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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Sullivan (ranked 1202 p4p, 1857 weight class) and Robert Arroyo (ranked 114 p4p, 174 weight class). John Sullivan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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 5 - 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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert Arroyo!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sullivan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arroyo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Arroyo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sullivan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Arroyo there.
Sullivan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arroyo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sullivan throws a combination that misses
enabling Arroyo to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sullivan throws a series of punches but Arroyo avoids them all with ease.
Sullivan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan stuns Arroyo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sullivan cracks a nice hook into Arroyo's ribs.
Sullivan misses with a hook
and Arroyo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sullivan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sullivan misses with a kick to the body
and Arroyo counters with a straight right hand.
Arroyo misses with a body shot.
Arroyo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sullivan.
Arroyo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan ducks under a wild hook from Arroyo.
Arroyo thuds his shin into the meat of Sullivan's side.
Sullivan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sullivan lands a lovely overhand right.
Sullivan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
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!
Sullivan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sullivan jabs Arroyo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan scores with a nice strike.
Sullivan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sullivan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sullivan is looking to wear down Arroyo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sullivan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Arroyo.
Sullivan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Arroyo's hands.
Sullivan scores with a jab to the body.
Sullivan throws a series of punches but Arroyo avoids them all with ease.
Arroyo throws a right hand that misses
and Sullivan counters with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Arroyo's hands.
Arroyo throws a right and a left that Sullivan avoids nicely.
Sullivan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sullivan moves away from the strike by Arroyo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sullivan scores with a nice strike.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Sullivan misses with a body punch
and Sullivan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sullivan takes a swing at Arroyo's ribcage but misses.
Sullivan connects with the punch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sullivan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Arroyo misses with a left hand
letting Sullivan counter with a right hand.
Sullivan swings for the body but Arroyo moves out of range.
Arroyo throws a counter combo.
Sullivan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It seemed like Arroyo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sullivan scores with a jab to the body.
Sullivan throws a shot to the body.
Sullivan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arroyo was well out of range. Poor timing from Sullivan.
Sullivan throws a jab when Arroyo was well out of range.
Arroyo throws a nice head kick!
Sullivan looks to score with a jab to the body but Arroyo is just out of range.
A nice side step and Arroyo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A good leg kick by Arroyo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arroyo pushes Sullivan up against the ropes in a clinch.
Sullivan struggles to land a body shot inside as Arroyo controls his hands.
Sullivan has Arroyo pushed against the ropes.
Robert Arroyo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arroyo misses with some punches.
Arroyo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Sullivan.
A shot in the inside from Sullivan.
Sullivan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sullivan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sullivan throws a body punch but Arroyo moves out of range.
Arroyo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Arroyo misses the body punch
and Sullivan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Arroyo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Arroyo clinches with his opponent.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Arroyo lands a shot to the body.
Sullivan lands an elbow just above Arroyo 's eye.
It looks like Robert Arroyo has been cut.
Sullivan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Arroyo misses with a punch on the inside.
Arroyo throws a head punch that misses.
Arroyo has a couple of punches blocked by Sullivan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arroyo misses with a punch on the inside.
Arroyo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sullivan blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Arroyo fails to land.
Sullivan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Arroyo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arroyo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sullivan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
John Sullivan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Arroyo.
Arroyo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Arroyo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Arroyo misses with the head strike.
Arroyo misses with a punch on the inside.
Sullivan blocks an uppercut.
Sullivan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sullivan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Arroyo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Arroyo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sullivan taking a breather.
Sullivan lands a nice elbow.
Sullivan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sullivan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Arroyo working aggressively here.
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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for John Sullivan!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for John Sullivan!
John Sullivan wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath and clearly excited John Sullivan thanked Squirrel Sports Nutrition 🐿️ for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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FIGHT
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