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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luka Janko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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185 lbs
7 - 4 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luka Janko!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker is looking to score with low kicks.
Walker takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Janko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Walker 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.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Janko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Janko clinches up against the cage.
Janko lands a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Janko.
Walker misses with a body punch.
Walker can't break the clinch.
Janko'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.
Nice body punch from Janko - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Janko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Janko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Janko thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Walker if he has to take too many more of those.
Janko has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Walker is landing a low percentage of strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Janko works Walker's body with a nice hook.
Janko scores with a decent looking hook.
Sloppy strikes from Janko. Those never looked like landing.
Walker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walker throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Janko's waist but Janko gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Walker off to one side.
Janko lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Janko.
Walker is breathing heavily.
Janko lands a body punch in the clinch.
Janko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Janko slows down the pace here.
Janko avoiding damage.
Walker wants to get back to striking at distance but Janko won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janko just leaning against Walker, taking a breather.
Janko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting on Janko's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Walker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Janko smiles and moves away.
Walker shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Janko as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Janko as he jumps to the side.
Janko lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
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!
Walker avoids the head kick by Janko.
Janko lands a nice leg kick that just misses Walker's sensitive parts.
Walker takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walker gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walker tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Janko counters with a huge left! Walker is in big trouble! He's backing up but Janko isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Walker from any more damage. A dominating finish by Janko!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luka Janko!
During a confident post fight interview, Luka Janko thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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