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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Yossarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dec Dogg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dec Dogg has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Yossarian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dec Dogg!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Reed Andrews and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dogg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dogg shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Dogg was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dogg controlling the position from side mount.
Dogg tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Dogg fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Yossarian prevents Dogg from moving into mount.
Yossarian is trying to control Dogg's posture but Dogg avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dogg wants to stand but Yossarian has his arm trapped.
Dogg goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Yossarian rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Dogg's guard! Nice work there by Yossarian!
Dogg keeping full guard, as Yossarian tries to pass.
The ref stands the fighters back up. John Yossarian wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Yossarian lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dogg fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dogg gets a double leg takedown into Yossarian's guard.
Yossarian is pulling down on Dogg's head to control his posture.
Dogg tries to stand but Yossarian is controlling from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Yossarian holds on and takes a little breather.
John Yossarian has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Yossarian with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yossarian.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian scores with a jab. Dogg acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Yossarian lands a nice shot to the body.
Yossarian throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yossarian lands a head shot.
Dogg swats away the attempt to clinch by Yossarian.
Dogg closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Yossarian to the mat! Yossarian manages to get full guard.
Dogg passes Yossarian's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Dogg tries to stand but can't do so whilst Yossarian controls his leg.
Yossarian is trying is best to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dogg tries to stand and escape but Yossarian is controlling the position.
Dogg wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Yossarian uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dogg wants to stand and escape but instead Yossarian has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Dogg wants to stand up but Yossarian is controlling him.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Dogg utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dec Dogg will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Yossarian throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dogg walks forward, straight into a front kick from Yossarian.
Yossarian swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yossarian throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dogg stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dogg dodges the punch combination from Yossarian.
Yossarian scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Yossarian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yossarian looks to land a right hand but Dogg moved out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yossarian.
Yossarian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dogg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dogg crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yossarian - the referee stops the clock and Dogg gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yossarian. Dogg manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yossarian scores with a decent looking hook.
Yossarian feints and then cracks Dogg's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dogg down.
John Yossarian is winning the standup battle so far.
Dogg throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yossarian is looking to slow Dogg down with leg kicks.
Yossarian is looking to slow Dogg down with leg kicks.
Yossarian throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dec Dogg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slow jab from Yossarian misses its intended target.
Horrible takedown by Dogg or perhaps it was just good defense by Yossarian which made him look bad.
Yossarian connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice jab there from Yossarian.
Yossarian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dogg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yossarian misses with a body kick.
John Yossarian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horrible takedown by Dogg or perhaps it was just good defense by Yossarian which made him look bad.
Yossarian walks into a jab.
Dogg takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yossarian lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dogg will feel that in the morning.
Yossarian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dogg.
Yossarian attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dogg crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yossarian - the referee stops the clock and Dogg gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yossarian. Dogg manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dogg checks a low kick from Yossarian.
Yossarian throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dogg fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
John Yossarian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dec Dogg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian stuffs the takedown.
Dogg is breathing heavily.
Yossarian scores with a hook to the body. Dogg takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yossarian's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Yossarian duly obliges.
Yossarian throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Yossarian connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dogg momentarily.
Yossarian changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Good leg kick by Yossarian there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dogg's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yossarian shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dogg staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yossarian.
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!
Yossarian thows a body kick. Dogg tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian thuds his shin into the meat of Dogg's side.
Yossarian connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Dogg.
Yossarian lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yossarian is looking to clinch but Dogg is avoiding it.
Yossarian scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dogg gets tackled into the cage by Yossarian. Yossarian maintains the clinch.
Yossarian gets through Dogg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yossarian.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yossarian landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Yossarian.
Dogg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yossarian has him pressed against the cage.
Dogg wants to get back to striking at distance but Yossarian won't allow it.
Yossarian lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Yossarian dominated that second round.
That's time! Yossarian's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Nice body kick from Yossarian.
Yossarian looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yossarian thuds his right hand into Dogg's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dogg slips a jab from Yossarian.
Yossarian tries to land a leg kick but Dogg saw it coming and moves away.
Dogg on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yossarian throws a head kick that misses.
Yossarian thows a body kick. Dogg tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Yossarian throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yossarian throws a head kick that misses
and Dogg counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dogg wants to stand but Yossarian is controlling his arm.
Yossarian tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dogg wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dogg takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dogg tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Yossarian is trying to improve his position.
Yossarian gets back to half guard.
Dogg wants to stand up but Yossarian is controlling the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dogg connects with a nice short shot to Yossarian's temple.
Yossarian wants to control but Dogg is keeping busy.
Yossarian is holding on to half guard well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Yossarian manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Yossarian has Dogg pulled in close to control his posture.
Yossarian trying to control the position.
We're going to have a standup here because John Yossarian wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Dogg walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yossarian stuffs the takedown attempt from Dogg. Dogg gets slowly back to his feet.
A clash of legs there as Dogg blocks the low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dogg.
Yossarian stuns Dogg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yossarian fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dogg.
A telegraphed right hand from Dogg misses the target.
Yossarian tries to close the distance and clinch but Dogg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yossarian works the jab nicely.
Yossarian wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dogg has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Yossarian.
Dogg checks a leg kick nicely.
Dogg slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian lands with an uppercut that bounces Dogg off the cage and back into range.
Yossarian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dogg can do to turn this around?
Dogg dives in and grabs Yossarian's left leg, looking for a takedown. Yossarian pushes down on Dogg's head and hops out.
John Yossarian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dec Dogg.
Yossarian wants to clinch up but Dogg keeps it at a distance.
A solid body kick from Yossarian.
Yossarian clinches up with Dogg and pushes him back against the cage.
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!
Dogg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yossarian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dogg, pushing him back against the cage.
Yossarian is leaning against Dogg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yossarian tries a body shot but Dogg blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dogg breaks from the clinch.
Yossarian lands a jab to the head.
Yossarian fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Yossarian showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Yossarian has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Yossarian!
Post fight, John Yossarian took to the microphone: 'Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?'.
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energy
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hype
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