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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hervoton Appi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darby Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Appi's entrance music is 300. A fine choice. Gordon has chosen United Booty Foundation as his entrance music. Hervoton Appi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hervoton Appi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darby Gordon!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon throws a series of punches but Appi avoids them all with ease.
Gordon throws a hook to the side of Appi's head but Appi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gordon shoots in and gets a takedown into Appi's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Gordon throwing strikes from guard but Appi blocks nicely.
Appi looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Gordon tries to free his leg and advance position but Appi is retaining full guard.
Gordon trying to control but Appi is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Appi keeping full guard, as Gordon tries to pass.
Gordon postures up in Appi's guard and throws a big left but Appi blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gordon jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Appi is pulling down on Gordon's head. It's preventing any offense from Gordon, at least for the moment.
Gordon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gordon is working Appi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Appi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Appi keeping moving, preventing Gordon from controlling successfully.
Gordon trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Appi keeping moving, preventing Gordon from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gordon gets to his feet. Appi looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gordon has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Appi is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Gordon looks for the body kick but Appi saw that one coming.
Gordon pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice cross by Gordon.
Gordon gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Appi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Gordon misses.
Gordon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Appi can pounce on him.
Appi misses with a looping left.
Gordon blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Appi. Gordon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gordon lands a jab to Appi's midsection.
Darby Gordon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gordon works the jab nicely.
Gordon lands a jab to Appi's midsection.
Gordon misses with a double jab.
Gordon throws a front kick aimed at Appi's knee but Appi avoids it well.
Appi thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Appi there.
Appi cracks Gordon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Appi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hervoton Appi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gordon moves into the clinch successfully.
Appi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Appi scores with a hook to the body.
Gordon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gordon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gordon works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Appi keeping moving, preventing Gordon from controlling successfully.
Gordon throwing strikes from guard but Appi blocks nicely.
Appi keeping moving, preventing Gordon from controlling successfully.
Appi pulls Gordon in close to his closed guard and prevents Gordon from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordon looking to pass the guard.
Appi keeping moving, preventing Gordon from controlling successfully.
Appi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Appi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gordon postures up in Appi's guard and throws a big left but Appi blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darby Gordon dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gordon misses with a hook. Appi ducked under it nicely.
Gordon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Appi doesn't seem bothered though.
Gordon throws a series of punches but Appi moves out of range.
Appi seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Appi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gordons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Appi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gordon.
Appi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Darby Gordon has been cut.
Gordon tries to clinch but Appi moves out of range.
Appi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gordon throws out a counter right but Appi avoids it with no problem.
Hervoton Appi is winning the standup battle so far.
Appi misses with a looping left.
Gordon throws a hook to the side of Appi's head but Appi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Appi blocks a head kick by Gordon.
Gordon misses with a head kick.
Gordon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gordon throws a low kick but Appi moves out of range easily.
As Gordon looks to move away, Appi throws a big counter combo but Gordon just gets out of the way.
Gordon misses with a body shot.
Gordon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Appi manages to avoid it.
Appi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gordon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Appi scrambles back to his feet.
Gordon blocks a head kick by Appi.
Gordon avoids the head kick by Appi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gordon.
Gordon scores with the left hand. Appi knows he should have avoided that one.
Gordon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Appi.
Gordon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gordon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gordon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Gordon tries a head kick but it misses.
Gordon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Appi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gordon to score with a decent uppercut.
Gordon slips a straight right by Appi.
Appi throws a body shot but no joy.
Appi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Appi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Appi keeps the fight on the outside.
Gordon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gordon tries to clinch but Appi is having none of it.
Appi misses with a two punch combination.
Gordon throws out a loose jab but Appi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Appi throws a counter high kick but Gordon was just alert enough to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gordon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Appi.
Appi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gordon plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gordon misses with a few strikes there.
Gordon misses with a body kick.
Appi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gordon.
Gordon lands a jab.
Appi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gordon.
Gordon throws out a counter right but Appi avoids it with no problem.
Gordon tries a head kick but it misses.
Appi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gordon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Appi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gordon clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gordon.
Appi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gordon's elbow.
Appi taking a breather.
Gordon throws an elbow but it misses.
Appi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Appi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gordon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon can't find room to land a body shot as Appi controls the action.
Gordon lands a nice shot to the body.
Gordon lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Appi as the two fighters clinch.
Gordon is breathing heavily.
Gordon misses with a punch to the body.
Appi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gordon throws a combination that misses
and Appi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Appi misses with a few strikes there.
Gordon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Appi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Appi tries a head kick but it misses.
Appi lands with an overhand left.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Appi checks a leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Gordon. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters circling - Appi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Gordon misses.
Appi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Horrible takedown attempt by Gordon or perhaps it was just good defense by Appi, which made it look bad.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Appi misses with a hook. Gordon ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gordon! But no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Appi.
Gordon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Appi throws out a loose jab but Gordon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gordon tries to clinch there but Appi circles away.
Gordon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gordon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Appi misses the target.
Appi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Appi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gordon.
Gordon scores with the left hand. Appi knows he should have avoided that one.
Appi throws a head kick that misses.
Appi checks a low kick from Gordon.
Appi looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Left hook, right uppercut from Appi.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gordon 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 Appi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Appi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Appi lunges at Gordon with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gordon's hand.
Appi looks to land a combination but Gordon avoids it well.
Gordon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gordon.
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 Hervoton Appi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Darby Gordon's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Appi!
Gordon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gordon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Appi's elbow.
Gordon blocks an uppercut.
Appi swings wildly with an uppercut but Gordon uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gordon.
Appi blocks the elbow strike.
Appi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gordon misses with some punches.
Appi dodges an elbow strike from Gordon.
Gordon takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gordon throws an elbow but misses.
Gordon pushes off an throws an elbow but Appi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gordon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Appi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Appi lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Appi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Appi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Gordon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon tightens his grip and picks Appi up, before dumping him to the ground. Appi manages to land in guard.
Gordon wants to pass the guard but Appi is keeping the position.
Gordon trying to control the position from guard on top but Appi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gordon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Appi pulls Gordon in close to his closed guard and prevents Gordon from doing any damage or advancing position.
Gordon would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Gordon being controlled here momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gordon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gordon trying to control but Appi is working from the bottom.
Gordon is pushing down on Appi's leg trying to pass to half guard. Appi is fighting to maintain full guard but Gordon has managed to sneak the leg through.
Gordon stalling away here and it's allowed Appi to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Appi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon trying to control the position from guard on top but Appi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gordon decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Appi, up you get!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gordon.
Appi throws a jab but it's blocked by Gordon.
Appi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gordon misses with a body kick.
It looked like Appi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Appi fails to land with a series of punches.
Appi lands a head shot.
Appi moves away from the strike by Gordon.
Appi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Appi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gordon's head.
Gordon drives through and clinches with Appi against the cage.
Appi misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordon has Appi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Appi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gordon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gordon blocking some punches.
Appi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gordon's elbow.
Appi throws a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Appi.
Gordon tries to throw a body punch but Appi avoids it by throwing Gordon back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Gordon.
Appi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gordon.
Gordon misses with some punches.
Gordon misses with a body punch.
Gordon lands a nice elbow.
Appi has a couple of punches blocked by Gordon.
Appi can't find room to land a body shot as Gordon controls the action.
Appi can't find room to land a body shot as Gordon controls the action.
Gordon blocking some punches.
Gordon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Appi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gordon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Appi backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hervoton Appi.
I think Appi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hervoton Appi!
A less than humble Hervoton Appi misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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