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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Echart Tolle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Godbeard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Godbeard has chosen God Save the Queen as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Echart Tolle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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186 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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175 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Basic striking
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Echart Tolle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robin Godbeard!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolle fails with a takedown attempt.
Godbeard forces Tolle back against the cage and clinches.
Godbeard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tolle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Godbeard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Godbeard. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Godbeard does no damage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Godbeard, right into the meat.
Tolle avoids the head kick by Godbeard.
Godbeard moves into range and clinches up with Tolle.
Tolle tries to pull guard but Godbeard holds him up against the cage and eventually Tolle drops back down to his feet.
Tolle is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Echart Tolle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tolle looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolle tries for a takedown but Godbeard manages to get underhooks.
A hook to the body from Godbeard.
Godbeard stops a takedown attempt from Tolle.
Godbeard lands a knee to the head.
Godbeard gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tolle.
Godbeard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Godbeard stalks Tolle and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tolle's face. Tolle staggers backwards, shaken.
Tolle drives through with a takedown into Godbeard's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Tolle trying to control but Godbeard is working from the bottom.
Tolle would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolle controlling from the top position.
Godbeard keeping full guard, as Tolle tries to pass.
Godbeard looking for a sweep. Not yet Godbeard, not yet.
Tolle trying to control the position from guard on top but Godbeard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The ref stands the fighters back up. Echart Tolle wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Tolle shoots for a double leg takedown but Godbeard sprawls well. He's pushed Tolle's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Godbeard scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tolle shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tolle showed some decent athleticism there.
Tolle is looking to advance position but Godbeard won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolle not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Godbeard has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tolle is working away from the top position though.
Tolle is looking to take a break and control but Godbeard is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tolle seems to be working for a kimura but Godbeard defends the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolle has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Tolle there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Godbeard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tolle. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tolle looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Tolle looking to finish Godbeard with some ground and pound. This is bad for Godbeard!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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.
Godbeard is desperately trying to improve his position but Tolle has a good base and remains in mount.
Tolle looking to finish with strikes here!
Tolle controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Echart Tolle dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Tolle gets tackled into the cage by Godbeard. Godbeard maintains the clinch.
Godbeard working hard to break the clinch.
Tolle wants to take the fight to the mat but Godbeard manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Godbeard misses with a knee strike.
Godbeard with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Godbeard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tolle shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Godbeard clinches.
Godbeard breaks the clinch.
Godbeard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tolle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Echart Tolle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Godbeard keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Godbeard closes the distance and pushes Tolle back into the cage.
Godbeard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Godbeard tries to land a knee to the head but Tolle blocks with his arms.
Godbeard tries to break the clinch but Tolle is controlling the position.
Godbeard scores a nice knee to the body.
Tolle jumps guard but Godbeard turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Tolle takes a shot to the head.
Godbeard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tolle is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Godbeard.
Godbeard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tolle backwards.
A hook to the body from Godbeard.
Godbeard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godbeard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Godbeard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tolle, pushing him back against the cage.
Tolle is trying to pull guard but Godbeard turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Godbeard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tolle is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Godbeard to keep the fight standing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Godbeard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Godbeard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Godbeard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tolle moves away.
Godbeard scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Godbeard displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tolle.
Tolle shoots in and drives through. Godbeard sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godbeard misses with a double jab.
Tolle with a poor takedown
and Godbeard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Godbeard throws a right and a left that Tolle avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tolle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Godbeard feints a jab promting Tolle to slip. Godbeard then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tolle slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Godbeard throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Godbeard throws a body punch but Tolle moves out of range.
Godbeard throws a nice looking combination but Tolle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Godbeard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Godbeard is breathing heavily.
Godbeard throws a head kick but Tolle moves out of range.
Robin Godbeard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolle shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Godbeard sprawls well. Godbeard wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tolle gets slowly back to his feet.
Tolle dodges the punch combination from Godbeard.
Tolle looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Godbeard is fending him off so far but Tolle persists. Nope, Godbeard circles away and we're back to standing.
Tolle slips a jab and a cross from Godbeard.
Robin Godbeard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tolle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Godbeard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Godbeard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tolle fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick from Godbeard lands but Tolle takes it in his stride.
Godbeard has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Godbeard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Godbeard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tolle moves out of range as Godbeard throws a body kick.
Godbeard misses with a body kick.
Tolle scores a takedown into full mount!
Tolle connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Godbeard tries to lock up and control but Tolle gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tolle throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Godbeard because Tolle loaded up on that one.
Tolle misses with a head shot.
Tolle throws some wild stikes that Godbeard manages to avoid easily.
Poor strikes thrown by Tolle there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Tolle throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolle throwing strikes here but Godbeard is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tolle thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Godbeard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tolle looking to finish with strikes here!
Tolle landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tolle looking to isolate an arm here. Godbeard doesn't see it coming and as Tolle extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Tolle!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Echart Tolle!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Echart Tolle waved his t-shirt featuring Hellraiser Fightgear ($10-$20 clothing)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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