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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Angus Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roddy Piper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes into the arena with AC/DC - Live Wire blaring out of the sound system. Piper has chosen Real Men Wear Skirts as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angus Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Roddy Piper!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piper with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Roddy Piper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Piper tests Young's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Young looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Young thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Piper if he has to take too many more of those.
Piper thumps Young with a low kick.
Young thows a body kick. Piper tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Piper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young has managed to clinch.
Young lands a shoulder strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Young.
It looks like Roddy Piper has been cut.
A short right from Young on the inside.
Piper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Young lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Young connects with a knee to the head.
Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Piper takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throws a hook but Piper avoids it easily.
Piper tries to work over Young's front leg with a kick but Young checks it.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Piper digs a good body shot into Young's ribs.
Piper lands a nice shot that snaps Young's head back.
Young gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Young moves into range and clinches up with Piper.
Piper missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Piper.
Piper avoiding damage as Young throws knees to the body.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A knee to the head by Young.
Piper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Piper blocks an uppercut.
Piper struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Piper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Young blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Young.
Piper lands with a left to the head.
Young with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Piper lands a left hand.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Piper swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Piper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Piper throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Young defending well as Piper loads up on a big left hand.
Piper connects with a looping right hand.
Piper looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Young is fending him off so far but Piper persists. Nope, Young circles away and we're back to standing.
Young lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Piper.
Piper throws a hook but Young blocks it.
Young lands a glancing blow to the side of Piper's head.
Young throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice takedown defense from Young. No joy for Piper on that attempt.
Piper keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Piper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Piper was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Piper misses with a hook.
Young takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Piper stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Young.
Piper shoots in looking for a takedown but Young manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Piper's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Angus Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roddy Piper.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Piper scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Young takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Young lands with an overhand left.
Piper throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
A lazy body kick from Young
and Piper counters with an inside leg kick.
Piper comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Young moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Young fakes the leg kick and cracks Piper in the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Young, right into the meat.
Piper looks gassed!
Young misses with a hook. Piper ducked under it nicely.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angus Young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roddy Piper's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Piper lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Young tries to clinch there but Piper circles away.
Young connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A lazy left from Young finds it's target.
Piper cracks Young with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Piper thows a body shot but no joy.
Piper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Piper on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A solid leg kick lands there for Young.
A swing and a miss from Piper.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Young.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young cracks Piper with an open hand slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young scores with a nice right hand.
Angus Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Piper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Piper with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Young misses with a looping right.
Young defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Piper.
Horrible takedown by Piper or perhaps it was just good defense by Young which made him look bad.
Piper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Piper is breathing heavily.
Piper just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Young.
Piper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piper takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Piper scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Young doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young closes the distance and pushes Piper back into the cage.
Piper misses with a body punch.
Piper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from Young.
Young with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Piper lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Piper fails to land.
Piper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Piper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Piper lands a right hand.
Piper tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Young misses with a knee strike.
Young tries a body shot but Piper blocks it.
Piper is trying desperately to land a takedown but Young is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Piper.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Piper controls his hands.
Young trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Young lands a shot to the body.
Young connects with a nasty looking knee right to Piper's face.
A knee to the head by Young.
Young makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Piper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Piper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Young avoids it.
Piper looking to throw knees to the head but Young is blocking nicely.
Young lands a shoulder strike.
Piper tries a knee to the head but Young blocks it.
Young lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Angus Young has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A shot in the inside from Young.
Piper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young blocking some punches.
Young lands a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Piper tries to land a knee to the head but Young blocks with his arms.
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Young.
Young landing knees to the head.
Piper is rocked!
Young tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Young lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Piper is still on wobbly legs! Can Young finish him?
Piper swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Piper seems to have recovered his senses.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Young softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Piper blocks with his arms.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Piper throws a head punch that misses.
Young lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Piper misses with the head strike.
Young lands with a left to the head.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Young softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angus Young dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roddy Piper's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Piper takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Piper throws a quick inside leg kick.
Young displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Piper.
Young connects with a leg kick. Piper looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Young moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Young tests Piper's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Young turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Young lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Piper walks forward, straight into a front kick from Young.
