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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Derek Scully (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roddy Bugasto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Derek Scully has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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150 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Derek Scully!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roddy Bugasto!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scully misses with a kick to the body.
Scully throws an overhand right that lands on Bugasto's shoulder, as Bugasto tries to avoid the shot.
Bugasto moves forwards but Scully connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bugasto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scully.
Scully swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bugasto swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Scully counters with a solid body kick.
Scully misses with a looping left.
Bugasto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bugasto dodges the punch combination from Scully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scully throws a head kick that half lands.
Bugasto throws a low kick but it's checked well by Scully.
Bugasto tries to move into range but Scully moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Scully's corner calls for a 1-2. Scully obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Scully keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bugasto misses with a wild body shot.
Bugasto takes a swing at Scully's ribcage but misses.
Bugasto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Scully's waist but Scully gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bugasto off to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scully tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Derek Scully seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scully misses with a body shot.
Bugasto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scully misses with a straight right.
Scully is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Scully tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bugasto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scully moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scully misses with a body kick.
Scully avoids the body shot from Bugasto.
Scully tries to close the distance and clinch but Bugasto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bugasto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Scully sizes up Bugasto with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bugasto slips a jab and a cross from Scully.
Scully rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bugasto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scully misses the shot to the body.
Bugasto takes a kick to the side of the head.
Derek Scully is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Scully fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bugasto slips a jab and a cross from Scully.
No joy there for Scully, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Scully stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bugasto misses with a shot to the body
and Scully counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Scully misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derek Scully dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A jab from Scully finds it's way through Bugasto's defenses.
Scully throws a good cross that connects.
Bugasto looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Scully is fending him off so far but Bugasto persists. Nope, Scully circles away and we're back to standing.
Scully rushes Bugasto and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Scully is trying to trip Bugasto. He has hold of a leg but Bugasto is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Scully persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Bugasto is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bugasto keeping full guard, as Scully tries to pass.
Scully wants to control from the top but Bugasto keeps moving.
Bugasto throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Bugasto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bugasto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Scully can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bugasto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Scully can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bugasto keeping full guard, as Scully tries to pass.
Scully avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bugasto tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Scully tries to free his leg and advance position but Bugasto is retaining full guard.
Scully wants to control from the top but Bugasto keeps moving.
Scully sitting in guard here, content to control.
Scully looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scully wants to control from the top but Bugasto keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Derek Scully just wasn't active enough.
Scully jabs Bugasto right on the nose. Bugasto blinks but takes it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Scully misses the target.
Scully throws a jab when Bugasto was well out of range.
Scully clinches up against the cage.
Bugasto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bugasto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bugasto tries to pull guard but Scully won't allow it.
Scully pressing his opponent against the cage.
Scully pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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.
Bugasto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scully was well out of range. Poor timing from Bugasto.
Scully misses with a head kick.
Bugasto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Scully fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bugasto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Derek Scully is winning the standup battle so far.
Scully scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derek Scully dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Bugasto misses the shot to the body.
Scully connects with the punch.
Bugasto moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bugasto thows a body shot but no joy.
Scully throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bugasto takes a swing at Scully's ribcage but misses.
Bugasto is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Scully rather than just go for the knockout.
Bugasto misses with a hook to the body
and Scully counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bugasto walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Scully is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bugasto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scully connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bugasto momentarily.
Bugasto dodges the punch combination from Scully.
Scully lands a nice shot to the body.
Scully fails to land with a series of punches.
Bugasto shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Scully's guard.
Scully is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bugasto is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scully keeping moving, preventing Bugasto from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scully manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Bugasto will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Scully tries to clinch up.
Bugasto moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Scully tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bugasto is able to avoid easily.
Scully throws an overhand right that lands on Bugasto's shoulder, as Bugasto tries to avoid the shot.
Bugasto takes a head kick and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scully misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bugasto avoids the head kick by Scully.
Scully throws a right hand that misses
and Bugasto counters with a left to the body.
Scully digs a good body shot into Bugasto's ribs.
Scully fails to land with a series of punches.
Derek Scully is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bugasto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scully manages to avoid it.
Scully throws a right and a left that Bugasto avoids nicely.
A big right from Scully misses.
Roddy Bugasto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bugasto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scully misses with the combination.
Scully looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Scully throws a series of punches but Bugasto avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Scully, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scully swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bugasto swats away the attempt to clinch by Scully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Derek Scully showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Scully 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Scully!
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RATING
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