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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Jericho (ranked 706 p4p, 79 weight class) and Johnny Kilmister (ranked 1099 p4p, 127 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Maxim Jericho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Kilmister!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jericho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kilmister was well out of range. Poor timing from Jericho.
Kilmister throws a jab but it's blocked by Jericho.
Jericho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jericho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kilmister was well out of range. Poor timing from Jericho.
Jericho misses with a body shot.
Jericho fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kilmister looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jericho moves forwards but Kilmister connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jericho seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Jericho lands with a good body shot.
Jericho throws a shot to the body.
Kilmister lands the left hand.
Jab, jab by Kilmister - just one landing.
Jericho tries to clinch but Kilmister moves out of range.
Jericho tries to clinch but Kilmister is having none of it.
It seemed like Kilmister was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jericho throws a head kick that misses.
Kilmister swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kilmister scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kilmister tries to keep at a distance but Jericho has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kilmister tries to break free but Jericho pushes him back against the cage.
Jericho misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jericho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kilmister has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kilmister wants to get back to striking at distance but Jericho won't allow it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jericho creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jericho misses with a punch to the body.
Jericho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jericho digs a right hand underneath Kilmister's ribcage. Kilmister let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jericho prevents Kilmister from breaking the clinch.
Jericho keeps control of Kilmister as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jericho tries to work over Kilmister's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jericho scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jericho has Kilmister pressed against the cage, preventing Kilmister from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kilmister has had enough of the clinch but Jericho keeps him there for the moment.
Kilmister breaks from the clinch.
Jericho dodges the punch combination from Kilmister.
Kilmister throws a head kick that misses.
Kilmister moves away from the strike by Jericho.
Jericho moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jericho tries to clinch up but Kilmister circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jericho tries to clinch there but Kilmister circles away.
Jericho moves into the clinch.
Jericho tries to work over Kilmister's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jericho has a couple of punches blocked by Kilmister.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kilmister is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jericho tries a body shot but Kilmister blocks it.
Kilmister breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Jericho.
Kilmister throws a body shot but no joy.
Kilmister fails to land with a series of punches.
Kilmister looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jericho moves into the clinch.
Kilmister is trying to push Jericho away but Jericho has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jericho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jericho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Jericho.
Jericho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kilmister's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jericho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maxim Jericho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jericho throws a nice looking combination but Kilmister bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kilmister circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jericho's corner calls for a 1-2. Jericho obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jericho lands a body shot.
Jericho with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kilmister to score with a decent uppercut.
Kilmister lands a glancing blow to the side of Jericho's head.
Kilmister swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jericho takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jericho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jericho closes the distance and clinches.
Jericho working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kilmister blocks an uppercut.
Jericho scores with a shot to the side of Kilmister's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jericho tries to work over Kilmister's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kilmister tries to land knees in the clinch but Jericho avoids the damage to the body.
Jericho scores with a shoulder strike.
Jericho throws a punch but it's blocked by Kilmister.
Kilmister breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jericho changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kilmister lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jericho.
Kilmister looks to land a left hand but Jericho moved out of range nicely.
Kilmister shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jericho defends it nicely.
Jericho is looking for a counter combo.
Kilmister throws a hook but Jericho blocks it.
Jericho avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch but Kilmister swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jericho tries to clinch there but Kilmister circles away.
Kilmister tries to land a leg kick but Jericho saw it coming and moves away.
Jericho dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jericho connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jericho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jericho has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maxim Jericho dominated that round.
That's time! Jericho's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kilmister lands a right hook to the body.
Jericho misses with the combination.
Jericho ducks under a wild hook from Kilmister.
Kilmister misses with a straight right.
A shot to the liver by Jericho. Beautiful body shot.
Jericho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kilmister is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Johnny Kilmister seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jericho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kilmister.
Jericho looks to score with a jab to the body but Kilmister is just out of range.
Kilmister is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kilmister swinging wildly here.
Kilmister ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jericho moves away.
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kilmister swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kilmister thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kilmister swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jericho connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kilmister's hands.
Kilmister takes one to the side of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jericho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jericho lands with a slapping head kick.
Johnny Kilmister is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jericho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jericho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kilmister circles away quickly and effectively.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jericho wants to clinch.
Kilmister scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jericho doesn't seem bothered though.
Kilmister is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kilmister throws a shot from downtown. Jericho moves away and avoids it.
Jericho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jericho is looking to wear down Kilmister with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jericho takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jericho moves in looking to clinch but Kilmister pushes him off.
Jericho is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kilmister.
Kilmister throws a right and a left that Jericho avoids nicely.
Jericho tries to clinch there but Kilmister circles away.
Good exchange - Kilmister coming out on top.
Kilmister throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kilmister keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kilmister misses the shot to the body.
Jericho instigates a clinch.
Jericho blocks an uppercut.
Kilmister's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kilmister connects with a crisp jab.
