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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Clint Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Johohanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dennis Johohanson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Dangerous knees
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint Hester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dennis Johohanson!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johohanson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hester sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hester feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hester tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hester lands with a kick to the ribs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hester.
Johohanson scores with a decent looking hook.
Johohanson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hester sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johohanson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Hester manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hester slips a jab and a cross from Johohanson.
Hester looks to throw a body kick
and Johohanson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hester pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johohanson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johohanson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hester is looking to land body kicks.
Clint Hester is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johohanson throws a looping overhand right but Hester ducks down to avoid it.
Hester definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Johohanson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hester.
Hester swings for the body but Johohanson moves out of range.
Johohanson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Johohanson is looking to clinch.
Johohanson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johohanson tries to clinch up but Hester circles away and keeps his distance.
Dennis Johohanson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johohanson takes a swing at Hester's ribcage but misses.
Johohanson wants to clinch.
Johohanson wants to clinch up but Hester keeps it at a distance.
As Johohanson tries to get set, Hester tries to push him back and clinch up but Johohanson manages to avoid the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester misses with a body kick.
Hester throws a push kick but Johohanson slaps the foot to one side.
Johohanson slips a jab from Hester.
Johohanson tries to clinch up but Hester circles away and keeps his distance.
Johohanson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Johohanson throws a looping overhand right but Hester ducks down to avoid it.
Hester throws a jab but it's blocked by Johohanson.
Hester throws out a loose jab but Johohanson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hester throws a hook but Johohanson blocks it.
Johohanson is looking to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hester keeps the fight on the outside.
Johohanson throws a poor cross that misses
and Hester counters with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johohanson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johohanson wants to clinch up but Hester keeps it at a distance.
Johohanson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hester swats away the attempt to clinch by Johohanson.
Hester scores with a hook to the body. Johohanson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hester circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hester seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Hester is looking to chop away at Johohanson's legs.
Hester rushes Johohanson and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Hester is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johohanson lands with a left to the head.
Johohanson digs a right hand into Hester's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hester's gas tank.
Hester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johohanson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Johohanson looking to stall.
Hester swings wildly with an uppercut but Johohanson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johohanson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Johohanson.
Hester swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johohanson's coach down at FORBIDDEN VIOLENCE WARRIORS was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Johohanson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hester just leaning against Johohanson, taking a breather.
Hester misses with a hook to the ribs.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hester takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hester takes a shot to the head.
Johohanson misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hester takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hester lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Clint Hester will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Johohanson wants to clinch.
Dennis Johohanson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johohanson tries to clinch but Hester moves out of range.
Johohanson blocks the body kick.
Johohanson blocks a jab.
Johohanson takes the fight into the clinch.
Hester misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hester tries to stall but Johohanson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hester lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Dennis Johohanson has been cut.
Hester prevents a body shot from Johohanson.
Johohanson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but Johohanson blocks with his arms.
Hester misses with a knee strike.
Johohanson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johohanson throws a head punch that misses.
Johohanson swings wildly with an uppercut but Hester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hester stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short right from Johohanson.
A right hook to the body lands for Hester.
Hester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johohanson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hester misses with the head strike.
A short right from Johohanson.
Johohanson misses with the head strike.
Hester with a knee to the head.
Johohanson swings wildly with an uppercut but Hester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johohanson misses with a punch to the body.
Johohanson tries to break the clinch but Hester is controlling the position.
Hester works on Johohanson's body with a couple of short punches.
Hester landing knees to the body.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but Johohanson blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johohanson throws a punch but it's blocked by Hester.
Johohanson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johohanson takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johohanson's elbow.
Johohanson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Johohanson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hester throws a punch but it's blocked by Johohanson.
Johohanson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hester blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hester blocks an uppercut.
Hester misses with a knee to the head.
Johohanson misses with a punch to the body.
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Johohanson is blocking nicely.
Johohanson misses with a punch to the body.
Hester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johohanson avoids it.
Hester taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester lands with a short shot to the head.
Clint Hester has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hester has a couple of punches blocked by Johohanson.
Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Johohanson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hester has him pressed against the ropes.
Hester can't find room to land a body shot as Johohanson controls the action.
Johohanson blocks an uppercut.
Johohanson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johohanson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Johohanson is blocking nicely.
Hester crunches a lovely knee into Johohanson's ribcage.
Hester has Johohanson pressed against the ropes, preventing Johohanson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hester is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johohanson can do to turn this around?
Hester working aggressively here.
Johohanson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hester controls his hands.
Hester has Johohanson pressed against the ropes.
Hester manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Johohanson misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester pushes Johohanson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hester throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johohanson blocks it with crossed arms.
Johohanson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johohanson avoiding damage as Hester throws knees to the body.
Johohanson lands with a left to the head.
Hester has Johohanson pressed against the ropes, preventing Johohanson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hester misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johohanson lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hester throws a head punch that misses.
Hester blocks an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hester lands with a left to the head.
Hester is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hester trying to control the position but instead, Johohanson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hester into the ropes.
Johohanson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johohanson wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clint Hester dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dennis Johohanson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Hester has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Clint Hester has been cut.
Johohanson is looking to clinch.
Hester throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johohanson misses with a looping right.
Hester tries to land a body kick
and Johohanson counters with a straight right hand.
Johohanson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hester.
Johohanson throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johohanson tries to clinch but Hester moves out of range.
Clint Hester is winning the standup battle so far.
Hester misses with a kick to the body.
Johohanson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Hester manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Johohanson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hester paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johohanson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johohanson tries to clinch up.
Hester half committed to a counter leg kick.
Johohanson tries to close the distance and clinch but Hester swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hester explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hester looks to land a left hand but Johohanson moved out of range nicely.
Johohanson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hester drops his hands momentarily and Johohanson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johohanson staggers Hester with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Hester looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
Hester is rocked!
Johohanson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johohanson tries to close the distance and clinch but Hester swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johohanson jabs at Hester's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hester pushes Johohanson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Johohanson lands an uppercut.
Johohanson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hester's elbow.
Johohanson throws a head punch that misses.
Hester blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johohanson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hester with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hester trying to stall but Johohanson improves his position.
Johohanson lands an uppercut.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but Johohanson blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hester tries a knee to the head but Johohanson blocks it.
Hester trying to stall but Johohanson improves his position.
Hester looking to stall.
Johohanson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johohanson tries to stall but Hester uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Johohanson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Johohanson managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Hester is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hester tries to stall but Johohanson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hester with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hester with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johohanson has had enough of the clinch but Hester keeps him there for the moment.
Hester swings wildly with an uppercut but Johohanson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hester swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johohanson looking to slow down the pace here.
Johohanson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johohanson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hester won't allow it.
Hester is looking to control Johohanson's arms but Johohanson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hester has his back to the ropes.
Johohanson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Johohanson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hester goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johohanson tries to break free but Hester pushes him back against the ropes.
Johohanson has a couple of punches blocked by Hester.
Johohanson can't break the clinch.
Hester landing knees to the head.
A body shot lands from Johohanson.
A head punch on the inside from Hester fails to land.
Johohanson is leaning against Hester and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dennis Johohanson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Johohanson is blocking nicely.
Hester tries to work over Johohanson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Johohanson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hester working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johohanson blocks an uppercut.
Hester connects with a knee to the head.
Hester prevents a body shot from Johohanson.
Johohanson manages to break the clinch.
Clint Hester is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johohanson misses with the combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dennis Johohanson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hester 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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A |
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B |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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