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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Loz Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Loz Strife!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chan swats away the attempt to clinch by Strife.
Chan throws a hook but Strife avoids it easily.
Strife blocks a jab.
Strife clinches up with Chan and pushes him back against the cage.
Strife trying to land knees to the body.
Strife looking to slow down the pace here.
Chan avoiding damage as Strife throws knees to the body.
Strife missing with knees to the body.
Strife looking to stall.
Strife tries to land knees in the clinch but Chan avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan avoiding damage as Strife throws knees to the body.
Chan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnny Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strife wants to clinch.
Chan swings for the body but Strife moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strife doesn't manage to clinch there - Chan circles away.
Chan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Strife fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chan looks to land a combination. Strife sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Chan throws a big shot that misses.
Chan misses with an uppercut.
Chan swats away the attempt to clinch by Strife.
Chan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Strife fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Strife.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strife tries to close the distance and clinch but Chan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chan throws a shot from downtown. Strife moves away and avoids it.
Strife fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strife takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strife moves away.
Chan throws a looping overhand right but Strife ducks down to avoid it.
Chan throws a series of punches but Strife avoids them all with ease.
Chan lunges at Strife with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Strife's hand.
Chan just misses with a punch to the body.
Chan throws a series of punches but Strife moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife wants to clinch up but Chan keeps it at a distance.
Chan keeps the fight on the outside.
Strife fails with an attempt to clinch.
Strife ducks under a wild hook from Chan.
Chan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chan fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Chan misses.
Strife tries to clinch there but Chan circles away.
Strife bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Chan misses its intended target.
Chan lands a two punch combo.
Chan misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Strife moves out of range as Chan strikes.
Chan lands the left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Strife looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strife doesn't manage to clinch there - Chan circles away.
Chan misses with a wild body shot.
Chan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chan throws a big shot that misses.
Strife is looking to clinch.
Strife is looking to clinch.
Strife uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Chan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Chan misses with a straight left.
Strife avoids the body shot from Chan.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chan.
Some wild striking there from Chan.
Chan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Chan just misses with a punch to the body.
Chan throws a shot from downtown. Strife moves away and avoids it.
Nice cross by Chan.
Chan misses with a double jab.
Strife keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chan.
Strife tries to close the distance and clinch but Chan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strife tries to clinch up.
Strife steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chan.
Chan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Strife.
Strife tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Strife tries to clinch but Chan moves out of range.
Chan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strife moves away.
Chan throws a looping overhand right but Strife ducks down to avoid it.
Strife tries to clinch but Chan is having none of it.
A jab from Chan misses.
Chan just misses with a punch to the body.
Strife is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Strife defending well as Chan loads up on a big left hand.
Johnny Chan is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Strife slips a straight right by Chan.
Strife slips a jab from Chan.
Strife walks into a left hand.
Strife bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Strife fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strife keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chan.
Nice defenses there by Strife.
Strife steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chan.
Strife tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chan misses with a hook.
Strife wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strife gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chan managing to block the knees to the body from Strife.
Strife trying to land knees to the body.
Chan managing to block the knees to the body from Strife.
Strife stalling in the clinch but Chan improves position.
Strife trying to land knees to the body.
Strife missing with knees to the body.
Strife misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.
Strife misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.
Chan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Strife or not.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Strife.
Strife trying to stall but Chan improves his position.
Chan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Strife up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strife missing with knees to the body.
Strife is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Chan is looking to break free of the clinch but Strife has double underhooks.
Strife is looking to control Chan's arms but Chan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Strife has his back to the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Chan.
A hook to the body from Chan.
Chan is looking to break free of the clinch but Strife has double underhooks.
Strife misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.
Stalling in the clinch from Chan.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Strife.
Chan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Chan breaks the clinch.
Chan throws a nice looking combination but Strife bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Strife slips under a jab from Chan.
Strife avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Chan dominated that second round.
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!
Chan misses with an uppercut. Strife saw that one coming.
Strife slips under a jab from Chan.
Strife is looking to clinch.
Strife is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Strife tries to clinch but Chan moves out of range.
Strife tries to close the distance and clinch but Chan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strife doesn't manage to clinch there - Chan circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Chan misses.
Chan misses with a body shot.
Strife moves out of range as Chan strikes.
Strife avoids the body shot from Chan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Strife sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Strife tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Strife slips under a jab.
Strife tries to clinch but Chan moves out of range.
Strife uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chan.
Strife avoids the body shot from Chan.
Strife moves in looking to clinch but Chan pushes him off.
Chan looks to score with a jab to the body but Strife is just out of range.
Strife tries to clinch there but Chan circles away.
Chan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Strife sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chan misses with a looping left.
That's two 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.
Chan throws a shot from downtown. Strife moves away and avoids it.
Chan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Strife uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chan.
Chan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Strife fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strife avoids the body shot from Chan.
Chan misses with a hook. Strife ducked under it nicely.
Strife is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Strife is looking to clinch but Chan is avoiding it.
Strife tries to close the distance and clinch but Chan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strife on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chan throws a left that rocks Strife and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Chan dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Strife regain composure!
Strife is rocked!
Chan controlling the position.
Chan tries to move to mount but Strife blocks the move with his legs.
Chan passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Strife!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strife can't escape the position.
Strife avoids a strike by Chan and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Chan's guard! Fantastic escape!
Chan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Strife is fighting to break Chan's control of his arms but Chan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Strife trying to move into half guard but instead Chan has managed to sweep!
Loz Strife has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Chan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Chan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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