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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocket Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rusty James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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198 lbs
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185 cm
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210 lbs
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Good wrestling
Good kicks
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rocket Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rusty James!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James throws a quick inside leg kick.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Man swings away with a leg kick that misses.
James tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - James looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
James blocks a head kick by Man.
Man pulls out of a head kick attempt.
James tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
Man blocks the body kick.
Man throws a head kick that misses.
Man misses with a head kick.
Man misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Man thows a leg kick but James checks it
and James holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
James stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
James landing knees to the body.
Man is breathing heavily.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from James.
James stalling the fight.
Man tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The crowd are getting on James's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rusty James.
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Man slips a jab from James.
Man checks the leg kick.
Man moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Man throws a sloppy head kick
and James makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
James throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
James fakes the leg kick and cracks Man in the body.
James keeps Man at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Man on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by James. James obviously looking to wear him down.
James clinches.
James landing knees to the body.
James manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Man tries to pull guard but James won't allow it.
James controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rusty James.
Man connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed James momentarily.
James tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Man fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt James.
James closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section. Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
James has Man pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man avoiding damage as James throws knees to the body.
James misses with a knee strike.
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section. Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
James content to slow the pace in the clinch.
James throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Man blocks it with crossed arms.
James has Man pressed against the cage.
Man has had enough of the clinch but James keeps him there for the moment.
Man tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. James smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocket Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
James wants to clinch.
Man throws a leg kick
and James counters with a slapping leg kick.
James tries to clinch up.
James rushes Man and presses him up against the cage.
Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from James.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man wants to break the clinch but can't.
James missing with knees to the body.
James will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Man up against the cage.
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
James is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
A bit of stalling here from James.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James stalling against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man managing to block the knees to the body from James.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
James missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rusty James 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.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Man paws at him with a jab and circles away.
James tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
Man throws an uppercut from half a mile away. James sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Man misses with a wild combination.
Man misses with a low kick as James jumps back.
James with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Man throws a quick head kick that skims the top of James's head.
James fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Man, pushing him back against the cage.
James is stalling here.
James tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
James dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Man wants to break free but James has control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James stops a takedown attempt from Man.
Man avoiding damage as James throws knees to the body.
James stalling the fight.
Man tries to pull guard but James won't allow it.
Man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocket Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
James slowing the pace effectively.
James lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for James to work.
James receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rusty James.
A head kick misses from Man.
James wants to land a leg kick but Man is out of range.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Man paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Man keeps the fight on the outside.
James tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James has closed the distance and engaged Man in a clinch.
Rusty James seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Man tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. James just stands there and leans against the cage.
Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
James with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
James using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Man has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Man tries for a takedown. No joy.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section. Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
James has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
James lands a knee to the body.
James stalling the fight.
James tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
James stalls.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
James leaning his opponent against the cage.
Man is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Man changes levels and goes for a takedown here. James fights it off and pushes away nicely.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Man paws at him with a jab and circles away.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James is looking to clinch.
Man throws a lazy body kick
and James counters by clinching up.
Come on James - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Man misses with a punch on the inside.
Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but James has him pressed against the cage.
Man wants to get back to striking at distance but James won't allow it.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from James.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
James landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from James.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
Man takes a knee right on the jaw!
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
James dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Man tries to break the clinch but James is controlling the position.
James landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by James.
James stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rusty James showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
James darts in and clinches Man up against the cage.
Man avoiding damage as James throws knees to the body.
Man tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. James just stands there and leans against the cage.
James stalls.
James presses Man against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
James leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rusty James.
A head kick by Man misses
and James counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Man tries to pull guard but James holds him up against the cage and eventually Man drops back down to his feet.
Man pulls James into guard.
James trying to control the position from guard on top but Man is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Man wants to get back to his feet but James passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James is figuring out what he wants to do next.
James's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Man on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Man tries to get out of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
James decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
A leg kick checked by Man.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
James moves in looking to clinch but Man pushes him off.
James misses with a head kick.
Man takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick by Man misses
and James counters with a low kick, right behind Man 's knee.
James moves in looking to clinch but Man pushes him off.
James thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Man if he has to take too many more of those.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by James.
James throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Man cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
James tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
James clinches up with Man and pushes him back against the cage.
James has Man pushed against the cage.
Man throws a knee to the head but misses.
James landing knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rusty James.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.
James tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
James throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
James is looking to clinch.
James takes the fight into the clinch.
James landing some nice looking knees to the body.
James holding his opponent close, against the cage.
James with a knee to the head.
Man tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. James smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocket Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
James wants to land a leg kick but Man is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rusty James comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well James 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rusty James!
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energy
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hype
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