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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Olympus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Hoffa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George Hoffa will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Apollo Olympus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Hoffa!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoffa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hoffa throws a series of punches but Olympus avoids them all with ease.
Hoffa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice shot by Hoffa.
Olympus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Olympus tries to clinch but Hoffa moves out of range.
Olympus throws a hook but Hoffa blocks it.
Hoffa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Hoffa does no damage.
Olympus takes a swing at Hoffa's ribcage but misses.
Hoffa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Olympus is looking to clinch.
Olympus drives through and clinches with Hoffa against the cage.
Hoffa wants to get back to striking at distance but Olympus won't allow it.
Olympus lands a nice knee to the body.
Olympus misses with a knee strike.
Olympus is leaning against Hoffa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hoffa tries to break free but Olympus pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olympus lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Olympus lands a knee to the body.
Olympus lands a shoulder strike.
Hoffa looks gassed!
Olympus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Olympus lands a good knee to the midsection. Hoffa won't want to take too many of those.
Olympus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoffa's face.
Olympus lands a damaging elbow.
Olympus lands with a right to the head.
Olympus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hoffa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Olympus.
Olympus digs a right hand underneath Hoffa's ribcage. Hoffa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Olympus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Olympus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hoffa backwards.
A short body shot lands from Olympus as the two fighters clinch.
Olympus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Olympus lands a hook that snaps the head of Hoffa backwards.
Olympus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoffa's face.
A short uppercut from Olympus.
Knees to the body from Olympus.
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!
Hoffa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Olympus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Olympus lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olympus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Olympus lands with a light punch inside.
Olympus lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Olympus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Olympus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Olympus with a knee to the head.
Hoffa wants to get back to striking at distance but Olympus won't allow it.
Olympus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Olympus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoffa is trying to break the clinch but Olympus is controlling him.
Olympus looking to throw knees to the head but Hoffa is blocking nicely.
Olympus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Olympus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Olympus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Olympus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoffa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Olympus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hoffa backwards.
Olympus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoffa's face.
A head punch on the inside from Olympus fails to land.
Olympus lands a nice uppercut.
Olympus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hoffa's efforts to push away.
Olympus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olympus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hoffa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Olympus throws a punch but it's blocked by Hoffa.
Olympus misses with an elbow over the top.
Olympus tries to land a knee to the head but Hoffa blocks with his arms.
Olympus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hoffa blocks it with crossed arms.
Hoffa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Olympus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hoffa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hoffa is looking to break free of the clinch but Olympus has double underhooks.
Hoffa struggles to land a body shot inside as Olympus controls his hands.
Hoffa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Olympus swings wildly with an uppercut but Hoffa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Olympus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hoffa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hoffa tries to break the clinch but Olympus is controlling the position.
Hoffa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hoffa lands with a light punch inside.
Olympus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Olympus.
Hoffa blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Olympus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hoffa's efforts to push away.
Olympus works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Olympus looking to throw knees to the head but Hoffa is blocking nicely.
Hoffa has had enough of the clinch but Olympus keeps him there for the moment.
Olympus tries a knee to the head but Hoffa blocks it.
Olympus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoffa wants to break free but Olympus has control.
Hoffa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Olympus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoffa tries to break the clinch but Olympus is controlling the position.
Olympus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Olympus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hoffa prevents a body shot from Olympus.
Olympus misses with a knee to the head.
Olympus misses with a punch on the inside.
Hoffa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoffa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Olympus has him pressed against the cage.
Hoffa is trying to break the clinch but Olympus is controlling him.
Olympus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hoffa's efforts to push away.
Hoffa is trying to break the clinch but Olympus is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Apollo Olympus dominated that round.
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.
Olympus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hoffa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hoffa closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Olympus has managed to clinch.
Olympus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short body shot lands from Olympus as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Olympus.
Olympus keeps control of Hoffa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Olympus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Hoffa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Olympus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoffa's face.
Hoffa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hoffa has had enough of the clinch but Olympus keeps him there for the moment.
Apollo Olympus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Olympus lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Olympus lands a body punch.
Hoffa avoids the elbow strike from Olympus, against the cage.
Hoffa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Olympus connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoffa's face.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Olympus.
Olympus keeps control of Hoffa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Olympus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoffa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olympus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hoffa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoffa can't find room to land a body shot as Olympus controls the action.
Olympus tries a knee to the head but Hoffa blocks it.
Hoffa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Olympus lands an elbow that stopped Hoffa in his tracks for a moment.
Hoffa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Olympus lands a body punch.
Olympus misses with a punch on the inside.
Olympus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Olympus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hoffa takes an elbow to the temple.
Olympus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hoffa tries to break the clinch but Olympus is controlling the position.
Olympus keeps control of Hoffa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Olympus lands with a light punch inside.
Hoffa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hoffa is trying to force a seperation but Olympus has the dominant position.
Olympus tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoffa avoids the damage to the body.
Olympus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hoffa is trying to force a seperation but Olympus has the dominant position.
