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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Butler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeSean Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Butler comes to the cage accompanied by Fuck You. This should be fireworks!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Butler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, DeSean Jackson!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson lands with a cross.
Butler lands a jab to Jackson's midsection.
Jackson misses with a kick to the body
and Butler counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Butler misses with a hook
and Jackson counters with a leg kick.
Butler misses with a lunging right hand
and Jackson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Butler works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Butler misses with a right hand
and Jackson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jackson throws an off balance right hand
and Butler counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson needs to keep his hands up - Butler had a free shot at his head there.
Butler takes one on the button.
Jackson thows a leg kick but Butler checks it
and Butler counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson walks into a stiff left hand from Butler.
Jackson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Butler scores with a jab. Jackson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Butler swings widly with a right hand
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Butler getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jackson misses with an uppercut
and Butler counters with a nice uppercut.
Butler connects with a single shot there.
Butler misses with a right hand
and Butler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Butler.
Butler misses with an uppercut.
Butler swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jackson.
Butler misses with a double jab.
Butler scores with a jab.
Paul Butler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Butler throws a poor cross that misses
and Jackson counters with a good low kick that Butler was not able to check.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Butler.
Butler is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jackson scores with a leg kick.
Jackson defending well as Butler loads up on a big left hand.
Jackson rushes Butler and presses him up against the cage.
Butler is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson jumps guard but Butler stands there with Jackson around his waist. Jackson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jackson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Butler trying to control the position but instead, Jackson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Butler into the cage.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Butler swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Butler really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Butler backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jackson.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Butler's brow.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.
Butler avoids a wild elbow strike from Jackson.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jackson throws an elbow but misses.
Jackson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Butler pulls his leg out and moves away.
Butler misses with a left hand
and Jackson counters with a low kick, right behind Butler 's knee.
Butler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jackson throws an off balance right hand
and Butler counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jackson throws a combination that misses
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Butler swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson throws a right hand that misses
and Butler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Butler throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jackson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jackson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Butler counters with a one-two to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Butler has momentary wrist control but Jackson slips an elbow through the middle.
Jackson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Butler utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jackson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Butler's head.
Butler controls Jackson momentarily but Jackson frees himself.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Butler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Butler preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jackson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jackson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Butler controlling the position.
Jackson thows a big elbow that misses.
Butler looking for a guillotine here but Jackson defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DeSean Jackson dominated that round.
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.
Butler throws a hook to the side of Jackson's head but Jackson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Butler just misses with a punch to the body.
Butler is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jackson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
No luck for Jackson with that takedown attempt.
Butler gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson misses with a low kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jackson.
Butler blocks an elbow strike.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Butler holds him up against the cage and eventually Jackson drops back down to his feet.
Butler blocks an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Butler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Butler manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Butler stalling in the clinch but Jackson improves position.
Butler managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
A short right from Jackson.
Jackson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Butler takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jackson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Butler's brow.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jackson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Jackson.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Butler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jackson's elbow.
Jackson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jackson throws an elbow that misses.
Butler's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Butler lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jackson.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Butler is fighting off a takedown attempt but Jackson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Butler to the mat. Butler regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jackson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Butler not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Butler throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jackson throws and elbow that misses. Butler uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jackson's guard. Nice move by Butler!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing Butler from controlling successfully.
Jackson trying to control the position here.
Butler won't allow Jackson to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson is trying to hold Butler in close to prevent damage but Butler has managed to pass into half guard.
Jackson is trying to maintain the position but Butler is very close to passing his half guard.
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.
Butler wants to pass the guard but Jackson is defending well.
Butler frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Butler fails to move to back control.
Jackson wants to control but Butler is having none of it.
Jackson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Butler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Butler controlling his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jackson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but DeSean Jackson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Left hook, right uppercut from Butler.
Jackson misses with an uppercut
and Butler counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson shoots and misses
and Butler counters with a right hand to the body.
Butler cracks Jackson with a good jab.
Jackson throws a hook to the side of Butler's head but Butler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jackson looks for the body kick but Butler saw that one coming.
Butler lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson misses with a hook
and Butler counters with a three punch combo that has Jackson backing up. Jackson nods at Butler to acknowledge the strikes.
Butler throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jackson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jackson clinches up against the cage.
Jackson lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Butler is working Jackson over against the cage.
Jackson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Jackson connects with a knee to the head.
Butler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jackson misses with an uppercut
enabling Butler to counter with a crisp jab.
Butler misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
Jackson throws a low kick, looking for Butler's leg but Butler calmly moves out of range.
Jackson misses with a lunging right hand
and Butler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Butler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson misses with a right hand
enabling Butler to counter with a crisp jab.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Butler.
Jackson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Butler checks it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Butler.
Jackson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Butler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Butler takes a swing at Jackson's ribcage but misses.
Jackson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Butler was well out of range. Poor timing from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a body kick.
Butler misses with a jab, cross combination.
Butler throws a poor cross that misses
and Jackson counters with a solid body kick.
Jackson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Butler misses with a left hand
and Jackson counters with a series of strikes. Butler will be more careful next time no doubt.
Danga de danga de dang - Butler scores with a four punch combination!
Butler lands a nice shot to the body.
Jackson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Butler counters with a right hand to the body.
Paul Butler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson shoots and misses
and Butler counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jackson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Butler makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Paul Butler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DeSean Jackson.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Butler throws out the jab.
A cross from Butler lands.
Jackson tries to land a leg kick but Butler saw it coming and moves away.
Jackson throws a low kick but Butler avoids it.
Jackson throws a poor cross that misses
and Butler makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Butler lands with a good body shot.
Jackson throws out a leg kick but Butler moves out of range and Jackson only half commits.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butler cracks Jackson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jackson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Butler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Butler thuds his right hand into Jackson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Butler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.
Sloppy strikes from Jackson. Those never looked like landing.
Butler takes a swing at Jackson's ribcage but misses.
Butler throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Butler misses with a looping right.
Butler swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jackson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jackson working Butler over with knees to the body.
Butler stalling in the clinch but Jackson improves position.
Butler throws a head punch that misses.
Nice elbow from Jackson.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Butler showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jackson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DeSean Jackson!
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