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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Geezer Butler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Osbourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Osbourne has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. John Osbourne struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Geezer Butler looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Geezer Butler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Osbourne!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butler feints and as Osbourne raises his hands in defense, Butler changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Butler has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Osbourne looks gassed!
Butler sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Osbourne's guard.
Butler passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Osbourne!
Butler looking to control and managing it successfully.
Butler stands up from mount. Strange move.
Butler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Butler has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Osbourne uses from the top position.
Osbourne is fighting to break Butler's control of his arms but Butler is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Butler striking from the bottom here.
Butler wants to sweep but no luck.
Osbourne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Butler pushes Osbourne off and gets back to his feet.
Butler scores with a takedown into Osbourne's guard.
Butler postures up in Osbourne's guard and throws a big left but Osbourne blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butler not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Osbourne is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Butler controlling from the top position.
Geezer Butler has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Butler misses with a shot to the body
and Osbourne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Butler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne is fighting off a takedown attempt but Butler is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Osbourne to the mat. Osbourne regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Butler gets to his feet - Osbourne follows without any prompting.
Butler clinches up with Osbourne and pushes him back against the ropes.
Butler displaying some good clinch control by pressing Osbourne up against the ropes.
Butler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Osbourne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Butler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Butler closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Osbourne to the mat! Osbourne manages to get full guard.
Butler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Osbourne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Osbourne looking to control but Butler passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butler passes the guard and advances to mount!
Osbourne is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Butler controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Butler prevents Osbourne from getting the reversal.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geezer Butler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Osbourne's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Butler clinches with his opponent.
Osbourne fails to pull guard.
Stalling in the clinch from Butler.
Butler breaks from the clinch.
Butler shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Butler was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Osbourne throwing hammer fists to the chest of Butler. What's that going to do exactly?
Butler punishing his opponent with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Butler controlling his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Butler stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Butler drives through and clinches with Osbourne against the ropes.
Butler breaks the clinch.
Butler closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Osbourne quickly recovers to half guard.
Butler works his foot free and advances to mount.
Butler connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butler controlling from mount.
Butler's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Osbourne tries to control the position but Butler now has his back.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butler throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Osbourne!
Butler controls the action.
Osbourne trying to control but not successfully.
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.
Butler is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Osbourne. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Butler is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Butler lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Butler.
Butler slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Can Osbourne hold on?! Butler is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Butler gets his hands free as Osbourne looks to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geezer Butler dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Osbourne's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Butler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Butler gets a clinch.
Butler goes for a takedown in the clinch but Osbourne prevents it.
Osbourne tries for a takedown but Butler manages to get underhooks.
Butler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Butler pushes Osbourne up against the ropes in a clinch.
Osbourne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Butler breaks from the clinch.
Butler shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Osbourne's guard.
Osbourne is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Osbourne is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Butler controlling from the top position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. John Osbourne was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Osbourne tries to clinch up
and Butler counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Osbourne has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Butler has passed into side control.
Osbourne tries to buck Butler off but Butler is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butler is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Osbourne will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Osbourne is trying to improve his position.
Geezer Butler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Osbourne tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Butler easily slips into full mount!
Osbourne sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Butler escapes and gets back to his feet.
Osbourne misses with a takedown
and Butler decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Osbourne's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Osbourne has an active guard here but Butler has managed to pass into half guard.
Butler trying to control the pace.
Osbourne trying to control from the bottom.
Butler decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osbourne with a lazy takedown attempt
and Butler counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Osbourne!
Geezer Butler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Osbourne.
Butler looking to secure an arm triangle but Osbourne defends it well.
Osbourne is working to get back to half guard.
Butler controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Osbourne tries to improve his position but instead Butler has taken his back!
And that's the end of the fight!
Geezer Butler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Butler 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Geezer Butler!
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for Geezer Butler!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Geezer Butler!
Geezer Butler wins by unanimous decision!
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hype
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