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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Felizberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bucky The Badger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bucky The Badger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Felizberto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bucky The Badger!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Badger.
Felizberto throws a shot from downtown. The Badger moves away and avoids it.
The Badger misses with an uppercut.
A right-left combo lands from The Badger.
A shot to the liver by Felizberto. Beautiful body shot.
Felizberto misses with a straight left.
Felizberto misses with a few strikes there.
Felizberto lands a right hook to the body.
Felizberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Felizberto takes one to the side of the head.
The Badger tries to land a front kick but Felizberto steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Felizberto misses with a telegraphed body shot
and The Badger counters with a good low kick that Felizberto was not able to check.
Felizberto ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Badger tries to clinch there but Felizberto circles away.
Felizberto throws a shot from downtown. The Badger moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Felizberto. The Badger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Felizberto lunges at The Badger with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Badger's hand.
Felizberto misses with a jab to the body
and The Badger counters with a stiff right hand.
Bucky The Badger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Felizberto slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Felizberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Felizberto misses with a lunging right hand
enabling The Badger to counter with a crisp jab.
Felizberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Felizberto takes a swing at The Badger's ribcage but misses.
Felizberto lands a nice hook to The Badger's body. The Badger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Badger slips under a jab.
The Badger swings for the body but Felizberto moves out of range.
Felizberto jabs The Badger to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Felizberto digs a good body shot into The Badger's ribs.
Nice sprawl there from The Badger as Felizberto shoots in.
Felizberto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Badger.
The Badger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Felizberto.
Felizberto is looking to wear down The Badger with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Felizberto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice cross by Felizberto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Felizberto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts The Badger as he jumps to the side.
The Badger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ryan Felizberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Felizberto looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Felizberto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Felizberto, as that shot connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto throws a jab when The Badger was well out of range.
Felizberto ducks right into an uppercut from The Badger.
Felizberto takes a swing at The Badger's ribcage but misses.
Felizberto looks to score with a jab to the body but The Badger is just out of range.
The Badger closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The Badger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The Badger lands with a right to the head.
The Badger scores with a shot to the side of Felizberto's head.
Felizberto is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Felizberto managing to block the knees to the body from The Badger.
The Badger misses with a punch to the body.
Felizberto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Felizberto tries to score a body lock takedown but The Badger shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Felizberto breaks from the clinch.
The Badger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Felizberto was well out of range. Poor timing from The Badger.
Felizberto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Badger.
The Badger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The Badger cracks Felizberto with a right hand to the side of the head.
Felizberto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Badger circles away quickly and effectively.
The Badger missing with a left hand there. Felizberto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Felizberto misses the shot to the body.
Felizberto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Badger.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Felizberto swings widly with a right hand
and The Badger counters with a good low kick that Felizberto was not able to check.
Felizberto thows a body shot but no joy.
The Badger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Felizberto dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The Badger dips to his left and cracks Felizberto with an uppercut!
The Badger gets caught flat footed, as Felizberto shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The Badger keeping moving, preventing Felizberto from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Felizberto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Felizberto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Badger keeping full guard, as Felizberto tries to pass.
Felizberto throws an elbow that misses. The Badger uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Felizberto's guard. Nice move by The Badger!
Felizberto is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Felizberto wants to control but The Badger is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Felizberto prevents The Badger from improving his position.
Felizberto looks to land a strike but The Badger avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Felizberto is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The Badger keeping full guard, as Felizberto tries to pass.
The Badger has his hands on Felizberto's head, controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto stopping the sweep attempt from The Badger.
The Badger is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Felizberto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Badger is keeping the position for now.
Felizberto sitting in guard here, content to control.
The Badger looking for a sweep. Not yet The Badger, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto advances position into side control!
Felizberto laying and praying for a moment but The Badger takes advantage and regains half guard.
Felizberto is trying to control the action in half guard but The Badger is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Felizberto seems to be working for a kimura but The Badger defends the submission attempt.
Felizberto is looking to take a break and control but The Badger is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The Badger gets back to full guard.
Felizberto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Badger swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Felizberto won't allow The Badger to sweep him here.
Felizberto trying to control the position from guard on top but The Badger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Felizberto dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The Badger tries to close the distance and clinch but Felizberto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Felizberto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Badger moves away.
The Badger misses with an uppercut.
Felizberto misses the body punch
and The Badger counters with a nice low kick that buckles Felizberto's knee momentarily.
The Badger moves away from the strike by Felizberto.
The Badger ducks under a wild hook from Felizberto.
The Badger moves into range and clinches up with Felizberto.
Felizberto lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Badger backwards.
The Badger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Felizberto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Felizberto missing with knees to the body.
The Badger misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Badger misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Badger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Badger.
The Badger misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Badger.
Felizberto looking to throw knees to the head but The Badger is blocking nicely.
The Badger trying to control the position but instead, Felizberto has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Badger into the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Felizberto trying to stall but The Badger improves his position.
A right handed body shot lands from Felizberto.
Felizberto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Badger backwards.
The Badger lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Badger.
Felizberto can't break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Badger.
Felizberto swings wildly with an uppercut but The Badger uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Felizberto's defenses.
It looks like Ryan Felizberto has been cut.
Felizberto throws a punch but it's blocked by The Badger.
Felizberto has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. The Badger avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Badger lands an elbow just above Felizberto 's eye.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Badger as Felizberto tries to tie him up.
A nice left hand lands by Felizberto.
The Badger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Badger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Felizberto backwards.
Felizberto looking for a takedown.
Felizberto tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Felizberto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Badger misses with a punch on the inside.
Bucky The Badger seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Badger scores with a shot to the side of Felizberto's head.
The Badger scores with a nice hook to the head.
Felizberto lands an uppercut.
