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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Art Vandelay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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222 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Woods!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Art Vandelay!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Anthony Taglia and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woods will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Woods throws a leg kick but Vandelay sees it coming and moves out of range.
A solid body kick from Vandelay.
Woods throws a jab when Vandelay was well out of range.
Woods misses with a body shot.
Vandelay throws a leg kick
and Woods makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A good leg kick by Vandelay.
Decent striking displayed by Woods there.
A slow jab from Vandelay misses its intended target.
Good work by Woods as he checks the leg kick.
Vandelay misses with a hook. Woods ducked under it nicely.
Woods misses the shot to the body.
Woods punishes Vandelay's body with a nice straight punch.
Vandelay defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Woods.
Woods scores with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Woods.
Woods thows a body shot but no joy.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vandelay.
Woods gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Woods keeps control of Vandelay as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Woods misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandelay breaks the clinch.
Vandelay finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A combination from Vandelay does no damage.
Woods shoots in but Vandelay avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Woods. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Woods scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Woods throws a body punch but Vandelay moves out of range.
Woods takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Woods blocks a jab.
Vandelay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Woods was well out of range. Poor timing from Vandelay.
A head kick misses from Vandelay.
Woods takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Woods fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vandelay manages to avoid it.
Woods scores with the left hand. Vandelay knows he should have avoided that one.
An inside leg kick lands from Vandelay.
Vandelay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Woods throws an overhand right that lands on Vandelay's shoulder, as Vandelay tries to avoid the shot.
Woods is looking to wear down Vandelay with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Vandelay with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Woods closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Woods throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vandelays head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay working hard to break the clinch.
Vandelay stops a takedown attempt from Woods.
Woods lands a nice uppercut.
Vandelay tries to circle away but Woods has him pinned against the cage.
Woods lands a hook to the side of the head.
Woods tries to throw a body punch but Vandelay avoids it by throwing Woods back against the cage.
Woods has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Vandelay clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Woods trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Vandelay doesn't escape.
Woods lands shots from the back.
Vandelay is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Woods off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Vandelay breaks Woods's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Woods lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Vandelay!
Vandelay tries to lock up and control but Woods gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Vandelay is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay wants to try and get back to his feet.
Woods punishing his opponent with strikes.
Vandelay sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Vandelay tries to get to full guard but Woods has control of the leg.
Vandelay taking some punishment here, with Woods in his half guard.
Woods lands with a punch from half guard.
Woods 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.
Woods tries to pass to full mount but Vandelay defends it.
Vandelay is trying to maintain the position but Woods is very close to passing his half guard.
Vandelay looking for submissions off his back.
Vandelay is refusing to be controlled, as Woods sits in half guard.
Woods lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Woods prevents Vandelay from standing back up.
Woods wants to control but Vandelay is keeping him busy.
Woods trying to mount his opponent but Vandelay defends it.
Vandelay has hold of Woods's hands but Woods slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Woods winds up and cracks Vandelay with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Woods trying to control the action but Vandelay is working from the bottom.
Woods is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Woods is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Woods is keen to just control but Vandelay is a slippery customer.
Vandelay is trying to control but can't.
Woods seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Woods dominated that 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.
Woods connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Woods has taken the fight to the clinch.
Woods drops down looking for an ankle pick but Vandelay pulls his leg out and moves away.
Woods lands a jab to the head.
Vandelay thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vandelay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vandelay stuffs the takedown.
Vandelay tries a low kick but Woods avoids it.
Art Vandelay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Woods fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vandelay manages to avoid it.
Vandelay tried to score with a low kick but Woods checks it.
Vandelay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Woods.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Woods. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vandelay slips a straight right by Woods.
Woods connects with a solid leg kick.
Woods tries to clinch there but Vandelay circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vandelay manages to avoid it.
Vandelay misses with a wild combination.
Vandelay is looking to score with low kicks.
Woods throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Woods fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vandelay thows a body kick. Woods tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vandelay fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Woods.
Vandelay connects with a leg kick. Woods looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Woods feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vandelay's calf.
Woods avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Woods is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vandelay.
It looks like James Woods has been cut.
A combination from Vandelay does no damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vandelay throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Art Vandelay seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Woods takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Woods looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Woods will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Woods ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vandelay moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vandelay misses with a kick to the body.
Woods tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vandelay was well out of range. Poor timing from Woods.
