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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Future (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Pena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Future comes to the cage accompanied by Menor do Chapa - Humildade e Disciplina. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 cm
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165 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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186 cm
29
165 lbs
12 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Future! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Pena! The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Future connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Future throws a looping overhand right but Pena ducks down to avoid it. Future on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Future tries to bum rush Pena with a series of wild strikes but Pena uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Pena listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Future misses with a hook
and Pena counters with a straight right hand. Future pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice cross by Future. Future uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pena. Future walks into a straight right hand from Pena. Future is looking to clinch but Pena is avoiding it.
Pena paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Pena throws a hook but Future avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Future lands with a thumping leg kick.
Future uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pena. Future takes a jab right on the kisser.
Future connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Future throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Nice uppercut there from Future. A big right from Pena misses. Pena pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Pena throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Future. Future throws a series of punches but Pena moves out of range. Pena has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Pena throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Future tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pena manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Future bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Future cracks Pena with an open hand slap. Pena misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Future.
Future throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pena sees it coming and avoids it easily. Future wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Future throws a right hand that misses
and Pena cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Future tried to score with a low kick but Pena checks it. Pena avoids the body shot from Future.
Pena throws a nice looking combination but Future bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Future closes the distance and clinches. The referee calls for Future to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Future keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pena's efforts to push away. Future taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pena blocks the elbow strike.
Future keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pena's efforts to push away. Future taking a breather. Pena being controlled against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by John Future. Pena throws a hook but Future blocks it. Future tries to clinch up but Pena circles away and keeps his distance. Pena moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Pena swats away the attempt to clinch by Future. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. A punch lands to the side of Future 's head but he takes it in his stride. Future listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. 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 John Future will probably get the nod. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pena misses with an uppercut. Future misses with a body shot.
Future swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Future gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. The referee is keeping an eye on Future - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Future throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Future throws an elbow but misses. With the fighters up against the cage, Future throws an elbow but misses. Pena blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Pena's face as he tries to break the clinch. Pena breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Pena scores with a nice strike. Future clinches. Pena dodges an elbow strike from Future.
Pena is trying to break free. Future misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pena.
Future misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Future throws an elbow but misses. Pena avoiding damage as Future throws knees to the body.
Future taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pena dodges an elbow strike from Future.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Future.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pena breaks the clinch.
John Future is winning the standup battle so far. Future paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Future throws out a powerful jab. Future wants to clinch up but Pena keeps it at a distance. Pena displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Future throws out the jab. Future misses with a wild combination.
Future misses with a series of wild punches.
Pena displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Pena swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Future.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Future is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Pena circles away from the clinch attempt.
Future looks to throw the jab but Pena is out of range. Pena uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Future. John Future seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Future tries to clinch there but Pena circles away.
Future looks to land a right hand but Pena moved out of range. Future is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Pena uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Future. Future looks to land a right hand but Pena moved out of range. Future throws a hook but Pena blocks it. Pena 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Pena lands a really nice looking cross but Future seems unphased.
Pena sizes up Future with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Future misses with a wild body shot. Future throws a looping overhand right but Pena ducks down to avoid it. Future throws a lazy uppercut
and Pena counters with a nice uppercut. Pena lands with a nice combination. Future backs away looking to recover. This has been an exciting period of action! Future punishes Pena's body with a nice straight punch. Future throws a series of punches but Pena moves out of range. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Future uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pena. Pena misses with a wild combination.
Future lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that John Future will probably get the nod. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Future slips a jab and a cross from Pena.
Future is looking to clinch but Pena is avoiding it.
Future dodges the punch combination from Pena.
Pena scores with a jab. Pena is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. Future uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pena. Pena misses the jab. Future thows a body shot but no joy. Future tries to clinch but Pena moves out of range. Future misses the shot to the body. Pena uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Future.
That's one minute gone in the round. Future throws an overhand right that lands on Pena's shoulder, as Pena tries to avoid the shot. Future fails in his attempt to clinch. Future uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pena. Future digs a good body shot into Pena's ribs. Future fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pena with a jab. Future bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Pena uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Future. Future tries to close the distance and clinch but Pena swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Pena bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Future slips under a jab. Javier Pena has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Future looks to throw the jab but Pena is out of range. Future feints and then cracks Pena's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pena down. Pena throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Future. Future slips under a jab. Javier Pena is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Pena bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Pena scores with a one two! Future had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like John Future has been cut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Future closes the distance looking to clinch and Pena counters with a one-two to the body. Future tries to clinch but Pena is having none of it. Future throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
John Future is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Future lands with a right hand. Pena throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Future gets a clinch. Future pressing his opponent against the cage. Future trying to control the position but instead, Pena has worked for underhooks and has pushed Future into the cage. Pena blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Pena breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Future darts in and clinches Pena up against the cage. Pena is trying to break the clinch but Future has him pressed against the cage. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Future stalling against the cage.
Future pushes off an throws an elbow but Pena leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight! John Future showed his dominance in that final round. Well Future 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27 Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27 Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Future!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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