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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bob Soza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armen Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soza comes to the cage accompanied by Sponge Bob Theme Song. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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152 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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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
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bob Soza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Armen Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Soza, pushing him back against the cage.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but Soza blocks it.
Soza will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hammer up against the cage.
Soza tries a knee to the head but Hammer blocks it.
Hammer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Soza tries to work over Hammer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hammer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hammer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hammer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Soza wants to stall.
Hammer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Soza dodges an elbow strike from Hammer.
Hammer with a knee to the head.
It looks like Bob Soza has been cut.
Hammer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soza blocks it with crossed arms.
Hammer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Soza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Soza landing knees to the head.
Soza is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hammer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Soza missing with knees to the body.
Hammer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hammer connects with a knee to the head.
Hammer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hammer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hammer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Soza wants to stall.
Hammer pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hammer lands with a light punch inside.
Hammer lands with a light punch inside.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but Soza blocks with his arms.
Hammer looking to throw knees to the head but Soza is blocking nicely.
Hammer with a knee to the head.
Hammer misses with a knee to the head.
Hammer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soza blocks it with crossed arms.
Soza is trying to maintain a safe position but Hammer gets an underhook and turns Soza into the cage.
Hammer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hammer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hammer landing knees to the body.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Soza avoids it.
A bit of stalling here from Soza.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hammer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hammer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hammer lands a good knee to the midsection. Soza won't want to take too many of those.
Soza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hammer.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but Soza blocks with his arms.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Soza taking a breather.
Hammer lands a nice elbow.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but Soza blocks it.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Soza missing with knees to the body.
Soza blocks an uppercut.
Hammer trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Soza connects with a knee to the head.
Hammer with a knee to the head.
Hammer looking to throw knees to the head but Soza is blocking nicely.
Hammer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Soza lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Soza.
Hammer connects with a knee to the head.
Hammer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hammer stalling in the clinch but Soza improves position.
Hammer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hammer missing with knees to the body.
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hammer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hammer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Soza looking to slow down the pace here.
Hammer lands an elbow just above Soza 's eye.
Soza tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but Soza blocks it.
Knees to the body from Hammer.
Hammer landing knees to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hammer as Soza tries to tie him up.
Hammer scores with a knee to the head.
Soza tries a knee to the head but Hammer blocks it.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but Soza blocks it.
Soza lands a knee to the head.
Soza lands an elbow inside.
Hammer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hammer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four 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.
Soza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Soza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hammer.
Soza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hammer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hammer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hammer misses with a knee strike.
Hammer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Soza avoids it.
Hammer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Soza is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Soza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hammer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hammer prevents a body shot from Soza.
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Soza takes a shot to the head.
Hammer misses with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Soza.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Armen Hammer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob Soza's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hammer stalks Soza and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Soza's face. Soza staggers backwards, shaken.
Hammer tries to clinch up but Soza circles away and keeps his distance.
Hammer wants to clinch up but Soza keeps it at a distance.
Soza throws a head kick that misses.
Hammer misses with a right hand
and Soza counters with a head kick.
Armen Hammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soza has managed to clinch.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Hammer.
Hammer lands an elbow inside.
Hammer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soza blocks it with crossed arms.
Hammer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hammer lands a knee to the body.
Hammer lands a knee to the head.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but Soza blocks with his arms.
Hammer looking to throw knees to the head but Soza is blocking nicely.
Hammer with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Soza wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hammer misses with an elbow strike.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer misses with an elbow strike.
Soza trying to stall but Hammer improves his position.
Soza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Soza managing to block the knees to the body from Hammer.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hammer in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Soza.
Soza dodges an elbow strike from Hammer.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hammer as Soza tries to tie him up.
Soza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hammer tries to land knees in the clinch but Soza avoids the damage to the body.
Hammer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hammer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Soza is defending well for now.
Hammer looking to throw knees to the head but Soza is blocking nicely.
Soza with a knee to the head.
Soza misses with a knee strike.
Hammer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hammer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hammer trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
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.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hammer as Soza tries to tie him up.
Hammer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Soza managing to block the knees to the body from Hammer.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Soza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Soza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hammer lands an elbow that stopped Soza in his tracks for a moment.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hammer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Soza is defending well for now.
Hammer scores with a knee to the head.
Soza is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hammer is keeping busy.
