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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cyrus Sawyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raven Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sawyer comes to the ring accompanied by MegaDeth- This Day We FIGHT!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cyrus Sawyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raven Austin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin closes the distance and clinches.
Austin tries to break free but Sawyer pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Austin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sawyer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Austin clinches.
Sawyer has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Austin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Austin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Austin clinches.
Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sawyer avoids a kick to the body.
Austin throws a series of punches but Sawyer avoids them all with ease.
Sawyer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sawyer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Austin.
Austin lands a nice looking body kick.
Austin instigates a clinch.
Austin is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Austin.
Sawyer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sawyer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Sawyer is controlling him.
Austin breaks the clinch.
Austin moves into range and clinches up with Sawyer.
Austin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Austin throws a hook to the side of Sawyer's head but Sawyer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Austin misses with an uppercut.
Austin clinches.
Austin breaks the clinch.
Raven Austin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sawyer fails to land with a series of punches.
Austin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sawyer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sawyer keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Austin breaks the clinch.
Sawyer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Austin misses with a head kick.
Sawyer is looking to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Austin.
Sawyer slips a jab and a cross from Austin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Austin tries to break free but Sawyer pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin tries to circle away but Sawyer has him pinned against the ropes.
Sawyer is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Austin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Austin is trying to force a seperation but Sawyer has the dominant position.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Sawyer is controlling him.
Austin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sawyer misses with a wild combination.
Sawyer on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sawyer blocks a head kick by Austin.
Sawyer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Austin as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cyrus Sawyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Austin slips a jab from Sawyer.
Austin rushes Sawyer and presses him up against the ropes.
Austin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Raven Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sawyer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sawyer is breathing heavily.
Austin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer looking for a takedown.
A frustrated look appears on Austin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Austin breaks the clinch.
Austin has managed to clinch.
Sawyer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Austin throws a head kick but Sawyer moves out of range.
Sawyer moves in looking to clinch but Austin pushes him off.
Austin drives through and clinches with Sawyer against the ropes.
Austin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sawyer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Austin gets a clinch.
Austin breaks the clinch.
Sawyer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Austin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Austin clinches up against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin breaks the clinch.
Austin lands an overhand right.
Sawyer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Austin being controlled here, momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sawyer prevents Austin from getting back to his feet.
Sawyer is looking to work some ground and pound but Austin has wrist control.
Austin wants to stand up but Sawyer is controlling him.
Austin has a closed guard, preventing Sawyer from standing up.
Austin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sawyer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sawyer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Austin wants to stand and escape but Sawyer is having none of it.
Austin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sawyer.
Sawyer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sawyer won't allow Austin to get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sawyer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sawyer is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sawyer won't allow Austin to get back to his feet.
Sawyer wants to pass the guard but Austin is keeping the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Austin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Austin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sawyer trying to control the position from guard on top but Austin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sawyer won't allow Austin to get back to his feet.
Sawyer lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sawyer chips away with some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sawyer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sawyer pushing down on Austin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Austin pushes Sawyer off looking to stand but Sawyer dives back in and keeps control.
Sawyer working Austin over with strikes.
Austin is trying to stand.
Sawyer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sawyer is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sawyer with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nice strikes from Sawyer there.
Sawyer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sawyer is keen to just control but Austin is a slippery customer.
Sawyer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sawyer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Austin wants to get back to his feet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Austin is staying active underneath Sawyer, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sawyer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Austin wants to get back to his feet.
Sawyer is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sawyer is looking for a kimura but Austin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sawyer to get the leverage.
Austin is trying to stand up here but Sawyer is controlling him well.
Sawyer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Austin looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's eight 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.
Sawyer perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sawyer is looking to take a break and control but Austin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sawyer tries to pass to full mount but Austin defends it.
Austin pushes Sawyer off looking to stand but Sawyer dives back in and keeps control.
Sawyer keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
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.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Cyrus Sawyer just wasn't active enough.
Austin closes the distance and clinches.
Sawyer prevents Austin from breaking the clinch.
Austin tries to break free but Sawyer pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin can't break the clinch.
Austin tries to circle away but Sawyer has him pinned against the ropes.
Austin is trying to force a seperation but Sawyer has the dominant position.
Austin breaks from the clinch.
Austin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Austin moves into range and clinches up with Sawyer.
Sawyer drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Austin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Austin instigates a clinch.
Austin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sawyer drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Austin is pressed up against the ropes. Sawyer has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Austin down to the mat. Austin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Austin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Austin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sawyer forces Austin back against the ropes and clinches.
Austin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Austin forces Sawyer back against the ropes and clinches.
