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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sydney Bussel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Last Resort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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135 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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160 cm
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140 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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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 London, Sydney Bussel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Last Resort!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Resort throws a wild body kick that Bussel sees coming a mile off.
Bussel thows a body kick. Resort tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Resort closes the distance and clinches.
Resort tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bussel avoids it.
Resort tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bussel avoids it.
Resort using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bussel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Resort misses with a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bussel.
Bussel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Resort.
Resort trying to land knees to the body.
Bussel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Resort is looking to control Bussel's arms but Bussel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Resort has his back to the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Bussel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bussel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Resort is defending well for now.
Bussel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bussel moves in looking to clinch but Resort pushes him off.
Resort 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Bussel.
Bussel closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bussel avoiding damage as Resort throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bussel obliges.
Resort missing with knees to the body.
Resort tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bussel avoids it.
Resort with a knee to the head.
Resort tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bussel breaks from the clinch.
Bussel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bussel pushes Resort away with a front kick.
Resort looks gassed!
Bussel tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Resort is able to avoid easily.
Resort avoids a kick to the body.
Bussel throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Last Resort has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Resort avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bussel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bussel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Resort up against the ropes.
Bussel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bussel has had enough of the clinch but Resort keeps him there for the moment.
Resort misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bussel.
Resort tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bussel.
Bussel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Resort blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Resort blocks the elbow strike.
Bussel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Resort is defending well for now.
Bussel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bussel wants to stall.
Resort is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bussel is defending well for now.
Bussel lands a good knee to the midsection. Resort won't want to take too many of those.
Bussel managing to block the knees to the body from Resort.
Bussel lands a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bussel is trying to maintain a safe position but Resort gets an underhook and turns Bussel into the ropes.
Resort leaning against his opponent.
Bussel looking to stall.
Resort is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Resort is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bussel is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bussel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bussel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bussel scores with a knee to the head.
Bussel connects with a knee to the head.
Resort throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bussel throws an elbow but misses.
Resort tries to land a knee to the head but Bussel blocks with his arms.
Bussel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Resort tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bussel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bussel closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Resort using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bussel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bussel working hard to break the clinch.
Bussel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bussel moves into the clinch.
Bussel managing to block the knees to the body from Resort.
Resort tries a knee to the head but Bussel blocks it.
Resort keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bussel's efforts to push away.
Bussel lands a knee to the head.
Bussel is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Resort on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Resort looking to throw knees to the head but Bussel is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Resort missing with knees to the body.
Bussel avoiding damage as Resort throws knees to the body.
Resort tries to land a knee to the head but Bussel blocks with his arms.
Bussel is trying to break the clinch but Resort has him pressed against the ropes.
Bussel taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sydney Bussel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Last Resort's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Bussel moves into range and clinches up with Resort.
Bussel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Resort is defending well for now.
Bussel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sydney Bussel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bussel tries to land knees in the clinch but Resort avoids the damage to the body.
Resort managing to block the knees to the body from Bussel.
Resort misses with a knee strike.
Resort on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bussel trying to stall but Resort improves his position.
Bussel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Resort avoids it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Resort managing to block the knees to the body from Bussel.
Resort on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bussel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Resort tries to land knees in the clinch but Bussel avoids the damage to the body.
Bussel avoiding damage as Resort throws knees to the body.
Resort lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Resort misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bussel.
Bussel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bussel is trying to break the clinch but Resort is controlling him.
Resort blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bussel is looking to break free of the clinch but Resort has double underhooks.
Bussel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Resort is looking to clinch but Bussel is avoiding it.
Bussel tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Resort manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bussel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Resort manages to avoid it.
Bussel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bussel lands a head kick. Resort smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bussel jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Some bone on bone action there as Resort checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sydney Bussel is winning the standup battle so far.
Bussel tries to clinch up but Resort circles away and keeps his distance.
Bussel is looking to slow Resort down with leg kicks.
Resort moves out of range of the body kick from Bussel.
Bussel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Resort swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bussel swats away the attempt to clinch by Resort.
Resort lands a head kick. Bussel smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bussel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bussel tries to keep at a distance but Resort has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bussel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bussel avoiding damage as Resort throws knees to the body.
Bussel managing to block the knees to the body from Resort.
Bussel trying to land knees to the body.
Bussel looking to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Resort tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Resort throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bussel blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bussel lands a nice elbow.
Bussel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Resort.
Bussel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Resort.
Bussel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Resort throws a knee to the head but misses.
Resort tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Resort blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bussel is trying to break the clinch but Resort is controlling him.
Bussel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bussel lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Resort is breathing heavily.
Bussel tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Resort manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bussel darts in trying to clinch
and Resort counters with a solid body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bussel misses with a head kick.
Bussel rushes Resort and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Bussel trying to control the position but instead, Resort has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bussel into the ropes.
Bussel avoiding damage as Resort throws knees to the body.
Resort misses with a knee to the head.
Bussel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bussel tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Resort counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Resort.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Resort tries to land knees in the clinch but Bussel avoids the damage to the body.
Bussel trying to land knees to the body.
Resort lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bussel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sydney Bussel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Last Resort's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bussel tries to clinch up but Resort circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Bussel.
Bussel throws a leg kick which misses Resort's front leg but catches the back leg as Resort tries to avoid it.
Bussel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Resort's sensitive parts.
Bussel avoids the head kick by Resort.
Bussel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Resort paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bussel keeps the fight on the outside.
Bussel lands a leg kick that knocks Resort off balance momentarily.
Bussel tries to clinch but Resort moves out of range.
Resort is looking to clinch.
Bussel throws the kick towards the body but Resort avoids it.
Bussel tries to clinch but Resort moves out of range.
Resort avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bussel tries to close the distance and clinch but Resort swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bussel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Resort stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bussel.
Sydney Bussel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Resort showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bussel.
Bussel loads up on a big right hand but Resort slips the punch.
Resort circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bussel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Resort.
Bussel is looking to clinch.
Bussel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Resort tries a head kick but it misses.
Bussel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Resort moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bussel throws a wild body kick that Resort sees coming a mile off.
Bussel is looking to clinch but Resort is avoiding it.
Bussel plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bussel tries to clinch up but Resort circles away and keeps his distance.
Resort moves in looking to clinch but Bussel pushes him off.
Bussel tries to clinch up but Resort circles away and keeps his distance.
Resort moves out of range as Bussel throws a body kick.
Bussel is looking to clinch but Resort is avoiding it.
Bussel tries to clinch up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Bussel misses.
Bussel moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bussel wants to stall.
Bussel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Resort.
Resort is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Resort trying to land knees to the body.
Bussel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bussel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bussel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Resort can do to turn this around?
Bussel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bussel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Resort's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Resort looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bussel fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Bussel.
Bussel closes the distance looking to clinch
and Resort counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bussel really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Resort tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bussel avoids it.
Resort landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bussel tries to circle away but Resort has him pinned against the ropes.
Resort connects with a knee to the head.
Resort misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bussel.
Resort tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bussel managing to block the knees to the body from Resort.
Bussel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Resort unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bussel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A frustrated look appears on Bussel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Resort with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bussel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Resort.
Bussel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bussel.
Last Resort has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bussel scores a nice knee to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sydney Bussel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bussel 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sydney Bussel!
A very excited looking Sydney Bussel rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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RATING
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