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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Floor Jan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zagan Yehudiah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zagan Yehudiah will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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165 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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165 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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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
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenny Floor Jan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Zagan Yehudiah!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Floor Jan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yehudiah. Floor Jan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Floor Jan blocks a head kick by Yehudiah.
Yehudiah looks for the body kick but Floor Jan saw that one coming.
Floor Jan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yehudiah avoids the body shot from Floor Jan.
Floor Jan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Floor Jan tries to free his leg and advance position but Yehudiah is retaining full guard.
Floor Jan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Floor Jan won't allow Yehudiah to get back to his feet.
Floor Jan tries to free his leg and advance position but Yehudiah is retaining full guard.
Yehudiah looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Floor Jan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Floor Jan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yehudiah swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Floor Jan advances to half guard.
Floor Jan controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Floor Jan trying to mount his opponent but Yehudiah defends it.
Floor Jan is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Yehudiah doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Floor Jan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floor Jan trying to control the pace.
Yehudiah preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Floor Jan uses his free foot to push down on Yehudiah's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Yehudiah.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floor Jan content just to control the position here.
Floor Jan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Yehudiah for as long as he can get away with.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yehudiah is looking to get to half guard.
Floor Jan controlling the position easily from mount.
Floor Jan's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Floor Jan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Yehudiah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yehudiah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Floor Jan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yehudiah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Floor Jan.
Floor Jan fails to land the takedown.
Yehudiah swats away the attempt to clinch by Floor Jan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yehudiah tries a low kick but Floor Jan avoids it.
Yehudiah defending well as Floor Jan loads up on a big left hand.
Floor Jan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yehudiah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yehudiah takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Yehudiah throws a hook to the side of Floor Jan's head but Floor Jan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Floor Jan moves out of range of the strikes.
Yehudiah wants to clinch up but Floor Jan keeps it at a distance.
Yehudiah is looking to slow Floor Jan down with leg kicks.
Floor Jan throws a jab when Yehudiah was well out of range.
Floor Jan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yehudiah moves away.
Yehudiah tries to land a front kick but Floor Jan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Floor Jan thows a body shot but no joy.
Floor Jan connects with a solid leg kick.
Floor Jan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yehudiah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Floor Jan misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah tries to move into range but Floor Jan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yehudiah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yehudiah doesn't manage to clinch there - Floor Jan circles away.
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!
Floor Jan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yehudiah's calf.
Floor Jan doesn't manage to clinch there - Yehudiah circles away.
Jab, jab by Floor Jan - just one landing.
Yehudiah feints and then cracks Floor Jan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Floor Jan down.
Yehudiah is looking to score with low kicks.
Floor Jan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Floor Jan throws a shot to the body.
Floor Jan forces Yehudiah back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yehudiah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yehudiah pushes off an throws an elbow but Floor Jan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yehudiah is trying to break the clinch but Floor Jan is controlling him.
Floor Jan stalling in the clinch but Yehudiah improves position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Floor Jan.
Yehudiah creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Floor Jan tries to land a knee to the head but Yehudiah blocks with his arms.
Yehudiah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Floor Jan misses with a low kick.
Floor Jan moves out of range of the body kick from Yehudiah.
Floor Jan throws a poor cross that misses
and Yehudiah counters with a low kick, right behind Floor Jan 's knee.
Floor Jan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yehudiah was well out of range. Poor timing from Floor Jan.
Floor Jan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yehudiah tries to clinch up.
Nice uppercut there from Floor Jan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floor Jan throws a jab but it's blocked by Yehudiah.
Yehudiah takes one to the chin there.
Zagan Yehudiah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Floor Jan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Floor Jan lands with a straight right. Yehudiah didn't see that one coming.
Floor Jan lands a jab to the nose.
Floor Jan throws a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yehudiah.
Floor Jan moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Floor Jan.
Floor Jan tries to land knees in the clinch but Yehudiah avoids the damage to the body.
Floor Jan is trying to maintain a safe position but Yehudiah gets an underhook and turns Floor Jan into the cage.
Yehudiah stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Floor Jan dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Floor Jan thuds a left hand into Yehudiah's body.
Floor Jan misses the shot to the body.
Floor Jan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jab, jab by Floor Jan - just one landing.
Floor Jan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yehudiah moves into the clinch.
Floor Jan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yehudiah's efforts to push away.
Floor Jan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yehudiah tries to break the clinch but Floor Jan is controlling the position.
Yehudiah looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yehudiah misses with an elbow over the top.
Floor Jan takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Floor Jan dodges an elbow strike from Yehudiah.
The referee is keeping an eye on Floor Jan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Floor Jan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yehudiah throws an elbow but misses.
Floor Jan avoids a wild elbow strike from Yehudiah.
Yehudiah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Floor Jan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yehudiah has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Floor Jan avoids the elbow strike from Yehudiah, against the cage.
Floor Jan tries to land a knee to the head but Yehudiah blocks with his arms.
Yehudiah lands an elbow that stopped Floor Jan in his tracks for a moment.
Floor Jan leaning against his opponent.
Floor Jan successfully pulls guard.
Yehudiah has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Floor Jan is proving hard to escape from.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Floor Jan holds on and takes a little breather.
Zagan Yehudiah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floor Jan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Floor Jan has his hands on Yehudiah's head, controlling the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kenny Floor Jan has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Floor Jan slips under a jab from Yehudiah.
Floor Jan lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floor Jan fails with the takedown.
Yehudiah avoids the body shot from Floor Jan.
Floor Jan moves into the clinch successfully.
Yehudiah throws an elbow that misses.
Floor Jan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Floor Jan has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Yehudiah after a bit of a struggle.
Floor Jan scores with a knee to the head.
Floor Jan takes an elbow to the temple.
Yehudiah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yehudiah is trying to break the clinch but Floor Jan has him pressed against the cage.
Floor Jan takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Kenny Floor Jan has been cut.
Yehudiah looking to stall.
Yehudiah creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Floor Jan's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floor Jan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yehudiah pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yehudiah wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Floor Jan is trying to stall.
Floor Jan trying to land knees to the body.
Floor Jan missing with knees to the body.
Floor Jan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kenny Floor Jan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Floor Jan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yehudiah pushes off an throws an elbow but Floor Jan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yehudiah pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yehudiah is trying to push Floor Jan away but Floor Jan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Yehudiah is looking to control Floor Jan's arms but Floor Jan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yehudiah has his back to the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Floor Jan.
Yehudiah misses with an elbow over the top.
Floor Jan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kenny Floor Jan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Floor Jan 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Floor Jan!
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energy
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