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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Johnsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Kawulski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kawulski has chosen DMX - Slippin' as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Johnsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksander Kawulski!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kawulski misses with a looping left.
Aleksander Kawulski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kawulski punishes Johnsson's body with a nice straight punch.
Kawulski has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Johnsson tries to land a body kick
and Kawulski counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Kawulski is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Johnsson sees it coming and defends easily.
Kawulski throwing shots but Johnsson is blocking nicely.
Johnsson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kawulski's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kawulski's back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
I really don't envy Kawulski right now.
Johnsson is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Johnsson trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Kawulski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kawulski breaks Johnsson's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnsson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kawulski throwing strikes but missing.
Johnsson wants to sweep but no luck.
Kawulski is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kawulski trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnsson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kawulski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnsson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Johnsson is controlling Kawulski's posture.
Johnsson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kawulski makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Johnsson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kawulski wants to control from the top but Johnsson keeps moving.
Kawulski throwing strikes but missing.
Kawulski is looking to work some ground and pound but Johnsson has wrist control.
Kawulski won't allow Johnsson to sweep him here.
Kawulski working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kawulski postures up in Johnsson's guard and throws a big left but Johnsson blocks it.
Kawulski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Johnsson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kawulski controls the pace.
Kawulski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kawulski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnsson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Johnsson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Johnsson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kawulski moves out of range of the strikes.
Kawulski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kawulski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Johnsson at a distance.
Kawulski lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnsson slips a jab from Kawulski.
Kawulski misses with a straight left.
Johnsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Johnsson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Johnsson as Kawulski shoots in.
Kawulski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It looked like Johnsson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Johnsson.
Johnsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnsson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kawulski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kawulski blocks the body kick.
Kawulski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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!
Kawulski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kawulski feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Kawulski preventing the sweep.
Kawulski cracks Johnsson with a solid left hand.
Kawulski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kawulski lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksander Kawulski dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Johnsson scores with a leg kick.
Kawulski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kawulski throws a jab when Johnsson was well out of range.
Johnsson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kawulski avoids the head kick by Johnsson.
Johnsson feints and then cracks Kawulski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kawulski down.
Aleksander Kawulski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnsson throws a low kick but Kawulski avoids it.
Johnsson is looking to chop away at Kawulski's legs.
Kawulski dives in and scores a takedown into Johnsson's guard.
Johnsson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Kawulski stands and throws Johnsson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Johnsson struggling a bit here.
Johnsson is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Who's going to make the next move?
Johnsson is looking to regain half guard here but Kawulski keeps moving and retains side control.
Kawulski is working Johnsson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Johnsson prevents Kawulski from moving into mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Johnsson is trying to get back to half guard.
Kawulski fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Johnsson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Johnsson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Kawulski wants to improve his position but Johnsson is controlling well.
Kawulski trying to control from the bottom.
Johnsson controlling the pace.
Johnsson continues to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawulski tries to get to full guard but Johnsson has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kawulski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnsson is trying to control the action in half guard but Kawulski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Johnsson is thwarting Kawulski's attempts to control the position.
Aleksander Kawulski has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kawulski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Johnsson is taking a breather. Kawulski says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kawulski fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Gunnar Johnsson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Kawulski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnsson throws a leg kick but Kawulski checks it.
Kawulski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Johnsson throws a lazy body kick
and Kawulski counters with a stiff right hand.
Kawulski lunges at Johnsson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Johnsson's hand.
Kawulski connects with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnsson. Kawulski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kawulski throws the left hand but Johnsson avoids the punch easily.
Johnsson tries to land a body kick
letting Kawulski counter with a right hand.
Johnsson is looking to land body kicks.
Johnsson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kawulski misses the shot to the body.
Kawulski misses with a series of wild punches.
Kawulski lands a really nice looking cross but Johnsson seems unphased.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawulski thuds a left hand into Johnsson's body.
Kawulski swings for the body but Johnsson moves out of range.
Kawulski moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Johnsson fakes the leg kick and cracks Kawulski in the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kawulski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice defenses there by Kawulski.
Kawulski drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Johnsson defends it well.
A good leg kick by Johnsson.
Johnsson scores with a leg kick.
Johnsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kawulski's sensitive parts.
Kawulski throws the left hand but Johnsson avoids the punch easily.
Johnsson feints and then cracks Kawulski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kawulski down.
Kawulski misses with a straight left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnsson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kawulski feints the counter takedown.
Johnsson cracks Kawulski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kawulski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnsson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kawulski has time to react.
Johnsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kawulski scores with a nice head shot.
Kawulski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnsson scores with a nice body kick.
Johnsson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Johnsson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Johnsson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kawulski slips under a jab from Johnsson.
Johnsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnsson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johnsson tries a low kick but Kawulski avoids it.
Kawulski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kawulski blocks a low kick nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnsson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kawulski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Johnsson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kawulski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Johnsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kawulski misses with an uppercut. Johnsson saw that one coming.
Kawulski moves out of range as Johnsson throws a body kick.
It seemed like Kawulski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Johnsson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kawulski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnsson.
Johnsson fakes the leg kick and cracks Kawulski in the body.
Kawulski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gunnar Johnsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kawulski defending well as Johnsson loads up on a big left hand.
Johnsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kawulski misses with a two punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnsson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Johnsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kawulski takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Johnsson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kawulski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut there from Kawulski.
Johnsson connects with a leg kick. Kawulski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Johnsson misses with a straight left.
A head kick by Johnsson misses
and Kawulski counters with a straight right hand.
Kawulski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kawulski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnsson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnsson lands with a nice body kick.
Kawulski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnsson.
Kawulski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kawulski throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Johnsson's waist but Johnsson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kawulski off to one side.
Johnsson avoids the body shot from Kawulski.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aleksander Kawulski.
Well Kawulski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksander Kawulski!
A victorious Aleksander Kawulski thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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