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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ubungu Bamboo Face (ranked 651 p4p, 36 weight class) and Paul Beecher (ranked 672 p4p, 38 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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285 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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285 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Good low kicks
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ubungu Bamboo Face!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Beecher!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beecher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bamboo Face.
Beecher steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Beecher walks into a stiff left hand from Bamboo Face.
Beecher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bamboo Face sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beecher misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bamboo Face blocks the body kick.
Beecher moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Beecher. That snapped Bamboo Face's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beecher lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It looks like Ubungu Bamboo Face has been cut.
Bamboo Face throws a hook to the side of Beecher's head but Beecher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bamboo Face throws an overhand right that lands on Beecher's shoulder, as Beecher tries to avoid the shot.
Beecher connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamboo Face misses the jab.
Bamboo Face moves in looking to clinch but Beecher pushes him off.
Bamboo Face uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beecher.
Beecher is looking to clinch but Bamboo Face is avoiding it.
Bamboo Face looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bamboo Face slips a jab from Beecher.
Bamboo Face cracks Beecher with an open hand slap.
Bamboo Face is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Beecher throws a poor cross that misses
and Bamboo Face connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Beecher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beecher throws out a leg kick but Bamboo Face moves out of range and Beecher only half commits.
Bamboo Face swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bamboo Face throws out a loose jab but Beecher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bamboo Face throws a predictable looking body shot
and Beecher counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Beecher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bamboo Face swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bamboo Face lands a slapping body shot.
Beecher throws a jab but it's blocked by Bamboo Face.
As Beecher tries to get set, Bamboo Face tries to push him back and clinch up but Beecher manages to avoid the attempt.
Bamboo Face swings widly with a right hand
and Beecher counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Paul Beecher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beecher throws a sloppy head kick
and Bamboo Face counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beecher slips under a jab.
Bamboo Face steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beecher.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beecher just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Bamboo Face was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Beecher.
Bamboo Face moves out of range as Beecher throws a body kick.
Bamboo Face on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Beecher closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Beecher has a couple of punches blocked by Bamboo Face.
Bamboo Face tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Beecher fails to land.
Bamboo Face tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beecher's elbow.
Beecher lands a nice uppercut.
Bamboo Face has a couple of punches blocked by Beecher.
Beecher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beecher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face throws a head punch that misses.
Bamboo Face misses with the head strike.
Bamboo Face throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bamboo Face.
Beecher lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bamboo Face backwards.
Beecher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beecher working aggressively here.
Bamboo Face is working Beecher over against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamboo Face.
A head punch on the inside from Bamboo Face fails to land.
Beecher has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bamboo Face scores with a shoulder strike.
Beecher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beecher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beecher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Beecher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ubungu Bamboo Face's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bamboo Face looks to clinch
and Beecher counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bamboo Face sizes up Beecher with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bamboo Face loads up on a big right hand but Beecher slips the punch.
Beecher is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bamboo Face.
Bamboo Face looks to throw the jab but Beecher is out of range.
Bamboo Face loads up on a big right hand but Beecher slips the punch.
Bamboo Face throws the left hand but Beecher avoids the punch easily.
We've been informed that Beecher has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bamboo Face throws a looping overhand right but Beecher ducks down to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Beecher misses.
Beecher loads up on a big right hand but Bamboo Face slips the punch.
It looked like Bamboo Face wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Beecher throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamboo Face moves out of range as Beecher throws a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Bamboo Face misses the target.
Bamboo Face rushes Beecher and presses him up against the cage.
Beecher lands an elbow just above Bamboo Face 's eye.
Beecher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beecher is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Beecher throws a punch but it's blocked by Bamboo Face.
Beecher tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bamboo Face's elbow.
Beecher tries a body shot but Bamboo Face blocks it.
Bamboo Face throws a head punch that misses.
Bamboo Face can't find room to land a body shot as Beecher controls the action.
Bamboo Face has a couple of punches blocked by Beecher.
Beecher goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beecher tries to throw a body punch but Bamboo Face avoids it by throwing Beecher back against the cage.
Bamboo Face throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beechers head.
