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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Middle Finger (ranked 439 p4p, 592 weight class) and Gorgon Patriot (ranked 54 p4p, 66 weight class). Finger comes to the cage accompanied by Side to Side. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Middle Finger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gorgon Patriot!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patriot throws a nice inside leg kick.
Patriot fakes the leg kick and cracks Finger in the body.
Finger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Patriot jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Patriot fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Finger throws a looping overhand right but Patriot ducks down to avoid it.
Patriot waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Finger.
Finger throws a big shot that misses.
Patriot takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Patriot moves out of range of the strikes.
Finger moves into range and connects with a jab.
Patriot lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patriot moves away from the strike by Finger.
Patriot tries to score with a low kick but Finger moves his leg out of the way.
Finger cracks a nice hook into Patriot's ribs.
Finger throws a shot to the body.
Finger thows a left - swing and a miss!
Finger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Patriot can pounce on him.
Finger misses with an uppercut. Patriot saw that one coming.
Patriot lands a nice leg kick that just misses Finger's sensitive parts.
Finger throws a jab when Patriot was well out of range.
Middle Finger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Patriot was well out of range. Poor timing from Finger.
Finger moves out of range of the strikes.
Finger lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Gorgon Patriot has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Patriot catches Finger right on the button with a cross.
Finger looks to throw the jab but Patriot is out of range.
Patriot lands a nice hook to Finger's body. Finger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Finger connects with a body shot that sends Patriot's belly button to the back.
Finger throws a jab but it's blocked by Patriot.
Patriot connects with a jab.
Patriot swinging wildly here.
Finger looks to land a right hand but Patriot moved out of range.
Finger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Patriot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Patriot feints a counter leg kick.
Finger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patriot moves away.
Patriot staying out of range there.
Patriot ducks under a wild hook from Finger.
Finger throws an overhand right that lands on Patriot's shoulder, as Patriot tries to avoid the shot.
Good exchange - Patriot coming out on top.
An inside leg kick lands from Patriot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finger lands a nice looking body shot.
Patriot slips a straight right by Finger.
Patriot appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Finger misses with an uppercut. Patriot saw that one coming.
Finger throws an overhand right that lands on Patriot's shoulder, as Patriot tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Finger.
Finger misses the jab.
Patriot looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Finger 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Patriot throws a jab but it's blocked by Finger.
Finger blocks a head kick by Patriot.
Patriot scores with a leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Finger lands a jab to the nose.
Finger looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Finger throws a right hand that Patriot ducks under and follows up with a left that Patriot also avoids with ease.
Finger misses with a body shot.
Patriot feints a counter leg kick.
Patriot moves out of range of the strikes.
Patriot looks to land a body kick but Finger moved away.
Patriot lands with a thumping leg kick.
Finger looks to throw the jab but Patriot is out of range.
Finger throws out a loose jab but Patriot uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Finger 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Patriot moves out of range of the strikes.
Patriot has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Patriot!
Finger scores with a jab to the head.
Finger scores with a hook.
Patriot connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Finger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Finger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Patriot defending well as Finger loads up on a big left hand.
Patriot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finger misses with a left hand
and Patriot counters with a slapping leg kick.
Patriot defending well as Finger loads up on a big left hand.
Finger jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Finger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Patriot.
Finger throwing a counter right hand but Patriot manages to avoid it.
Finger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Patriot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Patriot.
Finger misses with an uppercut.
Finger lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The fighters circling - Finger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Patriot sizes up Finger with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Finger misses with a straight right.
A good leg kick by Patriot.
Finger lunges at Patriot with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Patriot's hand.
Patriot lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Finger throws a jab when Patriot was well out of range.
Finger is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Finger misses the jab.
Patriot ducks under a wild hook from Finger.
Patriot scores with a jab.
Patriot walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Finger checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Patriot works over Finger's head and body with a nice combination.
Finger 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patriot showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Finger.
Finger takes one on the button.
Patriot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patriot throws a quick inside leg kick.
Finger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Finger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Patriot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big right from Finger misses.
Patriot moves out of range as Finger strikes.
Finger throws a hook but Patriot blocks it.
Patriot throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Finger looks to throw the jab but Patriot is out of range.