Armen Hammer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Soza scores with a knee to the head.
Hammer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hammer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Soza dodges an elbow strike from Hammer.
Soza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hammer is defending well for now.
Hammer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Soza stalling the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer lands an elbow just above Soza 's eye.
Soza stalling the fight.
Hammer tries to land knees in the clinch but Soza avoids the damage to the body.
Soza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hammer's defenses.
Hammer lands with a light punch inside.
Hammer looking to throw knees to the head but Soza is blocking nicely.
Soza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hammer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Soza is trying to maintain a safe position but Hammer gets an underhook and turns Soza into the cage.
Hammer stalling against the cage.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Soza.
Hammer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but Soza blocks with his arms.
Soza avoiding damage as Hammer throws knees to the body.
Hammer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soza.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Soza taking a breather.
Hammer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but Soza blocks with his arms.
Soza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammer avoids it.
Hammer avoiding damage as Soza throws knees to the body.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
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.
Hammer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Soza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hammer misses with a knee to the head.
Hammer taking a breather.
Soza displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hammer up against the cage.
Hammer is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer lands a damaging elbow.
Hammer missing with knees to the body.
Soza takes an elbow to the temple.
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but Soza blocks with his arms.
Soza misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Soza takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Soza takes an elbow to the forehead.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Armen Hammer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bob Soza's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Soza rushes Hammer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Soza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Soza taking a breather.
Hammer lands an elbow inside that Soza shrugs off.
Hammer lands a knee to the head.
Hammer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hammer throws a head punch that misses.
Hammer looking to throw knees to the head but Soza is blocking nicely.
Hammer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Soza is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soza misses with an elbow strike.
Hammer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Soza is defending well for now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right from Hammer on the inside.
Hammer misses with a knee strike.
Soza is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hammer working Soza over with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer being controlled against the cage.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Soza working Hammer over with knees to the body.
Hammer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Soza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hammer blocks it with crossed arms.
Hammer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Soza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hammer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Soza is defending well for now.
Soza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammer avoids it.
Soza misses with a knee to the head.
Hammer misses with a knee strike.
Soza trying to control the position but instead, Hammer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Soza into the cage.
Hammer lands an elbow just above Soza 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hammer.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but Soza blocks with his arms.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Soza obliges.
Soza trying to stall but Hammer improves his position.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Soza avoiding damage as Hammer throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hammer misses with some punches.
Soza is trying to maintain a safe position but Hammer gets an underhook and turns Soza into the cage.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but Soza blocks it.
Soza tries a knee to the head but Hammer blocks it.
A bit of stalling here from Soza.
Soza missing with knees to the body.
Hammer lands with a short shot to the head.
Hammer misses with a knee strike.
Soza tries a knee to the head but Hammer blocks it.
Hammer landing knees to the body.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but Soza blocks it.
Soza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammer avoids it.
Hammer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Soza's face.
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hammer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hammer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Soza is looking to control Hammer's arms but Hammer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Soza has his back to the cage.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hammer landing knees to the body.
Hammer dodges an elbow strike from Soza.
Hammer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hammer works on Soza's body with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soza is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hammer is keeping busy.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hammer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soza blocks it with crossed arms.
Hammer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hammer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soza blocks it with crossed arms.
Soza tries to land knees in the clinch but Hammer avoids the damage to the body.
Hammer managing to block the knees to the body from Soza.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but Soza blocks it.
Soza looking to throw knees to the head but Hammer is blocking nicely.
Hammer trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer tries a knee to the head but Soza blocks it.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Soza avoids it.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer avoiding damage as Soza throws knees to the body.
Soza tries to land knees in the clinch but Hammer avoids the damage to the body.
Hammer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer missing with knees to the body.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Soza.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but Soza blocks with his arms.
Soza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hammer tries to land a knee to the head but Soza blocks with his arms.
Soza trying to land knees to the body.
Hammer lands a knee to the body.
Hammer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soza blocks it with crossed arms.
Soza looking to stall.
Hammer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Armen Hammer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Soza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hammer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Soza blocks it with crossed arms.
Soza pushes off an throws an elbow but Hammer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bob Soza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hammer lands a nice knee to the body.
Hammer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Armen Hammer.
I've got Hammer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Armen Hammer!
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FIGHT
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