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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joel Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben van der Woerd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bailey might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Welcome to the TerrorDome. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joel Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben van der Woerd!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - van der Woerd looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bailey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
van der Woerd tries to clinch there but Bailey circles away.
A slow jab from Bailey misses its intended target.
Bailey misses with a hook. van der Woerd ducked under it nicely.
van der Woerd is looking to clinch but Bailey is avoiding it.
van der Woerd tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bailey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bailey looks to land a right hand but van der Woerd moved out of range.
van der Woerd tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bailey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bailey keeps the fight on the outside.
van der Woerd is looking to clinch but Bailey is avoiding it.
van der Woerd tries to clinch up.
van der Woerd is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
van der Woerd doesn't manage to clinch there - Bailey circles away.
van der Woerd is looking to clinch but Bailey is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bailey misses with a body shot.
van der Woerd tries to clinch but Bailey moves out of range.
Bailey dives in and grabs van der Woerd's left leg, looking for a takedown. van der Woerd pushes down on Bailey's head and hops out.
van der Woerd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
van der Woerd is looking to clinch.
van der Woerd tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bailey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van der Woerd was well out of range. Poor timing from Bailey.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey throws a body punch but van der Woerd moves out of range.
van der Woerd is looking to clinch but Bailey is avoiding it.
van der Woerd keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
van der Woerd gets caught flat footed, as Bailey shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bailey scoring with punches to the head and body.
van der Woerd preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bailey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bailey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. van der Woerd is keeping the position for now.
van der Woerd is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
van der Woerd looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bailey is one step ahead there.
van der Woerd keeping moving, preventing Bailey from controlling successfully.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if van der Woerd can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey throwing strikes but missing.
Bailey wants to control from the top but van der Woerd keeps moving.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
van der Woerd tries to clinch up.
Bailey swats away the attempt to clinch by van der Woerd.
Bailey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bailey is looking to wear down van der Woerd with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
van der Woerd moves in looking to clinch but Bailey pushes him off.
van der Woerd fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ben van der Woerd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
van der Woerd tries to clinch there but Bailey circles away.
Bailey throws a hook to the side of van der Woerd's head but van der Woerd sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bailey gets a clinch.
Bailey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey wants a takedown.
Bailey lands a shot to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Bailey.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
van der Woerd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bailey tries to throw a body punch but van der Woerd avoids it by throwing Bailey back against the cage.
Bailey digs a right hand into van der Woerd's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on van der Woerd's gas tank.
Bailey is trying to break the clinch but van der Woerd has him pressed against the cage.
Bailey wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joel Bailey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
van der Woerd stalling against the cage.
Bailey can't get the takedown.
van der Woerd looking to stall.
A right handed body shot lands from Bailey.
van der Woerd is trying to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
van der Woerd prevents the takedown attempt.
Bailey lands an uppercut.
Bailey works on van der Woerd's body with a couple of short punches.
van der Woerd looking to slow down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey is working for takedown but van der Woerd is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bailey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of van der Woerd backwards.
van der Woerd wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ben van der Woerd.
Bailey circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bailey counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
van der Woerd drives through and clinches with Bailey against the cage.
van der Woerd prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bailey fails to pull guard.
Bailey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bailey taking a breather.
van der Woerd wants to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, van der Woerd just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bailey's brow.
van der Woerd lands a body shot.
van der Woerd trying to control the position but instead, Bailey has worked for underhooks and has pushed van der Woerd into the cage.
van der Woerd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bailey is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joel Bailey dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
van der Woerd avoids a punch combination nicely.
van der Woerd wants to clinch
and Bailey counters with a takedown into side control.
Bailey throws a strike aimed at the side of van der Woerd's head but van der Woerd avoids it well.
van der Woerd on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bailey lands a nice forearm strike.
Bailey looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bailey is chipping away with strikes.
Bailey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bailey postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Bailey working away.
Bailey lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear van der Woerd down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Woerd can't do much from the bottom here.
Bailey throws a strike aimed at the side of van der Woerd's head but van der Woerd avoids it well.
Bailey is chipping away with strikes.
Check out the look on Bailey's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
van der Woerd managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bailey.
van der Woerd has one of Bailey's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Bailey in side control, throwing shots but van der Woerd defends.
Bailey misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
You can see the frustration on van der Woerd's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bailey throws a strike aimed at the side of van der Woerd's head but van der Woerd avoids it well.
van der Woerd takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bailey throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Check out the look on Bailey's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sloppy strikes there by Bailey.
Bailey working away.
van der Woerd is looking to regain half guard here but Bailey keeps moving and retains side control.
van der Woerd dodges the ground and pound from Bailey.
van der Woerd is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Woerd keeping his opponent close.
Bailey landing strikes.
van der Woerd defending against the ground and pound.
Bailey tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bailey wants to lay and pray for a moment but van der Woerd keeps working.
van der Woerd is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Bailey landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
van der Woerd is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on van der Woerd's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bailey in side control, throwing shots but van der Woerd defends.
van der Woerd defending against the ground and pound.
Bailey lands a few punches from side control.
Bailey in side control, throwing shots but van der Woerd defends.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
van der Woerd struggling a bit here.
van der Woerd is breathing heavily.
Bailey is looking to take a break and control but van der Woerd is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
van der Woerd taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joel Bailey dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bailey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but van der Woerd manages to avoid it.
Bailey has taken the fight to the clinch.
van der Woerd missing with knees to the body.
van der Woerd stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
van der Woerd wants to stall.
van der Woerd pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bailey is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
van der Woerd trying to control the position but instead, Bailey has worked for underhooks and has pushed van der Woerd into the cage.
Nice body punch from Bailey.
Bailey leaning against his opponent.
Bailey tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bailey effectively controlling the action here.
van der Woerd is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bailey is keeping busy.
Bailey tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. van der Woerd smiles and moves away.
van der Woerd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Woerd tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bailey counters with a stiff right hand.
van der Woerd closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bailey makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bailey takes the fight into the clinch.
van der Woerd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bailey has van der Woerd pressed against the cage.
Bailey looking to stall.
van der Woerd works on Bailey's body with a couple of short punches.
Bailey cracks van der Woerd with a nice body shot.
Bailey gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
van der Woerd is looking to improve his position.
van der Woerd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bailey misses with a head shot. van der Woerd uses the momentum to regain guard.
van der Woerd really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bailey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bailey throwing strikes from guard but van der Woerd blocks nicely.
Joel Bailey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
van der Woerd working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bailey.
Bailey wants to control from the top but van der Woerd keeps moving.
Bailey postures up in van der Woerd's guard and throws a big left but van der Woerd blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bailey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
van der Woerd closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bailey counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bailey thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bailey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bailey drops an elbow to the side of van der Woerd's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bailey connects with a nice short shot to van der Woerd's temple.
Bailey is controlling the pace.
Bailey missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ben van der Woerd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
van der Woerd tries to kick Bailey off but Bailey keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Bailey thows a huge punch but van der Woerd dodges it nicely.
van der Woerd avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bailey.
Bailey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
van der Woerd tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
van der Woerd regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bailey.
Bailey with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joel Bailey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bailey has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joel Bailey!
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