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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Grin Ribber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Burt The Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribber kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ay Ay Ay. The crowd seem to be enjoying The Hurt's choice of entrance music: Stayin' Alive. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grin Ribber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Burt The Hurt!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Ribber.
The Hurt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ribber. That did some damage!
Ribber closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming The Hurt to the mat! The Hurt manages to get full guard.
Ribber throws a big elbow that misses.
The Hurt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ribber is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Hurt keeping full guard, as Ribber tries to pass.
Ribber controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Hurt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ribber passes The Hurt's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hurt wants to improve his position but Ribber is controlling well.
The Hurt trying to control but Ribber postures up.
The Hurt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ribber.
Ribber looks to land a strike but The Hurt avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The Hurt wants to sweep here but Ribber controlling him for the moment.
Ribber throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The Hurt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ribber is one step ahead there.
Ribber drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but The Hurt manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Ribber has The Hurt in his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ribber keeping moving, preventing The Hurt from controlling successfully.
Ribber seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Ribber working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. The Hurt doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. The Hurt manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ribber keeping full guard, as The Hurt tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribber wants to sweep here but The Hurt controlling him for the moment.
The Hurt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ribber is keeping the position for now.
The Hurt postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ribber is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of The Hurt, into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ribber missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Hurt wants to sweep here but Ribber controlling him for the moment.
Ribber is in close to The Hurt's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ribber stopping the sweep attempt from The Hurt.
Ribber throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ribber content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ribber engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ribber is working The Hurt over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grin Ribber dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ribber bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of The Hurt's head.
Ribber misses the jab.
Ribber checks the leg kick.
Ribber misses with a straight right.
Ribber sets himself, and The Hurt steps forward looking for the clinch! Ribber avoids it this time.
The Hurt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ribber lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ribber blocks a low kick nicely.
The Hurt looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The Hurt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ribber was well out of range. Poor timing from The Hurt.
Ribber thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Hurt looks for the body kick but Ribber saw that one coming.
The Hurt scores with a hook to the body. Ribber takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Hurt closes the distance and clinches.
Ribber swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Hurt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ribber wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribber blocking some punches.
The Hurt looking to throw knees to the head but Ribber is blocking nicely.
Ribber blocks an uppercut.
Ribber lands a nice uppercut.
The Hurt prevents a body shot from Ribber.
Ribber tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Hurt's elbow.
Ribber lands a left hand.
The Hurt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ribber avoids it.
Ribber throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ribber tries to throw a body punch but The Hurt avoids it by throwing Ribber back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Hurt.
The Hurt blocking some punches.
Ribber has a couple of punches blocked by The Hurt.
Ribber misses with some punches.
Ribber changes levels and goes for a takedown here. The Hurt fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ribber has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The Hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ribber.
The Hurt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ribber throws out the jab.
The Hurt replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Ribber blocks it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ribber. The Hurt does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Hurt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ribber connects with a nice looking jab.
Burt The Hurt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Hurt lands with a kick to the ribs.
The Hurt scores with a hook.
The Hurt takes one to the chin there.
The Hurt wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The Hurt lands with a nice body kick.
Ribber scores with a shot to the body.
Ribber misses the shot to the body.
Ribber ducks under a wild hook from The Hurt.
Ribber shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says The Hurt as he avoids it easily.
Ribber is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The Hurt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ribber fires out a quick counter leg kick but The Hurt just manages to avoid it.
Ribber is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Hurt can do to turn this around?
Ribber scores with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Hurt throws a leg kick
and Ribber counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ribber.
The Hurt wants to sweep but no luck.
The Hurt is looking to sweep but instead, Ribber has passed into half guard.
Ribber trying to control from The Hurt's half guard. The Hurt has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Ribber lands a couple of elbows.
Ribber stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Hurt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The Hurt controls Ribber momentarily but Ribber frees himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now The Hurt is on top in guard.
The Hurt trying to control but Ribber is working from the bottom.
Ribber wants to hit a switch here but The Hurt passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ribber there!
Ribber is looking to improve his position but The Hurt isn't that keen on the idea.
The Hurt with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Grin Ribber will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The Hurt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Hurt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Hurt tries to clinch there but Ribber circles away.
Ribber misses with a hook. The Hurt ducked under it nicely.
The Hurt misses with a straight right.
The Hurt cracks Ribber with a right hand to the side of the head.
The Hurt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ribber scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ribber lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ribber drives through with a takedown into The Hurt's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The Hurt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ribber is one step ahead there.
The Hurt looking to control.
Ribber scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribber postures up.
Ribber throwing strikes from guard but The Hurt blocks nicely.
Ribber with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ribber accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ribber 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.
Ribber keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of The Hurt's head.
Ribber loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The Hurt keeping moving, preventing Ribber from controlling successfully.
Ribber keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of The Hurt's head.
The Hurt wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt keeping moving, preventing Ribber from controlling successfully.
The Hurt wants to sweep but no luck.
Ribber trying to control but The Hurt is working from the bottom.
Ribber landing some decent shots from guard.
