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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott John (ranked 328 p4p, 30 weight class) and Arjuna Ramadan (ranked 851 p4p, 89 weight class). Ramadan has chosen Positive Vibration as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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270 lbs
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265 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arjuna Ramadan!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramadan is just out of range.
John just misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - John finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ramadan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
John pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch lands to the side of Ramadan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Scott John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Ramadan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ramadan.
John misses with a low kick.
Ramadan closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
John lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ramadan.
I was talking to John's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Still in the clinch, John scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot in the inside from John.
John breaks the clinch.
Ramadan throws a lazy uppercut
and John counters with an outside leg kick.
Ramadan looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
John clinches with his opponent.
John escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
John misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Ramadan misses.
John fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ramadan manages to avoid it.
Ramadan thinks about the counter body kick.
John cracks Ramadan with an open hand slap.
John throws a good cross that connects.
It looks like Arjuna Ramadan has been cut.
John ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ramadan misses the shot to the body.
John sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ramadan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ramadan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from John.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John misses with a straight right.
John scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ramadan 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.
Ramadan checks a leg kick.
Ramadan counters with a body 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!
Ramadan tries to keep at a distance but John has taken the fight into the clinch.
John unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ramadan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
John throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ramadan presses John against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ramadan lands a nice shot to the body.
Ramadan tries a body shot but John blocks it.
John looking to throw knees to the head but Ramadan is blocking nicely.
John throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ramadan struggles to land a body shot inside as John controls his hands.
John scores a nice knee to the body.
John scores with a shot to the side of Ramadan's head.
John manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
John works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from John misses.
John lands with a kick to the temple. Ramadan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
John has managed to clinch.
Ramadan lands a right hand.
John lands a hook that snaps the head of Ramadan backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ramadan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
John's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
John throws a lazy right hand but Ramadan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
John motions for Ramadan to come forward. John throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ramadan moves into range and clinches up with John.
John lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ramadan misses with a punch on the inside.
Ramadan lands a body shot.
John tries to break free but Ramadan pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
John lands an elbow inside that Ramadan shrugs off.
John tries to break the clinch but Ramadan is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ramadan.
John misses with an elbow over the top.
Ramadan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramadan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ramadan.
Ramadan misses with a hook to the ribs.
John lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
John is trying to break free.
Ramadan jumps guard.
John's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ramadan working for a triangle but John defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott John dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arjuna Ramadan'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.
Ramadan misses with a hook.
John throws a body punch but Ramadan moves out of range.
John throws a leg kick
and Ramadan counters with a head kick. That will keep John thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ramadan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
John checks a low kick from Ramadan.
John scores with a sloppy right hand. Ramadan should have avoided that one.
Ramadan scores with a nice right hand.
Ramadan misses with a lunging right hand
and John counters with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramadan takes one on the button.
John dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
John throws a leg kick which misses Ramadan's front leg but catches the back leg as Ramadan tries to avoid it.
John scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John lands a really nice looking cross but Ramadan seems unphased.
Ramadan tries to clinch but John moves away
and John counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ramadan thinking.
Ramadan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
John misses with an uppercut. Ramadan saw that one coming.
John tests Ramadan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
John doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big right from John misses.
Ramadan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
John misses with a wild body shot.
John scores with a decent looking hook.
John misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from John. Ramadan does a little dance to reset his feet.
John closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Ramadan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
John blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ramadan lands a shoulder strike.
John lands a body punch.
Ramadan is breathing heavily.
John throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ramadans head.
Ramadan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
John manages to break the clinch.
Ramadan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ramadan looks to score with a jab to the body but John is just out of range.
John swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ramadan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
John scores with a jab.
Ramadan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
John throws a quick inside leg kick.
John throws a jab but it's blocked by Ramadan.
John misses with a lunging right hand
and Ramadan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
John throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ramadan counters with a nice uppercut.
John loads up on a big right hand but Ramadan slips the punch.
Ramadan lands with a shot to the body.
No joy there for John, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
John throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jab from Ramadan.
Ramadan throws a hook but John avoids it easily.
John moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramadan working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from John.
John blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, John throws an elbow but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramadan lands a body punch.
John breaks from the clinch.
John blocks a leg kick.
John swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ramadan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ramadan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
John seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
John throws a body punch but Ramadan moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for John.
John gets a clinch.
Ramadan can't find room to land a body shot as John controls the action.
John lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott John dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arjuna Ramadan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ramadan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
John lands with an overhand left.
A lazy left from John finds it's target.
John throws a chopping leg kick but Ramadan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
John swings for the body but Ramadan moves out of range.
John ducks under a wild hook from Ramadan.
John lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
John is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ramadan can do to turn this around?
Ramadan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramadan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ramadan misses with an uppercut.
Ramadan ducks under a wild hook from John.
Ramadan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John lands with a shot to the body.
Ramadan just misses with a punch to the body.
Ramadan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from John.
Ramadan tries a quick counter leg kick but John is wise to it.
John scores with a nice head shot.
Ramadan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ramadan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
John tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ramadan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ramadan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
John fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ramadan manages to avoid it.
Ramadan thinks about the counter body kick.
John ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ramadan moves away.
John slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ramadan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before John can pounce on him.
Arjuna Ramadan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ramadan on the side of the head.
Ramadan is rocked!
Ramadan throws a hook but John blocks it.
John swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ramadan is still on wobbly legs! Can John finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab from Ramadan.
John lands a right hook to the body.
Ramadan seems to have recovered his senses.
John clinches up against the cage.
Ramadan working aggressively here.
John lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by John.
John lands a nice shot to the body.
John is leaning against Ramadan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
John digs a right hand underneath Ramadan's ribcage. Ramadan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice elbow from John.
That has opened up Arjuna Ramadan's cut even more.
John breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
John buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
John fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ramadan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ramadan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
John connects with an inside leg kick.
You can see that Ramadan has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramadan moves out of range as John throws a body kick.
A head kick by John misses
and Ramadan counters with a thumping low kick.
John connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
John throws a head kick but Ramadan moves out of range.
John is looking to land body kicks.
Ramadan counters with a body kick.
Ramadan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. John checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
John was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice shot lands for Ramadan.
Ramadan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but John was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramadan.
John smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ramadan misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramadan gets tackled into the cage by John. John maintains the clinch.
Ramadan has a couple of punches blocked by John.
John goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ramadan tries to pull guard but John won't allow it.
John throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
John lands an elbow inside that Ramadan shrugs off.
Ramadan avoids the elbow strike from John, against the cage.
A short right from John.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
John gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
John lands with a left to the head.
John lands a nice knee to the body.
Ramadan takes a knee to the side of the body.
John lands a nice elbow.
John dips a shoulder and cracks Ramadan with a mighty uppercut! Ramadan falls back against the cage and John unloads with a barrage of strikes! Ramadan is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - John screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott John!
A relieved looking Scott John thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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