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DFC 14: No Mercy PBP Commentary |
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shore misses the jab.
It looked like Johns wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Shore misses with a wild body shot.
We've been hearing reports that Johns has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Johns moves into the clinch successfully.
Johns swings wildly with an uppercut but Shore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johns misses with some punches.
Shore prevents Johns from breaking the clinch.
Shore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johns moves into the clinch.
Johns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shore tries a body shot but Johns blocks it.
Shore lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shore has Johns pressed against the cage, preventing Johns from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johns looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shore lands a knee to the head.
Johns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johns takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johns creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johns throws a punch but it's blocked by Shore.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns has a couple of punches blocked by Shore.
Johns on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johns.
Johns softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Shore with a knee to the head.
Johns working aggressively here.
Johns working aggressively here.
Shore blocking some punches.
Johns has a couple of punches blocked by Shore.
A head punch on the inside from Johns fails to land.
Shore blocking some punches.
Shore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Shore.
Shore tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johns avoids it.
Shore has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Johns seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Shore can turn it around.
Johns avoiding damage as Shore throws knees to the body.
Shore misses with a knee strike.
Shore misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shore tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shore is pushing Johns up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shore.
Shore tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johns avoids it.
Johns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johns tries to circle away but Shore has him pinned against the cage.
Shore blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shore.
Johns tries to break free but Shore pushes him back against the cage.
Johns has a couple of punches blocked by Shore.
Shore with a knee to the head.
Shore creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shore blocks an uppercut.
Shore lands a body punch.
Johns throws a head punch that misses.
Johns lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johns wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shore is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johns is defending well for now.
A frustrated look appears on Johns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johns breaks from the clinch.
Shore missing with a left hand there. Johns was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johns dodges the punch combination from Shore.
Shore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johns manages to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Shore. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Shore.
Shore cracks Johns with a right hand to the side of the head.
Johns clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johns.
Shore scores a nice knee to the body.
Johns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johns.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shore scores with a hook to the body.
Johns wants to get back to striking at distance but Shore won't allow it.
Shore keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johns's efforts to push away.
Shore leaning against his opponent.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johns as Shore tries to tie him up.
Shore tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johns lands a hook that snaps the head of Shore backwards.
Johns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shore backwards.
Shore softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Shore.
Shore throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Shore dominated that round.
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.
Johns misses with a hook
and Shore counters by moving into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Johns.
Johns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Shore as the two fighters clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johns.
Johns misses with some punches.
Johns is trying to break free.
Johns dodges an elbow strike from Shore.
The referee is keeping an eye on Shore - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Johns creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Johns lands with a left to the head.
Johns misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shore misses with a punch to the body.
Johns tries to break free but Shore pushes him back against the cage.
Shore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johns swings wildly with an uppercut but Shore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shore struggles to land a body shot inside as Johns controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johns breaks the clinch.
Johns misses with a straight right.
Johns comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Shore is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Johns gets tackled into the cage by Shore. Shore maintains the clinch.
Shore will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Johns up against the cage.
Shore tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johns lands with a right to the head.
Johns dodges an elbow strike from Shore.
Johns takes a knee to the side of the body.
Johns tries to break the clinch but Shore is controlling the position.
Shore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johns breaks from the clinch.
Shore misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shore closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloppy strikes from Shore. Those never looked like landing.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johns.
Shore blocks an uppercut.
Johns working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johns pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johns looks to land a right hand but Shore moved out of range.
Shore just misses with a punch to the body.
Johns gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shore.
Shore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johns.
Shore scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johns closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shore is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Johns misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Shore.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johns.
Shore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Shore lands a body shot.
Johns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johns closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shore is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Shore pressing his opponent against the cage.
Shore is looking to control Johns's arms but Johns gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shore has his back to the cage.
Johns lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johns manages to break the clinch.
Johns misses with a straight right.
Johns lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shore circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shore.
Johns takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johns.
A frustrated look appears on Johns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johns working hard to break the clinch.
Shore tries to throw a body punch but Johns avoids it by throwing Shore back against the cage.
Shore working Johns over with knees to the body.
La'Von Johns has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shore misses with a knee to the head.
Shore tries a body shot but Johns blocks it.
Johns misses with the head strike.
Johns misses with the head strike.
Shore will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Johns up against the cage.
Johns is trying to push Shore away but Shore has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short left from Johns.
Johns has a couple of punches blocked by Shore.
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 La'Von Johns will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Johns connects with a looping right hand.
Shore throws a hook but Johns avoids it easily.
Shore connects with a crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Shore. Those never looked like landing.
Shore throws a body shot but no joy.
Johns clinches up against the cage.
Shore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shore lands a nice knee to the body.
Johns lands an uppercut.
Johns breaks from the clinch.
Johns has Shore up against the cage in a clinch.
Shore is looking to control Johns's arms but Johns gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shore has his back to the cage.
Johns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johns misses with the head strike.
Johns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johns darts in and clinches Shore up against the cage.
Shore just leaning against Johns, taking a breather.
Shore has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johns.
Shore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johns.
Shore blocking some punches.
Johns breaks from the clinch.
La'Von Johns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johns takes one on the button.
Shore walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Shore misses with a body shot.
Shore misses with a hook
and Johns counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shore lands a jab to Johns's midsection.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Shore.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johns breaks the clinch.
La'Von Johns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shore tries to keep at a distance but Johns has taken the fight into the clinch.
Johns misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shore blocks an uppercut.
Johns scores with a shot to the side of Shore's head.
A head punch on the inside from Johns fails to land.
Johns breaks the clinch.
Shore connects with the punch.
Johns throws an overhand right that lands on Shore's shoulder, as Shore tries to avoid the shot.
Shore lands with a good body shot.
A big right from Shore misses.
Johns closes the distance and pushes Shore back into the cage.
Johns throws a punch but it's blocked by Shore.
Johns gets through Shore's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Johns lands with a right to the head.
Johns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Johns on the inside.
Shore lands a body shot.
Johns breaks from the clinch.
Shore misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johns drives through and clinches with Shore against the cage.
Johns throws a head punch that misses.
Shore lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johns lands a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Johns as Shore tries to tie him up.
Johns scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shore lands an elbow that stopped Johns in his tracks for a moment.
Shore blocking some punches.
Johns tries to break the clinch but Shore is controlling the position.
Johns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shore pushes off an throws an elbow but Johns leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shore works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Shore lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johns backwards.
Johns blocks an elbow strike.
Shore stalling the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shore tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johns softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Johns.
Shore missing with knees to the body.
Shore working Johns over with knees to the body.
Johns pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johns gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shore keeps control of Johns as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johns is trying to force a seperation but Shore has the dominant position.
Johns wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shore has him pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johns lands with a left to the head.
Shore throws an elbow but it misses.
Johns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
La'Von Johns showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Johns has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... La'Von Johns!
An intense looking La'Von Johns took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I just wanna say I am so proud to be the champion for this company I;m from Brooklyn so this is a total honor for me and I appreciate everyone coming out'.
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