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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Ang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darius Badolato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ang comes to the cage accompanied by ACDC- Long Way To The Top. Badolato comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nneka - Heartbeat kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Darius Badolato has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rodney Ang's chin.
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35
197 lbs
35 - 13 - 1 |
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31
200 lbs
19 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rodney Ang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darius Badolato!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ang connects with a body shot that sends Badolato's belly button to the back.
An inside leg kick lands from Badolato.
Badolato throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Badolato throws a jab but it's blocked by Ang.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ang - that will leave a mark!
Ang moves out of range of the body kick from Badolato.
We've been told by Ang's head coaches at Short Term Solution that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Badolato takes one on the button.
It looks like Darius Badolato has been cut.
Ang connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ang avoids the head kick by Badolato.
Ang feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Badolatos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ang throws a leg kick
and Badolato decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ang's guard.
Badolato works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Badolato throwing shots but Ang is blocking nicely.
Badolato not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Badolato missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Badolato drops an elbow to the side of Ang's head.
Ang is looking to improve his position.
Ang won't allow Badolato to pass to mount.
Badolato is just content to waste time from the top position. Ang takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Badolato trying to control but Ang is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badolato is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Badolato's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Darius Badolato.
Ang misses with a body shot.
Ang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Badolato.
A slow jab from Ang misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badolato moves out of range as Ang strikes.
Ang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Badolato lands a right hook to the body.
Rodney Ang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Badolato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Badolato lands a jab to Ang's midsection.
Good shot there by Ang.
Ang misses with a straight left.
Ang throws a leg kick that is checked
and Badolato counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Badolato throws a strike aimed at the side of Ang's head but Ang avoids it well.
Badolato sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Ang is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Badolato wants to control but Ang is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badolato in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Badolato controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darius Badolato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darius Badolato's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Badolato scores with a body shot.
Badolato punishes Ang's body with a nice straight punch.
Ang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ang. Badolato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ang throws a shot from downtown. Badolato moves away and avoids it.
Badolato is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ang rather than just go for the knockout.
Ang swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Badolato finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ang uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A low kick from Badolato misses
and Ang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ang throws an overhand right that lands on Badolato's shoulder, as Badolato tries to avoid the shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Badolato.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badolato connects with the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ang. Badolato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ang connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Badolato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ang.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Badolato.
Ang throws a jab when Badolato was well out of range.
Badolato closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Darius Badolato has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sloppy strikes there by Badolato.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Badolato working the ground and pound.
Badolato moves into full mount!
Badolato raining down hammerfists from mount.
Badolato looking to finish with strikes here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ang is trying to escape the mount.
Badolato throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Badolato looking to finish with strikes here!
Badolato unloads with some shots from mount but Ang bucks and avoids them well.
Badolato throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ang because Badolato loaded up on that one.
Badolato lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ang hang on?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badolato is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ang can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ang is in all sorts of trouble here.
Badolato in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ang is squirming around, avoiding Badolato's attempts to control the action.
Badolato has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Poor strikes thrown by Badolato there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Badolato connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Badolato with the ground and pound from mount.
Badolato content just to control the position here.
Poor strikes thrown by Badolato there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Badolato throwing strikes here but Ang is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Badolato scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ang?
Badolato looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darius Badolato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Darius Badolato's cut.
That's time! Ang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A punch lands to the side of Ang 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Badolato doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rodney Ang is winning the standup battle so far.
Badolato throws a body punch but Ang moves out of range.
Ang is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ang walks into a left hand.
Badolato takes one to the chin there.
Badolato swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Badolato on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Badolato.
Badolato cracks a nice hook into Ang's ribs.
Badolato defending well as Ang loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body kick from Badolato.
Badolato throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ang on the side of the head.
Badolato shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ang but Ang pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Badolato takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Badolato throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ang wants to clinch.
Badolato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Badolato slips a jab from Ang.
Ang moves out of range of the strikes.
Badolato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Badolato displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ang throws out the jab.
Ang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Badolato goes for a double leg but Ang avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ang continues to drive forward.
Ang works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badolato takes a shot to the head.
Ang tries a body shot but Badolato blocks it.
Rodney Ang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Badolato taking a breather.
Ang tries to work over Badolato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Badolato is leaning against Ang and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ang misses with some punches.
Ang pushes off an throws an elbow but Badolato leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ang misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Ang.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Badolatos head.
Ang has a couple of punches blocked by Badolato.
Badolato is pushing Ang up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Badolato tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ang avoids it.
Ang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Badolato.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ang throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ang misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ang.
Badolato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Badolato's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badolato blocks an uppercut.
Ang throws a punch but it's blocked by Badolato.
Badolato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Badolato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That kick from Badolato tenderised Ang's leg. Ang is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Darius Badolato is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Badolato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ang misses with a body kick.
Ang swings for the body but Badolato moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Badolato scoring well with a low kick there.
Rodney Ang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ang takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Badolato defending well as Ang loads up on a big left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rodney Ang.
I think Badolato has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darius Badolato!
A victorious Darius Badolato thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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