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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Ardona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abe Eaton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eaton has chosen The Unforgiven by Apocalyptica as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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155 lbs
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175 cm
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163 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Ardona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abe Eaton!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Francis DeMontford and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eaton takes one on the button.
Ardona rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Eaton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ardona scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Eaton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ardona controlling the action here for a moment.
Eaton wants to take the fight to the mat but Ardona manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ardona scores with a shot to the side of Eaton's head.
Ardona escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ardona throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ardona dodges the punch combination from Eaton.
Ardona lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ardona tries a head kick but it misses.
Ardona tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Eaton is able to avoid easily.
Eaton shoots for a takedown but Ardona saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ardona throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Eaton's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ardona lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eaton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ardona paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Ardona, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ardona fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ardona moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ardona keeps the fight on the outside.
Ardona has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Eaton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ardona uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ardona lands a body shot.
Ardona throws a nice head kick!
Eaton tries to clinch
and Ardona cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ardona works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ardona throws a nice looking combination but Eaton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Eaton's coach down at Madz was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Eaton's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ardona lands a hook that stumbles Eaton back into the cage. Ardona follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Eaton to the canvas! Ardona pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Eaton has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). James Ardona!
After winning the bout, James Ardona thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Abe Eaton stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congrats to Night Owl. I killed the Comedian. My bad. He was the better fighter tonight, but still...I killed the Comedian. Ha ha ha ha...and I banged your broad, mate...ha ha ha ha!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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