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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Bugatti (ranked 4612 p4p, 482 weight class) and Deer Hunter (ranked 4313 p4p, 461 weight class). Bugatti kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bugatti. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Bugatti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Deer Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bugatti tries to clinch up but Hunter circles away and keeps his distance.
Hunter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bugatti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hunter.
Hunter cracks Bugatti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hunter has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bugatti is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Bugatti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hunter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hunter throws a hook but Bugatti blocks it.
Bugatti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hunter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bugatti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hunter swings wildly with an uppercut but Bugatti uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Bugatti.
Bugatti tries to work over Hunter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hunter cracks Bugatti with a nice body shot.
Hunter throws a head punch that misses.
Hunter pushes Bugatti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hunter.
Bugatti lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hunter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hunter throws a punch but it's blocked by Bugatti.
Bugatti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Bugatti.
Bugatti taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hunter looks to land a left hand but Bugatti moved out of range nicely.
Hunter keeps the fight on the outside.
Bugatti wants to clinch but Hunter slips to the side
and Hunter counters with a right hand to the body.
John Bugatti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bugatti tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Hunter misses the target.
Bugatti tries to clinch but Hunter moves out of range.
Hunter circles away from the clinch attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hunter! But no joy.
Bugatti has Hunter up against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Bugatti's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bugatti throws a punch but it's blocked by Hunter.
Hunter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bugattis head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Bugatti.
Hunter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hunter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hunter throws a jab when Bugatti was well out of range.
Hunter throws a hook but Bugatti avoids it easily.
Bugatti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bugatti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bugatti wants to clinch but Hunter slips to the side
and Hunter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hunter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bugatti doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Hunter misses.
Hunter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bugatti moves in looking to clinch but Hunter pushes him off.
Bugatti slips under a jab.
Bugatti is looking to counter the offense by Hunter and move into the clinch.
Bugatti staying out of range there.
Bugatti moves into the clinch.
Hunter lands with a right to the head.
Hunter tries to throw a body punch but Bugatti avoids it by throwing Hunter back against the cage.
Bugatti misses with the head strike.
Hunter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hunter misses the shot to the body.
Bugatti avoids the body shot from Hunter.
Bugatti is looking to clinch but Hunter is avoiding it.
Bugatti staying out of range there.
Hunter sizes up Bugatti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bugatti doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunter circles away.
A shot to the liver by Hunter. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bugatti tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bugatti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bugatti defending well as Hunter loads up on a big left hand.
Hunter cracks Bugatti with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hunter throws the left hand but Bugatti avoids the punch easily.
Hunter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bugatti looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hunter lands a nice looking body shot.
Hunter lands a nice shot to the body.
Bugatti has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hunter finds it's way round the side to connect with Bugatti's head.
It looks like John Bugatti has been cut.
Hunter scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Hunter misses.
Hunter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bugatti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bugatti tries to clinch up.
Bugatti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hunter looks to land a combination. Bugatti sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bugatti is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Hunter finds it's way through Bugatti's defenses.
Oh Bugatti is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hunter is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bugatti had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hunter misses with a looping right.
Bugatti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hunter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hunter misses with an uppercut.
Bugatti seems to have got his legs back now.
Hunter keeps the fight on the outside.
Bugatti takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hunter misses with a straight right.
Hunter fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hunter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hunter swats away the attempt to clinch by Bugatti.
Bugatti slips a jab from Hunter.
Hunter swats away the attempt to clinch by Bugatti.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bugatti tries to clinch
and Hunter counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bugatti tries to clinch but Hunter is having none of it.
Bugatti moves in looking to clinch but Hunter pushes him off.
Bugatti slips a jab from Hunter.
Bugatti moves away from the strike by Hunter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Deer Hunter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Bugatti's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hunter throws a jab but it's blocked by Bugatti.
Bugatti has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hunter throws the left hand but Bugatti avoids the punch easily.
Hunter throws the left hand but Bugatti avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Bugatti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hunter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bugatti.
Hunter throws a body shot but no joy.
Bugatti moves out of range of the strikes.
Bugatti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bugatti tries to clinch there but Hunter circles away.
Hunter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunter takes a swing at Bugatti's ribcage but misses.
Bugatti slips a jab from Hunter.
Bugatti is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hunter.
Bugatti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hunter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hunter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A punch combination from Hunter misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunter connects with a body shot.
Bugatti moves into the clinch.
Bugatti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bugatti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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!
Bugatti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hunter manages to break the clinch.
A slow jab from Hunter misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bugatti ducks under a wild hook from Hunter.
