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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Liebling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Macdonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
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175 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Liebling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrew Macdonald!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liebling is looking to score with low kicks.
Liebling darts in and clinches Macdonald up against the cage.
Liebling fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Liebling looking to stall.
Macdonald with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Macdonald is trying to break free.
Liebling leaning his opponent against the cage.
Liebling ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Liebling no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Macdonald showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Liebling looking for a guillotine here but Macdonald defends easily.
Liebling had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Macdonald is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Liebling Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Macdonald's back instead.
Liebling has the hooks in. Macdonald is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Liebling is trying to stick to Macdonald's back but Macdonald is turning into Liebling. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Liebling's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Macdonald.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macdonald preventing the sweep.
Liebling has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Macdonald is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Liebling.
Liebling wants to control but Macdonald postures up.
Liebling is trying to improve his position.
Macdonald is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Liebling has escaped the position, nice work there.
Liebling manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Liebling missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Liebling seems to be looking for submissions.
Liebling is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Macdonald defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Macdonald is trying to stand back up but Liebling is controlling him
Macdonald is doing well to control the position and prevent Liebling from advancing to side control.
Macdonald wants to get back to his feet.
Liebling is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Liebling looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Macdonald moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macdonald controls Liebling momentarily but Liebling frees himself.
Liebling trying to control but Macdonald is working from the bottom.
Macdonald manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Macdonald gets caught flat footed, as Liebling shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Macdonald working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Liebling.
Liebling stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Macdonald swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liebling trying to control the position from guard on top but Macdonald is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Macdonald is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Liebling is controlling him.
Macdonald looking for a sweep. Not yet Macdonald, not yet.
Liebling trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Macdonald keeping moving, preventing Liebling from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Macdonald fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Liebling has closed the distance and engaged Macdonald in a clinch.
Macdonald tries to land knees in the clinch but Liebling avoids the damage to the body.
Liebling displaying some good clinch control by pressing Macdonald up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Liebling dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Liebling tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Macdonald checks a low kick from Liebling.
Liebling avoids the head kick by Macdonald.
Macdonald throws a sloppy head kick and Liebling moves out of range easily.
Macdonald misses with a low kick.
Macdonald lands a nice leg kick that just misses Liebling's sensitive parts.
Macdonald looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Macdonald attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Macdonald tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Liebling decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Macdonald's guard.
Liebling drops back looking for a leg! Macdonald is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Macdonald manages to kick Liebling off! Liebling jumps back into Macdonald's guard.
Liebling is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Liebling stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Macdonald swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liebling pushes down on Macdonald's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Macdonald moves into full guard.
Liebling with a flurry of punches that miss.
Liebling throwing strikes from guard but Macdonald blocks nicely.
Liebling with a flurry of punches that miss.
Liebling prevents Macdonald from getting back to his feet.
Liebling preventing the sweep.
Liebling slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Liebling is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Macdonald has escaped the position, nice work there.
Macdonald prevents Liebling from moving into mount.
Liebling tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Liebling has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Liebling working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Liebling is trying to get an arm triangle but Macdonald is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macdonald is trying to control Liebling's posture but Liebling avoids it.
Macdonald sneaks back into half guard.
Liebling is trying to control the action in half guard but Macdonald is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Macdonald wants to get back to his feet.
Liebling is trying to work for a kimura but Macdonald is defending well.
Liebling wants to pass to mount but Macdonald is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Liebling is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Liebling wants to pass to mount but Macdonald is defending the position.
Liebling controlling the pace.
Macdonald kicks off Liebling and gets to his feet.
No luck for Liebling with that takedown attempt.
Macdonald wants to clinch up but Liebling keeps it at a distance.
Macdonald throws a sloppy head kick and Liebling moves out of range easily.
Liebling shoots in looking for a takedown. Macdonald tries to sprawl out of it but Liebling keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Macdonald manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
An inside leg kick lands from Macdonald.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Johnny Liebling will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Macdonald misses with an attempted mid kick.
Liebling misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Liebling fails with the takedown.
Macdonald throws the kick towards the body but Liebling avoids it.
Macdonald is looking to slow Liebling down with leg kicks.
Macdonald clinches but Liebling breaks the clinch
and Liebling counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Macdonald's guard now.
Liebling stops Macdonald from standing up.
Macdonald keeping full guard, as Liebling tries to pass.
Liebling drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Liebling jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Macdonald keeping moving, preventing Liebling from controlling successfully.
Liebling is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liebling missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Macdonald wants to stand but Liebling is controlling the position.
Macdonald is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Johnny Liebling overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Liebling avoids the head kick by Macdonald.
Macdonald checks a leg kick nicely.
Liebling wants to clinch up but Macdonald keeps it at a distance.
A low kick from Liebling misses
and Macdonald counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Liebling moves into range and clinches up with Macdonald.
Liebling is looking to control Macdonald's arms but Macdonald gets an underhook and turns him. Now Liebling has his back to the cage.
Macdonald misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liebling.
Macdonald misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Macdonald looking to stall.
Andrew Macdonald has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Liebling is looking to control Macdonald's arms but Macdonald gets an underhook and turns him. Now Liebling has his back to the cage.
Liebling holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johnny Liebling.
Some wild striking there from Macdonald.
Macdonald wants to clinch up but Liebling keeps it at a distance.
Macdonald scoring well with a low kick there.
Liebling looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Liebling is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Macdonald is trying to stand up here but Liebling is controlling him well.
Liebling is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Liebling is trying to work for a kimura but Macdonald is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liebling seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Macdonald does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Macdonald trying to hold on to Liebling's head to control him but Liebling postures up.
Macdonald keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Liebling is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Liebling throws a leg kick but Macdonald moved away.
Macdonald lands a head kick!
Macdonald swats away the attempt to clinch by Liebling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nice takedown defense from Macdonald. No joy for Liebling on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Liebling. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Macdonald connects with a high kick.
Liebling throws a leg kick but Macdonald checks it.
Macdonald misses with a wild body shot.
Liebling changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Macdonald tries to avoid it but Liebling manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Macdonald to the ground. Macdonald escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Macdonald throws a right and a left that Liebling avoids nicely.
Liebling forces Macdonald back against the cage and clinches.
Macdonald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liebling blocking some punches.
Liebling blocking some punches.
Liebling is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Macdonald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Macdonald goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Liebling avoiding damage.
Liebling tries to stall but Macdonald uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Liebling drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Macdonald is pressed up against the cage. Liebling has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Macdonald down to the mat. Macdonald avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Johnny Liebling is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Liebling tries to score with a low kick but Macdonald moves his leg out of the way.
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 Johnny Liebling.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Liebling, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Liebling!
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energy
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FIGHT
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