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DFC 43: Showdown PBP Commentary |
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shore goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Johns closes the distance and clinches.
Shore tries a knee to the head but Johns blocks it.
Johns misses with a punch on the inside.
Shore pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Johns has had enough of the clinch but Shore keeps him there for the moment.
Shore struggles to land a body shot inside as Johns controls his hands.
Shore lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shore.
Good body shot from Shore.
Shore prevents Johns from breaking the clinch.
Shore crunches a lovely knee into Johns's ribcage.
Shore lands a nice knee to the body.
Shore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shore just misses with a elbow thrown towards Johns's brow.
Johns avoids a wild elbow strike from Shore.
Shore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Johns takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shore is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Johns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johns tries to clinch up.
Shore wants to counter with a clinch but Johns pushes him away.
Johns loads up on a big right hand but Shore slips the punch.
Johns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shore.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
A knee to the head by Shore.
Shore's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shore lands a nice elbow.
Johns lands a nice uppercut.
Johns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johns tries to clinch there but Shore circles away.
Johns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shore now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Johns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shore.
Johns appears to be looking for a big counter.
Shore throws a body punch but Johns moves out of range.
La'Von Johns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johns takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shore. Johns does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shore is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johns rather than just go for the knockout.
Johns pushes Shore up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shore working Johns over with knees to the body.
Shore stalling.
Shore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shore is struggling to control the position.
Shore misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johns working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shore creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Shore - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Shore blocks an uppercut.
Johns throws a head punch that misses.
Shore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johns lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johns blocks an uppercut.
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.
A short right from Johns.
Johns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shore tries to keep at a distance but Johns has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shore throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johns blocks it with crossed arms.
Shore trying to land knees to the body.
Shore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johns lands with a left to the head.
Johns breaks the clinch.
Shore swats away the attempt to clinch by Johns.
Shore takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Shore lands a nice shot to the body.
Shore gets tackled into the cage by Johns. Johns maintains the clinch.
Shore lands a body shot.
Shore leaning against his opponent.
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.
Shore misses with a knee strike.
Johns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Shore misses.
Shore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johns.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shore throws a body punch but Johns moves out of range.
Shore misses with a straight left.
Shore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johns uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shore.
Shore throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johns.
Shore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shore's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johns connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Shore scrambles back to his feet.
Johns scores with a hook.
Johns misses with a body shot.
Shore clobbers Johns with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johns takes the fight into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Shore.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johns throws a punch but it's blocked by Shore.
Johns lands a nice uppercut.
Johns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johns.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Shore dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Johns pushes Shore up against the cage in a clinch.
Johns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shore lands a knee to the body.
Johns breaks from the clinch.
Jordan Shore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shore throws a hook but Johns blocks it.
Johns ducks under a wild hook from Shore.
Shore throws a right hand that Johns ducks under and follows up with a left that Johns also avoids with ease.
Johns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shore looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Decent striking displayed by Shore there.
Johns moves in looking to clinch but Shore pushes him off.
Shore misses with a straight right.
La'Von Johns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johns connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shore. Shore circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Johns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johns throws a hook to the side of Shore's head but Shore sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shore misses with a looping left.
Shore throws a body shot but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shore keeps the fight on the outside.
Johns closes the distance looking to clinch
and Shore counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shore has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johns slips a jab and a cross from Shore.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johns looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johns slips a jab from Shore.
Jab, jab by Johns - just one landing.
Shore lands with a right hand.
Shore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johns sets himself, and Shore steps forward looking for the clinch! Johns avoids it this time.
Johns tries to clinch
and Shore counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johns gets a clinch.
A short right from Johns.
Shore scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Johns.
Johns has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A bit of stalling here from Shore.
Johns misses with some punches.
Shore digs a right hand underneath Johns's ribcage. Johns let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shore throws an elbow but misses.
Shore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shore is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Shore blocking some punches.