The Badger has Felizberto pressed against the cage, preventing Felizberto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Felizberto fails to land.
The Badger can't find room to land a body shot as Felizberto controls the action.
The Badger scores with a shot to the side of Felizberto's head.
The Badger has a couple of punches blocked by Felizberto.
The Badger misses with a knee strike.
The Badger tries to land a knee to the head but Felizberto blocks with his arms.
The Badger is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The Badger misses with the head strike.
The Badger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Felizberto tries to throw a body punch but The Badger avoids it by throwing Felizberto back against the cage.
Felizberto pressing his opponent against the cage.
The Badger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Felizberto's defenses.
The Badger has a couple of punches blocked by Felizberto.
Felizberto has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. The Badger is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Felizberto avoids the elbow strike from The Badger, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto goes for a takedown in the clinch but The Badger prevents it.
A shot in the inside from The Badger.
Felizberto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Badger avoiding damage.
The Badger utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Felizberto is trying to drag The Badger to the mat but The Badger just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The Badger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Badger lands an elbow inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice elbow from The Badger.
A left hand lands to the body for The Badger.
The Badger lands a left hand.
The Badger slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bucky The Badger really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Felizberto'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.
The Badger throws a hook but Felizberto blocks it.
The Badger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Felizberto throws a body punch but The Badger moves out of range.
The Badger avoids the body shot from Felizberto.
Felizberto moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The Badger throws a nice looking combination but Felizberto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Felizberto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Badger manages to avoid it.
Felizberto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Badger was well out of range. Poor timing from Felizberto.
Felizberto misses the jab.
The Badger fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Felizberto stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice defenses there by The Badger.
The Badger scoring well with a low kick there.
The Badger moves out of range as Felizberto strikes.
The Badger looks to throw the jab but Felizberto is out of range.
Felizberto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Felizberto throws a body punch but The Badger moves out of range.
Felizberto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Felizberto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Badger was well out of range. Poor timing from Felizberto.
Felizberto missing with a left hand there. The Badger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Badger misses with a right hand
and Felizberto counters with a stiff right hand.
Felizberto fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger misses with a head kick.
The Badger lands a head shot.
The Badger missing with a left hand there. Felizberto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Felizberto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The Badger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Felizberto thows a body shot but no joy.
Felizberto fails with a takedown attempt.
A big left from The Badger misses.
The Badger defending well as Felizberto loads up on a big left hand.
The Badger avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto lands with an overhand left.
Felizberto misses with a straight left.
The Badger connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The Badger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Felizberto.
The Badger shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The Badger throws a shot from downtown. Felizberto moves away and avoids it.
Felizberto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Felizberto misses the shot to the body.
The Badger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Felizberto.
The Badger takes a swing at Felizberto's ribcage but misses.
Felizberto misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Badger blocks a jab.
The Badger looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Badger throws a jab but it's blocked by Felizberto.
The Badger looks to throw the jab but Felizberto is out of range.
Felizberto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Badger. The Badger obviously looking to wear him down.
Felizberto misses with a wild combination.
Felizberto staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Felizberto misses its intended target.
A shot to the body from Felizberto misses
and The Badger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Felizberto misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Felizberto had his way with Bucky The Badger in that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Felizberto's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Felizberto staying out of range there.
The Badger feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Felizberto's calf.
Felizberto misses with a body shot.
Felizberto is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The Badger throws a lazy right hand but Felizberto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Felizberto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Badger misses with a body shot.
The Badger slips a jab from Felizberto.
The Badger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Felizberto misses.
Felizberto swings widly with a right hand
and The Badger counters by clinching up.
The Badger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knees to the body from The Badger.
Felizberto has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. The Badger is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Felizberto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Felizberto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Felizberto blocks a body shot from The Badger.
Felizberto is trying to break the clinch but The Badger has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Badger.
Felizberto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Badger lands a nice shot to the body.
Felizberto goes for a takedown attempt but The Badger pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Felizberto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Felizberto looks to throw the jab but The Badger is out of range.
The Badger connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The Badger scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ryan Felizberto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Badger feints and then cracks Felizberto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Felizberto down.
Felizberto throws a hook but The Badger avoids it easily.
Felizberto throws an overhand right that lands on The Badger's shoulder, as The Badger tries to avoid the shot.
The Badger misses with an uppercut.
The Badger slips under a jab from Felizberto.
The Badger throws a low kick, looking for Felizberto's leg but Felizberto calmly moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Felizberto misses the target.
The Badger throws a big shot that misses.
The Badger tries to move into range but Felizberto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ryan Felizberto is winning the standup battle so far.
Felizberto lands with a good body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Badger throws a big shot that misses.
Felizberto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A big right from The Badger misses.
Felizberto throws a lazy uppercut
and The Badger counters with a stiff right hand.
A good leg kick by The Badger.
Felizberto connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The Badger ducks under a wild hook from Felizberto.
Felizberto misses the shot to the body.
The Badger is looking to clinch but Felizberto is avoiding it.
The Badger buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Felizberto tries for a takedown but The Badger sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Felizberto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Felizberto throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent The Badger stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Felizberto misses with a body shot.
The Badger connects with a body shot that sends Felizberto's belly button to the back.
The Badger throws a hook but Felizberto blocks it.
A lazy left from Felizberto finds it's target.
The Badger scoring well with a low kick there.
Felizberto checks a low kick from The Badger.
Felizberto lands a jab to The Badger's midsection.
Bucky The Badger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Felizberto. The Badger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Felizberto connects with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bucky The Badger.
I think Felizberto 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 48:47
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 48:47
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Felizberto!
Ryan Felizberto made sure to mention his sponsor, Hell's Balls Recovery (160) in his post fight interview.
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