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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Sullivan (ranked 1354 p4p, 3869 weight class) and Enrique Montoya (ranked 131 p4p, 341 weight class). Enrique Montoya acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Sullivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enrique Montoya!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sullivan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sullivan tries to bum rush Montoya with a series of wild strikes but Montoya uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Montoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sullivan.
A little jabbing left from Montoya on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sullivan lands with a nice body punch.
Sullivan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Montoya moves away.
It seemed like Montoya was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Montoya throws a combination that misses
and Sullivan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sullivan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sullivan misses with a wild body shot.
Sullivan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Montoya does no damage.
Sullivan half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sullivan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Montoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Sullivan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Montoya swings wildly with an uppercut but Sullivan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sullivan lands an elbow just above Montoya 's eye.
Montoya misses with a body punch.
Sullivan misses with a hook to the ribs.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Montoya has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Sullivan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Montoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Montoya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sullivan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sullivan.
Montoya misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sullivan blocks a body shot from Montoya.
Montoya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Montoya fails to pull guard.
Sullivan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Montoya misses with a body punch.
Montoya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Montoya pulls guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Montoya working a defensive guard here.
Sullivan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sullivan wants to control from the top but Montoya keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan looking to sit in guard and control but Montoya gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sullivan is trying to keep Montoya in close.
Montoya sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Montoya pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sullivan is keeping the position for now.
Montoya postures up.
Montoya won't allow Sullivan to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Montoya is looking to pass into half guard but Sullivan pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Sullivan is in guard.
Montoya is looking for a triangle but Sullivan pushes his legs off easily.
Montoya trying to keep a closed guard but Sullivan is proving a slippery customer.
Montoya can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sullivan controls the pace.
Sullivan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Montoya is controlling Sullivan's posture.
Sullivan looking to sit in guard and control but Montoya gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sullivan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Montoya working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sullivan throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Montoya wants to control from the top but Sullivan keeps moving.
Montoya throws a big elbow that misses.
Sullivan keeping moving, preventing Montoya from controlling successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Montoya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sullivan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's six 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.
Montoya misses with a hook
and Sullivan counters with a stiff right hand.
Montoya takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sullivan throws a body shot but no joy.
Montoya is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sullivan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Montoya slips a straight right by Sullivan.
It seemed like Montoya was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Montoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Montoya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A big right from Sullivan misses.
Montoya shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sullivan pinned against the ropes. Sullivan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sullivan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Montoya wants to counter with a clinch but Sullivan pushes him away.
Sullivan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Montoya counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sullivan throws a chopping leg kick but Montoya manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Montoya looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sullivan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Montoya counters with a stiff right hand.
Enrique Montoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sullivan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Montoya.
Montoya looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Montoya tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Montoya takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sullivan swings for the body but Montoya moves out of range.
Montoya wants to counter the offense by Sullivan and move into the clinch position.
Sullivan connects with the punch.
John Sullivan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Montoya cracks Sullivan with a good jab.
No joy there for Montoya, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Montoya closes the distance but Sullivan moves to the side
and Sullivan counters with a left to the body.
Montoya takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Montoya missing with a left hand there. Sullivan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Sullivan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sullivan 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for John Sullivan!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for John Sullivan!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for John Sullivan!
John Sullivan wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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