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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Yossarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Gouken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott Gouken has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
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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
11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Yossarian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Gouken!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yossarian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gouken.
Gouken swats away the attempt to clinch by Yossarian.
Gouken thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gouken throws a shot from downtown. Yossarian moves away and avoids it.
Good exchange - Gouken coming out on top.
Yossarian throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gouken looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yossarian is looking to clinch but Gouken is avoiding it.
Yossarian takes a swing at Gouken's ribcage but misses.
Yossarian moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gouken moves out of range of the body kick from Yossarian.
Yossarian definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A lazy body kick from Yossarian
and Gouken cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gouken takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gouken keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yossarian.
Gouken throws a hook but Yossarian avoids it easily.
Gouken just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yossarian throws a right hand that Gouken ducks under and follows up with a left that Gouken also avoids with ease.
Gouken throws out a loose jab but Yossarian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yossarian lands a jab to Gouken's midsection.
Yossarian getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yossarian jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yossarian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gouken throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gouken swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Yossarian makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Yossarian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gouken.
Yossarian shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gouken lands with an uppercut that bounces Yossarian off the cage and back into range.
Gouken swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Yossarian to counter with a crisp jab.
Yossarian rushes Gouken and presses him up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yossarian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yossarian stalling against the cage.
Gouken managing to block the knees to the body from Yossarian.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian blocking some punches.
Gouken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yossarian's elbow.
Gouken looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gouken tries to throw a body punch but Yossarian avoids it by throwing Gouken back against the cage.
Yossarian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gouken backwards.
Yossarian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gouken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gouken throws a punch but it's blocked by Yossarian.
Yossarian lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gouken.
Gouken tries to break the clinch but Yossarian is controlling the position.
Gouken wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gouken is trying to stall.
Yossarian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yossarian as Gouken tries to tie him up.
Yossarian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gouken blocks a body shot from Yossarian.
Yossarian lands a right hand.
Yossarian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A hook to the body from Yossarian.
Gouken looking to stall.
Yossarian scores a nice knee to the body.
Gouken looks winded!
Yossarian leaning against his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yossarian.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yossarian scores a nice knee to the body.
Yossarian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yossarian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yossarian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gouken backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Yossarian.
Yossarian scores with a hook to the body.
Yossarian lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gouken backwards.
Yossarian stalling.
Yossarian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gouken backwards.
Yossarian lands a nice knee to the body.
Yossarian cracks Gouken with a nice body shot.
Yossarian lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yossarian is working Gouken over against the cage.
Yossarian slows down the pace here.
Yossarian scores with a shot to the side of Gouken's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Yossarian dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Yossarian with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A swing and a miss from Gouken.
Gouken closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gouken drops his hands momentarily and Yossarian takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Yossarian scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gouken feints and then cracks Yossarian's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yossarian down.
John Yossarian is winning the standup battle so far.
Yossarian throws a body punch but Gouken moves out of range.
Yossarian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gouken manages to avoid it.
Yossarian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yossarian.
That kick from Yossarian tenderised Gouken's leg. Gouken is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some bone on bone action there as Yossarian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Yossarian throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yossarian looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gouken steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Yossarian. That one must have hurt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gouken. That's going to slow Yossarian down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gouken has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yossarian.
Gouken throws a body kick that misses.
Yossarian moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gouken is breathing heavily.
Gouken has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yossarian.
Yossarian lands an overhand right.
Yossarian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yossarian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gouken swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gouken attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yossarian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gouken.
Yossarian walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gouken throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yossarian lands a nice shot to the body.
Gouken throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yossarian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yossarian rushes Gouken and presses him up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yossarian.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gouken backwards.
Gouken's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yossarian lands a body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yossarian lands a nice shot to the body.
Gouken takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gouken being controlled against the cage.
A short left from Yossarian.
Yossarian presses Gouken against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gouken takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Scott Gouken has been cut.
Yossarian putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gouken in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yossarian drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gouken gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Yossarian lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian scores with a hook to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yossarian.
A short uppercut from Yossarian.
Yossarian scores with a shot to the side of Gouken's head.
Gouken looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Gouken fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yossarian.
Yossarian lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gouken backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Yossarian.
Yossarian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yossarian effectively controlling the action here.
Yossarian lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian lands a body shot.
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!
Yossarian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gouken lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yossarian lands a body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yossarian.
Yossarian is working Gouken over against the cage.
Yossarian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gouken can do to turn this around?
Yossarian pushes Gouken back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yossarian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yossarian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gouken gets tackled into the cage by Yossarian. Yossarian maintains the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gouken takes a shot to the head.
Yossarian displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gouken up against the cage.
Yossarian blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Yossarian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Scott Gouken'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. This is the final round!
Gouken on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gouken missing with a left hand there. Yossarian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yossarian throws a shot from downtown. Gouken moves away and avoids it.
Yossarian lands with a shot to the body.
Yossarian rushes Gouken and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Yossarian pressing his opponent against the cage.
A knee to the head by Yossarian.
Yossarian throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yossarian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gouken is rocked!
Yossarian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gouken is still on wobbly legs! Can Yossarian finish him?
John Yossarian has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gouken takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yossarian obliges.
Gouken seems to have recovered his senses.
Yossarian lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yossarian lands an elbow that stopped Gouken in his tracks for a moment.
Yossarian lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yossarian.
Yossarian holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yossarian scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yossarian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gouken backwards.
Gouken managing to block the knees to the body from Yossarian.
Yossarian lands with a right to the head.
Yossarian lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gouken is trying to maintain a safe position but Yossarian gets an underhook and turns Gouken into the cage.
Gouken is pressed up against the cage. Yossarian has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gouken down to the mat. Gouken avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Yossarian paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gouken uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gouken takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That has opened up Scott Gouken's cut even more.
Yossarian misses with a looping right.
Yossarian checks a low kick from Gouken.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yossarian.
Yossarian gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Yossarian misses with a punch to the body.
Yossarian lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gouken or not.
Yossarian lands a shot to the body.
Yossarian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gouken backwards.
Yossarian lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gouken wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yossarian lands a nice knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Yossarian.
Yossarian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Yossarian.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
John Yossarian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yossarian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yossarian lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gouken stalling the fight.
Yossarian landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Yossarian - that landed with a thud.
Gouken is looking to control Yossarian's arms but Yossarian gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gouken has his back to the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short uppercut from Yossarian.
Yossarian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Yossarian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yossarian has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Yossarian!
John Yossarian looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?'.
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