Finger throws a lazy right hand but Patriot sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Patriot misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Finger.
An inside leg kick lands from Patriot.
Finger throws the left hand but Patriot avoids the punch easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Finger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Patriot moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Finger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Patriot.
Patriot stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Finger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Patriot.
Patriot lands a jab to the nose.
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 Middle Finger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gorgon Patriot's cut.
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.
Patriot throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice cross by Patriot.
Finger is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Finger throws a body punch but Patriot moves out of range.
Patriot takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Patriot with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Patriot throws a right hand that Finger ducks under and follows up with a left that Finger also avoids with ease.
Finger misses with a two punch combination.
Finger swings for the body but Patriot moves out of range.
Finger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Patriot. Patriot obviously looking to wear him down.
Patriot dips to his left and cracks Finger with an uppercut!
Patriot fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Finger has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Finger throws a big shot that misses.
Patriot fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Finger looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Finger misses the shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick from Patriot, right into the meat of the thigh.
Finger misses with a left hand
and Patriot cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Patriot moves out of range as Finger strikes.
Finger takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Patriot lands with an overhand left.
Patriot lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jab by Patriot.
Patriot lands a really nice looking cross but Finger seems unphased.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Patriot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Finger walks into a jab.
Finger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Patriot moves into range and connects with a jab.
Finger throws a hook but Patriot blocks it.
Patriot ducks under a wild hook from Finger.
Finger takes one to the chin there.
Finger closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fighters circling - Finger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Patriot cracks Finger with an open hand slap.
Gorgon Patriot seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Patriot with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Finger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Finger misses with a hook
and Patriot counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patriot lands a jab to the head.
Finger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Finger looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Patriot throws out a leg kick but Finger moves out of range and Patriot only half commits.
Finger misses with a straight left.
Nice shot by Patriot.
Finger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Patriot.
Finger just misses with a punch to the body.
Patriot walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Patriot.
Finger throws an overhand right that lands on Patriot's shoulder, as Patriot tries to avoid the shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Patriot.
Finger connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patriot's hands.
Finger misses with an uppercut. Patriot saw that one coming.
Finger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Patriot looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Finger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Patriot.
Finger lands with an uppercut that bounces Patriot off the cage and back into range.
Nice jab there from Finger.
Finger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Patriot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Patriot.
Patriot dips to his left and cracks Finger with an uppercut!
Patriot lands with a straight right. Finger didn't see that one coming.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Patriot in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Patriot connects with a jab.
Finger throws a hook but Patriot blocks it.
Patriot thuds his right hand into Finger's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Patriot lands with a kick to the ribs.
Patriot cracks Finger with an open hand slap.
Patriot defending well as Finger loads up on a big left hand.
Finger connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Patriot. That's going to slow Finger down.
The fighters circling - Finger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Finger throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Patriot keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Finger.
Finger throws an overhand right that lands on Patriot's shoulder, as Patriot tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circling - Finger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A countering left hand to the body from Patriot misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Patriot.
Finger looks to land a left hand but Patriot moved out of range nicely.
Patriot lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Finger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Finger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Finger is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Patriot ducks under a wild hook from Finger.
Patriot throws the left hand but Finger avoids the punch easily.
Patriot with a hook.
Finger gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Finger scores with the left hand. Patriot knows he should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patriot with a nice cross.
Patriot defending well as Finger loads up on a big left hand.
Patriot is trying to counter with his kicks.
Patriot 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.
Finger takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Patriot closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patriot lands a nice looking body shot.
Patriot misses with a few strikes there.
Patriot throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Finger's head.
Patriot throws a leg kick but Finger moved away.
Finger misses with an uppercut. Patriot saw that one coming.
Patriot connects with a solid leg kick.
Patriot connects with a nice looking jab.
Patriot fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Finger checks it well.
Finger misses with a looping left.
Patriot misses with a few strikes there.
Patriot jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Patriot works Finger's body with a nice hook.
A jab from Patriot misses.
Finger blocks a jab.
Finger throws an overhand right that lands on Patriot's shoulder, as Patriot tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Patriot swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finger connects with a body shot that sends Patriot's belly button to the back.
