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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Saville (ranked 6415 p4p, 6129 weight class) and Vlad Tabares (ranked 708 p4p, 692 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Saville!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vlad Tabares!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tabares throws a lazy uppercut
and Saville moves into the clinch.
Saville fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Saville breaks the clinch.
Saville showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tabares.
Tabares misses with a wild combination.
Tabares tries to bum rush Saville with a series of wild strikes but Saville uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Tabares. Those never looked like landing.
No luck for Saville with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Tabares does no damage.
Saville appears to be looking for a big counter.
Saville shoots and misses
and Tabares counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Saville. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saville is looking to clinch but Tabares is avoiding it.
Tabares doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Some wild striking there from Tabares.
Tabares looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saville fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tabares throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tabares looks to score with a jab to the body but Saville is just out of range.
Saville appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Tabares throws a nice looking combination but Saville bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Saville misses the target.
A jab from Tabares misses.
Saville moves out of range of the strikes.
Tabares fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tabares scores with a crisp jab that stopped Saville in his tracks.
Tabares misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Saville slips a jab and a cross from Tabares.
Tabares tries to bum rush Saville with a series of wild strikes but Saville uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Saville showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tabares.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saville moves out of range of the strikes.
Saville closes the distance and clinches up with Tabares, looking for a takedown. Saville pushes Tabares against the cage but Tabares circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Saville gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Saville drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tabares gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tabares blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saville misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saville breaks the clinch.
Tabares swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tabares misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saville ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saville staying out of range there.
Saville tries to counter with a takedown but Tabares is quick to defend against it.
Tabares throws a right and a left that both miss.
Saville is looking to counter the offense by Tabares and move into the clinch.
Saville tries to clinch there but Tabares circles away.
Saville throws a head kick but Tabares moves out of range.
Tabares misses with a wild body shot.
Saville wants to clinch
and Tabares counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Saville misses with a two punch combination.
Saville throws a leg kick but Tabares sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Saville shoots in for a double leg but Tabares sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
As Saville backs off Tabares throws a huge counter combo but Saville manages to avoid it all.
Saville takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tabares swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Saville connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tabares fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tabares throws a lazy right hand but Saville sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saville throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tabares misses with a double jab.
Saville fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saville tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tabares manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tabares misses with a hook.
Saville has a takedown stuffed.
Tabares throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tabares avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tabares is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Vlad Tabares is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Saville tries to clinch there but Tabares circles away.
Saville moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice combination there by Tabares.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vlad Tabares dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tabares will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jimmy Saville is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tabares tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saville was well out of range. Poor timing from Tabares.
Tabares missing with a left hand there. Saville was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tabares swats away the attempt to clinch by Saville.
Saville throws a body punch but Tabares moves out of range.
Tabares throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Saville fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tabares manages to avoid it.
Tabares looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tabares displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Saville.
A little jabbing left from Tabares on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tabares looks to land a right hand but Saville moved out of range.
Vlad Tabares seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Saville instigates a clinch.
Tabares is pressed up against the cage. Saville has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tabares down to the mat. Tabares avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tabares cracks a nice hook into Saville's ribs.
Tabares swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saville is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Tabares.
A jab from Tabares misses.
Saville staying out of range there.
Saville ducks under a wild hook from Tabares.
Saville shoots in and drives through. Tabares sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Saville. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saville is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Tabares misses.
Tabares has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tabares scores with the left hand. Saville knows he should have avoided that one.
Saville fails with a takedown attempt.
Tabares will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tabares misses with a hook to the body
and Saville counters with a series of strikes. Tabares will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tabares ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saville moves away.
No luck for Saville with that takedown attempt.
Tabares is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Saville wants to clinch
and Tabares counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saville shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tabares sprawls well. Tabares wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Saville gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tabares throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Saville fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tabares.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tabares misses the jab.
Tabares lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tabares scores with the left hand. Saville knows he should have avoided that one.
Saville fails to land the takedown.
Tabares stuffs the takedown attempt from Saville. Saville gets slowly back to his feet.
Saville fails with a takedown attempt.
Saville will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Saville takes one to the side of the head.
Tabares throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saville throws a big counter combination but Tabares scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Tabares's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tabares duly obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tabares misses with an uppercut. Saville saw that one coming.
A punch combination from Tabares misses.
Saville throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tabares throws a right hand that Saville ducks under and follows up with a left that Saville also avoids with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saville shoots for a takedown but Tabares saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tabares tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saville was well out of range. Poor timing from Tabares.
Tabares throws the left hand but Saville avoids the punch easily.
Tabares misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tabares misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Tabares misses.
Saville tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tabares counters with a straight right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vlad Tabares showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Saville moves out of range of the strikes.
Tabares fails to land with a series of punches.
Saville has managed to clinch.
Saville looking to slow down the pace here.
Tabares breaks the clinch.
Tabares avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tabares throws an off balance right hand
and Saville counters with a one-two to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saville fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Saville shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tabares as he jumps to the side.
Saville is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tabares sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Saville. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saville slips a jab from Tabares.
Nice cross by Tabares.
Tabares will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Saville tries to counter by clinching up but Tabares breaks away and moves out of range.
Tabares misses with a wild body shot.
Tabares throws a right and a left that Saville avoids nicely.
Tabares waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saville.
Saville has managed to clinch.
Tabares breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tabares throws a right and a left that both miss.
A left and a right from Tabares both land. Nice combination.
Tabares circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tabares throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tabares looks to land a combination. Saville sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saville tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tabares swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tabares misses with a hook
enabling Saville to counter with a crisp jab.
Saville swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tabares throws a right hand that Saville ducks under and follows up with a left that Saville also avoids with ease.
Saville seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Tabares blocks a leg kick.
Tabares darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Saville throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tabares's waist but Tabares gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Saville off to one side.
It seemed like Tabares was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tabares swings for the body but Saville moves out of range.
Saville throws a big counter combination but Tabares scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Tabares defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Saville.
Tabares swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Saville throws a head kick but Tabares moves out of range.
Tabares jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tabares swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tabares scores with a nice right hand.
Saville misses with a looping left.
Tabares throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tabares looks to throw the jab but Saville is out of range.
Saville tries to close the distance and clinch but Tabares swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tabares misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Saville tries for a takedown but Tabares sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tabares scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Saville looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tabares throws a jab but it's blocked by Saville.
Some wild striking there from Tabares.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tabares scores with a hook to the body. Saville takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tabares swings for the body but Saville moves out of range.
Saville pushes Tabares up against the cage in a clinch.
Tabares breaks from the clinch.
Tabares misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tabares lands a jab-cross combination.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Saville. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Tabares leaves Saville with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jimmy Saville has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tabares will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vlad Tabares comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tabares winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vlad Tabares!
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energy
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RATING
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