Bamboo Face swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beecher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beecher scores with a hook to the body.
Beecher is trying to stall.
Bamboo Face misses with the head strike.
Bamboo Face scores with a shoulder strike.
Bamboo Face lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beecher.
Beecher blocks a body shot from Bamboo Face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bamboo Face lands a left hand that snaps the head of Beecher backwards.
Beecher working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Beecher.
Ubungu Bamboo Face's cut is getting worse.
Bamboo Face throws a head punch that misses.
Beecher struggles to land a body shot inside as Bamboo Face controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Bamboo Face scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face dodges an elbow strike from Beecher.
Beecher lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bamboo Face lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bamboo Face lands a body shot in the clinch.
Beecher stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bamboo Face lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beecher backwards.
Beecher misses with a punch on the inside.
Bamboo Face swings wildly with an uppercut but Beecher uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamboo Face.
Beecher takes a shot to the head.
Bamboo Face lands an uppercut.
Beecher is rocked!
Beecher misses with a punch on the inside.
Beecher is still on wobbly legs! Can Bamboo Face finish him?
Bamboo Face 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face misses with the head strike.
Beecher seems to have recovered his senses.
Bamboo Face misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beecher.
Bamboo Face blocks a body shot from Beecher.
Beecher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bamboo Face lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beecher misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beecher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bamboo Face's brow.
Beecher wants to get back to striking at distance but Bamboo Face won't allow it.
Beecher tries to throw a body punch but Bamboo Face avoids it by throwing Beecher back against the cage.
Beecher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Beecher scores with a nice short uppercut.
Beecher tries to work over Bamboo Face's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bamboo Face tries a body shot but Beecher blocks it.
Ubungu Bamboo Face has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bamboo Face fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ubungu Bamboo Face dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ubungu Bamboo Face's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Bamboo Face takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bamboo Face throws an overhand right that lands on Beecher's shoulder, as Beecher tries to avoid the shot.
Bamboo Face lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beecher moves into the clinch.
Beecher lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bamboo Face misses with a punch to the body.
Beecher misses with some punches.
Bamboo Face misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bamboo Face misses with a punch on the inside.
Bamboo Face throws a head punch that misses.
Bamboo Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beecher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bamboo Face blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beecher lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bamboo Face misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bamboo Face prevents a body shot from Beecher.
Bamboo Face tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bamboo Face.
Bamboo Face working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Beecher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beecher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beecher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beecher prevents a body shot from Bamboo Face.
Beecher lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bamboo Face backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Beecher tries to stall but Bamboo Face uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamboo Face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beecher throws a head punch that misses.
Beecher misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamboo Face.
Beecher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bamboo Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beecher tries a body shot but Bamboo Face blocks it.
Bamboo Face misses with the head strike.
Beecher tries to throw a body punch but Bamboo Face avoids it by throwing Beecher back against the cage.
Beecher manages to break the clinch.
Bamboo Face keeps the fight on the outside.
Bamboo Face tries to clinch up but Beecher circles away and keeps his distance.
Bamboo Face backing away here, and Beecher unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Bamboo Face throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bamboo Face cracks a nice hook into Beecher's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beecher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beecher scores with a push kick.
Beecher misses with the body kick
and Bamboo Face counters with a stiff right hand.
Bamboo Face gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Beecher.
Bamboo Face takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Paul Beecher seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bamboo Face misses with a left hand
and Beecher counters with a one-two to the body.
Beecher ducks under a wild hook from Bamboo Face.
A countering left hand to the body from Beecher misses.
Bamboo Face tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beecher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beecher throws out a leg kick but Bamboo Face moves out of range and Beecher only half commits.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bamboo Face blocks a jab.
Bamboo Face throwing a counter right hand but Beecher manages to avoid it.
A head kick by Beecher misses
and Bamboo Face counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bamboo Face keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
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!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Beecher.
Bamboo Face pushes Beecher up against the cage in a clinch.
Beecher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beecher throws a punch but it's blocked by Bamboo Face.
Beecher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bamboo Face dodges an elbow strike from Beecher.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Beecher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Beecher has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Beecher!
Paul Beecher 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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energy
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hype
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RATING
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