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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juan Konzaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Johnz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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188 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan Konzaga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Johnz!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Konzaga takes the fight into the clinch.
Konzaga lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Peter Johnz has been cut.
Konzaga misses with a knee strike.
Konzaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Konzaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Konzaga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnz avoiding damage as Konzaga throws knees to the body.
Konzaga displaying some good clinch control by pressing Johnz up against the cage.
Johnz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnz fails to pull guard.
Johnz tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Konzaga just stands there and leans against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Konzaga takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Konzaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Konzaga misses with a knee strike.
Konzaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnz blocks it with crossed arms.
Konzaga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Konzaga tries a knee to the head but Johnz blocks it.
Konzaga is breathing heavily.
Konzaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Konzaga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Konzaga looking to throw knees to the head but Johnz is blocking nicely.
Johnz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Konzaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnz blocks it with crossed arms.
Johnz jumps guard but Konzaga stands there with Johnz around his waist. Johnz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Juan Konzaga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Johnz.
Johnz tightens his grip and picks Konzaga up, before dumping him to the ground. Konzaga manages to land in guard.
Konzaga looking to control but Johnz passes into half guard.
Konzaga is trying to maintain the position but Johnz is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Konzaga is looking for a sweep. Johnz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Johnz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Konzaga does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Johnz wants to work for an arm triangle but Konzaga is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Konzaga throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Konzaga trying to hold on to Johnz's head to control him but Johnz postures up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Johnz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Konzaga as he avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Konzaga tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Konzaga tries to clinch up.
Konzaga has managed to clinch.
Konzaga landing knees to the head.
Johnz jumps guard but Konzaga stands there with Johnz around his waist. Johnz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Konzaga connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnz's face.
Konzaga is struggling to control the position.
Konzaga misses with a knee to the head.
Konzaga looking to throw knees to the head but Johnz is blocking nicely.
Johnz jumps guard but Konzaga stands there with Johnz around his waist. Johnz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Konzaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Konzaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Konzaga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Konzaga missing with knees to the body.
Konzaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Konzaga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnz managing to block the knees to the body from Konzaga.
Konzaga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Konzaga passes Johnz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnz wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Konzaga dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Johnz's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Johnz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Konzaga can pounce on him.
Johnz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Konzaga's waist but Konzaga gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnz off to one side.
Konzaga gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Konzaga crunches a lovely knee into Johnz's ribcage.
Konzaga stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Konzaga looking to throw knees to the head but Johnz is blocking nicely.
Konzaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Konzaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnz tries to pull guard but Konzaga won't allow it.
Konzaga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Konzaga misses with a knee to the head.
Konzaga throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnz jumps guard and drags Konzaga to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Konzaga wants to control from the top but Johnz keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Konzaga passes Johnz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Johnz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Johnz tries to get to full guard but Konzaga has control of the leg.
Konzaga is trying to control the action in half guard but Johnz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Konzaga lands with a punch from half guard.
Konzaga stops Johnz from getting back to his feet.
Konzaga is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Johnz doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Konzaga.
Johnz is looking for a sweep. Konzaga is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Johnz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Johnz.
Konzaga is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Konzaga thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Konzaga avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Konzaga in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Johnz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Konzaga stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The fight stays on the outside here - Konzaga looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Konzaga throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Johnz's head.
Johnz swats away the attempt to clinch by Konzaga.
Johnz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Konzaga's waist but Konzaga gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johnz off to one side.
Juan Konzaga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Johnz.
Johnz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Konzaga gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Konzaga is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Johnz pulls his head out easily.
Johnz is thwarting Konzaga's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Konzaga dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Peter Johnz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Johnz closes the distance and clinches up with Konzaga, looking for a takedown. Johnz pushes Konzaga against the cage but Konzaga circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Konzaga is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Konzaga drives through and clinches with Johnz against the cage.
Konzaga connects with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Konzaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Konzaga landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Konzaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Konzaga throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Konzaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnz blocks it with crossed arms.
Konzaga lands a knee to the body.
Konzaga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnz wants a takedown but no success here.
Juan Konzaga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Johnz.
Konzaga avoiding damage.
Konzaga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Konzaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Konzaga throws a knee to the head but misses.
Konzaga has Johnz pushed against the cage.
Johnz jumps guard but Konzaga stands there with Johnz around his waist. Johnz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Johnz fails to pull guard.
Konzaga tries a knee to the head but Johnz blocks it.
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.
Konzaga stalling.
Konzaga landing knees to the head.
Konzaga throws an elbow that misses.
Johnz drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Konzaga throws a knee to the head but misses.
Konzaga looking to throw knees to the head but Johnz is blocking nicely.
Johnz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Konzaga lands a nice knee to the body.
Konzaga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Konzaga taking a breather.
Konzaga misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Konzaga prevents it.
Konzaga connects with a knee to the head.
Konzaga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Konzaga lands a knee to the body.
Konzaga tries to land a knee to the head but Johnz blocks with his arms.
Konzaga misses with a knee to the head.
Konzaga is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Johnz is keeping busy.
Johnz fails to pull guard.
Konzaga misses with a knee to the head.
Konzaga scores with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Konzaga landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Konzaga misses with a knee to the head.
Konzaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Konzaga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Konzaga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Konzaga misses with a knee strike.
Johnz jumps guard but Konzaga stands there with Johnz around his waist. Johnz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Konzaga with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Konzaga tries to land a knee to the head but Johnz blocks with his arms.
Johnz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Konzaga throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnz blocks it with crossed arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Peter Johnz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juan Konzaga is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Konzaga blocks it with crossed arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Konzaga showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Konzaga, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Konzaga!
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