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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arjan Bhullar (ranked 712 p4p, 27 weight class) and Alessandro Orsini (ranked 715 p4p, 28 weight class). Bhullar kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Lords of the Underground - Chief Rocka. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
20 - 10 - 1 |
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171 lbs
21 - 16 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Arjan Bhullar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alessandro Orsini!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orsini throws a hook but Bhullar avoids it easily.
Bhullar feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bhullar's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bhullar throwing strikes but missing.
Bhullar won't allow Orsini to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Orsini utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Orsini controlling Bhullar's posture.
Bhullar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orsini not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bhullar 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.
Bhullar wants to control from the top but Orsini keeps moving.
Bhullar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhullar wants to pass the guard but Orsini is keeping the position.
Orsini preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Orsini trying to control the position.
Bhullar postures up and lands a big shot to Orsini's brow.
Bhullar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Orsini seems keen to control Bhullar's posture.
Bhullar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Orsini preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
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.
Bhullar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Orsini is trying to keep Bhullar in close.
Bhullar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bhullar distracts Orsini with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bhullar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Orsini looking for a sweep. Not yet Orsini, not yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bhullar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bhullar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bhullar throwing strikes from guard but Orsini blocks nicely.
Bhullar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Orsini wants to sweep here but Bhullar controlling him for the moment.
Bhullar controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar distracts Orsini with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bhullar with a nice head shot there.
Orsini looking for a sweep. Not yet Orsini, not yet.
Bhullar landing some decent shots from guard.
Orsini looking for a sweep. Not yet Orsini, not yet.
Orsini bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bhullar's guard.
Bhullar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bhullar is on top in guard.
Orsini is adopting a defensive guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Orsini is on top in guard.
Bhullar wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Orsini is now in half guard.
Orsini is looking to advance position but Bhullar won't allow it.
Bhullar is looking to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bhullar is trying to maintain the position but Orsini is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arjan Bhullar dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Orsini misses with an uppercut.
Bhullar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Bhullar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Orsini throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bhullar.
Bhullar blocks a jab.
Bhullar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bhullar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jab from Bhullar.
Orsini will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bhullar drops down looking for a counter takedown but Orsini sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bhullar lands a jab to the nose.
Orsini walks into a straight right hand from Bhullar.
Bhullar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Orsini in his tracks.
Bhullar rushes Orsini and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orsini.
Bhullar tries to work over Orsini's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Orsini tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bhullar prevents Orsini from breaking the clinch.
Orsini blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orsini throws a punch but it's blocked by Bhullar.
Orsini lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Orsini.
Orsini lands an uppercut.
Orsini prevents a body shot from Bhullar.
Bhullar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Orsini working aggressively here.
Bhullar misses with a punch to the body.
Orsini misses with a hook to the ribs.
Orsini works on Bhullar's body with a couple of short punches.
Bhullar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Orsini blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Bhullar on the inside.
Bhullar is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bhullar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Orsini.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orsini tries to break free but Bhullar pushes him back against the cage.
Bhullar blocks an uppercut.
Bhullar struggles to land a body shot inside as Orsini controls his hands.
Orsini tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bhullar's elbow.
Orsini throws a head punch that misses.
Bhullar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Orsini's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bhullar pushes Orsini up against the cage in a clinch.
Bhullar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Orsini backwards.
Bhullar blocks a body shot from Orsini.
Bhullar is working for takedown but Orsini is calmly controlling the position for now.
Orsini has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bhullar seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Orsini can turn it around.
Orsini lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bhullar misses with some punches.
Bhullar has a couple of punches blocked by Orsini.
Orsini's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Orsini on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bhullar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bhullar checks a leg kick.
Arjan Bhullar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orsini tests Bhullar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bhullar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orsini can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orsini moves away from the strike by Bhullar.
A little jabbing left from Orsini on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Orsini cracks Bhullar with a good jab.
Nice defenses there by Orsini.
Orsini throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bhullar throws a poor cross that misses
and Orsini counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Orsini throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bhullar avoids the body shot from Orsini.
Bhullar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bhullar works the jab nicely.
Orsini fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bhullar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Alessandro Orsini seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Orsini waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bhullar.
Bhullar lands a jab to Orsini's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orsini swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bhullar counters with a stiff right hand.
Bhullar closes the distance but Orsini moves to the side
and Orsini counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bhullar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Orsini stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Orsini is looking to slow Bhullar down with leg kicks.
Bhullar throws out a loose jab but Orsini uses good head movement to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Orsini.
Orsini takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A jab from Orsini misses.
Bhullar misses with an uppercut
and Orsini cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bhullar lands with a shot to the body.
Bhullar throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alessandro Orsini will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
The crowd cheers as Orsini lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bhullar doesn't seem phased though.
Orsini throws a chopping leg kick but Bhullar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Orsini misses the shot to the body.
Bhullar misses with a straight left.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Bhullar.
Bhullar in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bhullar works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Orsini gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Orsini tries to get to full guard but Bhullar has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bhullar lands a nice short elbow.
Bhullar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orsini is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bhullar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Orsini is staying active underneath Bhullar, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Orsini taking some punishment here, with Bhullar in his half guard.
Orsini wants to control but Bhullar is keeping busy.
Bhullar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bhullar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bhullar thows a huge punch but Orsini dodges it nicely.
Orsini is pressing down on Bhullar's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bhullar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Orsini works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Orsini utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bhullar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bhullar throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bhullar works over Orsini with some ground and pound from guard.
Bhullar cracks Orsini with a solid left hand.
Bhullar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Orsini keeping moving, preventing Bhullar from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bhullar's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bhullar looking to sit in guard and control but Orsini gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bhullar trying to keep a closed guard but Orsini is proving a slippery customer.
Orsini landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orsini slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Orsini looking to sit in guard and control but Bhullar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Orsini is on top in guard.
Orsini is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Orsini showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Orsini tries to free his leg and advance position but Bhullar is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Bhullar scoring with some ground and pound.
Orsini is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bhullar won't allow Orsini to sweep him here.
Orsini preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Orsini preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Orsini trying to control the position.
Bhullar postures up in Orsini's guard and throws a big left but Orsini blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arjan Bhullar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bhullar 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arjan Bhullar!
Arjan Bhullar seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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