The Hurt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ribber is one step ahead there.
Ribber drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and The Hurt dives on top into guard.
The Hurt wants to control from the top but Ribber keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribber throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! The Hurt escapes and throws Ribber's legs to the side, diving into side control!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The Hurt tries to advance to mount but Ribber denies him.
Ribber is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked The Hurt off and has taken his back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribber is looking for the choke from the back position but The Hurt is controlling his hands well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Hurt is in bad spot here.
The Hurt trying to control the position but Ribber manages to sink in the hooks.
The Hurt is trying to break free.
Ribber trying to control.
The Hurt has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Ribber.
The Hurt avoids the strikes from Ribber.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ribber is landing with strikes from the back.
Ribber keeps control of the position as The Hurt tries to break free.
Ribber punches The Hurt on the ear.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grin Ribber clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ribber connects with a crisp jab.
Ribber throws a front kick that sends The Hurt stumbling back into the cage.
Ribber fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ribber tries for a takedown but The Hurt circles away easily
and The Hurt counters with a body kick that stops Ribber in his tracks momentarily.
The Hurt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ribber takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Grin Ribber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ribber misses with a wild body shot.
Ribber fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Hurt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Hurt lands with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Hurt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ribber is looking to score with low kicks.
Ribber throws the left hand but The Hurt avoids the punch easily.
The Hurt looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Hurt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribber has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The Hurt.
Ribber looks to score with a jab to the body but The Hurt is just out of range.
The Hurt throws a leg kick but Ribber sees it coming and moves out of range.
Grin Ribber is winning the standup battle so far.
The Hurt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ribber works The Hurt's body with a nice hook.
Ribber lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice shot by Ribber.
The Hurt defending well as Ribber loads up on a big left hand.
Ribber fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Hurt.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Hurt.
Ribber scores with a jab to the jaw.
The Hurt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The Hurt lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ribber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Hurt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ribber checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ribber to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Ribber is looking to work some ground and pound but The Hurt has wrist control.
Ribber pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Hurt is keeping the position for now.
The Hurt manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ribber manages to get himself to full guard.
The Hurt passes Ribber's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ribber looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Ribber tries to roll over but The Hurt keeps him under control.
Ribber is working hard here to advance position.
The Hurt seems to be working for a kimura but Ribber defends the submission attempt.
Ribber is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The Hurt stalling away here and it's allowed Ribber to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
The Hurt trying to control the position from guard on top but Ribber is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ribber has a closed guard, preventing The Hurt from standing up.
Ribber keeping moving, preventing The Hurt from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Grin Ribber will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ribber dips to his left and cracks The Hurt with an uppercut!
Ribber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Ribber wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ribber takes one to the side of the head.
The Hurt blocks a jab.
Ribber blocks a leg kick.
The Hurt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ribber connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The Hurt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The Hurt cracks a nice hook into Ribber's ribs.
Ribber scores with a spinning back kick!
Ribber swings for the body but The Hurt moves out of range.
Ribber misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Hurt.
The Hurt thumps Ribber with a low kick.
Ribber shoots in looking for a takedown but The Hurt manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ribber's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ribber. The Hurt does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hurt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ribber tests The Hurt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Hurt connects with an inside leg kick.
The Hurt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ribber has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ribber is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ribber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Hurt.
A big left from The Hurt misses.
The Hurt is looking to slow Ribber down with leg kicks.
The Hurt throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Hurt throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Hurt misses the shot to the body.
The Hurt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The Hurt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Hurt lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribber shoots in but no luck this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Hurt looks to throw the jab but Ribber is out of range.
Burt The Hurt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Hurt throws a hook but Ribber avoids it easily.
Ribber fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Hurt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Hurt takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The Hurt throws a right and a left that Ribber avoids nicely.
The Hurt slips under a jab.
The Hurt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ribber.
Ribber throws a leg kick but The Hurt sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ribber throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. The Hurt was covering up waiting for the punch and Ribber finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The Hurt scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Ribber stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hurt moves into the clinch successfully.
Ribber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Hurt throws a leg kick
letting Ribber counter with a right hand.
The Hurt misses with a wild body shot.
The Hurt throws a body shot but no joy.
Ribber connects with an inside leg kick.
Ribber scoring well with a low kick there.
The Hurt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ribber manages to avoid it.
Ribber swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ribber misses the shot to the body.
The Hurt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Hurt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The Hurt looks to land a right hand but Ribber moved out of range.
The Hurt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribber throws a low kick but The Hurt moves out of range easily.
Ribber throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ribber connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The Hurt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ribber throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ribber just misses with a punch to the body.
The Hurt throws a body shot but no joy.
The Hurt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ribber.
The Hurt throws a body punch but Ribber moves out of range.
Ribber lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ribber scores with a body shot.
Ribber checks a leg kick.
A slow jab from Ribber misses its intended target.
The Hurt walks into a left hand.
The Hurt misses with a low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Burt The Hurt.
Well Ribber has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 49:48
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 50:45
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grin Ribber!
Grin Ribber decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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