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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Oganeditse Gaolathe (ranked 1869 p4p, 3119 weight class) and Jo Chewy (ranked 103 p4p, 158 weight class). Gaolathe comes to the cage accompanied by Rema Afrika- Phologolo. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oganeditse Gaolathe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jo Chewy!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Gaolathe
and Chewy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Gaolathe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chewy scores with a jab to the head.
Chewy slips a straight right by Gaolathe.
A little jabbing left from Chewy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chewy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oganeditse Gaolathe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chewy slips a straight right by Gaolathe.
It seemed like Chewy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gaolathe misses with a looping right.
Gaolathe scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gaolathe throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chewy.
Chewy avoids the head kick by Gaolathe.
A jab from Chewy does it's job there.
Chewy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
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!
Gaolathe looks to score with a jab to the body but Chewy is just out of range.
Gaolathe tries to bum rush Chewy with a series of wild strikes but Chewy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gaolathe blocks a jab.
Gaolathe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chewy momentarily.
Nice defenses there by Gaolathe.
Gaolathe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaolathe lands with a shot to the body.
Gaolathe paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gaolathe misses with a two punch combination.
A nice side step and Chewy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gaolathe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chewy was well out of range. Poor timing from Gaolathe.
Chewy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gaolathe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chewy.
A head kick misses from Gaolathe.
Gaolathe lands a jab to the head.
Chewy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Gaolathe 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chewy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gaolathe.
Gaolathe misses with a right hand
and Chewy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gaolathe thinking.
Chewy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chewy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gaolathe lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gaolathe throws a lazy right hand but Chewy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gaolathe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaolathe misses with a left hand
and Chewy counters with a right hand to the body.
Gaolathe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gaolathe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chewy moves away.
A little jabbing left from Chewy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chewy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Chewy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gaolathe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gaolathe misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gaolathe. Chewy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chewy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Chewy looks to score with a jab to the body but Gaolathe is just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Gaolathe.
Chewy lands with a shot to the body.
Gaolathe throws a shot from downtown. Chewy moves away and avoids it.
Gaolathe misses the jab.
Chewy lands a glancing blow to the side of Gaolathe's head.
Gaolathe throws a quick inside leg kick.
Chewy moves away from the strike by Gaolathe.
Chewy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gaolathe with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaolathe stuns Chewy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gaolathe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A swing and a miss from Gaolathe.
Gaolathe tries to score with a low kick but Chewy moves his leg out of the way.
Gaolathe throws a lazy uppercut
and Chewy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gaolathe looks to land a left hand but Chewy moved out of range nicely.
Chewy wants to counter the offense by Gaolathe and move into the clinch position.
Gaolathe throws an off balance right hand
and Chewy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chewy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gaolathe.
Gaolathe throws a body shot but no joy.
A good leg kick by Gaolathe.
Gaolathe misses with a low kick as Chewy jumps back.
Gaolathe slips under a jab from Chewy.
Chewy scores with a punch to the head.
Chewy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gaolathe on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chewy misses with a double jab.
Chewy cracks Gaolathe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chewy wants to clinch.
Gaolathe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chewy is able to avoid easily.
Chewy throws a jab when Gaolathe was well out of range.
Chewy just misses with a punch to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Chewy scores with a four punch combination!
Chewy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gaolathe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gaolathe connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Chewy thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chewy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chewy throws a hook but Gaolathe blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Gaolathe on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Chewy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gaolathe. Gaolathe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Chewy slips under a jab from Gaolathe.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Oganeditse Gaolathe will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gaolathe throws a body shot but no joy.
Oganeditse Gaolathe is winning the standup battle so far.
Gaolathe throws a right hand that misses
and Chewy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chewy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chewy lands a jab.
Chewy thuds a left hand into Gaolathe's body.
Gaolathe throws the left hand but Chewy avoids the punch easily.
Gaolathe throws a chopping leg kick but Chewy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Chewy has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
The crowd cheers as Chewy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gaolathe doesn't seem phased though.
Chewy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gaolathe moves away.
Chewy thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaolathe takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gaolathe thows a leg kick but Chewy checks it
and Chewy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A jab from Chewy finds it's way through Gaolathe's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gaolathe is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gaolathe misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaolathe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chewy throws out a counter right but Gaolathe avoids it with no problem.
Chewy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gaolathe throws the left hand but Chewy avoids the punch easily.
Chewy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Chewy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chewy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gaolathe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chewy momentarily.
Chewy throws a jab when Gaolathe was well out of range.
Chewy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Chewy staying out of range there.
Gaolathe lands with an uppercut that bounces Chewy off the cage and back into range.
Chewy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gaolathe.
Chewy lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chewy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gaolathe throws a head kick that misses.
Chewy swings for the body but Gaolathe moves out of range.
Gaolathe was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaolathe looks to land a right hand but Chewy moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chewy! But no joy.
