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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Logan Justis (ranked 2285 p4p, 1433 weight class) and Wilfred Ainsworth (ranked 305 p4p, 198 weight class). Ainsworth has chosen Fred Neil - Everybody's Talkin' as his entrance music. Wilfred Ainsworth told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Logan Justis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wilfred Ainsworth!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ainsworth lands a jab to Justis's midsection.
Justis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ainsworth moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ainsworth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Justis appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ainsworth connects with a leg kick.
Justis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A counter left hand to the body from Justis misses its target.
Ainsworth motions for Justis to come forward. Ainsworth throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ainsworth lands with a thumping leg kick.
Justis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Ainsworth lands a leg kick that knocks Justis off balance momentarily.
Ainsworth lands a nice looking body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ainsworth buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Justis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ainsworth scores with a hook to the body. Justis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ainsworth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justis.
Ainsworth avoids the body shot from Justis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ainsworth fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Justis ducks under a wild hook from Ainsworth.
Ainsworth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ainsworth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A quick step to the side and Justis tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ainsworth.
Ainsworth finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ainsworth misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Justis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ainsworth thinking.
Ainsworth wants to land a leg kick but Justis is out of range.
It looked like Justis was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Ainsworth throws a leg kick that misses.
A low kick lands for Ainsworth.
Ainsworth throws a left and a right that both miss
and Justis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ainsworth takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ainsworth fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ainsworth fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ainsworth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Justis was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ainsworth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Justis was well out of range. Poor timing from Ainsworth.
Ainsworth lands with an overhand left.
An inside leg kick from Ainsworth misses.
As Ainsworth backs away, Justis returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Justis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ainsworth. Ainsworth obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice straight punches there by Ainsworth. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ainsworth.
Justis gets a clinch.
Justis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ainsworth tries to throw a body punch but Justis avoids it by throwing Ainsworth back against the cage.
Ainsworth pushes Justis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ainsworth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Justis's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Ainsworth.
Ainsworth misses with a body punch.
Ainsworth tries to throw a body punch but Justis avoids it by throwing Ainsworth back against the cage.
Ainsworth misses with a punch to the body.
Ainsworth pushes Justis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Justis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ainsworth misses with a hook to the ribs.
Justis swings wildly with an uppercut but Ainsworth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ainsworth breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justis. Ainsworth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Justis is looking to wear down Ainsworth with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ainsworth misses with a wild body shot.
Ainsworth throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ainsworth goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
It looked like Justis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ainsworth lands a glancing blow to the side of Justis's head.
Ainsworth fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Justis is out of range.
Ainsworth swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Justis.
Ainsworth lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ainsworth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Justis moves away.
Ainsworth connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Justis misses with a body shot.
Ainsworth avoids the body shot from Justis.
Ainsworth fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Justis checks it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wilfred Ainsworth dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ainsworth is looking to score with low kicks.
Justis is looking to counter with a body kick.
Ainsworth has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Justis walks into a jab.
A low kick from Ainsworth misses
enabling Justis to counter with a crisp jab.
Wilfred Ainsworth seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ainsworth connects with a leg kick.
Justis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Justis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ainsworth.
Ainsworth jabs at Justis's body.
Ainsworth misses the body punch
and Justis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ainsworth with the inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ainsworth avoids the body shot from Justis.
Ainsworth slips a straight right by Justis.
Ainsworth jabs at Justis's body.
Ainsworth lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ainsworth tries to keep at a distance but Justis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ainsworth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ainsworth works on Justis's body with a couple of short punches.
Ainsworth misses with a body punch.
Ainsworth struggles to land a body shot inside as Justis controls his hands.
The referee is keeping an eye on Justis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ainsworth is looking to break free of the clinch but Justis has double underhooks.
Justis blocks a body shot from Ainsworth.
Justis blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ainsworth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Justis works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Justis won't allow Ainsworth to sweep him here.
Ainsworth looking to control.
Ainsworth managing to control the position.
Justis wants to get up but he can't break Ainsworth's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Justis being controlled here momentarily.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Ainsworth wants to control but Justis passes easily into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ainsworth is looking for a sweep. Justis is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ainsworth wants to get back to full guard but Justis has mounted him!
Ainsworth working to try and regain half guard.
Ainsworth keeps trying to improve his position.
Justis is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Justis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Justis backing away here, and Ainsworth unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Justis misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Ainsworth.
Ainsworth takes a swing at Justis's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Justis was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ainsworth.
Ainsworth jabs Justis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Justis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ainsworth wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Justis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ainsworth throws a wild body kick that Justis sees coming a mile off.
An attempted straight right counter from Justis misses the target.
Justis blocks a leg kick.
Justis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ainsworth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ainsworth with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ainsworth thumps Justis with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Justis blocks the leg kick.
Justis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ainsworth lands a high kick!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wilfred Ainsworth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Ainsworth scores with a shot to the body.
Justis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A shot to the liver by Ainsworth. Beautiful body shot.
Ainsworth avoids the body shot from Justis.
Ainsworth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Justis.
Ainsworth finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ainsworth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ainsworth lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justis throws a jab when Ainsworth was well out of range.
Ainsworth swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ainsworth thumps Justis with a low kick.
Ainsworth throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A good leg kick by Ainsworth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ainsworth swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Justis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ainsworth thows a leg kick but Justis checks it
and Justis counters by moving into the clinch.
Ainsworth has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Justis seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ainsworth can turn it around.
Ainsworth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ainsworth misses with a punch on the inside.
Ainsworth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ainsworth lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ainsworth tries to land knees in the clinch but Justis avoids the damage to the body.
Justis ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Justis no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Justis is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ainsworth is controlling him.
Ainsworth trying to control the position from guard on top but Justis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ainsworth won't allow Justis to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ainsworth stops Justis from standing up.
Ainsworth trying to control but Justis is working from the bottom.
Ainsworth won't allow Justis to get back to his feet.
Logan Justis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ainsworth trying to control the position from guard on top but Justis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ainsworth pushes down on Justis's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ainsworth tries to pass to full mount but Justis defends it.
Ainsworth controlling the pace.
Justis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ainsworth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ainsworth trying to mount his opponent but Justis defends it.
Ainsworth is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ainsworth is pressing down on Justis's thigh, looking to free his foot. Justis is holding on for now.
Ainsworth seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Justis does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Justis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ainsworth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ainsworth lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Justis tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ainsworth connects with a nice looking jab.
Ainsworth misses with a body kick.
Ainsworth lands a slapping body shot.
A nice leg kick from Ainsworth, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ainsworth defending well as Justis loads up on a big left hand.
Ainsworth chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ainsworth lands a leg kick that knocks Justis off balance momentarily.
Justis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ainsworth was well out of range. Poor timing from Justis.
Wilfred Ainsworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A low kick lands for Ainsworth.
Ainsworth uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Justis.
Justis throws the left hand but Ainsworth avoids the punch easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wilfred Ainsworth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ainsworth winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wilfred Ainsworth!
Wilfred Ainsworth thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Logan Justis was interviewed post fight and said 'Well shit'.
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