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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andy Bogard (ranked 3390 p4p, 370 weight class) and Johnny Walker (ranked 3931 p4p, 415 weight class). Johnny Walker has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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150 lbs
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170 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
11 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andy Bogard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Johnny Walker!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bogard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Walker lands a head shot.
Walker tests Bogard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bogard throws a head kick that misses
and Walker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bogard throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Walker misses with a looping left.
Bogard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walker.
Bogard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bogard shoots in for a takedown but Walker shows good takedown defense.
Walker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Walker pushes Bogard up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bogard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bogard tries to pull guard but Walker holds him up against the cage and eventually Bogard drops back down to his feet.
Walker tries to circle away but Bogard has him pinned against the cage.
Bogard tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Bogard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bogard.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bogard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walker blocks a body shot from Bogard.
Bogard tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
Bogard darts in looking for a takedown but Walker gets double underhooks and turns Bogard into the cage.
Walker throws a nice head kick!
Bogard throws a jab but it's blocked by Walker.
Walker throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bogard.
Walker lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Walker.
Bogard is rocked!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Walker, right into the meat.
Oh Bogard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Walker stuns Bogard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bogard seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bogard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Walker slips under a jab.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bogard darts in and clinches Walker up against the cage.
Walker is trying to push Bogard away but Bogard has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A bit of stalling here from Bogard.
Walker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bogard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walker prevents a body shot from Bogard.
Walker scores with a shot to the side of Bogard's head.
Walker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bogard stalling in the clinch but Walker improves position.
Walker breaks the clinch.
Bogard tries for a takedown but Walker circles away easily
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Walker rushes Bogard and presses him up against the cage.
Bogard presses Walker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Walker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Walker misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bogard stalling in the clinch but Walker improves position.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bogard tries to land knees in the clinch but Walker avoids the damage to the body.
Bogard tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walker lands a hook that snaps the head of Bogard backwards.
Walker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bogard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Walker's efforts to push away.
Walker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bogard has him pressed against the cage.
Bogard throws a punch but it's blocked by Walker.
Walker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walker misses with a straight left.
Walker misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bogard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Walker scores with a jab. Bogard acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bogard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bogard looks to land a left hand but Walker moved out of range nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walker throws a shot from downtown. Bogard moves away and avoids it.
Bogard throws a left and a right that both miss
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bogard lands a leg kick that knocks Walker off balance momentarily.
Walker blocks a head kick by Bogard.
Bogard tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bogard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It seemed like Walker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Walker throws a good cross that connects.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Walker dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bogard changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Walker tries to avoid it but Bogard manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Walker to the ground. Walker escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bogard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Walker has time to react.
Bogard throws a lazy right hand but Walker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bogard forces Walker back against the cage and clinches.
A short uppercut from Bogard.
Bogard has a couple of punches blocked by Walker.
Walker prevents a body shot from Bogard.
Bogard has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Walker avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Walker working hard to break the clinch.
Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Bogard misses its intended target.
Walker is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bogard with a body shot.
Walker works the jab nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bogard.
Nice body punch from Walker.
Bogard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Walker, pushing him back against the cage.
Bogard looking to slow down the pace here.
Andy Bogard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bogard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bogard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walker takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bogard slips a jab from Walker.
Walker does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for Walker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bogard blocks a low kick nicely.
Bogard tries to counter by clinching up but Walker breaks away and moves out of range.
Walker throws a leg kick which misses Bogard's front leg but catches the back leg as Bogard tries to avoid it.
Bogard tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Walker gets a clinch.
Bogard misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bogard is trying to stall.
Bogard tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Bogard back against the cage.
Bogard can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Walker has a couple of punches blocked by Bogard.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
Walker throws a jab but it's blocked by Bogard.
Bogard moves into the clinch successfully.
Bogard trying to land knees to the body.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Bogard keeps him there for the moment.
Walker lands a nice shot to the body.
Walker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Walker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bogard is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Walker to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Bogard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bogard tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Walker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bogard is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Walker scores with a shoulder strike.
Walker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bogard tries to pull guard but Walker holds him up against the cage and eventually Bogard drops back down to his feet.
Bogard landing knees to the body.
Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bogard looks to throw a body kick
and Walker counters with a nice uppercut.
Walker cracks a nice hook into Bogard's ribs.
No luck for Bogard with that takedown attempt.
Johnny Walker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bogard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walker moves away.
Some bone on bone action there as Bogard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Walker throws an off balance right hand
enabling Bogard to counter with a crisp jab.
Bogard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Bogard misses.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bogard moves away.
Walker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bogard.
Walker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnny Walker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walker missing with a left hand there. Bogard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bogard doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Bogard walks into a jab.
Walker scores with a nice right hand.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Walker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bogard tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.
Bogard wants to slow Walker down by chopping away at his legs.
Walker misses with a double jab.
Walker slips under a jab from Bogard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Walker 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!
Bogard drives through and clinches with Walker against the cage.
Bogard tries to pull guard but Walker holds him up against the cage and eventually Bogard drops back down to his feet.
Bogard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Walker takes a shot to the head.
Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bogard wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walker lands a head shot.
Bogard is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bogard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bogard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bogard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walker.
Walker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bogard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogard wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bogard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walker connects with a jab.
Bogard tries to land a leg kick but Walker saw it coming and moves away.
Bogard closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bogard closes the distance and pushes Walker back into the cage.
Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bogard tries to pull guard but Walker holds him up against the cage and eventually Bogard drops back down to his feet.
Walker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bogard pushes Walker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bogard is trying to pull guard but Walker has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Bogard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bogard slows down the pace here.
Bogard has Walker pressed against the cage, preventing Walker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Walker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Walker struggles to land a body shot inside as Bogard controls his hands.
Walker blocks a body shot from Bogard.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Walker lands a hook that snaps the head of Bogard backwards.
Bogard scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bogard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bogard prevents a body shot from Walker.
Bogard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bogard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Bogard is trying to pull guard but Walker turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bogard pushes Walker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Walker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walker.
Andy Bogard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bogard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut lands for Bogard. That snapped Walker's head back.
Walker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bogard tries to stall but Walker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
Walker is looking to slow Bogard down with leg kicks.
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bogard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bogard gets a clinch.
Bogard tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Bogard back against the cage.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker dips to his left and cracks Bogard with an uppercut!
Bogard tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker scores with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bogard tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker scores with a leg kick.
Walker throws a body kick that misses
and Bogard counters with a straight right hand.
Walker is rocked!
Walker is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Bogard Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Walker is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Andy Bogard!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Andy Bogard waved his t-shirt featuring Hell's Balls Recovery (160)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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