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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jarrod Conrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hale Taumalolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jarrod Conrad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hale Taumalolo!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conrad stuffs the takedown.
Taumalolo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Conrad counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Conrad could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Taumalolo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Conrad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Conrad fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Taumalolo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taumalolo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Taumalolo tries to pull guard but Conrad holds him up against the cage and eventually Taumalolo drops back down to his feet.
Jarrod Conrad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hale Taumalolo.
Conrad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taumalolo is trying to pull guard but Conrad has him pressed against the cage.
Conrad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Conrad keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
No luck for Taumalolo with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taumalolo shoots in looking for a takedown. Conrad tries to sprawl out of it but Taumalolo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Conrad manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Conrad wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Taumalolo looks winded!
Taumalolo avoids the head kick by Conrad.
Taumalolo shoots for a takedown but Conrad saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Taumalolo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Conrad to score with a decent uppercut.
Conrad has Taumalolo up against the cage in a clinch.
Conrad is trying to break the clinch but Taumalolo is controlling him.
Conrad stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Taumalolo is trying to pull guard but Conrad turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Conrad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taumalolo avoids the body shot from Conrad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Conrad displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Taumalolo swinging wildly here.
Conrad lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Taumalolo backs up against the cage.
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!
Conrad looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hale Taumalolo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conrad displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Taumalolo.
Conrad misses the shot to the body.
Conrad lands with a nice combination. Taumalolo backs away looking to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad swinging wildly here.
Conrad swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Taumalolo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Conrad manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Taumalolo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Conrad tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Taumalolo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Conrad utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Conrad looking for subs off his back but Taumalolo has passed one foot through into half guard.
Conrad avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Taumalolo.
Conrad gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taumalolo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Conrad utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Conrad is looking for a triangle but Taumalolo pushes his legs off easily.
Conrad has a closed guard, preventing Taumalolo from standing up.
Taumalolo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Conrad looking for a guillotine here but Taumalolo defends easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Taumalolo lands a couple of digs.
Conrad keeping moving, preventing Taumalolo from controlling successfully.
Conrad looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarrod Conrad dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
No luck for Taumalolo with that takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Conrad. No joy for Taumalolo on that attempt.
Conrad appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Conrad throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Taumalolo tries for a takedown but Conrad sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jarrod Conrad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hale Taumalolo.
Conrad stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Conrad wants it to stay on the feet.
Conrad changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Taumalolo avoids the head kick by Conrad.
Conrad misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Taumalolo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice sprawl there from Conrad as Taumalolo shoots in.
Taumalolo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Conrad can pounce on him.
Taumalolo is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taumalolo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jarrod Conrad is winning the standup battle so far.
A combination from Conrad does no damage.
Taumalolo shoots in for a double leg but Conrad sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jarrod Conrad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Taumalolo shoots in for a takedown but Conrad shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Taumalolo fails with a takedown attempt.
Conrad lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Taumalolo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Conrad defends it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A left and a right from Conrad both land. Nice combination.
Taumalolo fails with a takedown attempt.
Taumalolo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Conrad.
Taumalolo tries to counter by closing the distance.
Taumalolo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Conrad holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taumalolo keeps control of Conrad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conrad keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Taumalolo's efforts to push away.
Taumalolo keeps control of Conrad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Conrad is trying to push Taumalolo away but Taumalolo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Conrad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Taumalolo can do to turn this around?
Conrad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Taumalolo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Conrad wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Conrad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Conrad breaks the clinch.
Taumalolo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The fight stays on the outside here - Conrad looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Conrad!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taumalolo shoots in for a takedown but Conrad shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Conrad throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Conrad misses with a few strikes there.
Taumalolo shoots for a double leg takedown but Conrad sprawls well. He's pushed Taumalolo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Conrad keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Conrad misses with a series of wild punches.
And Taumalolo tries to counter it with a takedown but Conrad pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A punch combination from Conrad misses.
Taumalolo wants to counter the offense by Conrad and move into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice sprawl there from Conrad as Taumalolo shoots in.
Conrad throws a sloppy head kick and Taumalolo moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarrod Conrad dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Conrad displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Taumalolo.
Conrad changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Taumalolo shoots in and drives through. Conrad sprawls well.
Conrad defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Taumalolo.
Jarrod Conrad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hale Taumalolo.
Conrad throws a head kick that misses.
Taumalolo throws out a counter right but Conrad avoids it with no problem.
Taumalolo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Conrad swivels and escapes.
A head kick misses from Conrad.
Some wild striking there from Conrad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Taumalolo.
Taumalolo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Conrad darts in and clinches Taumalolo up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conrad lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Conrad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Conrad manages to break the clinch.
Taumalolo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Conrad seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A combination from Conrad does no damage.
Taumalolo moves into range and clinches up with Conrad.
Conrad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Conrad moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Taumalolo fails with the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conrad scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Taumalolo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Conrad throws a series of punches but Taumalolo avoids them all with ease.
Taumalolo gets tackled into the cage by Conrad. Conrad maintains the clinch.
Conrad lands a left hand that snaps the head of Taumalolo backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conrad with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Conrad blocks an uppercut.
Taumalolo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Conrad just stands there and leans against the cage.
Conrad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Conrad jumps into guard, dragging Taumalolo to the mat.
Taumalolo with a nice head shot there.
Conrad working a defensive guard here.
Taumalolo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Taumalolo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Taumalolo trying to control the position from guard on top but Conrad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Taumalolo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Taumalolo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Taumalolo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Conrad working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Taumalolo.
Taumalolo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Conrad had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Taumalolo defends it easily.
Taumalolo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Taumalolo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Taumalolo chips away with some ground and pound.
Taumalolo is looking to work some ground and pound but Conrad has wrist control.
Conrad manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Taumalolo manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taumalolo looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Conrad has picked Taumalolo up and slammed him! Taumalolo can't keep hold of the triangle and Conrad manages to pass to side control!
Taumalolo gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Taumalolo works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hale Taumalolo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Taumalolo is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Conrad presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Conrad tries to circle away but Taumalolo has him pinned against the cage.
Taumalolo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Conrad walks away with a smile on his face. Taumalolo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hale Taumalolo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jarrod Conrad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Taumalolo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jarrod Conrad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Conrad, 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jarrod Conrad!
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