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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johan Attila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russell Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russell Bell has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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205 lbs
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210 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johan Attila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Russell Bell!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Attila throws the left hand but Bell avoids the punch easily.
Bell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Johan Attila has been cut.
An inside leg kick lands from Attila.
Attila displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bell throws out the jab.
Bell misses with a body shot.
Attila looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Attila has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bell wants to get back to striking at distance but Attila won't allow it.
Attila letting Bell take a breather here.
Attila tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bell's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Attila can't find room to land a body shot as Bell controls the action.
Attila tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Attila.
Bell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Attila keeps control of Bell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bell is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Attila works on Bell's body with a couple of short punches.
Bell breaks from the clinch.
Bell slips under a jab from Attila.
Attila blocks a low kick nicely.
Attila misses with a low kick.
Attila backing away here, and Bell unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Attila rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bell counters with a nice uppercut.
Attila takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bell moves forwards but Attila connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Attila thuds his right hand into Bell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Attila paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Attila lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Attila throws a jab when Bell was well out of range.
Bell throws out a counter right but Attila avoids it with no problem.
Nice body punch from Attila.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Attila throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Bell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Attila tests Bell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell needs to keep his hands up - Attila had a free shot at his head there.
Attila throws a good cross that connects.
A cross from Bell lands.
Bell looks to land a body kick but Attila moved away.
Bell scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bell misses with a hook.
Attila is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Attila moves into the clinch successfully.
Bell is trying to push Attila away but Attila has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab from Bell.
Johan Attila's cut is getting worse.
Bell takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bell gets tackled into the cage by Attila. Attila maintains the clinch.
Attila lands with a short shot to the head.
Attila misses with the head strike.
Attila misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell is trying to break the clinch but Attila has him pressed against the cage.
Bell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johan Attila seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bell staying out of range there.
Bell has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Attila.
The fighters circling - Attila throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Attila swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bell lands a really nice looking cross but Attila seems unphased.
Attila throws the left hand but Bell avoids the punch easily.
Bell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Attila moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Attila fails with a takedown attempt.
Bell follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Attila fakes the leg kick and cracks Bell in the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Attila. Beautiful body shot.
Attila is looking to slow Bell down with leg kicks.
Attila with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bell to score with a decent uppercut.
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!
Bell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bell throws a jab when Attila was well out of range.
Attila attempts a counter takedown but Bell avoids it well and moves away.
Bell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A solid body kick from Attila.
Nice straight punches there by Attila. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Attila.
Bell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Attila manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Bell on his heels. He'll look to pass Bell's guard now, I'm sure.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bell is trying to keep Attila in close.
Attila missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johan Attila dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johan Attila's cut.
That's time! Attila's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Attila tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bell misses with a straight right.
Bell drops his hands momentarily and Attila takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bell throws an overhand right that lands on Attila's shoulder, as Attila tries to avoid the shot.
Attila attempts a counter takedown but Bell avoids it well and moves away.
Attila throws a leg kick which misses Bell's front leg but catches the back leg as Bell tries to avoid it.
Bell tries to keep at a distance but Attila has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bell is trying to break the clinch but Attila is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bell is looking to break free of the clinch but Attila has double underhooks.
Bell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bell looks for the body kick but Attila saw that one coming.
Attila throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Attila lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bell moves out of range of the body kick from Attila.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bell! But no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Attila slips a straight right by Bell.
Bell misses with a body shot.
Attila looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Attila throws an off balance right hand
and Bell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bell takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Attila.
Attila lands a glancing blow to the side of Bell's head.
Bell connects with the punch.
Bell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Attila.
Attila looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Attila accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Attila pushing down on Bell's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Attila looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attila looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Attila landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Attila is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bell can do to turn this around?
Attila trying to control the action but Bell is working from the bottom.
Attila missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Attila thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Attila thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bell's head.
Bell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Attila is looking to take a break and control but Bell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Attila thows a huge punch but Bell dodges it nicely.
Bell regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Attila.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attila trying to control the position from guard on top but Bell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Attila missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bell is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Attila postures up in Bell's guard and throws a big left but Bell blocks it.
Attila tries to free his leg and advance position but Bell is retaining full guard.
Attila throws an elbow that misses. Bell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Attila's guard. Nice move by Bell!
Bell is pushing down on Attila's leg trying to pass to half guard. Attila is fighting to maintain full guard but Bell has managed to sneak the leg through.
Attila wants to control the action here but instead Bell manages to pass to full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attila keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Attila is working hard here to advance position.
Attila tries to hold on but Bell pushes him away.
Attila can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Johan Attila will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johan Attila'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. And we move into the final round!
Bell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Attila.
Bell is trying to counter with his kicks.
Bell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bell throws a right hand that Attila ducks under and follows up with a left that Attila also avoids with ease.
Attila swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Attila thinking.
Johan Attila is winning the standup battle so far.
Bell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Attila momentarily.
Bell stuffs the takedown attempt from Attila. Attila gets slowly back to his feet.
Attila pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Attila.
Attila misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Attila drives through and clinches with Bell against the cage.
Attila has Bell pressed against the cage, preventing Bell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Attila swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice body kick from Bell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Attila turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Attila throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Attila ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bell moves away.
Attila ducks under a wild hook from Bell.
Attila looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bell throws a body shot but no joy.
Attila throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Bell counter with a right hand.
Attila throws a hook but Bell avoids it easily.
Attila thows a leg kick but Bell checks it
and Bell counters with a nice body kick.
Attila is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little jabbing left from Bell on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Attila tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bell swivels and escapes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attila throws a head kick that misses.
Attila misses with a takedown attempt - Bell sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bell shapes to counter with a head kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Attila. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Attila connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bell. Bell circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice takedown defense from Bell. No joy for Attila on that attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Attila tries to clinch but Bell moves out of range.
Russell Bell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Attila moves into the clinch successfully.
Bell tries to break the clinch but Attila is controlling the position.
Attila lands a nice uppercut.
Attila lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bell manages to break the clinch.
Attila walks into a jab.
Bell looks to throw the jab but Attila is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attila misses with an attempted mid kick.
Attila moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromBell.
Attila scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bell doesn't seem bothered though.
Attila shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bell as he jumps to the side.
Bell only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Attila lands with a cross.
Bell walks into a straight right hand from Attila.
Nice uppercut lands for Bell. That snapped Attila's head back.
A jab from Attila does it's job there.
Attila changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bell tries to avoid it but Attila manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bell to the ground. Bell escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Attila tries to clinch there but Bell circles away.
Attila throws an overhand right that lands on Bell's shoulder, as Bell tries to avoid the shot.
Bell throws a sloppy head kick and Attila moves out of range easily.
Attila wants to clinch up but Bell keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attila takes the fight into the clinch.
Bell blocks an uppercut.
Bell is trying to push Attila away but Attila has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Attila is trying to drag Bell to the mat but Bell just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bell working hard to break the clinch.
Johan Attila is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bell is trying to force a seperation but Attila has the dominant position.
Bell wants to get back to striking at distance but Attila won't allow it.
Bell tries to circle away but Attila has him pinned against the cage.
Bell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Attila lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Attila tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bell's elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johan Attila.
Well Attila has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johan Attila!
After winning the bout, Johan Attila thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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