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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Abraham Donowitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Star Dust (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donowitz comes to the cage accompanied by JEW FLOW. Dust is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: For Heavy Metal we will die!. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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148 lbs
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147 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abraham Donowitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Star Dust!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donowitz tries to score with a low kick but Dust moves his leg out of the way.
Donowitz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dust cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Donowitz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donowitz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donowitz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Donowitz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dust to the mat! Dust manages to get full guard.
Donowitz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dust swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Donowitz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Dust escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Donowitz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dust working for a triangle but Donowitz defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donowitz sitting in guard here, content to control.
Donowitz postures up.
Dust working for a triangle but Donowitz defends it easily.
Donowitz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dust's head.
Donowitz connects with a couple of short punches.
Dust is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Donowitz defends well.
Dust looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's two 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.
Donowitz connects with a couple of short punches.
Dust working for submissions but it's allowed Donowitz to get to half guard.
Dust taking some punishment here, with Donowitz in his half guard.
Dust manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Donowitz is looking to pass into half guard but Dust pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Dust is in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Donowitz is on top in guard.
Dust is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz scoring with some ground and pound.
Donowitz wants to control from the top but Dust keeps moving.
Donowitz stands and throws Dust's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dust tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Donowitz trying to control the action but Dust is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dust is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Donowitz off and has taken his back!
Dust avoiding Donowitz 's attempts to control his hands.
Dust punishes Donowitz with strikes from the back mount.
It looks like Abraham Donowitz has been cut.
Dust avoiding Donowitz 's attempts to control his hands.
Donowitz is really stuck here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dust looking for the choke from the back.
Dust misses with an elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Abraham Donowitz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Abraham Donowitz's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Dust takes a swing at Donowitz's ribcage but misses.
Dust throws a big shot that misses.
Dust scores with the left hand. Donowitz knows he should have avoided that one.
Dust misses with a takedown attempt
and Donowitz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dust looks to land a body kick but Donowitz moved away.
Nice defenses there by Dust.
Donowitz throws a right hand that Dust ducks under and follows up with a left that Dust also avoids with ease.
Donowitz closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Dust quickly recovers to half guard.
Donowitz seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Donowitz is looking to stall here but Dust recovers full guard.
Donowitz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dust's head.
Donowitz not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Dust is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dust looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dust is trying to control the position but Donowitz postures up.
Donowitz tries to free his leg and advance position but Dust is retaining full guard.
Donowitz wants to control from the top but Dust keeps moving.
Donowitz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Dust keeping moving, preventing Donowitz from controlling successfully.
Donowitz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dust can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dust holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Donowitz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Donowitz throws a hook but Dust avoids it easily.
Donowitz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dust avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dust misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donowitz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dust looks to score with a jab to the body but Donowitz is just out of range.
Donowitz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donowitz misses with an uppercut
and Dust counters with a nice uppercut.
Donowitz swings for the body but Dust moves out of range.
Donowitz misses with an attempted mid kick.
A jab from Donowitz misses.
Abraham Donowitz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dust throws a shot from downtown. Donowitz moves away and avoids it.
Donowitz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dust checks a low kick from Donowitz.
Dust follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Dust misses with a looping left.
Dust motions for Donowitz to come forward. Dust throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dust misses with a leg kick.
Dust moves out of range of the body kick from Donowitz.
Donowitz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dust counters with a body kick.
Donowitz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dust cracks Donowitz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Donowitz misses with a two punch combination.
Donowitz backing away here, and Dust unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Dust misses with a head kick.
Dust with a jab.
Donowitz sizes up Dust with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dust keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dust lands with an overhand left.
Donowitz staying out of range there.
Donowitz throws a big shot that misses.
Dust appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
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!
Donowitz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Good leg kick by Donowitz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dust has closed the distance and engaged Donowitz in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Donowitz.
Dust struggles to land a body shot inside as Donowitz controls his hands.
Dust lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dust misses with a body punch.
Donowitz is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Dust misses with a punch to the body.
Dust working aggressively here.
Donowitz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dust tries a body shot but Donowitz blocks it.
Dust blocks a body shot from Donowitz.
Dust working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Donowitz has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dust is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Star Dust will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Abraham Donowitz's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Donowitz throws out a powerful jab.
Donowitz throws a jab but it's blocked by Dust.
Dust slips a jab from Donowitz.
Donowitz slips a straight right by Dust.
Dust misses with a wild body shot.
Dust just misses with a punch to the body.
Donowitz misses with a hook
and Dust counters with a nice uppercut.
Dust moves out of range of the body kick from Donowitz.
Dust has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donowitz.
Dust lands a leg kick that knocks Donowitz off balance momentarily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Donowitz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donowitz catches Dust with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Donowitz throws a solid leg kick but Dust takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Donowitz.
Donowitz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dust.
Donowitz was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Donowitz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dust.
Donowitz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donowitz blocks a jab.
Dust rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Donowitz counters with a low kick, right behind Dust 's knee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dust takes one to the side of the head.
Dust throws a leg kick but Donowitz checks it.
Dust tries to land a front kick but Donowitz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dust with a hook.
Dust tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donowitz was well out of range. Poor timing from Dust.
Donowitz throws the left hand but Dust avoids the punch easily.
Donowitz throws a push kick but Dust slaps the foot to one side.
Donowitz lands with an uppercut that bounces Dust off the cage and back into range.
Nice jab there from Donowitz.
Donowitz dips to his left and cracks Dust with an uppercut!
Dust throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dust has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donowitz.
Dust slips a straight right by Donowitz.
Donowitz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Donowitz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donowitz misses with a low kick.
Dust is looking to slow Donowitz down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz moves out of range as Dust strikes.
Donowitz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dust.
Dust throws a leg kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dust.
Donowitz misses the jab.
The fighters circling - Donowitz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dust now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dust throws a body punch but Donowitz moves out of range.
Donowitz looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A telegraphed right hand from Donowitz misses the target.
Dust tries a head kick but it misses.
Donowitz misses with an uppercut. Dust saw that one coming.
Dust connects with a nice looking jab.
Dust throws a hook but Donowitz blocks it.
It appears Donowitz was looking to counter with a kick there.
Donowitz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dust. That's going to slow Donowitz down.
Dust's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dust tries to land a leg kick but Donowitz saw it coming and moves away.
Donowitz lands with a straight right. Dust didn't see that one coming.
Dust tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Donowitz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donowitz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Dust trying to keep a closed guard but Donowitz is proving a slippery customer.
Abraham Donowitz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Donowitz works over Dust with some ground and pound from guard.
Donowitz wants to control from the top but Dust keeps moving.
Dust tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dust wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Dust keeping moving, preventing Donowitz from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donowitz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dust lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Donowitz at a distance.
Dust slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dust tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dust checks the leg kick.
Donowitz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dust has Donowitz up against the cage in a clinch.
Dust throws a punch but it's blocked by Donowitz.
Donowitz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Donowitz can't find room to land a body shot as Dust controls the action.
Dust misses with a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Abraham Donowitz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Donowitz 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abraham Donowitz!
An out of breath Abraham Donowitz thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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