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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 3429 p4p, 395 weight class) and Fleece Johnson (ranked 16407 p4p, 655 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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165 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
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185 lbs
27 - 12 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fleece Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Johnson
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Johnson throws a body kick that misses
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson connects with a body shot.
Johnson works the jab nicely.
Johnson lands with a cross.
Johnson checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gracie blocks the body kick.
Johnson slips a straight right by Gracie.
Johnson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheers as Gracie lands an impressive looking overhand right. Johnson doesn't seem phased though.
Johnson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson blocks a low kick nicely.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Gracie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Johnson throws a wild body kick that Gracie sees coming a mile off.
Gracie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Johnson misses the jab.
Gracie has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Johnson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie prevents a body shot from Johnson.
Johnson lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Renato Gracie has been cut.
Johnson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gracies head.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Gracie.
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gracie tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johnson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
Gracie digs a right hand underneath Johnson's ribcage. Johnson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Gracie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Johnson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson throws an elbow that misses.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gracie.
Johnson scores with a knee to the head.
Gracie lands a shoulder strike.
Johnson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gracie seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Johnson can turn it around.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson blocks a body shot from Gracie.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Gracie.
Johnson struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fleece Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renato Gracie's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Johnson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gracie counters with a nice body shot.
Gracie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
Gracie pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Gracie settles back down.
Johnson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gracie slips a straight right by Johnson.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
Gracie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johnson. That did some damage!
Gracie works Johnson's body with a nice hook.
Johnson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie thuds his shin into the meat of Johnson's side.
Johnson drives through and clinches with Gracie against the ropes.
Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands with a kick to the temple. Gracie shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Nice shot lands for Johnson.
Johnson throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
Renato Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson avoids the head kick by Gracie.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
Johnson connects with a high kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Gracie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Johnson checks it.
Gracie sets himself, and Johnson steps forward looking for the clinch! Gracie avoids it this time.
Johnson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gracie, right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Decent striking displayed by Gracie there.
Johnson looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Johnson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gracie, right into the meat.
A punch combination from Gracie misses.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Johnson defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Gracie throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Johnson throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gracie lands a nice looking kick to the body. Johnson takes a step back to recover.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gracie finds it's way round the side to connect with Johnson's head.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson wants to slow Gracie down by chopping away at his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Gracie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Renato Gracie's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Johnson moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Johnson.
Johnson slips a jab from Gracie.
Johnson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. Johnson moves away and avoids it.
Johnson misses the jab.
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.
Gracie lunges at Johnson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Johnson's hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johnson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gracie misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gracie. Gracie obviously looking to wear him down.
Gracie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Gracie's head.
Gracie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gracie with a nice cross.
Johnson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson misses with a kick to the body.
Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Johnson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson connects with a knee to the head.
Johnson misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Gracie manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.
Gracie swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Gracie tries to land a front kick but Johnson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Johnson is out of range.
Gracie fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gracie tries to land a front kick but Johnson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice cross by Gracie.
Johnson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson delivers a nice body kick.
Johnson moves into the clinch.
Johnson throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Renato Gracie.
I think Gracie 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Renato Gracie!
Renato Gracie thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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