Austin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sawyer avoids the head kick by Austin.
Sawyer takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raven Austin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Sawyer blocks a head kick by Austin.
Austin throws a head kick that misses.
Sawyer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Austin throws a right and a left that Sawyer avoids nicely.
Cyrus Sawyer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sawyer is looking to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sawyer tries for a takedown. No joy.
Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Austin drives through and clinches with Sawyer against the ropes.
Austin tries to break the clinch but Sawyer is controlling the position.
Sawyer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Austin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Austin is breathing heavily.
Austin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Austin. Those never looked like landing.
Austin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sawyer tries to clinch but Austin is having none of it.
Austin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Austin working hard to break the clinch.
Austin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Austin throws a body punch but Sawyer moves out of range.
Austin throws a series of punches but Sawyer avoids them all with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Austin. Those never looked like landing.
Austin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Austin instigates a clinch.
Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sawyer fails with the takedown.
Sawyer cracks a nice hook into Austin's ribs.
Sawyer shoots for a double leg takedown but Austin sprawls well. He's pushed Sawyer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cyrus Sawyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Austin misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin has managed to clinch.
Austin can't break the clinch.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Austin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sawyer tries to break the clinch but Austin is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Austin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Austin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sawyer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sawyer keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sloppy strikes from Austin. Those never looked like landing.
Austin has closed the distance and engaged Sawyer in a clinch.
Sawyer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Austin is keeping busy.
Sawyer prevents Austin from breaking the clinch.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sawyer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sawyer misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer wants to clinch up but Austin keeps it at a distance.
Sawyer moves out of range as Austin throws a body kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sawyer.
Austin drives through and clinches with Sawyer against the ropes.
Austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Austin drives through and clinches with Sawyer against the ropes.
Austin is looking to break free of the clinch but Sawyer has double underhooks.
Austin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sawyer.
Austin breaks the clinch.
Austin pushes Sawyer up against the ropes in a clinch.
Austin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sawyer ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sawyer no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Sawyer is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Austin defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer has a closed guard, preventing Austin from standing up.
Sawyer had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Austin defends it easily.
Sawyer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Austin stands up from Sawyer's guard - Austin perhaps looking for a knockout.
Austin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sawyer's sensitive parts.
Austin lands a head kick!
Austin scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer moves out of range of the body kick.
Austin misses with a two punch combination.
Austin tries to keep at a distance but Sawyer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Austin is looking to break free of the clinch but Sawyer has double underhooks.
Austin tries to circle away but Sawyer has him pinned against the ropes.
Sawyer working hard to break the clinch.
Austin can't break the clinch.
Austin wants to break free but Sawyer has control.
Austin tries to break free but Sawyer pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Austin prevents the takedown attempt.
Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Austin pushes Sawyer up against the ropes in a clinch.
Austin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Austin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sawyer has him pressed against the ropes.
Austin has Sawyer pressed against the ropes, preventing Sawyer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Austin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sawyer avoids the head kick by Austin.
Austin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sawyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Austin.
Sawyer tries to score a power double leg takedown but Austin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sawyer somewhat.
Sawyer avoids the head kick by Austin.
Austin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sawyer closes this distance looking for a takedown but Austin circles away.
Austin moves into the clinch successfully.
Sawyer is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Austin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Austin has managed to clinch.
Austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sawyer tries to clinch but Austin moves out of range.
Austin instigates a clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Austin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Raven Austin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Austin throws a head kick that misses.
Austin clinches with his opponent.
Austin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Austin throws a head kick but Sawyer moves out of range.
Sawyer shoots in and drives through. Austin sprawls well.
Austin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Austin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Austin has Sawyer up against the ropes in a clinch.
Sawyer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Austin smiles and moves away.
A head kick misses from Austin.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Austin drives through and clinches with Sawyer against the ropes.
Sawyer is trying to drag Austin to the mat but Austin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Austin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Austin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Austin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sawyer moves into the clinch.
Austin breaks the clinch.
Austin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Raven Austin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sawyer tries to pull guard but Austin won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Austin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sawyer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Austin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Austin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Austin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cyrus Sawyer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Austin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Sawyer is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Austin breaks the clinch.
Austin closes the distance and clinches.
Austin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Austin throws a shot from downtown. Sawyer moves away and avoids it.
Austin moves into range and clinches up with Sawyer.
Austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sawyer is defended easily by Austin.
Raven Austin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sawyer gets tackled into the ropes by Austin. Austin maintains the clinch.
Austin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sawyer tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Austin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raven Austin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Austin 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Raven Austin!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Raven Austin!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Raven Austin!
Raven Austin wins by unanimous decision!
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