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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between John Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Flynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes to the cage accompanied by Another One Bites the Dust. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent MT
Big heart
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, John Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Blake Flynn!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flynn is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Walker pivots, looking for a leg kick but Flynn is out of range and Walker settles back down.
Flynn is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Flynn closes the distance and pushes Walker back into the cage.
Flynn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from Walker.
Flynn tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walker 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.
Flynn moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Flynn slips a jab and a cross from Walker.
Flynn is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Flynn darts in and clinches Walker up against the cage.
Walker is trying to force a seperation but Flynn has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flynn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.
Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Flynn closes the distance looking to clinch
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flynn wants to clinch.
Walker misses with a wild body shot.
Walker is looking to land body kicks.
Flynn tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Walker gets tackled into the cage by Flynn. Flynn maintains the clinch.
Walker looking to stall.
Flynn misses with a knee to the head.
Flynn misses with an elbow strike.
Walker struggles to land a body shot inside as Flynn controls his hands.
Walker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Flynn throws a punch but it's blocked by Walker.
Flynn misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flynn trying to land knees to the body.
Walker swings wildly with an uppercut but Flynn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walker is looking to break free of the clinch but Flynn has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Flynn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Walker's brow.
Walker is trying to push Flynn away but Flynn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Flynn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Walker taking a breather.
Flynn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Flynn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walker working hard to break the clinch.
Walker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Flynn's coach down at Quick Fingers BEST BANG FOR BUCK Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Flynn's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker blocks the elbow strike.
Walker wants to break free but Flynn has control.
Walker tries to break the clinch but Flynn is controlling the position.
Flynn misses with a knee strike.
Walker lands a nice uppercut.
Walker blocks an elbow strike from Flynn.
Flynn lands a damaging elbow.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Flynn keeps him there for the moment.
Walker is trying to stall.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flynn throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Flynn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Walker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Flynn tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.
Flynn clinches.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walker can't break the clinch.
Flynn lands a damaging elbow.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
Flynn rushes Walker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Flynn prevents a body shot from Walker.
Walker dodges an elbow strike from Flynn.
Walker avoids the elbow strike from Flynn, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Blake Flynn will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Flynn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blake Flynn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flynn tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flynn lands an overhand right.
Walker gets tackled into the cage by Flynn. Flynn maintains the clinch.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flynn lands an elbow inside.
Walker misses with a punch on the inside.
Walker working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flynn landing knees to the head.
Walker avoids the elbow strike from Flynn, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Flynn.
Flynn keeps control of Walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker can't find room to land a body shot as Flynn controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Flynn.
Walker can't find room to land a body shot as Flynn controls the action.
Flynn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blake Flynn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Flynn keeps control of Walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Walker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Flynn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Flynn keeps control of Walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Flynn keeps him there for the moment.
Walker can't break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walker.
Walker is leaning against Flynn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Walker avoiding damage.
Walker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Walker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Walker working aggressively here.
Walker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Flynn has him pressed against the cage.
Walker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walker lunges at Flynn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Flynn's hand.
Blake Flynn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Flynn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Flynn.
Walker was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Walker throws a hook to the side of Flynn's head but Flynn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Flynn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker throwing a counter right hand but Flynn manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Walker.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flynn doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Flynn tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Walker motions for Flynn to come forward. Walker throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Flynn tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Walker gets tackled into the cage by Flynn. Flynn maintains the clinch.
Walker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flynn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like John Walker has been cut.
Walker wants to get back to striking at distance but Flynn won't allow it.
Walker tries to break the clinch but Flynn is controlling the position.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Flynn prevents a body shot from Walker.
Flynn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Flynn has closed the distance and engaged Walker in a clinch.
Flynn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flynn's elbow.
Walker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flynn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walker takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walker.
Flynn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Walker's efforts to push away.
Flynn blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Flynn controlling the action here for a moment.
Walker is trying to maintain a safe position but Flynn gets an underhook and turns Walker into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Walker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Walker's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Flynn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Flynn tries to clinch up.
Walker lands with a shot to the body.
Flynn tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Flynn moves into the clinch.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walker can't find room to land a body shot as Flynn controls the action.
The referee calls for Walker to work.
Walker is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker misses with a punch to the body.
Walker's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Flynn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker is working Flynn over against the cage.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Flynn avoids it by throwing Walker back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Walker.
Walker tries to break free but Flynn pushes him back against the cage.
Walker working hard to break the clinch.
Flynn stalling in the clinch but Walker improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Walker fails to land.
Walker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Walker tries a body shot but Flynn blocks it.
Walker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Flynn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Flynn slowing the pace effectively.
Flynn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Walker's efforts to push away.
Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Flynn moves into range and clinches up with Walker.
Walker is trying to force a seperation but Flynn has the dominant position.
Walker tries to circle away but Flynn has him pinned against the cage.
Flynn keeps control of Walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Walker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walker is trying to force a seperation but Flynn has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Walker taking a breather.
Flynn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walker dodges an elbow strike from Flynn.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
Flynn moves to clinch but Walker breaks away
and Walker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Flynn thinking.
Walker pivots, looking for a leg kick but Flynn is out of range and Walker settles back down.
Flynn tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Flynn tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Flynn backs away, Walker returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Flynn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Flynn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Flynn is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
John Walker is winning the standup battle so far.
Left hook, right uppercut from Walker.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flynn clinches up with Walker and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flynn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Walker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Flynn.
Walker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walker scoring well with a low kick there.
Flynn moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Flynn pushes Walker up against the cage in a clinch.
Flynn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Flynn misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walker blocks an elbow strike from Flynn.
Flynn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Flynn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Walker 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Walker!
A victorious John Walker thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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