Hunter lands a glancing blow to the side of Bugatti's head.
Bugatti throws the left hand but Hunter avoids the punch easily.
Bugatti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bugatti wants to clinch.
Hunter gets tackled into the cage by Bugatti. Bugatti maintains the clinch.
Bugatti is trying to stall.
Hunter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bugatti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hunter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bugatti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bugatti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hunter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hunter.
Good exchange - Hunter coming out on top.
Hunter misses with a hook. Bugatti ducked under it nicely.
Hunter misses with a wild body shot.
Hunter loads up on a big right hand but Bugatti slips the punch.
Bugatti moves to clinch but Hunter breaks away
and Hunter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bugatti slips under a jab from Hunter.
Hunter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bugatti was well out of range. Poor timing from Hunter.
Bugatti doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunter circles away.
Bugatti moves into range and clinches up with Hunter.
Hunter misses with some punches.
Hunter misses with a body punch.
Bugatti blocks an uppercut.
Hunter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bugatti.
John Bugatti has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunter.
Hunter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bugatti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hunter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunter scores with a jab to the head.
Bugatti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bugatti doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunter circles away.
Deer Hunter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hunter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hunter lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hunter throws a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Hunter misses.
Bugatti slips under a jab from Hunter.
Hunter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bugatti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bugatti walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bugatti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hunter throws out the jab.
Bugatti throws a looping overhand right but Hunter ducks down to avoid it.
Hunter swats away the attempt to clinch by Bugatti.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hunter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bugatti has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bugatti there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bugatti ducks under a wild hook from Hunter.
Bugatti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good exchange - Hunter coming out on top.
Hunter connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hunter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hunter throws a hook to the side of Bugatti's head but Bugatti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bugatti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunter.
Bugatti defending well as Hunter loads up on a big left hand.
A left lands for Hunter.
Bugatti looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bugatti dodges the punch combination from Hunter.
Bugatti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hunter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bugatti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hunter missing with a left hand there. Bugatti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Deer Hunter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Bugatti's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bugatti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bugatti tries to clinch up but Hunter circles away and keeps his distance.
Bugatti is looking to clinch but Hunter is avoiding it.
Bugatti staying out of range there.
Hunter misses with a body shot.
Bugatti has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bugatti lands with a hook. Hunter tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bugatti moves in looking to clinch but Hunter pushes him off.
Bugatti is looking to clinch but Hunter is avoiding it.
Bugatti closes the distance and pushes Hunter back into the cage.
A short right from Hunter on the inside.
Hunter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hunter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bugatti is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hunter is keeping busy.
A right hook to the body lands for Hunter.
A nice left hand lands by Hunter.
Hunter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Bugatti fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hunter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter struggles to land a body shot inside as Bugatti controls his hands.
Bugatti pushes Hunter back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hunter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hunter swings wildly with an uppercut but Bugatti uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Bugatti.
Hunter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bugatti prevents a body shot from Hunter.
Bugatti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bugatti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hunter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bugatti moves out of range as Hunter strikes.
Hunter looks to throw the jab but Bugatti is out of range.
Hunter keeps the fight on the outside.
Bugatti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hunter works Bugatti's body with a nice hook.
Bugatti gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hunter misses with a body punch.
Bugatti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Deer Hunter is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bugatti.
Bugatti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hunter's elbow.
Bugatti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bugatti misses with a hook to the ribs.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bugatti takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hunter blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Bugatti fails to land.
Bugatti prevents a body shot from Hunter.
Bugatti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hunter.
Bugatti is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Bugatti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bugatti has a couple of punches blocked by Hunter.
Bugatti tries to throw a body punch but Hunter avoids it by throwing Bugatti back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Hunter - that landed with a thud.
Hunter blocking some punches.
Hunter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hunter scores with a shoulder strike.
Bugatti throws a punch but it's blocked by Hunter.
Bugatti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bugatti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hunter misses with some punches.
Hunter prevents a body shot from Bugatti.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bugatti effectively controlling the action here.
Bugatti scores with a shot to the side of Hunter's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hunter.
Hunter misses with a punch on the inside.
Bugatti blocks a body shot from Hunter.
Bugatti controlling the action here for a moment.
Bugatti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
John Bugatti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good body shot from Hunter.
And that's the end of the fight!
Deer Hunter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hunter 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Deer Hunter!
During a confident post fight interview, Deer Hunter thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
John Bugatti spoke after the fight, saying 'I didn't win the tourney but I'm still here to stay. I'll come back and be the best in the world. From the ashes of my old Bugatti will rise..........A NEW BUGATTI!!!!'.
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