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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kento Ban Gbus (ranked 4526 p4p, 467 weight class) and Derek Johnson (ranked 3607 p4p, 382 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kento Ban Gbus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derek Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Ben Watson and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ban Gbus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Good exchange - Johnson coming out on top.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Ban Gbus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ban Gbus swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Ban Gbus misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Ban Gbus was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Ban Gbus has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ban Gbus clinches with his opponent.
Ban Gbus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Ban Gbus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ban Gbus lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Ban Gbus working aggressively here.
I was talking to Ban Gbus's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ban Gbus scores with a shoulder strike.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ban Gbus misses with the head strike.
Ban Gbus has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Ban Gbus pushes Johnson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ban Gbus misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Ban Gbus fails to land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ban Gbus.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ban Gbus gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ban Gbus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Ban Gbus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ban Gbus.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus cracks Johnson with a nice body shot.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnson prevents a body shot from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus working aggressively here.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ban Gbus throws a head punch that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Ban Gbus.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Ban Gbus won't allow it.
Ban Gbus throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Ban Gbus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ban Gbus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson working hard to break the clinch.
Ban Gbus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ban Gbus tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ban Gbus misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Ban Gbus misses with some punches.
Ban Gbus misses with some punches.
Ban Gbus swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kento Ban Gbus will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ban Gbus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson lands with a nice combination. Ban Gbus backs away looking to recover.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ban Gbus.
Johnson with a jab.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Ban Gbus avoids it well.
Johnson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ban Gbuss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Ban Gbus on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ban Gbus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Johnson was well out of range. Poor timing from Ban Gbus.
It seemed like Johnson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson lands a jab-cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ban Gbus forces Johnson back against the cage and clinches.
Ban Gbus has Johnson pressed against the cage.
Ban Gbus has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus misses with the head strike.
Ban Gbus swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ban Gbus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ban Gbus fails to land.
Ban Gbus struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ban Gbus.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Ban Gbus is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Ban Gbus.
Johnson is looking to break free of the clinch but Ban Gbus has double underhooks.
Ban Gbus misses with some punches.
Ban Gbus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Ban Gbus misses with the head strike.
Johnson being controlled against the cage.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Ban Gbus keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to push Ban Gbus away but Ban Gbus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ban Gbus lands with a right to the head.
Ban Gbus lands a left hand.
Ban Gbus has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Ban Gbus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ban Gbus misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ban Gbus.
Kento Ban Gbus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ban Gbus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ban Gbus misses with a punch on the inside.
Ban Gbus can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Ban Gbus.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ban Gbus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ban Gbus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ban Gbus throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Ban Gbus has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Ban Gbus manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ban Gbus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ban Gbus lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Ban Gbus misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Ban Gbus.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right handed body shot lands from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kento Ban Gbus dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Johnson throws a one two combo.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Ban Gbus's shoulder, as Ban Gbus tries to avoid the shot.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ban Gbus circles away quickly and effectively.
It looked like Ban Gbus was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Johnson.
Johnson cracks Ban Gbus with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Ban Gbus swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Ban Gbus was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Johnson.
A punch lands to the side of Ban Gbus 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ban Gbus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
It looked like Ban Gbus wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ban Gbus's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ban Gbus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
and Ban Gbus counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Johnson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Ban Gbus wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson misses with a series of wild punches.
Ban Gbus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Ban Gbus moves out of range.
It looked like Ban Gbus wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson lands a jab.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ban Gbus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to bum rush Ban Gbus with a series of wild strikes but Ban Gbus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An attempted straight right counter from Ban Gbus misses the target.
Johnson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Derek Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson tries to bum rush Ban Gbus with a series of wild strikes but Ban Gbus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ban Gbus moves into the clinch.
Ban Gbus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Ban Gbus keeps him there for the moment.
Ban Gbus pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ban Gbus pushes Johnson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Ban Gbus.
Ban Gbus lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ban Gbus lands a shoulder strike.
Ban Gbus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ban Gbus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Ban Gbus tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Ban Gbus swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ban Gbus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kento Ban Gbus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Ban Gbus is controlling the position.
Ban Gbus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson is trying to push Ban Gbus away but Ban Gbus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ban Gbus slows down the pace here.
Ban Gbus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ban Gbus throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Ban Gbus swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ban Gbus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Derek Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ban Gbus throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
And that's the end of the fight!
Derek Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ban Gbus 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kento Ban Gbus!
A victorious Kento Ban Gbus thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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RATING
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