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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between DJango Ibakka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Bühler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). DJango Ibakka had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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225 lbs
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219 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank |
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, DJango Ibakka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Bühler!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ibakka rushes Bühler and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bühler tries for a takedown but Ibakka manages to get underhooks.
Ibakka avoids the elbow strike from Bühler, against the cage.
Ibakka tries to land knees in the clinch but Bühler avoids the damage to the body.
Bühler leaning against his opponent.
A bit of stalling here from Ibakka.
Ibakka lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bühler backwards.
Ibakka throws a punch but it's blocked by Bühler.
Bühler misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ibakka.
Bühler pushes off an throws an elbow but Ibakka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bühler is trying to push Ibakka away but Ibakka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bühler pushes off an throws an elbow but Ibakka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ibakka stalling.
Ibakka lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bühler is working for takedown but Ibakka is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bühler gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ibakka is looking for a sweep. Bühler is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bühler perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ibakka trying to control here.
Bühler thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ibakka's head.
Ibakka is not content to let Bühler control the position.
Bühler is just content to waste time from the top position. Ibakka takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Bühler wants to control from the top but Ibakka keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibakka looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bühler is one step ahead there.
Bühler working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ibakka's head.
Bühler trying to control but Ibakka is working from the bottom.
Ibakka looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bühler trying to control but Ibakka is working from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bühler is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marco Bühler has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Bühler shoots in but no luck this time.
DJango Ibakka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Bühler.
Bühler throws a body punch but Ibakka moves out of range.
Ibakka keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ibakka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bühler.
Ibakka ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bühler throws a lazy right hand but Ibakka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ibakka slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ibakka throws a lazy right hand but Bühler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ibakka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bühler circles away quickly and effectively.
Ibakka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bühler.
DJango Ibakka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bühler takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bühler darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ibakka on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ibakka tries to get out of the position.
Bühler is thwarting Ibakka's attempts to control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bühler thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bühler not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bühler thows a huge punch but Ibakka dodges it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ibakka keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Ibakka knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bühler on the ground.
Ibakka on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Bühler dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bühler misses with a hook.
Bühler takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ibakka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bühler.
Ibakka throws out a loose jab but Bühler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bühler swings for the body but Ibakka moves out of range.
Bühler fails to land the takedown.
Ibakka looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bühler tries to work over Ibakka's front leg with a kick but Ibakka checks it.
Ibakka throws a jab but it's blocked by Bühler.
A jab from Bühler misses.
Ibakka misses with a low kick.
Ibakka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bühler manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bühler looks to land a left hand but Ibakka moved out of range nicely.
A low kick from Bühler misses
and Ibakka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ibakka tries to clinch there but Bühler circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ibakka 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 Bühler has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bühler and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bühler takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ibakka darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bühler is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Bühler throws a chopping leg kick but Ibakka manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bühler cracks Ibakka with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ibakka loads up on a big right hand but Bühler slips the punch.
Bühler turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ibakka leaves Bühler with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ibakka misses with a hook.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bühler.
DJango Ibakka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Bühler.
Ibakka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bühler misses with an uppercut. Ibakka saw that one coming.
Bühler misses with a wild body shot.
Bühler throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ibakka blocks a leg kick.
Bühler throws a front kick aimed at Ibakka's knee but Ibakka avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ibakka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bühler shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bühler thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bühler trying to control from Ibakka's half guard. Ibakka has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Ibakka avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bühler trying to control the position from guard on top but Ibakka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marco Bühler has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bühler postures up in Ibakka's guard and throws a big left but Ibakka blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibakka is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ibakka pulls Bühler in close to his closed guard and prevents Bühler from doing any damage or advancing position.
Bühler trying to control the position from guard on top but Ibakka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ibakka 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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice uppercut lands for Ibakka. That snapped Bühler's head back.
Good leg kick by Bühler there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ibakka throws a jab when Bühler was well out of range.
Ibakka cracks Bühler with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bühler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ibakka.
Bühler closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ibakka quickly recovers to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bühler is trying to control. Ibakka wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bühler passes to full mount!
Bühler is landing with some decent strikes but Ibakka is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bühler cracks Ibakka with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bühler trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bühler avoids the attempt from Ibakka to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Bühler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Bühler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ibakka throws out the jab.
Ibakka throws a series of punches but Bühler avoids them all with ease.
Ibakka takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ibakka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bühler pushes Ibakka up against the cage in a clinch.
Ibakka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bühler lands a left hand.
Bühler is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ibakka is keeping busy.
Ibakka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bühler.
Bühler trying to land knees to the body.
Bühler has hold of one of Ibakka's legs. Ibakka is fighting the takedown attempt but Bühler gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Bühler working some strikes from top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bühler lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibakka avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bühler trying to control but Ibakka is working from the bottom.
Bühler is stalling in the full guard.
Ibakka keeping moving, preventing Bühler from controlling successfully.
Ibakka working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bühler.
Bühler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bühler throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bühler trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bühler throwing strikes from guard but Ibakka blocks nicely.
Bühler advances position into side control!
Bühler throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Bühler wants to control but Ibakka is keeping him busy.
Bühler is trying to get an arm triangle but Ibakka is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Bühler are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Ibakka is trying to control Bühler's posture but Bühler avoids it.
Bühler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ibakka keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marco Bühler is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bühler lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ibakka down.
DJango Ibakka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bühler trying to control the position but Ibakka is working away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Bühler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bühler has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Bühler!
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