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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johny Chambers (ranked 3014 p4p, 249 weight class) and Billy Bolek (ranked 1784 p4p, 174 weight class). Bolek is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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153 lbs
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176 cm
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152 lbs
16 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johny Chambers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Bolek!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Bolek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chambers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bolek.
Good exchange - Bolek coming out on top.
Bolek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bolek lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Chambers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chambers moves out of range of the strikes.
Bolek scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Chambers dives in for a single leg takedown but Bolek sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bolek tries to keep at a distance but Chambers has taken the fight into the clinch.
Chambers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bolek's efforts to push away.
Chambers lands with a left to the head.
Bolek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chambers's elbow.
Chambers blocks a body shot from Bolek.
Bolek is trying to break the clinch but Chambers has him pressed against the cage.
Bolek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chambers keeps control of Bolek as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bolek gets underhooks to prevent Chambers's takedown attempt.
Bolek tries to throw a body punch but Chambers avoids it by throwing Bolek back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chambers is leaning against Bolek and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chambers is trying to trip Bolek. He has hold of a leg but Bolek is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Chambers persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Chambers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bolek is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bolek has Chambers pulled in close to control his posture.
Bolek is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bolek wants to sweep but no luck.
Bolek is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Chambers stands up over Bolek, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bolek preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bolek keeping full guard, as Chambers tries to pass.
Chambers trying to control but Bolek is working from the bottom.
Chambers slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chambers with a nice head shot there.
Chambers throwing strikes from guard but Bolek blocks nicely.
Chambers wants to control from the top but Bolek keeps moving.
Bolek seems keen to control Chambers's posture.
Chambers stopping the sweep attempt from Bolek.
Chambers scoring with some ground and pound.
Chambers working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chambers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bolek avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chambers is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Chambers might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chambers showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolek keeping moving, preventing Chambers from controlling successfully.
Bolek is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Chambers is controlling him.
Bolek wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Chambers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Chambers distracts Bolek with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Chambers is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bolek looking for a sweep. Not yet Bolek, not yet.
Bolek is still trying to improve position.
Bolek preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bolek wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Chambers is now in half guard.
Chambers lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chambers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Chambers in particular looking to stall.
Bolek felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Bolek has hold of Chambers's hands but Chambers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bolek avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Chambers.
Chambers trying to control from half guard but Bolek is working away.
Bolek is looking to control Chambers's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bolek avoid being mounted?
Chambers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bolek with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Chambers slips a nice elbow through Bolek's hands, connecting with Bolek's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Chambers lands a nice short elbow.
Bolek is rocked!
Chambers lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Bolek quite badly. Bolek pulls Chambers in close trying to recover. Chambers postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Bolek on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Bolek doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johny Chambers!
Johny Chambers bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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