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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Halbert Gomes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimbo Spice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spice comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Halbert Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jimbo Spice!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gomes moves out of range as Spice strikes.
Spice looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gomes lands a really nice looking cross but Spice seems unphased.
Spice takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gomes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gomes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Spice swats away the attempt to clinch by Gomes.
Gomes is looking to clinch but Spice is avoiding it.
Gomes lands with a nice body punch.
Gomes tries to close the distance and clinch but Spice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spice needs to keep his hands up - Gomes had a free shot at his head there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gomes.
Spice circles away from the clinch attempt.
Halbert Gomes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spice misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A bit of stalling here from Spice.
Spice blocks the elbow strike.
Gomes pushes off an throws an elbow but Spice leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gomes throws a punch but it's blocked by Spice.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gomes throws an elbow but misses.
Spice looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Spice has had enough of the clinch but Gomes keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spice tries to break the clinch but Gomes is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Spice's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spice takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Spice looks to land a left hand but Gomes moved out of range nicely.
Gomes lands a two punch combo.
Spice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gomes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spice misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gomes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gomes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gomes clinches up against the cage.
Spice wants to break free but Gomes has control.
Spice avoiding damage as Gomes throws knees to the body.
Gomes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gomes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gomes lands an elbow just above Spice 's eye.
Gomes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Spice has had enough of the clinch but Gomes keeps him there for the moment.
Spice can't break the clinch.
Spice wants to break free but Gomes has control.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gomes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Spice's brow.
Gomes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Spice's efforts to push away.
Gomes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Jimbo Spice has been cut.
Gomes lands an elbow inside that Spice shrugs off.
Gomes lands a knee to the body.
Spice looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gomes lands a nice elbow.
Gomes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spice is defending well for now.
Spice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gomes lands an elbow that stopped Spice in his tracks for a moment.
Gomes lands an uppercut.
Gomes looking to throw knees to the head but Spice is blocking nicely.
Gomes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gomes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gomes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gomes prevents Spice from breaking the clinch.
Gomes misses with a knee strike.
Gomes lands an elbow that stopped Spice in his tracks for a moment.
Gomes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gomes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Spice's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Spice blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Gomes scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomes.
Gomes tries to land a knee to the head but Spice blocks with his arms.
Gomes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spice is trying to force a seperation but Gomes has the dominant position.
Nice elbow from Gomes.
Spice avoids a wild elbow strike from Gomes.
Gomes throws a punch but it's blocked by Spice.
Gomes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spice has had enough of the clinch but Gomes keeps him there for the moment.
Spice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spice tries to stall but Gomes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Spice breaks from the clinch.
Spice misses with an uppercut.
Gomes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomes lands with a nice combination. Spice backs away looking to recover.
A right-left combo lands from Gomes.
Spice misses with a double jab.
Gomes is looking to clinch but Spice is avoiding it.
A swing and a miss from Spice.
Spice getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Spice misses with a straight right.
Spice slips a jab and a cross from Gomes.
Gomes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gomes instigates a clinch.
Gomes lands an elbow that stopped Spice in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomes tries a knee to the head but Spice blocks it.
Gomes lands an elbow just above Spice 's eye.
Spice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gomes lands an uppercut.
Spice blocks the elbow strike.
Gomes prevents Spice from breaking the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gomes lands a hook that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
Gomes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gomes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gomes lands an uppercut.
Gomes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
Gomes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gomes pushes off an throws an elbow but Spice leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gomes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Spice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Spice is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spice throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomes.
Gomes lands a damaging elbow.
Gomes lands an elbow that stopped Spice in his tracks for a moment.
Gomes lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Halbert Gomes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimbo Spice's cut.
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.
Gomes moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomes lands with a nice combination. Spice backs away looking to recover.
Spice swats away the attempt to clinch by Gomes.
Gomes is looking to clinch.
Gomes scores with a decent looking hook.
Some wild striking there from Gomes.
Gomes lands with a good body shot.
Gomes wants to clinch up but Spice keeps it at a distance.
Gomes wants to clinch up but Spice keeps it at a distance.
Gomes cracks Spice with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gomes slips a straight right by Spice.
Spice looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gomes!
Gomes moves into the clinch successfully.
Gomes misses with an elbow over the top.
Gomes lands with a left to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Spice blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Gomes.
Gomes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gomes missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Spice's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spice looks to land a combination but Gomes avoids it well.
Gomes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like Halbert Gomes has been cut.
A punch combination from Spice misses.
Spice tries to keep at a distance but Gomes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gomes lands with a right to the head.
Gomes lands a nice elbow.
Spice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gomes keeps control of Spice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gomes throws a head punch that misses.
Spice blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spice avoiding damage as Gomes throws knees to the body.
Gomes missing with knees to the body.
Spice tries to break free but Gomes pushes him back against the cage.
Spice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gomes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Spice has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gomes lands an elbow that stopped Spice in his tracks for a moment.
A body shot lands from Gomes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes has a couple of punches blocked by Spice.
Spice blocks an elbow strike.