Woods misses with a jab, cross combination.
An inside leg kick from Vandelay misses.
Vandelay fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Woods is out of range.
Woods throws a looping overhand right but Vandelay ducks down to avoid it.
Woods misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vandelay throws a sloppy head kick and Woods moves out of range easily.
Art Vandelay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A left lands for Woods.
Vandelay turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Woods misses with an uppercut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Woods lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Vandelay has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vandelay and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Woods scores with a hook.
Vandelay goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vandelay throws a head kick that misses
and Woods counters with a right hand to the body.
Vandelay looks to land a body kick but Woods moved away.
Woods throws the left hand but Vandelay avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay is looking to land body kicks.
The fighters circling - Woods throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Woods connects with a body shot that sends Vandelay's belly button to the back.
Vandelay moves out of range as Woods strikes.
Woods throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vandelay stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Woods uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vandelay.
Woods checks the leg kick.
Woods throws a body punch but Vandelay moves out of range.
Woods with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vandelay swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Woods smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vandelay chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vandelay looks for the body kick but Woods saw that one coming.
Woods swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Woods misses.
Vandelay throws a shot from downtown. Woods moves away and avoids it.
Vandelay throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Woods scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's four 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!
Vandelay wants to slow Woods down by chopping away at his legs.
Art Vandelay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vandelay tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vandelay finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Vandelay throws a lazy right hand but Woods sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vandelay lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vandelay looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Vandelay misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vandelay lands a jab.
Vandelay scores with a shot to the body.
Woods looks to land a left hand but Vandelay moved out of range nicely.
Vandelay misses with a leg kick.
Good shot there by Woods.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some wild striking there from Woods.
Woods looks for a takedown but Vandelay sprawls well.
Vandelay feints and then cracks Woods's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Woods down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Art Vandelay will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on James Woods's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Vandelay throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Vandelay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Woods moves away.
Woods throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vandelay stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vandelay avoids a punch combination nicely.
Woods dodges the punch combination from Vandelay.
Woods swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vandelay throws a low kick but Woods moves out of range easily.
Nice shot by Woods.
Vandelay throws a leg kick that misses.
Vandelay thows a body shot but no joy.
Vandelay takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vandelay throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Woods tries to clinch but Vandelay moves out of range.
Vandelay misses with a lunging right hand
and Woods counters with a thumping low kick.
Woods throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vandelay lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandelay misses with a jab, cross combination.
Woods uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vandelay.
Vandelay throws out a leg kick but Woods moves out of range and Vandelay only half commits.
Good leg kick by Vandelay there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vandelay keeps Woods at a distance using the push kick.
Woods swinging wildly here.
Vandelay misses with a wild combination.
Vandelay takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Woods throws a shot from downtown. Vandelay moves away and avoids it.
Vandelay throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Vandelay misses with a leg kick.
Woods lands with a hook. Vandelay tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Woods tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vandelay was well out of range. Poor timing from Woods.
Vandelay misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vandelay connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Woods's hands.
Woods misses with a straight left.
A nice combination there by Vandelay.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vandelay.
Woods scores with a nice right hand.
Vandelay scores with a kick to the body.
Woods misses with a two punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Woods dodges the punch combination from Vandelay.
Woods tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Woods is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Vandelay tries a low kick but Woods avoids it.
Vandelay takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Woods throws a hook but Vandelay blocks it.
Vandelay looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vandelay throws a right and a left that Woods avoids nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Woods. Those never looked like landing.
Vandelay tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Woods shoots in and gets a takedown into Vandelay's guard.
Vandelay looking to control.
Vandelay looking for a guillotine here but Woods defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Woods working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Woods stopping the sweep attempt from Vandelay.
Woods is pushing down on Vandelay's leg trying to pass to half guard. Vandelay is fighting to maintain full guard but Woods has managed to sneak the leg through.
James Woods overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vandelay tries to roll over but Woods keeps him under control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Vandelay manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Vandelay wants to stand but Woods is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Woods passes into half guard.
Nice strikes from Woods there.
Vandelay is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vandelay is not content to let Woods control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woods is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Vandelay!
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!
Vandelay wants to control but Woods is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Woods lands with some strikes.
Woods lands a heavy elbow.
Woods trying to control but Vandelay is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Woods showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Woods 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Woods!
James Woods decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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