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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Howlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Will T. Bear - For a Few Dollars More. Howlett comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Berserker kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! James Howlett has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Luke Johnson's chin.
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166 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luke Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Howlett!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Chad Campbell and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Howlett.
Howlett looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Howlett counters with a slapping leg kick.
Howlett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Howlett does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Howlett.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
letting Howlett counter with a right hand.
Johnson clobbers Howlett with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johnson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Howlett.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Howlett fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Howlett misses with a body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Howlett blocks the leg kick.
Howlett moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
Howlett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Howlett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Howlett.
Howlett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson trying to control the position but instead, Howlett has worked for underhooks and has pushed Johnson into the cage.
Howlett can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Howlett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Howlett avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Howlett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Howlett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Howlett misses with some punches.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Howlett's head.
Howlett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Howlett looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Howlett is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Howlett down to the mat. Howlett avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Howlett throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Howlett checks it well.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Howlett's waist but Howlett gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnson off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Howlett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Howlett swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
Howlett throws out a leg kick but Johnson moves out of range and Howlett only half commits.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Howlett is just out of range.
Johnson moves out of range as Howlett throws a body kick.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Howlett takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Howlett lands a lovely overhand right.
Johnson gets the takedown into side control.
Johnson is trying to ground and pound but Howlett uses the momentary lack of control by Johnson to regain half guard.
Johnson prevents Howlett from improving his position.
Johnson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Howlett knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Johnson is working away from the top position though.
Johnson is looking to advance position but Howlett won't allow it.
Howlett is trying to control but can't.
Well, if Johnson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Johnson wants to control but Howlett is keeping him busy.
Johnson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Howlett's head.
Johnson is pressing down on Howlett's thigh, looking to free his foot. Howlett is holding on for now.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Johnson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett has managed to clinch.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Howlett.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Howlett sprawls well. Howlett wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnson scores with a jab. Howlett acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Howlett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Johnson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Howlett checks it well.
Luke Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howlett throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson goes for a double leg but Howlett avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Howlett continues to drive forward.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Howlett scores with a nice hook to the head.
Howlett tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Howlett back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Howlett.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but James Howlett will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Howlett looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johnson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Howlett stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Howlett.
Howlett getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
It looks like Luke Johnson has been cut.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Johnson.
Howlett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
An inside leg kick lands from Howlett.
Johnson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Howlett takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Howlett keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howlett seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses.
Howlett has his hands on Johnson's head, controlling the position.
Johnson trying to control but Howlett is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson wants to pass the guard but Howlett is keeping the position.
Howlett is trying to keep Johnson in close.
Howlett might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Johnson haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Howlett working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Johnson.
Johnson controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by James Howlett.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett tries to score with a low kick but Johnson moves his leg out of the way.
Johnson throws a wild body kick that Howlett sees coming a mile off.
Howlett walks into a stiff left hand from Johnson.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Howlett misses with a body kick.
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Howlett.
Johnson walks into a left hand.
Howlett explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Howlett misses with a low kick.
Howlett misses with a body shot.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Howlett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Howlett misses with a body shot.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Howlett throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Howlett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Johnson is trying to drag Howlett to the mat but Howlett just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Johnson lands with a right to the head.
Howlett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Howlett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Howlett swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
Howlett has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howlett.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Howlett connects with a solid leg kick.
James Howlett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Johnson lands a nice looking body shot.
Howlett tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Howlett scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick from Howlett.
Howlett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howlett checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Howlett throws out the jab.
Johnson slips a straight right by Howlett.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Howlett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Luke Johnson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Howlett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Howlett goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Howlett looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson swings for the body but Howlett moves out of range.
Howlett throws a sloppy head kick
so Johnson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Johnson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Howlett has Johnson pulled in close to control his posture.
Howlett trying to keep a closed guard but Johnson is proving a slippery customer.
Johnson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Howlett trying to control the position here.
Johnson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett looking to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by James Howlett.
Howlett misses with a head kick.
Johnson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Howlett moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Howlett was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Howlett.