Jericho tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kilmister manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kilmister cracks Jericho with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jericho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kilmister manages to avoid it.
Kilmister dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jericho. That did some damage!
Jericho gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jericho keeps control of Kilmister as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jericho scores with a shoulder strike.
Jericho swings wildly with an uppercut but Kilmister uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kilmister manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circling - Kilmister throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kilmister swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kilmister scores with a leg kick.
Kilmister is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho needs to keep his hands up - Kilmister had a free shot at his head there.
Kilmister swats away the attempt to clinch by Jericho.
Jericho takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jericho has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kilmister.
Kilmister throws a good cross that connects.
Kilmister swats away the attempt to clinch by Jericho.
Jericho is looking to clinch but Kilmister is avoiding it.
Jericho tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kilmister manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jericho misses with a shot to the body
and Kilmister counters with a nice leg kick.
Jericho moves into the clinch.
Jericho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kilmister is trying to break the clinch but Jericho has him pressed against the cage.
Jericho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kilmister backwards.
A hook to the body from Jericho.
Kilmister wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kilmister is looking to break free of the clinch but Jericho has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jericho misses with a punch to the body.
Kilmister wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jericho working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A hook to the body from Jericho.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kilmister blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jericho working aggressively here.
Jericho lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jericho.
Jericho can't find room to land a body shot as Kilmister controls the action.
Kilmister is trying to push Jericho away but Jericho has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Still in the clinch, Jericho scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jericho misses with a body punch.
Kilmister is trying to break the clinch but Jericho is controlling him.
Kilmister breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jericho slaps away a takedown attempt from Kilmister, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kilmister keeps the fight on the outside.
Jericho defending well as Kilmister loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Johnny Kilmister will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Kilmister scores with a nice strike.
Kilmister circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jericho throws a right and a left that Kilmister avoids nicely.
Jericho tries to clinch there but Kilmister circles away.
Kilmister connects with a body shot.
Kilmister tries to keep at a distance but Jericho has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jericho lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kilmister has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jericho lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kilmister is trying to break the clinch but Jericho has him pressed against the cage.
Jericho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jericho misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kilmister can't break the clinch.
Kilmister breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jericho smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jericho gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jericho lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jericho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilmister blocks a body shot from Jericho.
A left hand lands to the body for Jericho.
Kilmister is looking to break free of the clinch but Jericho has double underhooks.
Kilmister breaks from the clinch.
Kilmister scores with a shot to the body.
Jericho lands a nice hook to Kilmister's body. Kilmister takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jericho jabs at Kilmister's body.
A punch combination from Kilmister misses.
Kilmister takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jericho tries to clinch there but Kilmister circles away.
Kilmister uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jericho.
Jericho tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kilmister manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jericho takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kilmister throws a jab when Jericho was well out of range.
Kilmister misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jericho misses with a wild body shot.
Kilmister uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jericho.
Kilmister scores with a nice head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kilmister shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jericho pinned against the cage. Jericho gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kilmister listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jericho misses with an uppercut. Kilmister saw that one coming.
Jericho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jericho throws a looping overhand right but Kilmister ducks down to avoid it.
Kilmister throws out a powerful jab.
Jericho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kilmister moves away.
Jericho jabs at Kilmister's body.
Kilmister is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jericho.
Kilmister swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jericho looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jericho throws a body punch but Kilmister moves out of range.
Jericho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jericho thinks about countering with a head kick.
Jericho drives through and clinches with Kilmister against the cage.
Jericho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kilmister backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho struggles to land a body shot inside as Kilmister controls his hands.
Jericho throws a punch but it's blocked by Kilmister.
Jericho works on Kilmister's body with a couple of short punches.
Jericho working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jericho lands with a short shot to the head.
Kilmister is looking to break free of the clinch but Jericho has double underhooks.
Kilmister has had enough of the clinch but Jericho keeps him there for the moment.
Kilmister tries to break free but Jericho pushes him back against the cage.
Jericho softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jericho.
Jericho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kilmister is trying to push Jericho away but Jericho has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jericho can't find room to land a body shot as Kilmister controls the action.
Kilmister has had enough of the clinch but Jericho keeps him there for the moment.
Jericho tries a body shot but Kilmister blocks it.
Jericho tries a body shot but Kilmister blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jericho.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jericho lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kilmister is trying to break the clinch but Jericho is controlling him.
Kilmister's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jericho has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kilmister working hard to break the clinch.
Kilmister is trying to break free.
Jericho lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Kilmister is trying to break free.
Jericho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jericho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kilmister breaks the clinch.
Jericho clinches up with Kilmister and pushes him back against the cage.
Jericho gets through Kilmister's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kilmister tries to circle away but Jericho has him pinned against the cage.
Jericho lands a body punch in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Jericho.
Kilmister wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jericho.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maxim Jericho showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jericho 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maxim Jericho!
Maxim Jericho seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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