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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Max Wolff (ranked 4481 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenan Birno (ranked 4549 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Wolff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kenan Birno!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birno misses with a body shot.
Wolff keeps the fight on the outside.
Birno shoots in for a takedown but Wolff shows good takedown defense.
Birno takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wolff displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Birno.
Wolff lands with an uppercut that bounces Birno off the cage and back into range.
Max Wolff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wolff jabs Birno to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Birno wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Birno moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice jab there from Wolff.
Nice uppercut lands for Wolff. That snapped Birno's head back.
Wolff works over Birno's head and body with a nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birno is looking to clinch.
Birno fails with the takedown
and Wolff cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Max Wolff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenan Birno.
Nice body punch from Wolff.
Wolff listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wolff clobbers Birno with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wolff sizes up Birno with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wolff scores with a hook to the body. Birno takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wolff just misses with a punch to the body.
Wolff throws a body punch but Birno moves out of range.
Wolff scores with a jab. Birno acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Birno walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wolff swinging wildly here.
Birno tries to clinch up but Wolff circles away and keeps his distance.
Wolff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolff swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Birno.
Birno throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wolff counters with a left to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wolff. Birno does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wolff cracks a nice hook into Birno's ribs.
Birno takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Birno throws a head kick that misses.
Wolff ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Birno throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wolff punishes Birno's body with a nice straight punch.
Wolff connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wolff cracks Birno with an open hand slap.
Wolff lands a nice hook to Birno's body. Birno takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wolff moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wolff moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Birno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wolff scores with the left hand. Birno knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birno misses with an attempted mid kick.
Birno misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wolff is looking for a counter combo.
Birno looks winded!
Wolff comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wolff throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Birno stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice shot lands for Wolff.
Max Wolff is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wolff connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wolff connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Birno's hands.
A jab lands there for Wolff.
Wolff connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Birno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Birno swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Birno takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wolff closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Birno takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wolff lunges at Birno with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Birno's hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolff throws a one two combo.
Wolff connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Birno thows a left - swing and a miss!
Birno takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wolff tests Birno's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Birno takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wolff scores with a shot to the body.
Birno fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Wolff as he connects with a hook.
Wolff waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Birno.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Birno blocks a jab.
Birno on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wolff is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Birno.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Wolff dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Wolff misses with a straight right.
Birno walks into a jab.
Birno shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wolff fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wolff lands an overhand right.
Wolff swings for the body but Birno moves out of range.
Wolff misses with a wild combination.
Wolff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Birno manages to avoid it.
Wolff scores with a decent looking hook.
Wolff cracks Birno with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Birno fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wolff avoids it really well and circles away.
Wolff misses with a looping left.
Birno moves away from the strike by Wolff.
Birno unleashes a big counter combination but Wolff bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolff misses with a few strikes there.
And Birno tries to counter it with a takedown but Wolff pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Birno wants to clinch up but Wolff keeps it at a distance.
Birno tries for a takedown but Wolff sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Birno takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Birno tries to close the distance and clinch but Wolff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wolff scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wolff scores with the left hand. Birno knows he should have avoided that one.
Wolff ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wolff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Birno.
Wolff throws out a powerful jab.
Birno has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Birno there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wolff misses with a hook. Birno ducked under it nicely.
Wolff scores with a hook.
Birno steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wolff.
Birno takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birno throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wolff's waist but Wolff gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Birno off to one side.
Max Wolff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenan Birno.
Wolff takes a swing at Birno's ribcage but misses.
Birno has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good shot there by Wolff.
Wolff scores with a punch to the head.
Wolff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wolff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Birno was well out of range. Poor timing from Wolff.
Birno throws out a counter right but Wolff avoids it with no problem.
Wolff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Birno can do to turn this around?
Wolff leaves Birno with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Birno is breathing heavily.
Birno takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wolff throws a lazy right hand but Birno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Birno takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wolff lands a jab.
A right-left combo lands from Wolff.
Max Wolff is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Wolff both land. Nice combination.
Birno tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wolff sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Birno somewhat.
Wolff lands a jab.
Wolff lands an overhand right.
Birno on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kenan Birno is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wolff throws a series of punches but Birno moves out of range.
Birno on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Birno fails with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolff lands a body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wolff.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wolff connects with a right hand. Birno shakes it off.
Wolff connects with a crisp jab.
Wolff moves out of range of the body kick from Birno.
An attempted straight right counter from Wolff misses the target.
Wolff's jab looks to have found its range, popping Birno under the eye.
Birno moves out of range as Wolff strikes.
Birno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wolff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wolff lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wolff scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wolff connects with a looping right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Wolff dominated that second round.
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!
Wolff jabs Birno to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wolff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Birno moves away.
Wolff waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Birno.
Birno shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wolff as he avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Wolff lands an impressive looking overhand right. Birno doesn't seem phased though.
Birno tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wolff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wolff throws a series of punches but Birno moves out of range.
Wolff works the jab nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Birno 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wolff's corner calls for a 1-2. Wolff obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wolff darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Birno shoots in but no luck this time.
Wolff fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Birno looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Birno staying out of range there.
Wolff lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Birno backs up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolff works Birno's body with a nice hook.
Birno takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Birno takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Birno goes for a double leg but Wolff avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Wolff continues to drive forward.
Max Wolff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenan Birno.
Wolff stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wolff cracks Birno with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wolff dips to his left and cracks Birno with an uppercut!
Birno moves in looking to clinch but Wolff pushes him off.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wolff, as that shot connected.
Wolff catches Birno with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wolff lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wolff.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Birno might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Wolff has got the better of the exchanges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wolff misses with a looping right.
Nice sprawl there from Wolff as Birno shoots in.
Birno tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Wolff counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birno shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wolff digs a good body shot into Birno's ribs.
Nice cross by Wolff.
Wolff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wolff misses with a double jab.
Birno is trying desperately to land a takedown but Wolff is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Birno.
Wolff scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wolff fails to land with a series of punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Birno.
Wolff slaps away a takedown attempt from Birno, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wolff lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birno takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wolff lands a slapping body shot.
Wolff feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Birnos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wolff lands a glancing blow to the side of Birno's head.
Birno drops his hands momentarily and Wolff takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wolff leaves Birno with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wolff punishes Birno's body with a nice straight punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Wolff as he connects with a hook.
A left and a right from Wolff both land. Nice combination.
Wolff throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Birno on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Wolff misses.
Wolff cracks Birno with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Wolff - just one landing.
Wolff misses with a wild combination.
Wolff moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A slow jab from Wolff misses its intended target.
Birno needs to keep his hands up - Wolff had a free shot at his head there.
Birno tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice uppercut there from Wolff.
Wolff with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wolff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Birno steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wolff.
Nice sprawl there from Wolff as Birno shoots in.
Kenan Birno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wolff lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Birno at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Max Wolff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wolff has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:24
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:24
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Wolff!
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energy
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RATING
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