Piper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Young.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young lands with a thumping leg kick.
Angus Young is winning the standup battle so far.
Young tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Piper is able to avoid easily.
Young lands a leg kick that knocks Piper off balance momentarily.
A head kick by Piper misses
and Young counters with a solid body kick.
Piper has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Young finds it's way round the side to connect with Piper's head.
Young scoring well with a low kick there.
Young throws a low kick but it's checked well by Piper.
Piper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Young takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Young throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Piper counters with an inside leg kick.
Young throws a front kick that sends Piper stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Piper walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
Young is looking to land body kicks.
Piper misses with a wild body shot.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Piper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Piper has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Young.
Young lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Piper bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Piper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Piper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Piper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young thumps Piper with a low kick.
Young misses with a body kick.
Piper misses with a wild body shot.
Piper attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Piper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Piper darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Young scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A slapping leg kick lands for Young.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Piper.
Piper tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Piper misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piper tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Piper chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Piper slips under a jab from Young.
A looping hook to the body misses from Piper. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab lands there for Piper.
A slow jab from Piper misses its intended target.
That kick from Young tenderised Piper's leg. Piper is trying to keep his angry face on.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Young blocks a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Piper looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Piper feints and then cracks Young's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Young down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angus Young clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Roddy Piper's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Young throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Piper counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Piper lands an overhand right.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Piper was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Young fails in his attempt to clinch.
Piper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Piper. That did some damage!
Piper scores with a three punch combo!
Piper on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Decent striking displayed by Young there.
Young misses with a leg kick
and Piper counters with a good low kick that Young was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piper misses with a low kick.
Young throws a leg kick which misses Piper's front leg but catches the back leg as Piper tries to avoid it.
Piper avoids a kick to the body.
Piper looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Young.
A big left from Piper misses.
Young takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Piper digs a good body shot into Young's ribs.
Young tries to sprawl but Piper drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Piper is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Piper thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Young's head.
Young is looking for a sweep. Piper is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Piper scores with a couple of nice shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Piper throwing shots but Young is blocking nicely.
Piper thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Young's head.
Young tries to roll over but Piper keeps him under control.
Young has hold of Piper's hands but Piper slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Piper missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Young trying to hold on to Piper's head to control him but Piper postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piper missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Young manages to get to full guard.
Piper connects with a couple of short punches.
Piper has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Piper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Young has momentary wrist control but Piper slips an elbow through the middle.
Piper missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Piper postures up and lands a big shot to Young's brow.
Piper trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young 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.
Young keeping moving, preventing Piper from controlling successfully.
Young not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Piper scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Piper.
Piper trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Piper wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Piper puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Piper lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roddy Piper dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Roddy Piper's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Piper clinches with his opponent.
Piper's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Young misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Piper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Piper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Piper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Young.
Piper has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Young lands with a light punch inside.
Young lands a left hand that snaps the head of Piper backwards.
Piper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Piper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Piper tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Piper can't get the takedown.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Piper is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Young scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young misses with a body punch.
Young lands a nice knee to the body.
Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young thows a body kick. Piper tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Young.
Good leg kick by Young there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Piper moves out of range of the leg kick from Young.
Piper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Piper fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Piper thows a body shot but no joy.
Young throws a leg kick but Piper sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Roddy Piper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Piper blocks the leg kick.
Young moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Young misses with an attempted mid kick.
Young scores with a jab.
Young moves out of range as Piper strikes.
Young throws a leg kick that is checked
and Piper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Piper misses the jab.
Piper gets a takedown into half guard.
Piper working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Young's thigh. Young counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Piper throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Young works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Angus Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Piper accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Piper throws an elbow that misses. Young uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Piper's guard. Nice move by Young!
Young tries to free his leg and advance position but Piper is retaining full guard.
Piper is looking for a triangle but Young pushes his legs off easily.
Young stopping the sweep attempt from Piper.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young slips nicely into half guard.
Young content to control rather than advance.
Young is working for a submission of some sort.
And that's the end of the fight!
Angus Young showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Young has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 49:46
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 49:46
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angus Young!
A less than humble Angus Young misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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