Howard off and gets to his feet.
Howard misses with a body shot.
Howard throws an overhand right that lands on Totman's shoulder, as Totman tries to avoid the shot.
Totman misses with a body shot.
Howard checks a low kick from Totman.
Totman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice takedown defense from Totman. No joy for Howard on that attempt.
Howard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard tries to score a power double leg takedown but Totman sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Howard somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Howard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Totman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Totman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Totman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Howard circles away quickly and effectively.
Totman throws a leg kick but Howard sees it coming and moves out of range.
Totman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Howard.
Howard misses the shot to the body.
Howard throws a sloppy body shot
and Totman counters with an inside leg kick.
Howard shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Totman pinned against the cage. Totman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Howard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Totman manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Totman 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.
Totman connects with a solid leg kick.
Howard throws a jab but it's blocked by Totman.
Howard scores with a takedown into Totman's guard.
Totman wants to stand but Howard is controlling the position.
Howard throwing strikes but missing.
Howard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Totman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Howard looking to pass the guard.
Howard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Howard postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Howard throwing strikes from guard but Totman blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Howard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Totman keeping full guard, as Howard tries to pass.
Totman wants to stand and escape but Howard is having none of it.
Howard throwing strikes from guard but Totman blocks nicely.
Howard thows a big elbow that misses.
Howard is looking to work some ground and pound but Totman has wrist control.
Totman wants to stand up but Howard is controlling him.
Howard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two 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.
Howard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Totman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Totman wants to stand but Howard is controlling the position.
Howard is looking to work some ground and pound but Totman has wrist control.
Howard distracts Totman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Howard thows a big elbow that misses.
Howard throwing strikes but missing.
Howard throws a big right hand that misses.
Howard throwing strikes but missing.
Howard stands up over Totman, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Totman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Howard postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Totman is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Howard is controlling him.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Howard's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Totman wants to stand up but Howard is controlling him.
Totman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Totman can do anything to dispel that myth.
Howard postures up in Totman's guard and throws a big left but Totman blocks it.
Totman wants to stand up but Howard is controlling him.
Totman is breathing heavily.
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.
Totman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Totman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Totman is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Howard postures up in Totman's guard and throws a big left but Totman blocks it.
Howard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Howard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Howard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Howard 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Howard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Howard is looking to work some ground and pound but Totman has wrist control.
Howard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Totman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Howard dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Totman blocks a jab.
Totman walks into a left hand.
Howard drops his hands momentarily and Totman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Howard closes the distance and clinches up with Totman, looking for a takedown. Howard pushes Totman against the cage but Totman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Totman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Howard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Totman moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Howard. Totman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Totman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Totman tries to close the distance and clinch but Howard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Howard throws a shot from downtown. Totman moves away and avoids it.
Howard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Howard on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Totman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Totman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Totman misses with a wild body shot.
Totman lands with a good body shot.
Howard fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A shot to the body from Howard misses
and Totman counters with a three punch combo that has Howard backing up. Howard nods at Totman to acknowledge the strikes.
Totman wants to clinch.
Totman lunges at Howard with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Howard's hand.
Totman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Howard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Howard misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Totman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Howard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Totman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Totman missing with a left hand there. Howard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Totman misses with a straight right.
Howard misses with a hook.
Howard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Howard fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Howard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Totman just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Totman misses its intended target.
Totman lands a glancing blow to the side of Howard's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Totman tries to clinch there but Howard circles away.
Howard misses the shot to the body.
Totman tries to clinch up but Howard circles away and keeps his distance.
Sam Totman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Howard misses with a hook. Totman ducked under it nicely.
Totman works Howard's body with a nice hook.
Howard misses with a hook.
Totman has Howard up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Totman.
Totman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Howard backwards.
Howard blocking some punches.
Totman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Howard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Totman misses with the head strike.
Totman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Totman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Totman throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Totman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Totman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Totman lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Totman.
A head punch on the inside from Howard fails to land.
Totman is working Howard over against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Howard.
Howard drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Totman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Totman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Totman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Howard tries a body shot but Totman blocks it.
Totman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Totman has a couple of punches blocked by Howard.
Totman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Totman lands a left hand.
Totman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Totman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Totman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Howard blocking some punches.
Totman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Howard backwards.
A short uppercut from Totman.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Totman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Totman 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Totman!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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