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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pops Maellard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Dillinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dillinger is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Listen!!. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pops Maellard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Dillinger!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dillinger just misses with a punch to the body.
Dillinger throws a poor cross that misses
and Maellard counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Maellard is looking to land body kicks.
Maellard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dillinger has time to react.
A big right from Dillinger misses.
Dillinger misses with a low kick.
Maellard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maellard cracks Dillinger with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Maellard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dillinger.
Dillinger avoids the body shot from Maellard.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Dillinger 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.
Maellard misses with a left hand
and Dillinger counters with a stiff right hand.
Dillinger tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Maellard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Maellard checks a leg kick.
Dillinger scores with a jab. Maellard acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Maellard throws a head kick but Dillinger moves out of range.
Dillinger lands a right hook to the body.
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!
Dillinger scores with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillinger thuds his shin into the meat of Maellard's side.
Dillinger misses with a hook. Maellard ducked under it nicely.
Dillinger shoots in for a takedown but Maellard shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Maellard lands an overhand right.
Dillinger connects with a solid leg kick.
Maellard moves out of range of the strikes.
Maellard is looking to score with low kicks.
Dillinger gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Maellard.
Dillinger looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Maellard!
Maellard is looking for a sweep.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
I wouldn't like to be where Maellard is right now.
Maellard struggling a bit here.
Maellard is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Maellard is avoiding damage well.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Dillinger lands a few punches from side control.
Dillinger throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Dillinger landing a few strikes.
Dillinger trying to control the position but Maellard is working away.
Dillinger working the body and head with strikes.
Maellard is trying to control Dillinger's posture but Dillinger avoids it.
Maellard gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maellard keeping control of the position.
Maellard gets back to full guard.
Maellard is looking to stand up but Dillinger isn't so interested in that idea.
Dillinger in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dillinger trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Maellard is adopting a defensive guard.
Maellard has a closed guard, preventing Dillinger from standing up.
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.
Maellard controls Dillinger momentarily but Dillinger frees himself.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dillinger lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dillinger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dillinger stuns Maellard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dillinger takes a swing at Maellard's ribcage but misses.
Dillinger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maellard manages to avoid it.
Maellard fails to land with a series of punches.
Maellard seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dillinger connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dillinger connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Maellard throws a head kick but Dillinger moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Dillinger dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Maellard checks a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Dillinger. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dillinger.
Maellard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A telegraphed right hand from Dillinger misses the target.
Dillinger takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dillinger misses with an uppercut. Maellard saw that one coming.
Dillinger lands with an overhand left.
Dillinger is looking to score with low kicks.
Dillinger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dillinger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Maellard can pounce on him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dillinger uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Maellard has time to react.
Dillinger smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dillinger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maellard circles away quickly and effectively.
Dillinger takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maellard misses the jab.
It seemed like Dillinger was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maellard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dillinger.
Maellard scores with a nice head shot.
Maellard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dillinger.
Maellard loads up on a big right hand but Dillinger slips the punch.
Maellard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Maellard throws out a loose jab but Dillinger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dillinger tries to clinch there but Maellard circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dillinger. Maellard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maellard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dillinger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maellard misses with a low kick.
Dillinger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maellard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maellard throws a head kick but Dillinger moves out of range.
Maellard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dillinger. That one must have hurt.
Dillinger scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Maellard doesn't seem bothered though.
Maellard cracks Dillinger with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dillinger slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Dillinger on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Dillinger.
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!
Maellard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dillinger throws a jab but it's blocked by Maellard.
Pops Maellard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dillinger tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Maellard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Maellard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dillinger. Dillinger obviously looking to wear him down.
The fighters circle momentarily. Maellard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dillinger misses with a wild body shot.
Maellard does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dillinger misses the shot to the body.
Maellard tries to bum rush Dillinger with a series of wild strikes but Dillinger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dillinger throws out a leg kick but Maellard moves out of range and Dillinger only half commits.
