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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Bashor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Kuusela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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186 lbs
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163 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Bashor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Kuusela!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bashor tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kuusela swivels and escapes.
Bashor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kuusela avoids it really well and circles away.
Kuusela ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bashor shoots in for a double leg but Kuusela sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Bashor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kuusela fails with a takedown attempt.
Bashor misses with a takedown attempt - Kuusela sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela is looking to score with low kicks.
Kuusela doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bashor counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bashor.
Bashor works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Kuusela is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bashor forces his way into half guard.
Bashor thows a huge punch but Kuusela dodges it nicely.
Kuusela has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bashor is working away from the top position though.
Bashor throwing shots but Kuusela is blocking nicely.
Kuusela tries to get to full guard but Bashor has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bashor lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bashor looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kuusela wants to control but Bashor is keeping busy and won't allow it.
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!
Bashor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bashor is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Kuusela has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bashor is working away from the top position though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kuusela regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bashor engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bashor chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bashor is in close to Kuusela's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bashor won't allow Kuusela to sweep him here.
Bashor with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bashor with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bashor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bashor controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bashor scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bashor landing with the ground and pound.
Bashor is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bashor connects with a couple of short punches.
Kuusela trying to keep a closed guard but Bashor is proving a slippery customer.
Bashor landing some decent shots from guard.
Kuusela looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bashor landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bashor cracks Kuusela with a solid left hand.
Bashor works over Kuusela with some ground and pound from guard.
Bashor postures up and lands a big shot to Kuusela's brow.
Bashor sitting in guard here, content to control.
Bashor makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bashor with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bashor is in close to Kuusela's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bashor is working Kuusela over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bashor will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kuusela looking to control.
Kuusela looks winded!
Bashor lands a couple of elbows.
Bashor trying to control the position from guard on top but Kuusela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bashor lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bashor sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bashor stands up over Kuusela, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Bashor 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.
Bashor fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Kuusela to the ground. Bashor is now in Kuusela's guard.
Bashor working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kuusela's head.
Kuusela tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kuusela trying to control the position.
Bashor is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Bashor landing some decent shots from guard.
Kuusela is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bashor chips away with some ground and pound.
Bashor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bashor keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kuusela's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bashor makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kuusela working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bashor with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bashor is working Kuusela over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kuusela is breathing heavily.
Kuusela has momentary wrist control but Bashor slips an elbow through the middle.
Bashor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bashor is working Kuusela over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bashor scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bashor lands a couple of digs.
Bashor passes into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bashor lands strikes from half guard.
Bashor lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bashor lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bashor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bashor working over Kuusela with some ground and pound. Kuusela looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bashor drops an elbow to the side of Kuusela's head.
Bashor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bashor winds up and cracks Kuusela with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bashor lands strikes from half guard.
Bashor takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Bashor has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Bashor looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kuusela with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bashor sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bashor lands with a punch from half guard.
Bashor is nestled in close to Kuusela, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bashor looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kuusela taking some punishment here, with Bashor in his half guard.
Bashor sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Kuusela on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bashor scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kuusela taking some punishment here, with Bashor in his half guard.
Bashor lands strikes from half guard.
Bashor content to control rather than advance.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bashor connects with a nice short shot to Kuusela's temple.
Kuusela is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bashor scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bashor 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.
Bashor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kuusela keeps working.
Bashor lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kuusela is trying to maintain the position but Bashor is very close to passing his half guard.
Jason Bashor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kuusela is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Bashor is staying active.
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!
Bashor winds up and cracks Kuusela with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bashor winds up and cracks Kuusela with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bashor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ground and pound from Bashor.
Bashor slips a nice elbow through Kuusela's hands, connecting with Kuusela's forehead.
Bashor takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bashor controlling the action here.
Bashor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kuusela can do to turn this around?
Bashor lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bashor slows the pace down in half guard.
Bashor is nestled in close to Kuusela, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bashor perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bashor connects with a nice short shot to Kuusela's temple.
Bashor working over Kuusela with some ground and pound. Kuusela looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bashor is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bashor lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Bashor dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Kuusela shoots for a double leg takedown but Bashor sprawls well. He's pushed Kuusela's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bashor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kuusela throws a body punch but Bashor moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bashor is defended easily by Kuusela.
Kuusela throws an off balance right hand
and Bashor counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bashor.
Kuusela trying to control the position but instead, Bashor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kuusela into the cage.
Kuusela is fighting off a takedown attempt but Bashor is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Kuusela to the mat. Kuusela regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Bashor with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bashor lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela has Bashor pulled in close to control his posture.
Bashor is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Bashor works over Kuusela with some ground and pound from guard.
Bashor is in close to Kuusela's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bashor trying to control the position from guard on top but Kuusela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bashor lands a couple of digs.
Bashor controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bashor scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bashor wants to control from the top but Kuusela keeps moving.
Bashor scoring with some ground and pound.
Bashor lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bashor engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bashor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bashor working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bashor connects with a couple of short punches.
Bashor slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bashor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kuusela controls Bashor momentarily but Bashor frees himself.
Kuusela wants to control the position but Bashor says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Kuusela takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bashor seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Kuusela tries to get to full guard but Bashor has control of the leg.
Kuusela has hold of Bashor's hands but Bashor slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela taking some punishment here, with Bashor in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bashor connects with a nice short shot to Kuusela's temple.
Bashor content to control rather than advance.
Bashor slips a nice elbow through Kuusela's hands, connecting with Kuusela's forehead.
Mark Kuusela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bashor lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kuusela is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bashor scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kuusela taking some punishment here, with Bashor in his half guard.
Bashor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kuusela is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bashor working over Kuusela with some ground and pound. Kuusela looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kuusela is still in real trouble! Can Bashor finish him?
Bashor lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bashor winds up and cracks Kuusela with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bashor keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Kuusela is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bashor scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bashor winds up and cracks Kuusela with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kuusela wants to improve his position but Bashor is controlling well.
Bashor not doing much here.
Bashor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bashor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bashor lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bashor is nestled in close to Kuusela, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Bashor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bashor, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:26
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Bashor!
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