Gaolathe thuds a left hand into Chewy's body.
A big left from Chewy misses.
Chewy throws a jab when Gaolathe was well out of range.
Gaolathe on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gaolathe lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gaolathe throws a hook but Chewy avoids it easily.
Chewy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gaolathe.
Gaolathe misses with a body kick.
Chewy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Chewy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gaolathe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gaolathe tries to land a front kick but Chewy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Chewy walks into a left hand.
Chewy lands a jab to the head.
Chewy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaolathe misses with a kick to the body.
Gaolathe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chewy misses with a body shot.
Gaolathe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gaolathe swings for the body but Chewy moves out of range.
Chewy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gaolathe was well out of range. Poor timing from Chewy.
Gaolathe appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Chewy throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Gaolathe wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Chewy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gaolathe throws out the jab.
Chewy scores with a nice right hand.
Chewy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gaolathe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gaolathe throws a predictable looking body shot
and Chewy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chewy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gaolathe.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chewy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chewy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gaolathe moves away.
Gaolathe throws an overhand right that lands on Chewy's shoulder, as Chewy tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chewy looks to land a left hand but Gaolathe moved out of range nicely.
A big left from Gaolathe misses.
Gaolathe looks to land a right hand but Chewy moved out of range.
It seemed like Chewy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gaolathe defending well as Chewy loads up on a big left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaolathe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
No joy there for Chewy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gaolathe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chewy staying out of range there.
Gaolathe misses the jab.
Gaolathe thumps Chewy with a low kick.
Chewy checks a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Chewy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gaolathe thumps Chewy with a low kick.
Gaolathe lands a head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chewy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Chewy moves away from the strike by Gaolathe.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jo Chewy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Gaolathe moves out of range of the strikes.
Gaolathe throws an overhand right that lands on Chewy's shoulder, as Chewy tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chewy. Gaolathe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chewy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gaolathe.
Chewy misses with a straight right.
Chewy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gaolathe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gaolathe avoids the body shot from Chewy.
It looked like Gaolathe wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gaolathe lands a jab to the head.
Gaolathe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gaolathe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaolathe throws a jab but it's blocked by Chewy.
Gaolathe throws a nice inside leg kick.
Chewy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chewy takes one to the chin there.
A telegraphed right hand from Gaolathe misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chewy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gaolathe. Gaolathe obviously looking to wear him down.
Chewy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A bone on bone clash there as Chewy blocks the leg kick.
Gaolathe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chewy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Chewy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gaolathe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chewy.
Chewy cracks Gaolathe with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gaolathe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chewy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chewy connects with a body shot that sends Gaolathe's belly button to the back.
Chewy moves out of range as Gaolathe strikes.
Chewy lands a jab to Gaolathe's midsection.
Gaolathe misses with a looping left.
Gaolathe looks to land a right hand but Chewy moved out of range.
Chewy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gaolathe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gaolathe throws a poor cross that misses
and Gaolathe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaolathe blocks a jab.
Gaolathe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chewy throws out the jab.
Chewy dodges the punch combination from Gaolathe.
Chewy throws out a loose jab but Gaolathe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gaolathe throws a lazy right hand but Chewy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from Chewy.
Chewy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chewy throws a body punch but Gaolathe moves out of range.
Gaolathe tries to work over Chewy's front leg with a kick but Chewy checks it.
Chewy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gaolathe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chewy.
Chewy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gaolathe with a body shot.
Gaolathe misses the jab.
Chewy throws a hook but Gaolathe blocks it.
Gaolathe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chewy.
Gaolathe misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaolathe slips under a jab.
Chewy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chewy misses with a looping left.
Chewy throws a looping overhand right but Gaolathe ducks down to avoid it.
Chewy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gaolathe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chewy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Gaolathe. Those never looked like landing.
Gaolathe lands with an uppercut that bounces Chewy off the cage and back into range.
Chewy missing with a left hand there. Gaolathe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gaolathe went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Gaolathe slips a jab from Chewy.
Chewy loads up on a big right hand but Gaolathe slips the punch.
Gaolathe misses with a body punch
enabling Chewy to counter with a crisp jab.
Gaolathe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chewy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaolathe with a nice calf kick.
Chewy scores with a nice strike.
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!
Gaolathe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chewy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chewy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gaolathe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gaolathe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chewy.
Chewy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Gaolathe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chewy swings for the body but Gaolathe moves out of range.
Chewy slips a jab from Gaolathe.
A nice side step and Chewy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gaolathe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gaolathe misses with a body shot.
Gaolathe scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gaolathe wants to land a leg kick but Chewy is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Oganeditse Gaolathe.
Well Gaolathe 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Oganeditse Gaolathe!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Oganeditse Gaolathe!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Jo Chewy!
Oganeditse Gaolathe wins by split decision!
Oganeditse Gaolathe decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Jo Chewy was interviewed post fight and said '98 IQ'.
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