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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Billy Dessler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blackbeard The Pirate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dessler kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Tupac - I'm a soldier. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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148 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 16 - 4, fighting out of Montreal, Billy Dessler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blackbeard The Pirate!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Pirate misses with an uppercut.
Dessler throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Pirate bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dessler looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dessler misses with a low kick.
The Pirate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Dessler.
Dessler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dessler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Pirate.
The Pirate will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dessler tries to counter by moving into the clinch but The Pirate manages to circle out of the way.
Dessler misses with an uppercut. The Pirate saw that one coming.
The Pirate feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dessler's calf.
A jab from The Pirate misses.
Dessler is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The Pirate checks the leg kick.
The Pirate scoring well with a low kick there.
The Pirate uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dessler has time to react.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Pirate lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The Pirate has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dessler misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dessler's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dessler tries to work over The Pirate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dessler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dessler lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dessler.
The Pirate scores with a shoulder strike.
The Pirate throws a head punch that misses.
The Pirate takes a shot to the head.
The Pirate has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Pirate.
Dessler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Pirate tries to break free but Dessler pushes him back against the cage.
The Pirate wants to break the clinch but can't.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Pirate.
Dessler managing to block the knees to the body from The Pirate.
The Pirate takes a shot to the head.
The Pirate breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Pirate dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dessler. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Pirate lands with a kick to the temple. Dessler shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The Pirate lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dessler backs up against the cage.
The Pirate checks the leg kick.
The Pirate throws the kick towards the body but Dessler avoids it.
The Pirate throws a sloppy head kick and Dessler moves out of range easily.
Dessler cracks The Pirate with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dessler misses with a head kick.
Dessler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Pirate.
Dessler looks for the body kick but The Pirate saw that one coming.
The Pirate connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick from Dessler misses
and The Pirate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dessler throws a leg kick which misses The Pirate's front leg but catches the back leg as The Pirate tries to avoid it.
The Pirate lands a leg kick that knocks Dessler off balance momentarily.
Billy Dessler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Pirate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dessler.
The Pirate throws a shot from downtown. Dessler moves away and avoids it.
Dessler swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dessler lunges at The Pirate with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Pirate's hand.
The Pirate takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dessler throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The Pirate's coach down at Team Beta Male was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on The Pirate's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Dessler checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The Pirate scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Pirate throws a chopping leg kick but Dessler manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The Pirate with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dessler to score with a decent uppercut.
The Pirate misses with a low kick as Dessler jumps back.
The Pirate tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dessler manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A kick lands to the mid section there for The Pirate.
The Pirate throws a solid leg kick but Dessler takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Pirate.
The Pirate motions for Dessler to come forward. The Pirate throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dessler misses with a low kick.
The Pirate throws the kick towards the body but Dessler avoids it.
The Pirate looks to score with a jab to the body but Dessler is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Pirate.
The Pirate tests Dessler's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Pirate scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dessler doesn't seem bothered though.
The Pirate walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dessler.
The Pirate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Pirate feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dessler's calf.
The Pirate misses with a hook
and Dessler counters with a slapping leg kick.
The Pirate throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dessler.
Dessler fires out a quick counter leg kick but The Pirate just manages to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by The Pirate.
It seemed like The Pirate was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dessler drives through and clinches with The Pirate against the cage.
Dessler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Pirate breaks from the clinch.
Dessler scores with a nice right hand.
Dessler scores with a kick to the body.
Dessler avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dessler is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dessler keeps The Pirate at a distance using the push kick.
The Pirate jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dessler defending well as The Pirate loads up on a big left hand.
Dessler looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Dessler checks the leg kick.
The Pirate checks a leg kick nicely.
The Pirate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dessler was well out of range. Poor timing from The Pirate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blackbeard The Pirate dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dessler throws a nice head kick!
Dessler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Pirate.
Dessler tried to score with a low kick but The Pirate checks it.
The Pirate misses with a hook.
Dessler was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The Pirate misses with a left hand
and Dessler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dessler blocks a jab.
The Pirate blocks the body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Pirate! But no joy.
The Pirate misses with a head kick.
Dessler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dessler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Pirate tries to score with a low kick but Dessler moves his leg out of the way.
Dessler throws a leg kick
and The Pirate counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dessler's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dessler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dessler throws a body shot but no joy.
The Pirate tried to score with a low kick but Dessler checks it.
A low kick from Dessler misses
and The Pirate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dessler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pirate tries to land a front kick but Dessler steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd cheers as Dessler lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Pirate doesn't seem phased though.
The Pirate showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dessler.
The Pirate fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dessler pivots, looking for a leg kick but The Pirate is out of range and Dessler settles back down.
The Pirate throws a head kick but Dessler moves out of range.
Dessler takes the fight into the clinch.
Dessler lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Pirate backwards.
The Pirate breaks the clinch.
Dessler connects with a body shot.
Dessler tries a low kick but The Pirate avoids it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dessler 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.
Dessler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Pirate was well out of range. Poor timing from Dessler.
The Pirate ducks under a wild hook from Dessler.
The Pirate misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dessler moves out of range of the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Dessler misses the target.
Dessler lands a leg kick that knocks The Pirate off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Pirate missing with a left hand there. Dessler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Pirate on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dessler. Dessler obviously looking to wear him down.
The Pirate looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The Pirate staying out of range there.
The Pirate now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The Pirate misses the shot to the body.
The Pirate on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The Pirate lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dessler throws a low kick but The Pirate moves out of range easily.
