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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bob The Man (ranked 1348 p4p, 139 weight class) and Ricky Monroe (ranked 882 p4p, 93 weight class). Monroe has chosen Deep Ocean - Island drumming as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
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149 lbs
29 - 22 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob The Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricky Monroe!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by The Man or perhaps it was just good defense by Monroe, which made it look bad.
Monroe feints the counter takedown.
The Man misses the jab.
The Man shoots in and bounces Monroe off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The Man throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Monroe avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The Man is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The Man throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Monroe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Man is in close to Monroe's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The Man avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The Man wants to control from the top but Monroe keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as The Man accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Monroe looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Monroe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Man passes Monroe's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The Man looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The Man not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Monroe on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Monroe wants to get back to full guard.
The Man is trying to work for a kimura but Monroe is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monroe works his way to full guard. Good work.
The Man distracts Monroe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've been hearing that The Man has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The Man scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Monroe tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Monroe preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The Man lands a couple of elbows.
Monroe is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The Man wants to get back to full guard but Monroe has passed into side control.
The Man tries to buck Monroe off but Monroe is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Monroe are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The Man is trying to control Monroe's posture but Monroe avoids it.
The Man takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The Man is looking for a sweep.
The Man is working hard here to advance position.
Monroe scoring with punches from side control.
Monroe tries to advance to mount but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Monroe trying to control the action but The Man is working from the bottom.
The Man tries to buck Monroe off but Monroe is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monroe working the ground and pound.
The Man is trying to get back to half guard.
The Man is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Monroe off and has taken his back!
The Man scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
The Man doesn't have the hooks in and Monroe manages to turn into his guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Man has Monroe pulled in close to control his posture.
The Man tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Monroe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Monroe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
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 Bob The Man will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The Man pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Man moves out of range as Monroe strikes.
The Man was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Monroe misses with a hook.
Monroe has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
The Man connects with a solid leg kick.
The Man moves out of range of the strikes.
The Man lands with a nice body punch.
The Man misses with a body kick.
Monroe scores with a nice right hand.
Monroe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Monroe slips a jab and a cross from The Man.
The Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Monroe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Monroe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Monroe. The Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Man scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Monroe takes one on the button.
The Man looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Man is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Monroe.
Bob The Man is winning the standup battle so far.
Monroe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Man was well out of range. Poor timing from Monroe.
A slapping body kick lands there for The Man.
A big right from Monroe misses.
The Man misses with an attempted mid kick.
Monroe throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling The Man to counter with a crisp jab.
The Man closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Monroe's guard.
The Man trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Monroe looking for a sweep. Not yet Monroe, not yet.
The Man trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The Man throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The Man working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The Man postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monroe looking to control.
The Man trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The Man stopping the sweep attempt from Monroe.
The Man 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.
The Man in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Man in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The Man is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The Man content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Monroe tries to strike from the bottom.
The Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Monroe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Man throwing strikes from guard but Monroe blocks nicely.
The Man wants to pass the guard but Monroe is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monroe looking to control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The Man throws a big elbow that misses.
The Man postures up in Monroe's guard and throws a big left but Monroe blocks it.
The Man preventing the sweep.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The Man fails in his attempt to clinch.
Monroe is clearly trying to counter these attacks from The Man with a body shot.
The Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Monroe.
Monroe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Man.
The Man avoids the body shot from Monroe.
The Man tries to land a body kick
and Monroe counters with a shoot takedown. The Man fights it but they end up in guard.
Monroe postures up.
Monroe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Man is keeping the position for now.
Monroe with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Man is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Monroe throwing strikes but missing.
The Man had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Monroe defends it easily.
Monroe cracks The Man with a solid left hand.
Monroe works over The Man with some ground and pound from guard.
The Man has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Monroe can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The Man looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob The Man dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The Man walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The Man throws a leg kick which misses Monroe's front leg but catches the back leg as Monroe tries to avoid it.
The Man misses with a low kick as Monroe jumps back.
Monroe lands a jab.
The Man gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Monroe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Monroe throws a right hand that The Man ducks under and follows up with a left that The Man also avoids with ease.
The Man looks to land a right hand but Monroe moved out of range.
Monroe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The Man connects with a crisp jab.
The Man avoids the body shot from Monroe.
A shot to the liver by The Man. Beautiful body shot.
The Man looks to score with a jab to the body but Monroe is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Monroe drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The Man has an active guard here but Monroe has managed to pass into half guard.
Monroe prevents The Man from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Man manages to get to full guard.
Monroe must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Monroe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Monroe trying to control the position from guard on top but The Man is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Man not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Man working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Monroe doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Monroe manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Monroe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Monroe lands a couple of digs.
The Man not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Man lands some strikes from the bottom.
The Man wants to sweep here but Monroe controlling him for the moment.
Monroe throws a big right hand that misses.
Monroe avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The Man working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Monroe has passed into half guard!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monroe looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks The Man with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The Man is trying to stand up here but Monroe is controlling him well.
Nice strikes from Monroe there.
Ricky Monroe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Monroe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Monroe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The Man is not content to let Monroe control the position.
Monroe working over The Man with some ground and pound. The Man looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Monroe working The Man over with strikes.
The Man is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Man taking some punishment here, with Monroe in his half guard.
Monroe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The Man is looking to improve his position.
The Man is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Monroe pulls his head out easily.
Monroe moves nicely into side control.
The Man takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Monroe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Man 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob The Man!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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