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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between john johnston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Monty Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monty Savage is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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130 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, john johnston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Monty Savage!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
johnston goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
johnston is looking to clinch.
johnston is looking to clinch.
johnston shoots in but no luck this time.
johnston fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
john johnston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Savage shoots in and bounces johnston off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Savage sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Savage postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Savage makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Savage's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Savage with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Savage stands up over johnston, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
johnston is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
johnston is breathing heavily.
Savage scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Savage connects with a couple of short punches.
Savage makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Savage postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Savage advances position into side control!
Savage looks up at the clock and then as johnston takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Savage smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Savage lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
johnston takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Savage cracks johnston with a big right hand but johnston just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Savage lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear johnston down.
Savage landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Savage lands a decent elbow from side control.
Savage has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for johnston!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Savage scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish johnston?
Savage cracks johnston with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savage scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Savage is landing with some decent strikes but johnston is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Savage with the ground and pound from mount.
Savage lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Savage cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A nice elbow there by Savage.
Savage putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Savage with the ground and pound from mount.
BOOM! Savage connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Savage landing strikes from the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage lands a heavy elbow.
johnston is rocked!
Savage dominating with strikes here.
Oh johnston is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Savage landing punches.
Savage working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Savage dominating with strikes here.
Savage prevents johnston from getting the reversal.
Savage dominating with strikes here.
johnston seems to have got his legs back now.
johnston taking shots to the head.
Savage is landing with some decent strikes but johnston is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Savage.
Savage lands with some vicious ground and pound - can johnston hang on?
Savage working johnston over with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Savage cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savage landing strikes from the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage scoring with strikes but johnston is staying in there.
Savage lands a big elbow.
Savage scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish johnston?
Savage landing shots from mount.
Savage looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Savage lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Savage raining down shots from the mount!
johnston tries to reverse the position but Savage maintains control.
johnston in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Savage landing punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Savage with shots to the head and body - johnston looks very uncomfortable down there.
johnston is trying to escape the mount.
Savage unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Monty Savage dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Savage feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
johnston is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Savage chips away with some ground and pound.
Savage chips away with some ground and pound.
Savage content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Savage chips away with some ground and pound.
Savage lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Savage with a nice head shot there.
Savage is in close to johnston's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Savage pushing down on johnston's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Savage landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
johnston is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Savage scores with a couple of nice shots.
Savage is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
johnston wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Savage is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
johnston is in trouble now - Savage has advanced to mount!
Savage raining down shots from the mount!
Savage lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Savage.
Savage landing strikes, looking to finish!
Savage lands a heavy elbow.
Savage landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Savage connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Savage is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. johnston can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Savage cracks johnston with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
johnston takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Savage working johnston over with strikes here.
johnston is trying desperately to improve position.
Savage has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Savage is landing with some decent strikes but johnston is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Savage connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savage with shots to the head and body - johnston looks very uncomfortable down there.
Savage scoring with strikes but johnston is staying in there.
johnston taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage landing strikes from the mount and johnston is in trouble!
Savage lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Savage.
Savage with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Savage cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Savage breaks from johnston's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Savage won't let johnston get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Savage lands a nice shot to the head.
Savage landing strikes from the mount.
Savage lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
johnston takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Savage can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as johnston is looking to escape.
johnston is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage breaks from johnston's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Savage is landing with some decent strikes but johnston is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Savage scoring with strikes but johnston is staying in there.
Savage connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Savage landing shots from mount.
Savage with the ground and pound from mount.
Savage putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Savage looking to finish johnston with some ground and pound. This is bad for johnston!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savage working johnston over with strikes here.
Savage scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savage lands with some vicious ground and pound - can johnston hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Monty Savage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Savage closes the distance and clinches.
Savage lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
johnston looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Savage looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks johnston with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Savage there.
Nice strikes from Savage there.
johnston is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Savage scores with a couple of nice shots.
Savage takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Savage takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Savage looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Savage is trying to control the action in half guard but johnston is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Savage works his way into side control.
Monty Savage has got the better of the ground game so far.
Savage scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at johnston to see if he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
johnston takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Savage wants to control but johnston is keeping him busy.
Savage working the head with strikes.
johnston is looking for a sweep.
Savage scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at johnston to see if he's OK.
Check out the look on Savage's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
A lull in the action here.
Savage lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear johnston down.
Savage remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Savage working the ground and pound.
Savage works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
johnston is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Savage lands a nice forearm strike.
johnston takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
johnston is not content to let Savage control the position.
Savage lands some shots froms side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
johnston takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
johnston pushes Savage away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Savage gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
johnston tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Check out the look on Savage's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Savage landing a few strikes.
Savage grinds an elbow into johnston's temple.
Savage landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Savage cracks johnston with a big right hand but johnston just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
johnston is looking for a sweep.
Savage is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Savage working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
johnston is trying to buck Savage off.
johnston takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
johnston is trying to get back to his feet.
johnston takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Savage working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Savage looks up at the clock and then as johnston takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Savage smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Savage cracks johnston with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Savage working the ground and pound.
Savage has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for johnston!
johnston really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Savage breaks from johnston's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Monty Savage comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Savage winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 24:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 25:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Monty Savage!
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