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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raizo Rain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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220 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Raizo Rain!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Rain tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Rain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rain breaks from the clinch.
Johnson darts in trying to clinch
and Rain counters with a nice uppercut.
Rain works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Jack Johnson has been cut.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Rain keeps it at a distance.
A head kick by Johnson misses
and Rain counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson clinches up with Rain and pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rain is trying to force a seperation but Johnson has the dominant position.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rain blocks an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rain has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Johnson after a bit of a struggle.
Rain misses with the head strike.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rain avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Rain blocks an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rain, pushing him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rain.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Rain shrugs off.
It looks like Raizo Rain has been cut.
Rain looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rain blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Johnson slips a straight right by Rain.
Rain looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rain lands a head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Rain misses with a few strikes there.
Rain drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rain. Rain obviously looking to wear him down.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rain lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Rain manages to break the clinch.
Rain keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Rain to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson tries to clinch but Rain moves out of range.
Rain connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rain misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rain.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Rain.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson clinches up with Rain and pushes him back against the cage.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Rain avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Rain pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rain back to the cage. Johnson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Rain.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Rain pushes him off.
Rain scores with a head kick.
Jack Johnson's cut is getting worse.
Rain lands a high kick!
Johnson clinches.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Rain landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rain misses with a series of wild punches.
Rain misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rain takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to clinch but Rain moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rain.
Johnson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson moves to clinch but Rain breaks away
and Rain counters with a left and a right that stings Johnson.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Rain circles away and keeps his distance.
Rain throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rain just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson instigates a clinch.
Rain dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Rain avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raizo Rain dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rain pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rain tries a head kick but it misses.
Rain throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Rain keeps it at a distance.
Jack Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson rushes Rain and presses him up against the cage.
Rain takes an elbow to the temple.
Rain avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.
Rain avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Rain dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Rain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rain wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rain breaks from the clinch.
Rain looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Rain connects with a right hand. Johnson shakes it off.
Rain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Rain swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Rain is avoiding it.
Johnson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rain counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johnson instigates a clinch.
Rain avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Rain breaks the clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Johnson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rain's defenses.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rain misses with a knee to the head.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Rain in his tracks for a moment.
Rain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Rain dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That has opened up Raizo Rain's cut even more.
Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rain.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rain, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Johnson keeps control of Rain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
A slow jab from Rain misses its intended target.
Johnson clinches with his opponent.
Rain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rain tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain is trying to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling him.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Rain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rain looking to stall.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Rain works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rain misses with a knee strike.
Rain is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johnson is keeping busy.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rain is breathing heavily.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rain wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Rain avoids the elbow strike from Johnson, against the cage.
Rain blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rain's defenses.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Rain's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rain duly obliges.
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!
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson stalks Rain and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rain's face. Rain staggers backwards, shaken.
A big right from Rain misses.
Rain gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnson throws out the jab.
Rain misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rain lands a lovely overhand right.
Raizo Rain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Rain should have avoided that one.
Rain throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Johnson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Johnson tries to clinch but Rain is having none of it.
Rain connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jack Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rain gets tackled into the cage by Johnson. Johnson maintains the clinch.
Rain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rain paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Rain.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Rain circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Rain is just out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Rain. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rain.
Rain with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rain throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Johnson tries to clinch but Rain moves out of range.
Johnson tries to clinch but Rain moves out of range.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Rain is avoiding it.
Rain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice defenses there by Rain.
Rain swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Rain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rain misses with a knee strike.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Johnson lands an elbow just above Rain 's eye.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rain using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rain working aggressively here.
Rain trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The cut above Raizo Rain's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Rain circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Rain misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rain tries to keep at a distance but Johnson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rain avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Rain takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rain avoids a wild elbow strike from Johnson.
Rain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Rain blocks the elbow strike.
Rain missing with knees to the body.
Rain tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Raizo Rain's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Rain is trying to push Johnson away but Johnson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rain blocks an elbow strike.
Rain takes an elbow to the temple.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Rain is looking to control Johnson's arms but Johnson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rain has his back to the cage.
Johnson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rain is defending well for now.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Rain taking a breather.
Jack Johnson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rain dodges an elbow strike from Johnson.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Rain in his tracks for a moment.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Raizo Rain's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jack Johnson!
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