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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Russel Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zdravko Dukic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Russel Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zdravko Dukic!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Dukic.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Dukic.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson closes the distance and pushes Dukic back into the cage.
Johnson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dukic's efforts to push away.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dukic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zdravko Dukic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson looks to land a combination. Dukic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Johnson throws a combination. Dukic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Dukic avoids nicely.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dukic takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dukic lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dukic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dukic misses with a combination
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dukic misses with a wild combination.
Dukic slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Dukic misses with a double jab.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dukic misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Dukic.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dukic counters with a straight right hand.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A decent looking cross lands there for Dukic.
Dukic misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson drives through and clinches with Dukic against the cage.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dukic is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dukic tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dukic tries to circle away but Johnson has him pinned against the cage.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dukic misses with the combination.
Dukic slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Dukic tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dukic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Johnson counters by moving into the clinch.
Dukic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dukic tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Dukic is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Dukic is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson slips a straight right by Dukic.
Dukic tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Dukic misses with a wild combination.
A big left from Dukic misses.
Dukic sizes up Johnson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A punch combination from Dukic misses.
Johnson throws a wild body kick that Dukic sees coming a mile off.
Dukic thuds his right hand into Johnson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sloppy strikes from Dukic. Those never looked like landing.
Dukic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johnson.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
Dukic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Dukic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson prevents Dukic from breaking the clinch.
Dukic is trying to break free.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dukic misses with an uppercut.
Johnson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Dukic misses with a few strikes there.
Dukic throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Dukic misses with a looping left.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
A slow jab from Dukic misses its intended target.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dukic circles away quickly and effectively.
Dukic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Dukic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Russel Johnson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dukic fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dukic, pushing him back against the cage.
Dukic is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson breaks the clinch.
Dukic works over Johnson's head and body with a nice combination.
Johnson gets a clinch.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dukic misses with a hook.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dukic.
Dukic might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson lands with a nice body punch.
Johnson takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Dukic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a right hand.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dukic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dukic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dukic is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Dukic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson tries to break free but Dukic pushes him back against the cage.
Dukic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dukic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dukic tries to break free but Johnson pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Dukic.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Dukic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Dukic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson slips a jab from Dukic.
Dukic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Dukic throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Dukic misses.
Dukic with a jab.
A slow jab from Dukic misses its intended target.
A jab from Dukic misses.
Dukic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dukic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Dukic does no damage.
Dukic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dukic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dukic is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson swings for the body but Dukic moves out of range.
Dukic scores with a three punch combo!
Dukic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dukic circles away quickly and effectively.
Dukic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dukic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dukic lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dukic.
Johnson is rocked!
Dukic misses with a double jab.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dukic cracks Johnson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dukic is looking to score with low kicks.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dukic throws an overhand right that drops Johnson like a sack of potatoes! Dukic dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zdravko Dukic!
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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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