Spice is looking to break free of the clinch but Gomes has double underhooks.
Spice scores with a shot to the side of Gomes's head.
Gomes lands an elbow inside.
Gomes keeps control of Spice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gomes throws an elbow but misses.
Gomes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gomes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Spice's efforts to push away.
Gomes misses with a knee strike.
A shot in the inside from Gomes.
Spice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gomes tries to land a knee to the head but Spice blocks with his arms.
Gomes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Spice tries to break the clinch but Gomes is controlling the position.
Spice tries to break the clinch but Gomes is controlling the position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Halbert Gomes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gomes throws an elbow that misses.
Spice is trying to break the clinch but Gomes is controlling him.
Spice has had enough of the clinch but Gomes keeps him there for the moment.
Gomes lands a damaging elbow.
Gomes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomes.
Spice wants to get back to striking at distance but Gomes won't allow it.
Spice working hard to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Gomes.
Spice avoids the elbow strike from Gomes, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gomes.
Spice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spice wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gomes has him pressed against the cage.
Spice looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gomes misses with an elbow over the top.
Spice is pushing Gomes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gomes working aggressively here.
Gomes throws an elbow but it misses.
Spice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomes is looking to clinch but Spice is avoiding it.
Gomes tries to clinch up but Spice circles away and keeps his distance.
Spice throws a jab when Gomes was well out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gomes swings wildly with an uppercut but Spice uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Spice wants to get back to striking at distance but Gomes won't allow it.
Gomes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Spice avoids it.
Spice wants to break free but Gomes has control.
Spice tries to break free but Gomes pushes him back against the cage.
Gomes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gomes looking to throw knees to the head but Spice is blocking nicely.
Gomes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Spice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spice fails to land with a series of punches.
Gomes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Spice takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Spice misses with a straight left.
Gomes is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gomes tries to close the distance and clinch but Spice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spice throws a nice looking combination but Gomes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Spice throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gomes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spice paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spice goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A combination from Gomes does no damage.
Halbert Gomes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gomes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spice.
Gomes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Halbert Gomes dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Gomes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gomes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Spice throws a jab when Gomes was well out of range.
Spice swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gomes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gomes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gomes slips a jab and a cross from Spice.
Gomes lands a glancing blow to the side of Spice's head.
Gomes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gomes fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab lands there for Gomes.
Spice tries to bum rush Gomes with a series of wild strikes but Gomes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spice misses with a double jab.
Gomes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gomes rushes Spice and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gomes.
A short right from Gomes on the inside.
Spice takes an elbow to the temple.
Spice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spice avoids a wild elbow strike from Gomes.
Gomes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Spice's defenses.
Spice takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gomes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gomes lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Gomes.
Gomes keeps control of Spice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gomes throws an elbow but misses.
Gomes looking to throw knees to the head but Spice is blocking nicely.
Gomes lands a damaging elbow.
Gomes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Spice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Spice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomes clinches with his opponent.
Spice is trying to break free.
Spice can't break the clinch.
A short left from Gomes.
Gomes lands an elbow inside.
Spice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gomes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Spice breaks from the clinch.
Spice fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Spice working hard to break the clinch.
Gomes scores with a shoulder strike.
Spice dodges an elbow strike from Gomes.
Gomes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Spice throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Spice with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gomes to score with a decent uppercut.
Gomes throws a right and a left that Spice avoids nicely.
Spice swinging wildly here.
Gomes is looking to clinch.
Spice throws a right hand that Gomes ducks under and follows up with a left that Gomes also avoids with ease.
Gomes closes the distance and clinches.
Spice blocks the elbow strike.
Gomes prevents Spice from breaking the clinch.
Gomes lands an elbow just above Spice 's eye.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gomes.
Gomes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Spice has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gomes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomes lands a left hand.
Gomes misses with an elbow over the top.
Spice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Spice's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gomes lands a damaging elbow.
Spice misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spice tries to break the clinch but Gomes is controlling the position.
Gomes lands a damaging elbow.
Spice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gomes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gomes lands an elbow just above Spice 's eye.
Spice takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gomes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gomes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Spice taking a breather.
Gomes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Spice backwards.
Spice takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gomes lands a damaging elbow.
Gomes throws an elbow that misses.
Gomes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spice tries to break the clinch but Gomes is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spice wants to break free but Gomes has control.
Gomes throws a head punch that misses.
Spice working hard to break the clinch.
Spice taking a breather.
Gomes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spice pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Spice looks to land a combination but Gomes avoids it well.
Gomes slips a jab and a cross from Spice.
Gomes closes the distance and clinches.
Spice slowing the pace effectively.
Spice takes an elbow to the temple.
Gomes pushes Spice back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gomes.
Spice takes an elbow to the forehead.
Spice blocks an elbow strike from Gomes.
Spice breaks from the clinch.
Gomes dodges the punch combination from Spice.
Gomes rushes Spice and presses him up against the cage.
Jimbo Spice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spice takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that's the end of the fight!
Halbert Gomes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gomes 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:26
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Halbert Gomes!
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