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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Holloway (ranked 3970 p4p, 4065 weight class) and Hayden Sellers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Hayden Sellers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Holloway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hayden Sellers!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sellers misses with a left hand
and Sellers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Holloway is breathing heavily.
Sellers throws a solid leg kick but Holloway takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sellers.
Sellers scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Holloway swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sellers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sellers loads up on a big right hand but Holloway slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sellers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sellers blocks a low kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sellers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Holloway. That did some damage!
Holloway jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Sellers.
Nice jab there from Sellers.
Holloway misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sellers.
Sellers swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sellers lands with a kick to the temple. Holloway shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Holloway takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sellers misses with a shot to the body
and Holloway counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holloway looks to score with a jab to the body but Sellers is just out of range.
A nice side step and Sellers releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Holloway staying out of range there.
Holloway takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sellers looks to throw the jab but Holloway is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Holloway on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Holloway swings widly with a right hand
and Sellers counters with a low kick, right behind Holloway 's knee.
Holloway uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sellers.
Holloway was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sellers misses with a looping right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holloway waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sellers.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sellers moves out of range of the strikes.
Sellers darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Holloway rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sellers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sellers's jab looks to have found its range, popping Holloway under the eye.
Sellers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sellers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Holloway dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sellers looks to land a right hand but Holloway moved out of range.
Holloway is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Holloway looks to throw the jab but Sellers is out of range.
Sellers throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Holloway on the side of the head.
Sellers throws a hook but Holloway blocks it.
Sellers thuds a left hand into Holloway's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Holloway darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sellers connects with a single shot there.
Sellers cracks Holloway with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hayden Sellers dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sellers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holloway.
Sellers throws a looping overhand right but Holloway ducks down to avoid it.
Sellers lands with a cross.
Holloway throws a poor cross that misses
and Holloway takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Holloway might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Holloway throws a poor cross that misses
and Sellers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sellers stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holloway uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sellers.
Sellers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holloway.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Holloway 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sellers cracks Holloway with an open hand slap.
Holloway fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sellers! But no joy.
Sellers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sellers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sellers throws a right hand that misses
letting Holloway counter with a right hand.
Sellers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sellers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holloway throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sellers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sellers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters circle momentarily. Holloway darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sellers throws a nice looking combination but Holloway bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sellers moves out of range of the strikes.
Sellers punishes Holloway's body with a nice straight punch.
Holloway is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holloway misses with a right hand
and Holloway takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sellers throws a right hand that misses
and Holloway counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sellers throws a poor cross that misses
and Holloway counters with a straight right hand.
Holloway looks to throw the jab but Sellers is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Holloway darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Holloway slips a jab from Sellers.
Good work by Holloway as he checks the leg kick.
Holloway lands with an overhand left.
Sellers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Holloway fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sellers just manages to avoid it.
Sellers lands with a good body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holloway throws a wild body kick that Sellers sees coming a mile off.
Sellers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sellers throws a right hand that Holloway ducks under and follows up with a left that Holloway also avoids with ease.
Sellers lands with a shot to the body.
Sellers scores with a crisp jab that stopped Holloway in his tracks.
Sellers takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Holloway on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sellers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Holloway throws out the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hayden Sellers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Sellers works Holloway's body with a nice hook.
Holloway lands with a hook. Sellers tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A combination from Sellers does no damage.
Holloway's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sellers under the eye.
Holloway swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sellers throws a good cross that connects.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holloway takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sellers misses with a hook
and Holloway counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sellers throws a hook but Holloway avoids it easily.
Sellers loads up on a big right hand but Holloway slips the punch.
Holloway fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sellers has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A telegraphed right hand from Holloway misses the target.
Sellers misses with a head kick.
Sellers throws a shot from downtown. Holloway moves away and avoids it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Holloway lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sellers has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sellers and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd cheers as Holloway lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sellers doesn't seem phased though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sellers throws a right and a left that Holloway avoids nicely.
Sellers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Holloway counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hayden Sellers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Holloway looks to land a left hand but Sellers moved out of range nicely.
Sellers shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Holloway eats them both and turns towards Sellers to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Holloway misses with a looping right.
A shot to the body from Holloway misses
and Sellers counters with a good low kick that Holloway was not able to check.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holloway throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sellers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Sellers on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sellers lands a body shot.
Holloway moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sellers lands with a right hand.
Holloway throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sellers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Holloway misses with a body shot
and Sellers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holloway throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holloway fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sellers bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sellers tests Holloway's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Some wild striking there from Holloway.
Holloway throws a sloppy body shot
and Sellers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Holloway takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd cheers as Sellers lands an impressive looking overhand right. Holloway doesn't seem phased though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hayden Sellers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sellers 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hayden Sellers!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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