Chris John vs. Daud Cino Yordan RBR

Round 5

Yordan jabs low. John is keeping a wide berth. Yordan cuts off the ring and fires a hard 1-2. Good left hook counter by John. Yordan blasts through his guard with a right. John tightens his defenses and starts flicking out hard counters from his compact guard, all while circling fluidly. Big 1-2 surging forth by John, drives Yordan back but doesn't land. They are exchanging combos now at mid-range, each getting blocked and leaning in on the other as their momentum brings them collapsing onto them. Left hook to the body by John before they tie up and start wrestling roughly, grappling arm-in-arm around the ring until broken up. Good jab/uppercut combo by John! Yordan lands a right, maybe hurts John!!! Yordan chases with his 1-2 and John slips it, just out of reach. John lands a counter uppercut beneath the chin. Big 1-2 by John, but is cracked by a shot from Yordan!!! Flurries to the face by John!!! Yordan is just punching through the openings as John lets his hands go, trying to land something big!!!!

49-46 John

 

Round 6

Good action, Yordan pressing the action and John busy with his counter combos. They lean in and Yordan starts drilling to the body but JOHN COMES BACK STRONG!!! BIG UNDERCUTTING COMBOS BY JOHN!!!! LANDING LOTS OF BODY SHOTS!!! YORDAN TAKES A STEP BACK AND LINES UP A FLUSH RIGHT TO THE FACE!! Great action fight. Yordan keeps plowing into John and leaning on him, using his shoulders a bit to try and slice up John's face. Borderline dirt tactics. BIG RIPPING RIGHT HAND AND LEFT HOOK COMBO BY JOHN WHILE LEANING BACK OUT OF THE PHONE-BOOTH! Yordan paws with his jab, trying to set up a big right hand. Big 3-2 combo by Yordan hits nothing but glove. YORDAN LANDS A LEFT HOOK FLUSH!!!! John stands up to it. John gets back to boxing on the outside, behind his jab. John is sliding his feet uncharacteristically straight back, not laterally. He might be hurt.

John flurries big to seal the round.

59-55 CJ

 

Round 7

Yordan is powering his way inside with a hard 1-2 stuck on an infinite loop. John is countering hard with right uppercuts and left hooks. John is caught with a right and wobbled off balance!! John circles wide out, but looks a bit unsteady!! Yordan keeps hammering in with his right hand, set up occasionally by a jab!! John tries to stand in and hook hard at Yordan to gain back some respect. John keeps running. Yordan jabs after him, and ducks down to take a John rabbit punch combo. Chris John is landing uppercuts backing up but has very little left on his punches. Big shots by Yordan coming forward, sloppy but effective!!


10-9 Yordan

68-65 John