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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dutch Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josiah Scurlock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haze comes into the arena with i stand alone blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Scurlock's choice of entrance music: New Day - Hollywood Undead. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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143 lbs
21 - 12 - 0 |
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144 lbs
17 - 11 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dutch Haze !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josiah Scurlock!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scurlock keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Scurlock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Scurlock stuffs the takedown.
Haze throws a right and a left that both miss.
Scurlock misses with a body kick.
Scurlock leaves Haze with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dutch Haze . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Scurlock lands a glancing blow to the side of Haze 's head.
Haze lands a left and a right that sends Scurlock crashing to the canvas! Haze dives into mount looking to finish!
Scurlock is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Scurlock tries to buck Haze off but he can't manage it.
Scurlock is still in real trouble! Can Haze finish him?
Haze with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Scurlock is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Scurlock seems to have recovered his senses.
Haze postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Scurlock looks a forlorn figure.
Haze tries to control but Scurlock wriggling away.
Scurlock is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Haze wants to control the pace but Scurlock is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scurlock's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Haze has hold of Scurlock's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Scurlock manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Scurlock wants to get back to his feet.
Haze landing strikes from the mount and Scurlock is in trouble!
Scurlock's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Haze has hold of Scurlock's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Scurlock manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Scurlock trying desperately to get to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haze has control of Scurlock's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Scurlock regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Haze working for a submission but Scurlock is keeping him at bay.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scurlock trying desperately to get to his feet.
Haze looking for a guillotine from mount but Scurlock is having none of it.
Haze won't let Scurlock get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haze is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Scurlock is surviving well by controlling Haze 's body position as best he can.
Haze is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Scurlock can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Scurlock bucks up and throws Haze to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Scurlock has taken the fight to the clinch.
Haze is trying to pull guard but Scurlock turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Scurlock.
Haze tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Scurlock smiles and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Haze is defended easily by Scurlock.
A combination from Haze does no damage.
Scurlock has closed the distance and engaged Haze in a clinch.
Haze fails to pull guard.
Scurlock lands with a light punch inside.
Haze jumps guard but Scurlock turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Haze fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Scurlock successfully pulls guard.
Scurlock wants to stand but Haze is controlling the position.
Scurlock pushes Haze off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze throws a right and a left that Scurlock avoids nicely.
Scurlock tries to clinch but Haze is having none of it.
No joy there for Haze , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scurlock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haze shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Scurlock but Scurlock pushes him off and we're back to square one.
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!
No joy there for Scurlock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Haze misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haze shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Scurlock as he jumps to the side.
Haze is breathing heavily.
Scurlock tries to bum rush Haze with a series of wild strikes but Haze uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dutch Haze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scurlock throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haze fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haze misses with a takedown attempt - Scurlock sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Scurlock instigates a clinch.
Haze is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Scurlock to keep the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dutch Haze 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.
Nice takedown defense from Scurlock. No joy for Haze on that attempt.
Haze will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Scurlock doesn't manage to clinch there - Haze circles away.
Scurlock clinches with his opponent.
Scurlock breaks the clinch.
Scurlock stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Scurlock wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dutch Haze . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Scurlock lands with a kick to the ribs.
Haze takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Haze has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Scurlock.
Scurlock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haze paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scurlock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Scurlock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Scurlock stuffs the takedown.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Scurlock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haze shoots for a takedown but Scurlock saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Scurlock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Scurlock manages to pull guard.
Scurlock manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Josiah Scurlock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scurlock swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Haze shoots for a double leg takedown but Scurlock sprawls well. He's pushed Haze 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
No joy there for Haze , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Haze crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Scurlock - the referee stops the clock and Haze gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Scurlock. Haze manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Haze has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Scurlock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haze swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Scurlock wants to clinch.
Dutch Haze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Haze does no damage.
Haze misses with a few strikes there.
Haze tries to keep at a distance but Scurlock has taken the fight into the clinch.
Scurlock pulls Haze into guard.
Scurlock has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Haze off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Scurlock dodges the punch combination from Haze .
Haze takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scurlock connects with a leg kick. Haze looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Scurlock.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scurlock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Scurlock misses with a double jab.
Haze circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scurlock connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Scurlock lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Scurlock closes the distance and clinches.
Scurlock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A shot in the inside from Scurlock.
Haze is trying to pull guard but Scurlock turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Scurlock has Haze pressed against the cage, preventing Haze from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Scurlock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haze swats away the attempt to clinch by Scurlock.
Haze throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Scurlock.
Haze lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Scurlock circles away quickly and effectively.
Haze circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scurlock misses with the combination.
Haze throws a series of punches but Scurlock moves out of range.
Haze misses with a takedown
and Scurlock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Scurlock with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Scurlock - that will leave a mark!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Haze is defended easily by Scurlock.
Scurlock scoring well with a low kick there.
Scurlock clinches with his opponent.
Haze misses with the head strike.
Scurlock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Scurlock wants to clinch up but Haze keeps it at a distance.
Scurlock lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Scurlock misses with a few strikes there.
Scurlock stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Scurlock wants it to stay on the feet.
Scurlock has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scurlock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scurlock is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Scurlock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Scurlock lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Scurlock.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scurlock fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Scurlock tries to clinch up.
Haze moves forwards but Scurlock connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Haze shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Scurlock sprawls well. Scurlock wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Haze gets slowly back to his feet.
Scurlock tries to clinch but Haze is having none of it.
Scurlock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Scurlock is looking to clinch but Haze is avoiding it.
Haze shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Scurlock as he jumps to the side.
