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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balrog Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson has chosen Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Balrog Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa moves into the clinch.
Balboa misses with a punch on the inside.
Balboa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Balboa avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Balboa misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
Balboa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Balboa prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Balboa.
Balboa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Balboa tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson trying to control the position but instead, Balboa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johnson into the cage.
Johnson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Balboa or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
Balboa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Balboa lands with a left to the head.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Balboa.
Balboa blocking some punches.
Balboa swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson presses Balboa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Balboa looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
Balboa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Balboa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Balboa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Balboa swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
Balboa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Balboa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Balboa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balboa misses with a knee to the head.
Balboa tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Balboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa misses with a knee strike.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Balboa.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balboa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Balboa misses with a knee strike.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses.
Balboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balboa tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Balboa tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Balboa back against the cage.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Balboa avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the cage.
Johnson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Balboa struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Johnson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Balboa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
Balboa lands with a right to the head.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Balboa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson has Balboa pressed against the cage, preventing Balboa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Balboa's head.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Balboa blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Balboa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Balboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Balboa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Balboa checks a leg kick nicely.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Balboa is avoiding it.
Balboa blocks a leg kick.
Johnson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Balboa throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Balboa.
Balboa misses with a body shot.
Balboa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Rocky Balboa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson clinches up against the cage.
Balboa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Balboa lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa manages to break the clinch.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balboa was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Balboa checks a leg kick nicely.
Jab by Johnson.
Balboa misses the shot to the body.
Johnson scores with a spinning back kick!
Balboa wants to clinch.
Balboa moves away from the strike by Johnson.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Johnson in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Johnson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Balboa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Balboa moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Balboa.
Balboa misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa working aggressively here.
Johnson stalling the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Balboa missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Johnson on the inside.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Balboa blocks a body shot from Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Balboa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Balboa lands a shoulder strike.
Balboa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balboa blocks an uppercut.
Balboa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rocky Balboa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Balboa can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
Balboa scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Balboa misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
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!
Balboa drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson stalls.
Balboa tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Balboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa is working Johnson over against the cage.
Balboa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good body shot from Johnson.
Balboa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Balboa.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balboa looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Balboa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Balrog Johnson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Johnson lands a nice shot that snaps Balboa's head back.
Balboa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Balboa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Johnson dips to his left and cracks Balboa with an uppercut!
Balboa throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Balboa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Balboa checks the leg kick.
Balboa moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson lands with a good body shot.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balboa is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Balrog Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson lands with a kick to the temple. Balboa shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson looks to land a body kick but Balboa moved away.
Johnson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Johnson takes a swing at Balboa's ribcage but misses.
Johnson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Balboa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Balboa wants to clinch.
A left lands for Johnson.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Balboa misses with a punch on the inside.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Balboa on the inside.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Balboa controls the action.
Balboa swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balboa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Balboa takes a shot to the head.
Balboa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Balboa controls the action.
Balboa has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Balboa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Balboa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
Balboa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Balboa's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Balboa.
Still in the clinch, Balboa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Balboa misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson pushes Balboa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Balboa controls the action.
Balboa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balboa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Balboa digs a right hand underneath Johnson's ribcage. Johnson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Balboa tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
Balboa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balboa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balboa misses with some punches.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Balboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balboa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Balboa lands with a short shot to the head.
Balboa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson blocking some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Balrog Johnson.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balrog Johnson!
A relieved looking Balrog Johnson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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