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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Neil Rowly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Oliver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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183 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Neil Rowly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Oliver!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliver lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rowly darts in trying to clinch
and Oliver counters with a stiff right hand.
Oliver lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Good shot there by Oliver.
Oliver misses with a body shot
and Rowly counters with a takedown into side control.
Oliver is looking for a sweep.
Rowly goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Oliver rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Rowly's guard! Nice work there by Oliver!
Oliver wants to control from the top but Rowly keeps moving.
Oliver slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver trying to control but Rowly is working from the bottom.
Rowly wants to sweep here but Oliver controlling him for the moment.
Rowly looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Oliver wants to control from the top but Rowly keeps moving.
Rowly is looking for a triangle but Oliver pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rowly is striking off his back. Oliver thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Rowly flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Still in half guard, Oliver seems content to control.
Rowly wants to control but Oliver is keeping busy.
Oliver looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rowly looking for submissions off his back.
Rowly wants to control but Oliver is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rowly manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rowly is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Oliver is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rowly keeping moving, preventing Oliver from controlling successfully.
Oliver sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up. James Oliver was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rowly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rowly darts in trying to clinch
and Oliver counters with a series of strikes. Rowly will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliver lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rowly backs up against the cage.
Oliver fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
James Oliver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rowly is breathing heavily.
Rowly darts in trying to clinch
and Oliver cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oliver misses with a body shot.
Rowly tries to clinch there but Oliver circles away.
Oliver swings for the body but Rowly moves out of range.
Rowly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Oliver counters with a stiff right hand.
Oliver lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Oliver dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Oliver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oliver rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rowly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rowly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oliver.
Rowly misses with a takedown
enabling Oliver to counter with a crisp jab.
Rowly takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rowly misses with a takedown attempt
and Oliver counters with a three punch combo that has Rowly backing up. Rowly nods at Oliver to acknowledge the strikes.
Oliver pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rowly back to the cage. Oliver follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Oliver throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oliver throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A combination from Oliver does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oliver cracks a nice hook into Rowly's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliver throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oliver goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Oliver displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Oliver pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rowly back to the cage. Oliver follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Oliver scores with a one two! Rowly had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Oliver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rowly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oliver works the jab nicely.
Rowly gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Oliver lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sloppy strikes from Oliver. Those never looked like landing.
Rowly misses with a combination
and Oliver counters with a one-two to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliver throws a combination that misses
and Rowly makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Oliver throws a right hand that Rowly ducks under and follows up with a left that Rowly also avoids with ease.
Oliver with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rowly looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Oliver looks to land a combination but Rowly avoids it well.
Oliver tries to sprawl but Rowly drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Rowly is looking for a kimura but Oliver is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rowly to get the leverage.
Oliver is trying to maintain the position but Rowly is very close to passing his half guard.
Oliver slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Oliver is trying to keep Rowly in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliver has his hands on Rowly's head, controlling the position.
Oliver wants to sweep but no luck.
Rowly drops back, looking for a kneebar! Oliver looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Oliver looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Oliver!
A lull in the action here.
That's four 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.
Rowly is not content to let Oliver control the position.
Oliver tries to advance to mount but can't.
Rowly is trying to improve his position.
Oliver remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliver's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Oliver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Rowly darts in trying to clinch
and Oliver counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch combination from Oliver misses.
Oliver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oliver thows a body shot but no joy.
Oliver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rowly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Oliver's knee momentarily.
Oliver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rowly circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rowly circles away quickly and effectively.
Rowly fails with the takedown
and Oliver makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oliver uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rowly has time to react.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver scores with a one two! Rowly had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Oliver lands a two punch combo.
Rowly tries to clinch but Oliver moves away
and Oliver counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rowly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oliver.
Oliver throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oliver takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Oliver throws a series of punches but Rowly avoids them all with ease.
Oliver misses with a combination
and Rowly counters with a nice double leg into side control. Oliver won't be happy with that.
Rowly throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Rowly thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rowly goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Oliver rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Rowly's guard! Nice work there by Oliver!
Oliver slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rowly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rowly has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Oliver is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Rowly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliver tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Neil Rowly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rowly is looking to reverse the position.
Oliver trying to control the action but Rowly is working from the bottom.
Oliver controls the position from side control.
That's four 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.
Rowly tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Oliver wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rowly is not content to let Oliver control the position.
Rowly prevents Oliver from moving into mount.
Oliver gets to mount! Rowly was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Oliver controlling the position easily from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Oliver comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Oliver 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Oliver!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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