Shore tries to land knees in the clinch but Johns avoids the damage to the body.
Johns wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shore has him pressed against the cage.
Shore throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shore missing with knees to the body.
Shore landing knees to the body.
Johns softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jordan Shore seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short left from Shore.
Johns throws a punch but it's blocked by Shore.
Johns wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johns.
Shore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johns gets through Shore's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shore looking to slow down the pace here.
Shore lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Johns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johns avoiding damage as Shore throws knees to the body.
Johns has a couple of punches blocked by Shore.
Johns throws a head punch that misses.
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 avoiding damage as Shore throws knees to the body.
Shore landing knees to the body.
Johns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shore lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johns backwards.
Shore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shore tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johns avoids it.
Johns misses with some punches.
Johns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shore lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johns or not.
Shore lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johns avoiding damage as Shore throws knees to the body.
Johns lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Shore.
Johns throws a head punch that misses.
Johns breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shore cracks Johns with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Johns moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shore misses the jab.
Shore swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shore misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Shore showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Shore closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shore tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johns avoids it.
Shore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johns is trying to break free.
Johns misses with a punch on the inside.
Johns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shore lands a knee to the head.
Shore missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Johns scores with a nice short uppercut.
Johns softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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.
Shore misses with a knee to the head.
Shore tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Johns fails to land.
Johns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johns lands with a short shot to the head.
Johns throws a head punch that misses.
Johns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shore slips a jab from Johns.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shore drives through and clinches with Johns against the cage.
Shore blocking some punches.
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.
Johns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shore scores with a knee to the head.
Shore leaning against his opponent.
Shore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johns throws a punch but it's blocked by Shore.
Shore tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Johns breaks from the clinch.
Johns moves into the clinch successfully.
Johns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Johns fails to land.
Shore stalling in the clinch.
Johns takes a knee right on the jaw!
Johns managing to block the knees to the body from Shore.
Johns breaks from the clinch.
Johns takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johns moves away from the strike by Shore.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shore misses with a wild combination.
Shore throws a lazy uppercut
and Shore takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Johns tries to clinch but Shore moves out of range.
Shore closes the distance and clinches.
Johns dodges an elbow strike from Shore.
Johns avoiding damage as Shore throws knees to the body.
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.
Shore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shore blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johns breaks the clinch.
Johns doesn't manage to clinch there - Shore circles away.
Shore gets tackled into the cage by Johns. Johns maintains the clinch.
Johns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shore keeps the fight on the outside.
Johns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shore.
Johns dodges the punch combination from Shore.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johns tries to clinch up but Shore circles away and keeps his distance.
Shore lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Johns tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shore manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shore feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Johnss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shore doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Shore throws a body shot but no joy.
Johns slips a jab and a cross from Shore.
Shore misses with a looping left.
Johns throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shore counters by moving into the clinch.
Shore tries to land knees in the clinch but Johns avoids the damage to the body.
Shore stalls.
Johns lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shore throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnss head.
La'Von Johns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johns lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shore backwards.
Johns on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johns lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shore presses Johns against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knees to the body from Shore.
A short left from Shore.
Shore tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shore takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shore can't find room to land a body shot as Johns controls the action.
Shore misses with an elbow over the top.
Johns lands a right hand.
Johns lands with a short shot to the head.
Knees to the body from Shore.
Shore prevents Johns from breaking the clinch.
Shore lands a right hand.
Shore throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johns manages to break the clinch.
Johns takes one to the side of the head.
Johns works over Shore's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shore circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johns sets himself, and Shore steps forward looking for the clinch! Johns avoids it this time.
Jordan Shore is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Shore ducks right into an uppercut from Johns.
Johns scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Shore is rocked!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jordan Shore.
Well Shore 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 Dean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jordan Shore!
La'Von Johns spoke after the fight, saying 'It just wasn't my night, but I'll be back, I promise you, that gold will be mine.'.
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