Patriot throws out a loose jab but Finger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finger feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Patriots jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Patriot scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gorgon Patriot showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gorgon Patriot's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Finger misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Patriot.
Patriot fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Finger lands a lovely overhand right.
Finger throws a right hand that misses
and Patriot counters with a slapping leg kick.
Patriot looks to land a body kick but Finger moved away.
It looked like Finger was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Patriot.
Finger walks into a stiff left hand from Patriot.
Finger lands with a shot to the body.
Patriot scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Finger doesn't seem bothered though.
Finger connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patriot's hands.
Finger walks into a stiff left hand from Patriot.
A lazy left from Patriot finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finger walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Finger takes one to the side of the head.
Finger on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Patriot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Patriot slips a straight right by Finger.
Patriot flicks out a counter leg kick but Finger steps away.
A jab lands there for Patriot.
Finger throws a jab but it's blocked by Patriot.
Finger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Patriot counters with a left to the body.
Patriot looks to throw the jab but Finger is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finger swings for the body but Patriot moves out of range.
Patriot lands with an uppercut that bounces Finger off the cage and back into range.
Patriot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finger.
A slow jab from Finger misses its intended target.
Finger misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Finger misses the target.
Finger throws a big shot that misses.
Finger misses the jab.
Finger looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Finger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Patriot scores with a three punch combo!
Finger misses with a looping left.
Finger lands a jab to Patriot's midsection.
Patriot gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Patriot misses.
Finger with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Patriot to score with a decent uppercut.
Patriot lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Patriot throws a sloppy head kick and Finger moves out of range easily.
Nice defenses there by Finger.
Finger takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finger throws the left hand but Patriot avoids the punch easily.
Finger misses with a hook.
Patriot scores with a spinning back kick!
Finger throws an overhand right that lands on Patriot's shoulder, as Patriot tries to avoid the shot.
Patriot is looking to score with low kicks.
Finger swings for the body but Patriot moves out of range.
Finger misses with a body shot.
A jab from Patriot misses.
Finger throws a hook but Patriot avoids it easily.
Finger thows a left - swing and a miss!
Finger takes one to the chin there.
Finger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Patriot tests Finger's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Finger throws out a loose jab but Patriot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patriot lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Patriot with a jab.
Finger looks to land a left hand but Patriot moved out of range nicely.
Finger misses with a shot to the body
and Patriot counters with a nice uppercut.
Patriot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Finger.
Patriot lands with an uppercut that bounces Finger off the cage and back into range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot scores with a decent looking hook.
Finger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Finger takes a swing at Patriot's ribcage but misses.
Patriot scores with a head kick. Finger tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Patriot has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Finger ducks under a wild hook from Patriot.
Patriot looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Patriot lands a high kick!
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Finger might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Finger takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Patriot fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Patriot scores with a nice head shot.
Patriot is looking to slow Finger down with leg kicks.
A swing and a miss from Patriot.
Finger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Finger throws a looping overhand right but Patriot ducks down to avoid 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!
Patriot slips under a jab from Finger.
Finger looks to land a right hand but Patriot moved out of range.
Finger walks into a straight right hand from Patriot.
Patriot throws the left hand but Finger avoids the punch easily.
Finger misses the jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Patriot darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Patriot lunges at Finger with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Finger's hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Patriot.
Finger misses with an uppercut. Patriot saw that one coming.
Finger on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Finger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Patriot.
Patriot takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Patriot bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Patriot swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Finger throws a looping overhand right but Patriot ducks down to avoid it.
Finger misses with a wild body shot.
Patriot fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Patriot uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Finger.
Finger connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patriot's hands.
Finger throws an off balance right hand
and Patriot counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Finger tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Patriot wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patriot slips under a jab from Finger.
Patriot slips under a jab from Finger.
Patriot is looking for the big counter here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Patriot.
Finger drops his hands momentarily and Patriot takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Finger misses with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gorgon Patriot comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Patriot has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gorgon Patriot!
During a confident post fight interview, Gorgon Patriot thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Middle Finger spoke after the fight, saying 'I blame my Sponsors for this loss, fuck em!'.
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