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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johan Attila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Stoker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Attila comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderstruck. Edward Stoker has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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205 lbs
23 - 9 - 0 |
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199 cm
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210 lbs
16 - 9 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johan Attila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Edward Stoker!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Attila.
Stoker throws out a loose jab but Attila uses good head movement to avoid it.
Attila misses with a looping right.
Attila slips under a jab from Stoker.
Stoker scores with a crisp jab that stopped Attila in his tracks.
Stoker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Attila punishes Stoker's body with a nice straight punch.
Attila lands a head shot.
Attila swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stoker slips under a jab.
A jab from Attila misses.
Stoker throws a hook but Attila blocks it.
Attila lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Attila throws a lazy right hand but Stoker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stoker is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Attila with a body shot.
Stoker connects with a single shot there.
Stoker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
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!
Stoker connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Attila momentarily.
It looks like Johan Attila has been cut.
Attila ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stoker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Attila misses with a lunging right hand
and Stoker counters with a leg kick.
Edward Stoker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stoker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Attila.
Good shot there by Attila.
Stoker just misses with a punch to the body.
Stoker throws a hook but Attila blocks it.
Stoker takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stoker with a jab.
Attila takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Attila thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stoker with a jab.
Attila throws a leg kick but Stoker sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Stoker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Attila moves out of range as Stoker throws a body kick.
Stoker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Attila.
Stoker misses with a body shot.
Attila closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Attila misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Attila cracks Stoker with a big right hand but Stoker just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Attila scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Stoker to see if he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoker is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Attila off and has taken his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Attila trying to control the position but Stoker manages to sink in the hooks.
Stoker controls the action.
Attila tries to break free.
Attila might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attila is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stoker keeps control of the position easily here as Attila tries to buck him off.
Attila wants to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stoker is trying to control but Attila is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Attila is trying to escape the mount.
Stoker looking to control and managing it successfully.
Stoker is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Edward Stoker will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johan Attila's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Stoker lands with a straight right. Attila didn't see that one coming.
Attila looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Attila jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stoker is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Stoker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Attila moves away.
Stoker attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Edward Stoker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Attila takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Attila misses with a double jab.
Stoker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Attila.
Attila moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stoker throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stoker staying out of range there.
A punch combination from Attila misses.
Some wild striking there from Stoker.
Attila throws a leg kick but Stoker sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Edward Stoker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Attila lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stoker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stoker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Attila throws out the jab.
Despite the aggression on Stoker's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The fighters circling - Stoker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stoker just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Attila scores with a hook to the body. Stoker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stoker lands a nice shot to the body.
Attila tries to land a leg kick but Stoker saw it coming and moves away.
Stoker looks to land a right hand but Attila moved out of range.
Attila keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stoker.
Attila has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Stoker finds it's way round the side to connect with Attila's head.
Attila keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stoker moves away from the strike by Attila.
Sloppy strikes from Attila. Those never looked like landing.
Jab by Stoker.
Good exchange - Stoker coming out on top.
Attila throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Attila lands a right hook to the body.
Attila throws a chopping leg kick but Stoker manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Attila is looking to slow Stoker down with leg kicks.
Stoker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Attila throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stoker avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attila ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stoker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Attila sizes up Stoker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Stoker avoids the body shot from Attila.
Attila just misses with a punch to the body.
Attila jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Attila misses with a straight left.
Stoker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stoker lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Attila is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stoker.
Stoker slips a jab from Attila.
Attila misses with an uppercut.
Attila lands a leg kick that knocks Stoker off balance momentarily.
Stoker looks to land a left hand but Attila moved out of range nicely.
Stoker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stoker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Attila was well out of range. Poor timing from Stoker.
Attila throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stoker counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Attila checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Attila throws a jab but it's blocked by Stoker.
Stoker scores with a punch to the head.
Stoker swings for the body but Attila moves out of range.
Attila takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Attila throws a body punch but Stoker moves out of range.
Attila throws a jab but it's blocked by Stoker.
Attila swings for the body but Stoker moves out of range.
A big left from Attila misses.
Stoker moves out of range of the strikes.
Attila throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stoker stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A left lands for Stoker.
Attila misses with a hook
and Stoker makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Attila swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Attila scores with the left hand. Stoker knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Attila closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Stoker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Attila avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attila looks to land a left hand but Stoker moved out of range nicely.
Stoker follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A punch lands to the side of Stoker 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Stoker gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Attila with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Attila throws a big shot that misses.
Nice body punch from Stoker.
Stoker is looking to land body kicks.
Stoker throws a left and a right that both miss
and Attila counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Stoker pushes Attila off and gets back to his feet.
Stoker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Attila has time to react.
Attila throws a hook but Stoker blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stoker throws out a leg kick but Attila moves out of range and Stoker only half commits.
Attila keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Attila buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Stoker takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
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.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Stoker misses with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stoker, right into the meat.
Attila swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stoker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Attila lands with an overhand left.
Attila jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stoker has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Stoker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Attila. Attila obviously looking to wear him down.
The fighters circling - Attila throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Attila looks to land a right hand but Stoker moved out of range.
Stoker takes one to the side of the head.
Attila with a jab.
Stoker with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Some bone on bone action there as Stoker checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Stoker explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Stoker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Attila scores with a decent looking hook.
Stoker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Attila has time to react.
Attila misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoker lands a right hook to the body.
A low kick from Stoker misses
and Attila counters with a shoot takedown. Stoker fights it but they end up in guard.
Stoker pulls Attila in close to his closed guard and prevents Attila from doing any damage or advancing position.
Stoker's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Stoker is continuing to stall.
Attila wants to control from the top but Stoker keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attila stays in close to Stoker's body and controls the position.
Attila being controlled here momentarily.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Stoker controls Attila momentarily but Attila frees himself.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Stoker blocks a jab.
Stoker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Attila.
Attila on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Attila displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stoker throws out the jab.
Attila throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attila throws a hook but Stoker avoids it easily.
Stoker throws a good cross that connects.
Attila scores with a nice right hand.
Stoker's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Attila connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stoker scrambles back to his feet.
Attila throws a chopping leg kick but Stoker manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Attila takes one on the button.
Stoker shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Attila eats them both and turns towards Stoker to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Attila looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Attila throws a shot from downtown. Stoker moves away and avoids it.
Attila misses the shot to the body.
Stoker throws out a leg kick but Attila moves out of range and Stoker only half commits.
Stoker connects with a nice looking jab.
Stoker throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Attila to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stoker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Attila moves away.
Attila throws the left hand but Stoker avoids the punch easily.
Stoker looks to score with a jab to the body but Attila is just out of range.
Stoker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Stoker throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Attila.
Stoker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stoker closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice body punch from Stoker.
Stoker takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Attila ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stoker moves away.
Attila keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stoker avoids the body shot from Attila.
Stoker looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stoker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Attila misses the jab.
Attila rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stoker counters with a stiff right hand.
Stoker misses the shot to the body.
Attila scoring well with a low kick there.
Stoker lands the left hand.
Attila displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stoker throws out the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Edward Stoker.
Well Stoker has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Edward Stoker!
A victorious Edward Stoker thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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