Johnson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Johnson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Howlett's guard.
Howlett wants to control the position but Johnson says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Howlett regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Johnson.
Howlett utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throwing strikes from guard but Howlett blocks nicely.
Johnson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Howlett has Johnson pulled in close to control his posture.
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 pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Howlett is keeping the position for now.
Howlett is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. James Howlett wasn't active enough on the ground.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Johnson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Johnson.
Howlett misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Howlett.
Howlett checks a leg kick.
Howlett tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Howlett throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Howlett throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Howlett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Howlett lands a nice leg kick that just misses Johnson's sensitive parts.
Johnson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Johnson lands in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson works over Howlett with some ground and pound from guard.
Howlett is pulling down on Johnson's head to control his posture.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Howlett is trying to keep Johnson in close.
Johnson trying to control the position from guard on top but Howlett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
Howlett pulls Johnson in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Luke Johnson did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Luke Johnson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Johnson gets a takedown into half guard.
Howlett moves into full guard.
Howlett managing to control the position.
Johnson stands and throws Howlett's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Johnson wants to control for a moment but Howlett uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but Howlett defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Howlett works his way to full guard. Good work.
Johnson tries to free his leg and advance position but Howlett is retaining full guard.
Johnson throws a big elbow that misses.
Johnson looking to pass the guard.
Howlett is pulling down on Johnson's head. It's preventing any offense from Johnson, at least for the moment.
Let's hope that Howlett has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson postures up.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. James Howlett wasn't active enough on the ground.
Johnson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
James Howlett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Howlett on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Howlett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Johnson lands a leg kick that knocks Howlett off balance momentarily.
Howlett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Johnson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No luck for Johnson with that takedown attempt.
Howlett throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson is looking to wear down Howlett with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howlett is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.
Johnson fails to land the takedown.
Howlett fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Howlett misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Howlett.
Howlett throws a wild body kick that Johnson sees coming a mile off.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Howlett.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Howlett.
Howlett delivers a nice body kick.
Johnson lands a head shot.
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Howlett to the mat! Howlett manages to get full guard.
Howlett working a defensive guard here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
OK we're going to have a standup here. James Howlett hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Howlett looks to land a body kick but Johnson moved away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Howlett tries to land a leg kick but Johnson saw it coming and moves away.
Howlett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Howlett tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Howlett manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but James Howlett will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Luke Johnson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Johnson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Howlett smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson works Howlett's body with a nice hook.
Howlett lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Howlett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Howlett's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Howlett leaves Johnson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Howlett throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Howlett misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson walks into a straight right hand from Howlett.
Johnson is rocked!
Howlett rushes Johnson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Howlett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howlett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Howlett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Howlett fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howlett.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Howlett misses with the head strike.
Howlett working aggressively here.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Howlett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Howlett.
Johnson blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Howlett.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson works Howlett's body with a nice hook.
Howlett ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Howlett looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
Johnson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Howlett's head.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Howlett manages to avoid it.
Howlett throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Howlett tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Howlett tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Johnson - that will leave a mark!
Howlett cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Howlett.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Howlett as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slapping body kick lands there for Howlett.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Nice sprawl there from Howlett as Johnson shoots in.
Howlett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Howlett throws out a leg kick but Johnson moves out of range and Howlett only half commits.
That kick from Johnson tenderised Howlett's leg. Howlett is trying to keep his angry face on.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Howlett.
Howlett lands a head kick. Johnson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Howlett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Howlett.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Luke Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson shoots for a double leg takedown but Howlett sprawls well. He's pushed Johnson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Howlett lands with a thumping leg kick.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Howlett was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Howlett misses with a leg kick.
Johnson throws a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Howlett misses the target.
Johnson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Howlett takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Howlett moves away.
Howlett misses the jab.
Good work by Johnson as he checks the leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt - Howlett sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Howlett tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Howlett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Howlett 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 46:50
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 46:49
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Howlett!
An intense looking James Howlett took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'When offered a shot for the title dont decline it for three months straight. Next time I will not agree to give you a shot.'.
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