Hoffa is trying to break the clinch but Olympus is controlling him.
Hoffa is trying to break the clinch but Olympus is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hoffa takes a shot to the head.
Olympus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hoffa's efforts to push away.
Olympus scores with a shoulder strike.
Olympus blocks a body shot from Hoffa.
Olympus scores with a knee to the head.
Hoffa is trying to break the clinch but Olympus has him pressed against the cage.
Olympus has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hoffa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Olympus has him pressed against the cage.
Hoffa is trying to break the clinch but Olympus has him pressed against the cage.
Hoffa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Olympus swings wildly with an uppercut but Hoffa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hoffa swings wildly with an uppercut but Olympus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hoffa wants to break free but Olympus has control.
Olympus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoffa is looking to break free of the clinch but Olympus has double underhooks.
Olympus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hoffa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Olympus lands a shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Olympus.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoffa. Olympus does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoffa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hoffa misses with a series of wild punches.
Hoffa misses with a body shot.
Olympus moves in looking to clinch but Hoffa pushes him off.
Olympus waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Hoffa.
Olympus tries to clinch up.
Hoffa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hoffa misses with a shot to the body
and Olympus moves into the clinch.
Olympus lands an elbow that stopped Hoffa in his tracks for a moment.
Olympus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hoffa's efforts to push away.
Olympus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hoffa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Olympus.
Hoffa throws a punch but it's blocked by Olympus.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olympus lands a knee to the head.
Olympus stalling in the clinch.
Olympus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Olympus tries to land a knee to the head but Hoffa blocks with his arms.
Hoffa tries to break the clinch but Olympus is controlling the position.
Olympus scores a nice knee to the body.
Olympus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoffa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Olympus lands with a short shot to the head.
Olympus throws an elbow but it misses.
Hoffa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hoffa has had enough of the clinch but Olympus keeps him there for the moment.
Olympus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Olympus misses with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Olympus.
Olympus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoffa pushes Olympus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Olympus looking to throw knees to the head but Hoffa is blocking nicely.
Hoffa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Olympus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Olympus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hoffa's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Apollo Olympus dominated that second round.
That's time! Olympus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Hoffa throws a nice looking combination but Olympus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Olympus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hoffa.
Hoffa's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hoffa duly obliges.
An inside leg kick lands from Olympus.
Olympus walks into a jab.
Olympus gets a clinch.
A short right from Olympus.
Olympus lands a left hand.
Olympus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hoffa backwards.
Olympus lands a nice knee to the body.
Hoffa misses with the head strike.
Olympus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Olympus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Olympus.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hoffa.
Olympus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hoffa backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olympus prevents Hoffa from breaking the clinch.
A short uppercut from Olympus.
Olympus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Olympus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Olympus lands a knee to the head.
Olympus scores a nice knee to the body.
Hoffa wants to break free but Olympus has control.
Olympus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Olympus lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hoffa backwards.
Hoffa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Olympus misses with a knee strike.
Hoffa is trying to break free.
Olympus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Olympus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hoffa is trying to break free.
Olympus misses with the head strike.
Olympus misses with a knee strike.
Hoffa is trying to break the clinch but Olympus is controlling him.
Olympus prevents Hoffa from breaking the clinch.
Hoffa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hoffa throws a right and a left that Olympus avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Olympus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hoffa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Olympus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hoffa checks a leg kick.
Hoffa tries to bum rush Olympus with a series of wild strikes but Olympus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Olympus tries to clinch up.
Hoffa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Olympus counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Olympus has Hoffa pressed against the cage, preventing Hoffa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hoffa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Olympus lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Olympus looking to throw knees to the head but Hoffa is blocking nicely.
Olympus lands a right hand.
Hoffa can't break the clinch.
Olympus scores with a shot to the side of Hoffa's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olympus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Olympus lands a nice uppercut.
Hoffa wants to break free but Olympus has control.
Olympus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Olympus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hoffa's efforts to push away.
Olympus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Olympus tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoffa avoids the damage to the body.
Olympus prevents Hoffa from breaking the clinch.
A short right from Olympus on the inside.
George Hoffa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Olympus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hoffa's brow.
Apollo Olympus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Olympus misses with a knee to the head.
Hoffa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Olympus lands a knee to the body.
Hoffa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hoffa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoffa. Olympus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hoffa throws the left hand but Olympus avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Olympus rushes Hoffa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Olympus with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Olympus lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Olympus misses with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Olympus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hoffa is trying to force a seperation but Olympus has the dominant position.
Olympus cracks Hoffa with a nice body shot.
Olympus tries to land a knee to the head but Hoffa blocks with his arms.
Olympus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Olympus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Olympus gets through Hoffa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hoffa throws a punch but it's blocked by Olympus.
Hoffa struggles to land a body shot inside as Olympus controls his hands.
Hoffa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Olympus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hoffa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Apollo Olympus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Olympus, 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Apollo Olympus!
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hype
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