Scurlock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scurlock tries to close the distance and clinch but Haze swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Scurlock works the jab nicely.
Josiah Scurlock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Scurlock drives through and clinches with Haze against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josiah Scurlock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
A right-left combo lands from Scurlock.
Haze shoots in for a double leg but Scurlock sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sloppy strikes from Haze . Those never looked like landing.
Haze closes this distance looking for a takedown but Scurlock circles away.
Haze fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Scurlock avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dutch Haze . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Scurlock is looking to clinch.
Scurlock misses with a double jab.
Haze fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Haze 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Scurlock connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Haze scrambles back to his feet.
Scurlock closes the distance and clinches.
Scurlock slowing the pace effectively.
Scurlock breaks the clinch.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Haze . He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Haze takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Scurlock moves into the clinch.
A short right from Scurlock on the inside.
Scurlock with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haze pulls guard effortlessly.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Scurlock postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scurlock trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Scurlock working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Scurlock's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Haze has a closed guard, preventing Scurlock from standing up.
Haze is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Scurlock trying to stand up but can't free himself from Haze 's guard.
Scurlock in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Haze is working an open guard so Scurlock takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Scurlock wants to clinch up but Haze keeps it at a distance.
Scurlock clinches.
Haze jumps guard but Scurlock turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Scurlock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scurlock moves into the clinch successfully.
Scurlock lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scurlock manages to pull guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haze missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Haze gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Haze fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Scurlock lands with a nice body punch.
No luck for Haze with that takedown attempt.
Scurlock has managed to clinch.
Scurlock jumps guard and drags Haze to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Scurlock is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Haze jumps guard but Scurlock turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Scurlock lands a nice shot to the body.
Haze fails to pull guard.
Scurlock manages to pull guard.
Haze postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Scurlock wants to stand but Haze is controlling the position.
Haze drops back looking for a leg! Scurlock is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Scurlock manages to kick Haze off! Haze jumps back into Scurlock's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scurlock has his feet on Haze 's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Haze fails to land with a series of punches.
Scurlock is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Scurlock closes the distance and clinches.
Scurlock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scurlock clobbers Haze with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
No joy there for Haze , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Scurlock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Haze .
Haze dives in and grabs Scurlock's left leg, looking for a takedown. Scurlock pushes down on Haze 's head and hops out.
Scurlock throws a right and a left that Haze avoids nicely.
Haze shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Scurlock but Scurlock pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Scurlock!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scurlock's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Scurlock duly obliges.
Haze looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scurlock kicks Haze off and gets back to his feet.
Scurlock tries to clinch up.
Haze shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Scurlock eats them both and turns towards Haze to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Scurlock scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Scurlock throws a right and a left that Haze avoids nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Haze scores with a four punch combination!
Scurlock closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Haze fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Scurlock moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scurlock doesn't manage to clinch there - Haze circles away.
Scurlock feints a jab promting Haze to slip. Scurlock then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Haze slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Scurlock gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josiah Scurlock really 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.
Scurlock misses with a wild body shot.
Haze shoots in but no luck this time.
Horrible takedown by Haze or perhaps it was just good defense by Scurlock which made him look bad.
Haze looks for a takedown but Scurlock sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dutch Haze . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Scurlock lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Haze swats away the attempt to clinch by Scurlock.
Scurlock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haze misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice takedown defense from Scurlock. No joy for Haze on that attempt.
Scurlock scores with a hook to the body. Haze takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Scurlock defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Haze .
Scurlock has taken the fight to the clinch.
Scurlock gets through Haze 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Scurlock manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Josiah Scurlock has got the better of the ground game so far.
Scurlock is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Scurlock wriggles free and stands up.
Nice sprawl there from Scurlock as Haze shoots in.
Haze shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Scurlock as he jumps to the side.
Scurlock lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haze circles away quickly and effectively.
Scurlock scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Scurlock tries to clinch there but Haze circles away.
Haze shoots in for a double leg but Scurlock sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Haze tries to keep at a distance but Scurlock has taken the fight into the clinch.
Scurlock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Haze fails to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Scurlock.
Haze is trying to break free.
Haze tries to pull guard but Scurlock won't allow it.
Scurlock manages to break the clinch.
Haze looks for a takedown but Scurlock sprawls well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scurlock forces Haze back against the cage and clinches.
Scurlock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scurlock comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Scurlock lands a head kick!
Haze with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Scurlock to score with a decent uppercut.
Scurlock misses with a few strikes there.
Haze closes this distance looking for a takedown but Scurlock circles away.
Nice shot lands for Scurlock.
Scurlock throws a series of punches but Haze moves out of range.
Scurlock throws a combination. Haze tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze looks for a takedown but Scurlock sprawls well.
Haze looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Scurlock moves into the clinch.
Scurlock pulls guard.
Scurlock pushes Haze off and gets back to his feet.
Haze shoots in for a takedown but Scurlock shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Scurlock lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Haze fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Scurlock lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Haze misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Scurlock uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Haze has time to react.
Scurlock lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Scurlock has Haze up against the cage in a clinch.
Scurlock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haze backwards.
Josiah Scurlock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze jumps guard but Scurlock turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haze fails to pull guard.
Scurlock has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Scurlock pulls guard effortlessly.
Haze won't allow Scurlock to get back to his feet.
Haze trying to control but Scurlock is working from the bottom.
Haze drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Haze seems to have locked his on tight now - Scurlock screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Haze , as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Dutch Haze !
Dutch Haze retains his bantamweight title!
Dutch Haze bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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