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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Bruce Luis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fleece Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fleece Johnson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bruce Luis's chin.
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185 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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185 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruce Luis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fleece Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Bruce Luis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luis avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Johnson takes a swing at Luis's ribcage but misses.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Luis moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Luis throws a leg kick
and Johnson counters with a solid body kick.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Luis moves out of range of the strikes.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Johnson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Johnson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Luis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Luis throws a nice head kick!
Luis misses with an uppercut
and Johnson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Luis moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Luis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice side step and Johnson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Johnson dips to his left and cracks Luis with an uppercut!
Luis blocks a jab.
Luis throws a body shot but no joy.
Luis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luis tries to throw a body punch but Johnson avoids it by throwing Luis back against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Johnson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Luis lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike from Luis.
Johnson with a knee to the head.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Luis.
Luis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Luis prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Luis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Luis.
Luis blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Luis shrugs off.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson pushes Luis back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Luis avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the ropes.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Luis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Luis managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Johnson - that landed with a thud.
Luis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johnson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Luis.
A short right from Luis.
Luis avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luis misses with a knee to the head.
Luis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luis's elbow.
Luis lands a nice knee to the body.
Luis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.
It looks like Fleece Johnson has been cut.
Luis lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Luis tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
Luis is working Johnson over against the ropes.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right hook to the body lands for Luis.
Johnson blocks an elbow strike.
Luis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
I was talking to Luis's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Luis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Luis scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Luis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luis.
Luis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luis.
Luis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Luis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Luis misses with the head strike.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Luis obliges.
Luis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luis misses with a punch to the body.
Luis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Luis misses with a knee strike.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Fleece Johnson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fleece Johnson'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.
Johnson misses with a body kick.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Luis moved away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Luis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Luis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luis moves into the clinch.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Luis lands a shoulder strike.
Johnson lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson is leaning against Luis and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Luis.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Johnson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luis is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luis prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Luis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luis.
Luis blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson tries to work over Luis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A left hand lands to the body for Luis.
Luis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Luis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Luis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Luis blocks a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Luis avoids the damage to the body.
Luis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luis is defending well for now.
Johnson connects with a knee to the head.
A short left from Johnson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luis is leaning against Johnson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Luis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johnson tries to work over Luis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Luis.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Luis is blocking nicely.
Luis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luis throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well.
Fleece Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Luis moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A cross from Luis lands.
Johnson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Luis clinches.
Johnson scores with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Luis.
Johnson landing knees to the body.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luis blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Johnson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Luis's brow.
Johnson avoiding damage as Luis throws knees to the body.
Luis landing knees to the body.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Luis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Luis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Luis.
Fleece Johnson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
A nice left hand lands by Luis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson misses with some punches.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson gets through Luis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luis.
A right handed body shot lands from Luis.
Luis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Luis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Luis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Nice body punch from Luis - that landed with a thud.
Johnson tries to land knees in the clinch but Luis avoids the damage to the body.
Luis can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Luis.
That has opened up Fleece Johnson's cut even more.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luis's elbow.
Johnson takes an elbow to the temple.
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 Bruce Luis will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fleece Johnson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Luis throws a big counter combination but Johnson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Johnson throws the kick towards the body but Luis avoids it.
As Johnson looks to move away, Luis throws a big counter combo but Johnson just gets out of the way.
Luis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Johnson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jab from Luis.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Luis misses with a low kick.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A solid body kick from Luis.
Luis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johnson. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luis tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Johnson is able to avoid easily.
Luis closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnson tries to work over Luis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luis.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Luis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Luis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Luis trying to land knees to the body.
Luis misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Luis on the inside.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Luis backwards.
Luis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luis lands an elbow inside.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Luis.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Luis missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Luis blocks it.
Johnson tries to throw a body punch but Luis avoids it by throwing Johnson back against the ropes.
Luis misses with an elbow over the top.
Johnson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Luis is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hook to the body lands for Luis.
Luis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luis avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnson works on Luis's body with a couple of short punches.
Luis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
A right hand to the body from Luis.
Johnson avoids the elbow strike from Luis, against the ropes.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Luis scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Luis pushes Johnson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luis lands a damaging elbow.
The cut above Fleece Johnson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Luis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Luis landing knees to the body.
A short right from Luis.
Luis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fleece Johnson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Johnson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Johnson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luis blocks it with crossed arms.
Luis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Luis is controlling him.
Johnson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short left from Luis.
Luis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luis tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luis lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luis lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Fleece Johnson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bruce Luis!
During a confident post fight interview, Bruce Luis 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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