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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bovo Taskerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Tartaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bovo Taskerson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mark Tartaro's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bovo Taskerson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Tartaro!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taskerson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taskerson tries to clinch there but Tartaro circles away.
Tartaro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taskerson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Taskerson moves into the clinch.
Taskerson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tartaro in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Taskerson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Taskerson scores a nice knee to the body.
Taskerson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tartaro looks gassed!
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!
Tartaro swings wildly with an uppercut but Taskerson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A knee to the head by Taskerson.
Taskerson just leaning against Tartaro, taking a breather.
Taskerson landing knees to the head.
Tartaro is rocked!
Taskerson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tartaro is still on wobbly legs! Can Taskerson finish him?
Taskerson lands an elbow inside that Tartaro shrugs off.
Taskerson prevents the takedown attempt.
Taskerson scores with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Taskerson for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Tartaro seems to have recovered his senses.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taskerson drops Tartaro with a big knee straight up the middle! Tartaro is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Taskerson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tartaro, pushing him back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tartaro.
Taskerson is struggling to control the position.
Taskerson with a knee to the head.
Taskerson prevents a takedown attempt there.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Taskerson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tartaro backwards.
Tartaro throws a punch but it's blocked by Taskerson.
Taskerson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Taskerson taking a breather.
Taskerson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow.
Taskerson lands a good knee to the midsection. Tartaro won't want to take too many of those.
Taskerson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Taskerson lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Taskerson.
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!
Taskerson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tartaro's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tartaro tries to break the clinch but Taskerson is controlling the position.
Taskerson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Taskerson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Taskerson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tartaro's defenses.
Tartaro tries to break free but Taskerson pushes him back against the ropes.
Taskerson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Taskerson.
Taskerson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tartaro fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bovo Taskerson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Tartaro.
Taskerson lands a knee to the body.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head.
Tartaro tries to land knees in the clinch but Taskerson avoids the damage to the body.
Taskerson lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Taskerson.
Taskerson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tartaro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tartaro wants to break free but Taskerson has control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Taskerson.
Tartaro wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taskerson has him pressed against the ropes.
Taskerson with a knee to the head.
Tartaro is trying to break free.
Tartaro tries to pull guard but Taskerson holds him up against the ropes and eventually Tartaro drops back down to his feet.
Taskerson lands an elbow just above Tartaro 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bovo Taskerson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tartaro connects with a body shot.
Taskerson dodges the punch combination from Tartaro.
Taskerson checks the leg kick.
Tartaro tries to bum rush Taskerson with a series of wild strikes but Taskerson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taskerson tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Tartaro to counter with a crisp jab.
Bovo Taskerson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taskerson tries to clinch up but Tartaro circles away and keeps his distance.
Taskerson wants to clinch but Tartaro slips to the side
and Tartaro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Taskerson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tartaro counters with a left to the body.
Tartaro lands with a nice body punch.
Tartaro shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tartaro stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taskerson is looking to clinch but Tartaro is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taskerson dodges the punch combination from Tartaro.
Taskerson tries to clinch
and Tartaro counters with a left to the body.
Taskerson tries to clinch
and Tartaro counters with a nice body shot.
Taskerson closes the distance but Tartaro moves to the side
and Tartaro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tartaro shoots in but no luck this time.
Taskerson tries to clinch
and Taskerson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tartaro shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Tartaro lands with a punch from half guard.
Tartaro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tartaro not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tartaro lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Taskerson is looking to escape.
Tartaro decides to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tartaro swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bovo Taskerson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tartaro scores with a three punch combo!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tartaro lands a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Tartaro 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.
Tartaro lets loose with a powerful body kick. Taskerson will feel that in the morning.
Tartaro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Taskerson wants to clinch
and Tartaro counters with a one-two to the body.
Tartaro fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Taskerson is out of range.
Tartaro does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Tartaro misses with an uppercut.
Taskerson clinches up with Tartaro and pushes him back against the ropes.
Taskerson lands a good knee to the midsection. Tartaro won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Taskerson obliges.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Taskerson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Taskerson lands an elbow inside that Tartaro shrugs off.
Taskerson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tartaro fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Taskerson landing knees to the body.
Taskerson connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taskerson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taskerson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Taskerson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Taskerson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tartaro is trying to break the clinch but Taskerson is controlling him.
Taskerson lands an elbow just above Tartaro 's eye.
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Tartaro in his tracks for a moment.
Taskerson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bovo Taskerson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow.
Taskerson looking to throw knees to the head but Tartaro is blocking nicely.
Tartaro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tartaro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tartaro lands with a left to the head.
Taskerson looking to throw knees to the head but Tartaro is blocking nicely.
Tartaro is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Taskerson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tartaro is trying to break free.
Taskerson misses with a knee to the head.
