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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bill Paroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hoban Washburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washburn has chosen Magic Carpet Ride as his entrance music. Bill Paroni has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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180 cm
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177 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bill Paroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hoban Washburn!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washburn moves into range and clinches up with Paroni.
Washburn has Paroni pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Washburn pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Paroni tumbling to the mat - Washburn dives into Paroni's guard.
Washburn preventing the sweep.
Paroni is adopting a defensive guard.
Paroni keeping moving, preventing Washburn from controlling successfully.
Washburn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Washburn throws a big right hand that misses.
Washburn postures up.
Paroni keeping full guard, as Washburn tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washburn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Paroni pulls Washburn in to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Bill Paroni wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Washburn pushes Paroni up against the cage in a clinch.
Paroni misses with an elbow strike.
Washburn blocks the elbow strike.
Paroni lands a nice elbow.
Paroni lands a nice elbow.
Washburn tries for a takedown but Paroni manages to get underhooks.
Paroni looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Paroni lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Washburn is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Paroni misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Washburn.
A left hand lands to the body for Washburn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paroni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Paroni throws an elbow but misses.
Paroni misses with a knee to the head.
Paroni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Washburn avoids it.
Washburn blocks an elbow strike.
Paroni gets underhooks to prevent Washburn's takedown attempt.
Bill Paroni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hoban Washburn.
Paroni creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Washburn's defenses.
It looks like Hoban Washburn has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paroni with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Washburn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Washburn turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Washburn manages to end up in side control.
Paroni is looking for a sweep.
Washburn with the ground and pound but Paroni regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Paroni has hold of Washburn's hands but Washburn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washburn looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Paroni preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Washburn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Paroni's head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Washburn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Paroni's head.
Washburn throwing shots but Paroni is blocking nicely.
Paroni holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Paroni is not content to let Washburn control the position.
Washburn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washburn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Washburn thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Washburn is thwarting Paroni's attempts to control the position.
Washburn thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Paroni gets back to full guard.
Washburn wants to control from the top but Paroni keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Washburn landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hoban Washburn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hoban Washburn's cut.
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.
Washburn looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Paroni wants to control but Washburn is keeping busy.
Paroni is looking to improve his position.
Washburn wants to control but Paroni is keeping him busy.
Paroni trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paroni gets full guard.
Paroni working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Washburn.
Paroni controls Washburn momentarily but Washburn frees himself.
Washburn passes Paroni's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hoban Washburn has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washburn trying to control the action but Paroni is working from the bottom.
Paroni is looking for a sweep. Washburn is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Paroni avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Washburn.
Washburn sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Paroni defending well though.
Paroni is not content to let Washburn control the position.
Washburn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Washburn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paroni trying to control here.
Washburn sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Paroni defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washburn tries to pass to full mount but Paroni defends it.
Washburn is thwarting Paroni's attempts to control the position.
Paroni is staying active underneath Washburn, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Washburn's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Washburn wants to free his trapped foot but Paroni is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Hoban Washburn.
Paroni gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washburn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Washburn has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Paroni after a bit of a struggle.
Paroni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Washburn has hold of one of Paroni's legs. Paroni is fighting the takedown attempt but Washburn gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Paroni looking to control.
Paroni keeping moving, preventing Washburn from controlling successfully.
Washburn throws an elbow that misses. Paroni uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Washburn's guard. Nice move by Paroni!
Washburn looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Washburn keeping moving, preventing Paroni from controlling successfully.
Washburn 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washburn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Paroni slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
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!
Washburn trying to control from half guard but Paroni is working away.
Paroni gets back to full guard.
Paroni is trying to control the position from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Washburn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hoban Washburn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hoban Washburn's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Paroni lands a leg kick that knocks Washburn off balance momentarily.
Washburn shoots in looking for a takedown. Paroni tries to sprawl out of it but Washburn keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Paroni manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Washburn shoots in for a takedown but Paroni shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Paroni gets tackled into the cage by Washburn. Washburn maintains the clinch.
Paroni lands a right hand.
Washburn looking to stall.
Paroni tries a knee to the head but Washburn blocks it.
Paroni tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Washburn blocks an elbow strike from Paroni.
Washburn is trying to drag Paroni to the mat but Paroni just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bill Paroni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hoban Washburn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washburn blocks an elbow strike from Paroni.
Washburn takes an elbow to the temple.
Paroni creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Washburn dodges an elbow strike from Paroni.
Paroni unloads a knee to the mid-section. Washburn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Washburn has picked Paroni up - he's going for a ride! Washburn dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Paroni keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Washburn stalling away here and it's allowed Paroni to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Washburn is looking to work some ground and pound but Paroni has wrist control.
Paroni 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washburn postures up.
Washburn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Washburn throwing strikes but missing.
Paroni working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Washburn.
Paroni avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Washburn scoring with some ground and pound.
Paroni 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.
Washburn looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paroni keeping moving, preventing Washburn from controlling successfully.
Paroni keeping full guard, as Washburn tries to pass.
Paroni looking to control.
Paroni has control of Washburn's left arm, preventing Washburn from doing any damage.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Hoban Washburn wasn't active enough on the ground.
Washburn has managed to clinch.
Washburn tightens his grip and picks Paroni up, before dumping him to the ground. Paroni manages to land in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washburn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Paroni controls Washburn momentarily but Washburn frees himself.
Washburn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Washburn throwing strikes from guard but Paroni blocks nicely.
Washburn wants to control from the top but Paroni keeps moving.
Hoban Washburn is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Washburn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hoban Washburn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Washburn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hoban Washburn!
A very excited looking Hoban Washburn made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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