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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Goran Spaten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Stryker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spaten comes to the cage accompanied by Knockin Boots by Candyman. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
KO power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Goran Spaten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Stryker!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stryker jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stryker lands with a right hand.
Stryker's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Stryker duly obliges.
Stryker lands a body shot.
Spaten moves in looking to clinch but Stryker pushes him off.
Spaten doesn't manage to clinch there - Stryker circles away.
Stryker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stryker lands a hook that snaps the head of Spaten backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Stryker.
Nice body punch from Stryker.
A right hook to the body lands for Stryker.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stryker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Spaten looking to throw knees to the head but Stryker is blocking nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Stryker - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A right hand to the body from Stryker.
Stryker lands a hook that snaps the head of Spaten backwards.
Stryker stalls.
Stryker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Spaten there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stryker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Spaten tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stryker counters with a series of strikes. Spaten will be more careful next time no doubt.
Stryker with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stryker has managed to clinch.
Stryker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Stryker - that landed with a thud.
Stryker blocks the elbow strike.
Spaten working hard to break the clinch.
Stryker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Spaten fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stryker lunges at Spaten with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Spaten's hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stryker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Spaten looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Stryker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stryker's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Stryker duly obliges.
Spaten takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Johnny Stryker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stryker connects with a looping right hand.
Spaten wants to clinch but Stryker slips to the side
and Stryker counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Stryker works the jab nicely.
Spaten shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Spaten wants to clinch.
Spaten tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stryker counters with a left to the body.
Spaten fails with an attempt to clinch.
Spaten tries to close the distance and clinch but Stryker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spaten gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stryker.
Spaten gets a double leg takedown into Stryker's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Stryker uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Stryker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stryker swings for the body but Spaten moves out of range.
Stryker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stryker cracks Spaten with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Spaten shoots in for a takedown but Stryker shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Spaten wants to clinch
and Stryker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Spaten thinking.
Spaten closes the distance looking to clinch
and Stryker counters with a right hand to the body.
Stryker feints a jab promting Spaten to slip. Stryker then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Spaten slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Stryker is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Spaten had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Spaten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stryker scores with a shot to the body.
Stryker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stryker tests Spaten's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stryker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Spaten at a distance.
Stryker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Spaten doesn't seem bothered though.
Spaten avoids the head kick by Stryker.
Spaten fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spaten tries to clinch but Stryker is having none of it.
Spaten tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stryker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stryker lands an overhand right.
Stryker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Spaten's head.
Stryker is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Spaten rather than just go for the knockout.
Spaten wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Stryker dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Stryker rushes Spaten and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Spaten misses with a punch to the body.
Stryker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stryker cracks Spaten with a nice body shot.
Spaten missing with knees to the body.
Spaten is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stryker is keeping busy.
Stryker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Spaten showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stryker.
Spaten tries to clinch up but Stryker circles away and keeps his distance.
Stryker digs a good hook to Spaten's body.
Spaten takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Stryker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Spaten looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Spaten darts in trying to clinch
and Stryker counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stryker throws a nice looking combination but Spaten bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stryker misses with a body shot.
Stryker misses with the combination.
Spaten wants to clinch.
Spaten tries to clinch
and Stryker counters with a leg kick.
Spaten stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stryker.
Stryker jabs Spaten right on the nose. Spaten blinks but takes it well.
Stryker scores with a kick to the midsection.
Stryker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Stryker.
Spaten is looking to control Stryker's arms but Stryker gets an underhook and turns him. Now Spaten has his back to the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Stryker.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stryker presses Spaten against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Stryker is pushing Spaten up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd are getting on Stryker's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Stryker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spaten backwards.
Stryker avoids the elbow strike from Spaten, against the cage.
Stryker leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stryker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stryker is leaning against Spaten and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Johnny Stryker seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stryker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stryker forces Spaten back against the cage and clinches.
Stryker breaks the clinch.
Stryker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stryker attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Spaten tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Stryker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stryker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stryker keeps the fight on the outside.
Stryker closes the distance and clinches.
Stryker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spaten creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stryker is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stryker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stryker lands a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Stryker.
Spaten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stryker is defending well for now.
Stryker gets through Spaten's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stryker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stryker managing to block the knees to the body from Spaten.
Spaten is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stryker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stryker scores with a hook to the body. Spaten takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stryker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spaten moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stryker throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Spaten moves into the clinch.
Stryker breaks the clinch.
Spaten with a poor takedown
and Stryker counters with a left to the body.
Stryker with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stryker lands a nice hook to Spaten's body. Spaten takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spaten darts in trying to clinch
and Stryker counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Stryker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Spaten ducks right into an uppercut from Stryker.
Spaten goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Spaten wants to clinch but Stryker slips to the side
and Stryker counters with a nice uppercut.
Spaten is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stryker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stryker closes the distance and clinches.
Stryker digs a right hand into Spaten's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Spaten's gas tank.
Spaten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stryker misses with a few strikes there.
Spaten fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stryker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Spaten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stryker.
Spaten tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stryker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Stryker.
Spaten tries to clinch up but Stryker circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spaten tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stryker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Spaten walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stryker avoids the body shot from Spaten.
Spaten takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Goran Spaten is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spaten moves to clinch but Stryker breaks away
and Stryker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Spaten misses with a takedown attempt - Stryker sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stryker clinches up with Spaten and pushes him back against the cage.
Spaten wants to break free but Stryker has control.
Stryker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stryker effectively controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stryker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Spaten trying to stall but Stryker improves his position.
Spaten letting Stryker take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Stryker.
Spaten gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stryker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Stryker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spaten. That did some damage!
Stryker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stryker throws the kick towards the body but Spaten avoids it.
Spaten looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stryker misses with the combination.
Spaten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stryker lands a jab to Spaten's midsection.
Stryker throws a lazy head kick
and Spaten counters with an inside leg kick.
A combination from Stryker does no damage.
Spaten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spaten closes the distance looking to clinch
and Stryker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnny Stryker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spaten shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Stryker but Stryker pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Stryker circles away from the clinch attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Spaten.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stryker lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Spaten backs up against the cage.
Spaten is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stryker.
Stryker just misses with a punch to the body.
Stryker throws a quick inside leg kick.
Spaten's corner calls for a 1-2. Spaten obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Stryker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spaten moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stryker scores with a one two! Spaten had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Stryker lands a jab.
Stryker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stryker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Spaten takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Johnny Stryker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stryker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Spaten throws a leg kick
and Stryker counters with a series of strikes. Spaten will be more careful next time no doubt.
Goran Spaten has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Left hook, right uppercut from Stryker.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Stryker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Stryker winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight for Johnny Stryker!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Johnny Stryker!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Johnny Stryker!
Johnny Stryker wins by unanimous decision!
Johnny Stryker seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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