Dillinger moves out of range of the strikes.
Dillinger throws out a counter right but Maellard avoids it with no problem.
Dillinger blocks a head kick by Maellard.
John Dillinger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dillinger connects with a single shot there.
Dillinger fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dillinger!
Dillinger scores with a push kick.
Maellard slips a jab and a cross from Dillinger.
Dillinger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maellard.
Dillinger throws a series of punches but Maellard avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Maellard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dillinger moves out of range as Maellard strikes.
Dillinger slips a straight right by Maellard.
A leg kick checked by Maellard.
Dillinger throws a wild body kick that Maellard sees coming a mile off.
Maellard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dillinger.
Maellard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dillinger at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maellard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dillinger's head backwards.
Maellard moves away from the strike by Dillinger.
Dillinger throws a right hand that Maellard ducks under and follows up with a left that Maellard also avoids with ease.
Maellard throws a half hearted mid kick.
Maellard goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dillinger throws out a counter right but Maellard avoids it with no problem.
Maellard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Maellard 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.
Dillinger checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dillinger scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dillinger 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.
Maellard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dillinger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maellard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dillinger thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Maellard if he has to take too many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Dillinger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A head kick misses from Maellard.
Horrible takedown attempt by Dillinger or perhaps it was just good defense by Maellard, which made it look bad.
Dillinger wants to land a leg kick but Maellard is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Maellard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dillinger misses with a head kick.
Dillinger blocks a leg kick.
Maellard misses with a wild body shot.
Dillinger replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Maellard blocks it well.
Maellard moves into the clinch successfully.
Dillinger has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Maellard avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Maellard.
Maellard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maellard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maellard tries to work over Dillinger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dillinger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dillinger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dillinger stalling the fight.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillinger looking to slow down the pace here.
Maellard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dillinger's elbow.
Dillinger breaks the clinch.
Dillinger tries a low kick but Maellard avoids it.
Dillinger scores with a jab to the jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as Dillinger checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dillinger throws a low kick but it's checked well by Maellard.
Maellard moves out of range of the strikes.
Maellard throws a right and a left that Dillinger avoids nicely.
Dillinger connects with an inside leg kick.
Maellard throws a head kick but Dillinger moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dillinger.
Dillinger blocks a head kick by Maellard.
Maellard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maellard is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maellard wants to clinch up but Dillinger keeps it at a distance.
A nice side step and Dillinger releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Maellard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Maellard tries to land a front kick but Dillinger steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dillinger connects with a jab.
Maellard throws a sloppy head kick and Dillinger moves out of range easily.
Dillinger changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Maellard sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maellard closes the distance and clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dillinger misses with a punch on the inside.
Dillinger lands a body punch.
Maellard misses with the head strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Dillinger.
Maellard struggles to land a body shot inside as Dillinger controls his hands.
Maellard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dillinger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pops Maellard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maellard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dillinger lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dillinger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maellard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dillinger.
Maellard fails with an attempt to clinch.
John Dillinger is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A big right from Dillinger misses.
Dillinger keeps Maellard at a distance using the push kick.
Maellard throws a head kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Dillinger. Those never looked like landing.
Dillinger works the jab nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dillinger.
Maellard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dillinger is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger works Maellard's body with a nice hook.
Maellard will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Dillinger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dillinger scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dillinger blocks a head kick by Maellard.
Dillinger appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Maellard takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dillinger shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Maellard but Maellard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pops Maellard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Dillinger.
Maellard swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dillinger misses with a hook. Maellard ducked under it nicely.
Maellard tries to clinch there but Dillinger circles away.
Maellard has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Dillinger.
Dillinger is looking to slow Maellard down with leg kicks.
Maellard throws an overhand right that lands on Dillinger's shoulder, as Dillinger tries to avoid the shot.
Maellard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Dillinger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dillinger 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Dillinger!
John Dillinger thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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