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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bo Duran (ranked 2 p4p, 100 weight class) and Johnny Hogg (ranked 1 p4p, 15 weight class). Duran comes to the cage accompanied by This Could be Anywhere in the World. Hogg has chosen Styx - Renegade as his entrance music. Bo Duran could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Johnny Hogg's chin.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bo Duran!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Hogg!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
A jab from Duran misses.
And Hogg tries to counter it with a takedown but Duran pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Duran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duran looks to land a left hand but Hogg moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duran loads up on a big right hand but Hogg slips the punch.
Duran looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Duran throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hogg counters with a takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran sneaks back into half guard.
Hogg takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hogg working the head and body with strikes.
Hogg prevents Duran from improving his position.
Hogg is keen to just control but Duran is a slippery customer.
Hogg not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hogg takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hogg slips a nice elbow through Duran's hands, connecting with Duran's forehead.
Hogg throwing shots but Duran is blocking nicely.
Hogg thows a huge punch but Duran dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran is refusing to be controlled, as Hogg sits in half guard.
Duran wants to get back to full guard.
Hogg thows a huge punch but Duran dodges it nicely.
Hogg throwing shots but Duran is blocking nicely.
Hogg scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Duran regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Hogg.
Hogg working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Duran manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hogg manages to get himself to full guard.
Hogg is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hogg looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogg looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hogg looks to land a strike but Duran avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Hogg is in close to Duran's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hogg content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hogg postures up in Duran's guard and throws a big left but Duran blocks it.
Hogg postures up in Duran's guard and throws a big left but Duran blocks it.
Hogg sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Duran's guard.
Hogg controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogg lands strikes from half guard.
Duran is pressing down on Hogg's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hogg trying to control but Duran is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hogg postures up in Duran's guard and throws a big left but Duran blocks it.
Duran bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hogg's guard.
Hogg has his foot on Duran's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Duran works his way back into a safe position though.
Hogg wants to control but Duran passes easily into half guard.
Hogg is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Duran's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Duran's back!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duran staying busy and making it hard for Hogg to control.
Hogg is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Hogg dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Duran looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hogg has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duran finds it's way round the side to connect with Hogg's head.
It looks like Johnny Hogg has been cut.
Duran throws a hook to the side of Hogg's head but Hogg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogg slips under a jab.
Hogg has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big left from Duran misses.
Hogg tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duran throws out the jab.
Hogg with the counter takedown but Duran avoids it easily.
Duran missing with a left hand there. Hogg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hogg keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duran.
Duran punishes Hogg's body with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hogg.
Hogg blocks a jab.
Hogg feints the counter takedown.
Duran misses with an uppercut.
Hogg is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Duran misses with an uppercut.
Hogg tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Duran.
Duran punishes Hogg's body with a nice straight punch.
Duran misses with an uppercut. Hogg saw that one coming.
Bo Duran is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hogg moves away.
Hogg feints the counter takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duran throws a big shot that misses.
Hogg with the counter takedown but Duran avoids it easily.
Hogg staying out of range there.
Hogg slips under a jab from Duran.
And Hogg tries to counter it with a takedown but Duran pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Duran misses with a hook. Hogg ducked under it nicely.
Hogg is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bo Duran dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Hogg's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hogg takes one on the button.
Duran cracks Hogg with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Hogg falls to his knees and Duran doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bo Duran!
Bo Duran retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Bo Duran thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Johnny Hogg spoke after the fight, saying 'What can I say, I have work to do.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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