As Dessler backs off The Pirate throws a huge counter combo but Dessler manages to avoid it all.
Dessler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Pirate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dessler moves into the clinch successfully.
The Pirate manages to break the clinch.
Dessler tries to land a leg kick but The Pirate saw it coming and moves away.
The Pirate swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dessler scores with a nice right hand.
Dessler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Pirate has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Dessler tenderised The Pirate's leg. The Pirate is trying to keep his angry face on.
The Pirate goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The Pirate throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dessler throws a push kick but The Pirate slaps the foot to one side.
The fighters circle momentarily. The Pirate darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dessler throws a sloppy head kick and The Pirate moves out of range easily.
The Pirate lands a leg kick that knocks Dessler off balance momentarily.
The Pirate tries to score with a low kick but Dessler moves his leg out of the way.
Blackbeard The Pirate seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dessler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Pirate.
Dessler ducks under a wild hook from The Pirate.
Dessler fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Dessler misses the target.
The Pirate is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Dessler looks to land a body kick but The Pirate moved away.
The Pirate bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dessler's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dessler fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dessler moves away from the strike by The Pirate.
An attempted straight right counter from Dessler misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dessler looks to score with a jab to the body but The Pirate is just out of range.
Dessler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dessler looks for the body kick but The Pirate saw that one coming.
The Pirate now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Pirate, right into the meat.
The Pirate takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The Pirate moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dessler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Pirate fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dessler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Pirate scoring well with a low kick there.
A slow jab from The Pirate misses its intended target.
Dessler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Pirate.
Dessler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dessler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The Pirate swings for the body but Dessler moves out of range.
Dessler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dessler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dessler on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Blackbeard The Pirate will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
The Pirate waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dessler.
Dessler was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dessler cracks the inside of The Pirate's front leg.
The Pirate cracks the inside of Dessler's front leg.
The Pirate scoring well with a low kick there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dessler, right into the meat.
A cross from The Pirate lands.
Dessler scores with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Pirate.
Dessler shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dessler.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dessler.
The Pirate throws a low kick, looking for Dessler's leg but Dessler calmly moves out of range.
Nice body punch from The Pirate.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Pirate connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Pirate. Dessler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dessler throws a leg kick which misses The Pirate's front leg but catches the back leg as The Pirate tries to avoid it.
The Pirate throws a poor cross that misses
and Dessler counters with a straight right hand.
The Pirate throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pirate throws a leg kick
and Dessler counters with a left to the body.
The Pirate blocks a leg kick.
Dessler moves into the clinch.
The Pirate breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Pirate throws a sloppy head kick and Dessler moves out of range easily.
The Pirate throws a hook to the side of Dessler's head but Dessler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Pirate throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dessler.
The Pirate waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dessler.
The Pirate throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Pirate just misses with a punch to the body.
The Pirate motions for Dessler to come forward. The Pirate throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dessler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dessler lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Pirate's sensitive parts.
Dessler looks to land a body kick but The Pirate moved away.
The Pirate misses with a double jab.
The Pirate avoids the head kick by Dessler.
Dessler throws a leg kick but The Pirate sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Billy Dessler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Pirate on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Pirate looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Pirate.
Dessler throws a low kick, looking for The Pirate's leg but The Pirate calmly moves out of range.
Dessler slips a jab from The Pirate.
A bone on bone clash there as Dessler blocks the leg kick.
Dessler throws a wild body kick that The Pirate sees coming a mile off.
Dessler misses with a leg kick
and The Pirate counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dessler throws a front kick aimed at The Pirate's knee but The Pirate avoids it well.
Dessler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Pirate moves away.
Dessler smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The Pirate throws a jab when Dessler was well out of range.
The Pirate lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dessler's sensitive parts.
Dessler tries to land a leg kick but The Pirate saw it coming and moves away.
The Pirate appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dessler moves out of range of the body kick from The Pirate.
Dessler tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Pirate swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Pirate shapes to counter with a head kick.
Dessler looks to throw the jab but The Pirate is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dessler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Pirate.
The Pirate slips a jab from Dessler.
Dessler lands with a straight right. The Pirate didn't see that one coming.
The Pirate throws a sloppy head kick
and Dessler counters with a leg kick.
Dessler throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Pirate.
The Pirate feints and then cracks Dessler's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dessler down.
The Pirate has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dessler.
Dessler tries to clinch but fails miserably
and The Pirate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Pirate missing with a left hand there. Dessler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Pirate throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Pirate tries a head kick but it misses.
The Pirate misses with an uppercut. Dessler saw that one coming.
It appears Dessler was looking to counter with a kick there.
The Pirate looks to land a left hand but Dessler moved out of range nicely.
The Pirate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Pirate avoids a kick to the body.
Dessler misses with a head kick.
The Pirate circles away from the clinch attempt
and The Pirate counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dessler lands a slapping body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The Pirate lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dessler has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dessler and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dessler 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Pirate moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dessler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Pirate.
Dessler swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The Pirate throws a solid leg kick but Dessler takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Pirate.
Dessler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Pirate has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dessler.
Dessler tries a low kick but The Pirate avoids it.
The Pirate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dessler is looking to clinch but The Pirate is avoiding it.
A jab from The Pirate misses.
The Pirate scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dessler throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dessler defending well as The Pirate loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Pirate works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Blackbeard The Pirate comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Pirate winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blackbeard The Pirate!
After the fight, Blackbeard The Pirate was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Billy Dessler spoke after the fight, saying 'Garbage decision. Bullshit'.
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