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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Pace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daevon Eldon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eldon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tori Amos-Winter kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Daevon Eldon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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141 lbs
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135 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charlie Pace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daevon Eldon!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pace tries to clinch but Eldon is having none of it.
Pace tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eldon swats away the attempt to clinch by Pace.
Eldon shoots for a takedown but Pace saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Eldon shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pace but Pace pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Horrible takedown by Eldon or perhaps it was just good defense by Pace which made him look bad.
Charlie Pace has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daevon Eldon.
Eldon shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pace defends it nicely.
Pace is looking to clinch but Eldon is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pace has taken the fight to the clinch.
Eldon tries to score a body lock takedown but Pace shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Eldon fails to pull guard.
Pace throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pace connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eldon's face.
It looks like Daevon Eldon has been cut.
Pace lands a damaging elbow.
Pace looking to throw knees to the head but Eldon is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pace lands an elbow just above Eldon 's eye.
Pace lands an elbow just above Eldon 's eye.
Eldon tries to pull guard but Pace holds him up against the cage and eventually Eldon drops back down to his feet.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pace just misses with a elbow thrown towards Eldon's brow.
Eldon tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pace throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Eldon blocks it with crossed arms.
Pace lands a nice elbow.
Pace trying to land knees to the body.
Pace gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Eldon.
Pace using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Eldon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pace lands a good knee to the midsection. Eldon won't want to take too many of those.
Eldon tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pace just stands there and leans against the cage.
Eldon tries to pull guard but Pace won't allow it.
Eldon fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Eldon is defending well for now.
Pace comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Eldon jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pace walks away with a smile on his face. Eldon gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Eldon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pace clinches up against the cage.
Pace landing knees to the head.
Pace connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eldon's face.
Pace creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Eldon's defenses.
Nice elbow from Pace.
Pace landing knees to the head.
Pace using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Eldon looks gassed!
Eldon has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pace is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Eldon tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pace just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pace tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pace lands a damaging elbow.
Eldon tries to pull guard but Pace holds him up against the cage and eventually Eldon drops back down to his feet.
Pace lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pace is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pace connects with a knee to the head.
Pace missing with knees to the body.
Eldon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Eldon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pace lands an elbow just above Eldon 's eye.
Pace with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pace landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Eldon is defending well for now.
Eldon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Eldon is trying to drag Pace to the mat but Pace just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Eldon is trying to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pace obliges.
Pace lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Eldon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pace lands an elbow just above Eldon 's eye.
Pace lands an elbow inside that Eldon shrugs off.
Pace with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eldon is trying to maintain a safe position but Pace gets an underhook and turns Eldon into the cage.
Pace gets underhooks to prevent Eldon's takedown attempt.
Eldon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eldon tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pace just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pace throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Eldon blocks it with crossed arms.
Pace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Eldon is defending well for now.
Pace tries a knee to the head but Eldon blocks it.
Eldon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pace using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Eldon tries for a takedown but Pace manages to get underhooks.
Pace comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pace lands a nice knee to the body.
Pace lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Eldon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pace landing knees to the body.
Pace connects with a nasty looking knee right to Eldon's face.
Pace lands an elbow inside.
Pace keeps control of Eldon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pace connects with a knee to the head.
Pace creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Eldon's defenses.
Eldon takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Pace dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daevon Eldon's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Eldon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Charlie Pace is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pace looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Eldon shoots in looking for a takedown. Pace tries to sprawl out of it but Eldon keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pace manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pace tries to clinch up.
Daevon Eldon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pace drives through and clinches with Eldon against the cage.
Eldon jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pace walks away with a smile on his face. Eldon gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pace tries to close the distance and clinch but Eldon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pace slaps away a takedown attempt from Eldon, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Charlie Pace has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daevon Eldon.
Pace fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pace tries to clinch but Eldon is having none of it.
Eldon looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Eldon is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eldon tries for a takedown but Pace sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pace tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eldon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Eldon tries for a takedown but Pace sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Eldon tries to keep at a distance but Pace has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pace connects with a knee to the head.
Pace landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pace comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pace lands an elbow that stopped Eldon in his tracks for a moment.
Pace connects with a knee to the head.
Pace tries to land a knee to the head but Eldon blocks with his arms.
Pace misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Eldon tries to pull guard but Pace holds him up against the cage and eventually Eldon drops back down to his feet.
Pace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Eldon avoids it.
Pace putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eldon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pace throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Eldon blocks it with crossed arms.
Pace has Eldon pressed against the cage, preventing Eldon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Eldon dodges an elbow strike from Pace.
Pace tries to land a knee to the head but Eldon blocks with his arms.
Pace crunches a lovely knee into Eldon's ribcage.
Eldon fails to pull guard.
Eldon avoiding damage as Pace throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Pace.
Pace lands an elbow that stopped Eldon in his tracks for a moment.
Eldon tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pace smiles and moves away.
Eldon has a takedown stuffed.
Eldon dives in and grabs Pace's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pace pushes down on Eldon's head and hops out.
Horrible takedown by Eldon or perhaps it was just good defense by Pace which made him look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eldon fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pace moves in looking to clinch but Eldon pushes him off.
Eldon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pace tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eldon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pace moves in looking to clinch but Eldon pushes him off.
Pace wants to clinch up but Eldon keeps it at a distance.
Eldon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pace instigates a clinch.
Pace landing knees to the head.
Eldon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pace tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pace using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Eldon blocks an elbow strike from Pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pace putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eldon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Eldon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Eldon avoiding damage as Pace throws knees to the body.
Pace tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eldon tries to pull guard but Pace won't allow it.
Eldon avoids a wild elbow strike from Pace.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pace obliges.
Pace comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Pace.
Pace missing with knees to the body.
Charlie Pace has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Eldon jumps guard but Pace stands there with Eldon around his waist. Eldon gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Eldon slowing the pace effectively.
Pace prevents the takedown attempt.
Pace trying to land knees to the body.
Pace connects with a knee to the head.
Pace connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Pace dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daevon Eldon's cut.
That's time! Pace's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Pace keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Eldon shoots in and drives through. Pace sprawls well.
Eldon swats away the attempt to clinch by Pace.
Pace closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pace tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eldon jumps into guard, dragging Pace to the mat.
Eldon trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eldon keeping moving, preventing Pace from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pace won't allow Eldon to sweep him here.
Pace wants to pass the guard but Eldon is keeping the position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Eldon manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eldon content just to control the position here.
Daevon Eldon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pace is wriggling around trying to escape.
Eldon is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Pace has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Pace!
Eldon can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Pace controls the pace.
Charlie Pace is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.
Pace wants to control from the top but Eldon keeps moving.
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 Charlie Pace.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pace, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Pace!
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