Tartaro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tartaro working hard to break the clinch.
Tartaro is trying to break the clinch but Taskerson is controlling him.
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Taskerson working Tartaro over with knees to the body.
Tartaro trying to stall but Taskerson improves his position.
Tartaro wants a takedown.
Bovo Taskerson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Tartaro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taskerson pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Taskerson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tartaro wants to break free but Taskerson has control.
Tartaro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taskerson scores a nice knee to the body.
Taskerson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Taskerson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tartaro avoids it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Taskerson.
Tartaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taskerson blocks a head kick by Tartaro.
Taskerson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tartaro counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taskerson tries to clinch
and Tartaro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tartaro dives in and grabs Taskerson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Taskerson pushes down on Tartaro's head and hops out.
Mark Tartaro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taskerson tries to clinch but Tartaro is having none of it.
Tartaro drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bovo Taskerson clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Taskerson tries to clinch up.
Tartaro looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Taskerson is fending him off so far but Tartaro persists. Nope, Taskerson circles away and we're back to standing.
Taskerson wants to clinch but Tartaro slips to the side
letting Tartaro counter with a right hand.
Taskerson tries to clinch
and Tartaro counters with a low kick, right behind Taskerson 's knee.
Taskerson is looking to clinch but Tartaro is avoiding it.
Taskerson tries to clinch up.
Tartaro tries to score a power double leg takedown but Taskerson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Tartaro somewhat.
Taskerson tries to clinch but Tartaro moves away
and Tartaro makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tartaro misses with a wild combination.
Taskerson tries to clinch but Tartaro moves away
and Tartaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tartaro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Taskerson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taskerson closes the distance and clinches.
Tartaro takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tartaro.
Taskerson crunches a lovely knee into Tartaro's ribcage.
Taskerson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tartaro up against the ropes.
Taskerson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tartaro's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taskerson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Taskerson gets underhooks to prevent Tartaro's takedown attempt.
Bovo Taskerson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Tartaro.
Taskerson lands an elbow inside that Tartaro shrugs off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taskerson. Tartaro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tartaro fails to land with a series of punches.
Taskerson doesn't manage to clinch there - Tartaro circles away.
Taskerson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tartaro shoots for a double leg takedown but Taskerson sprawls well. He's pushed Tartaro's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Taskerson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tartaro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tartaro has had enough of the clinch but Taskerson keeps him there for the moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Taskerson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Taskerson.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Taskerson.
Tartaro takes an elbow to the temple.
Taskerson misses with some punches.
Taskerson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tartaro is trying to force a seperation but Taskerson has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tartaro tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Taskerson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tartaro's face.
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tartaro working hard to break the clinch.
Tartaro turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Tartaro manages to end up in side control.
Taskerson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Taskerson parries the strikes from Tartaro easily there. Tartaro is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Taskerson to escape.
Tartaro works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Taskerson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Tartaro misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Bovo Taskerson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Taskerson clinches with his opponent.
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Tartaro in his tracks for a moment.
Taskerson with a knee to the head.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Taskerson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Tartaro in his tracks for a moment.
Tartaro wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taskerson has him pressed against the ropes.
Tartaro wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taskerson has him pressed against the ropes.
Taskerson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tartaro up against the ropes.
Tartaro changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Taskerson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Taskerson walks into a stiff left hand from Tartaro.
Nice sprawl there from Taskerson as Tartaro shoots in.
Bovo Taskerson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Tartaro.
Taskerson is looking to clinch.
Taskerson gets a clinch.
Taskerson lands a damaging elbow.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Tartaro is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taskerson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Taskerson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Taskerson is stalling here.
Taskerson crunches a lovely knee into Tartaro's ribcage.
Taskerson lands an elbow just above Tartaro 's eye.
Taskerson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Taskerson scores a nice knee to the body.
Tartaro working hard to break the clinch.
Taskerson lands a good knee to the midsection. Tartaro won't want to take too many of those.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tartaro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taskerson lands an elbow inside.
Taskerson misses with an elbow over the top.
Tartaro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taskerson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tartaro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tartaro feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Taskerson's calf.
No joy there for Tartaro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tartaro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taskerson needs to keep his hands up - Tartaro had a free shot at his head there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taskerson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taskerson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Taskerson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tartaro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tartaro scores with a nice strike.
Tartaro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taskerson closes the distance but Tartaro moves to the side
and Tartaro counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tartaro.
Tartaro is trying to break free.
Mark Tartaro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Taskerson lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Tartaro.
Tartaro pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Tartaro tries to pull guard but Taskerson holds him up against the ropes and eventually Tartaro drops back down to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bovo Taskerson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tartaro has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tartaro wants a takedown.
Taskerson working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bovo Taskerson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Taskerson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 48:45
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 49:45
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 48:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bovo Taskerson!
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