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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Venom Page (ranked 5029 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Yoder (ranked 4238 p4p, 0 weight class). Venom Page has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Venom Page!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Yoder!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Yoder catches Page right on the button with a cross.
Page closes the distance and clinches.
Page's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yoder dips to his left and cracks Page with an uppercut!
Page dodges the punch combination from Yoder.
Page has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yoder.
Page has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Death Valley Training Facility in the buildup to the fight.
Yoder throws a series of punches but Page avoids them all with ease.
Ryan Yoder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoder throws a left and a right that both miss
and Page counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Ryan Yoder has been cut.
Yoder misses with a few strikes there.
Page closes the distance but Yoder moves to the side
and Yoder counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Page seems keen to control Yoder's posture.
Yoder wants to get up but he can't break Page's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Page has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoder stops Page from standing up.
Page tries to strike from the bottom.
Page looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yoder is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yoder trying to stand up but can't free himself from Page's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Yoder stands and steps away. Page gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Yoder scores with a punch to the head.
Yoder looks for the body kick but Page saw that one coming.
Page gets a clinch.
Page misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yoder backwards.
Page misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Page.
Page stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Page struggles to land a body shot inside as Yoder controls his hands.
Page tries a body shot but Yoder blocks it.
Page with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Page throws a head punch that misses.
Yoder wants to take the fight to the mat but Page manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Page lands with a left to the head.
Page manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Page avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Page forces Yoder back against the cage and clinches.
Page breaks from the clinch.
Page fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yoder misses with a leg kick.
Page is looking to clinch.
Jab from Yoder.
Page fails in his attempt to clinch.
Page misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Yoder. Those never looked like landing.
Page has closed the distance and engaged Yoder in a clinch.
Page breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Page fails with an attempt to clinch.
Page moves into the clinch successfully.
Page lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page breaks the clinch.
Yoder throws a big shot that misses.
Jab by Page.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoder feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pages jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Yoder throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Page counters with a nice body shot.
Yoder throws a lazy body kick
and Page connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Page is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yoder swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Page swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yoder throws a right hand that Page ducks under and follows up with a left that Page also avoids with ease.
Page is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yoder throws a leg kick
and Page counters with a right hand to the body.
Page gets a clinch.
Page swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Venom Page dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Yoder's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Page swings for the body but Yoder moves out of range.
Page throws a low kick, looking for Yoder's leg but Yoder calmly moves out of range.
No joy there for Yoder, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Page tries to clinch but Yoder moves out of range.
Yoder lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Yoder.
Page tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Page pushes Yoder up against the cage in a clinch.
Yoder stalling in the clinch.
Page breaks the clinch.
Yoder lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Page misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Yoder! But no joy.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yoder.
Page seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jab by Page.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Page clinches.
Page scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Page lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Page breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Page moves into the clinch.
Page tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Page takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Page leaning against his opponent.
Page seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Page is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yoder can do to turn this around?
Yoder is looking to break free of the clinch but Page has double underhooks.
Yoder prevents a body shot from Page.
Page softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yoder prevents a body shot from Page.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page looking to throw knees to the head but Yoder is blocking nicely.
Page breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Page is looking to wear down Yoder with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Page closes the distance and clinches.
Page using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yoder has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Page throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yoder blocks it with crossed arms.
Yoder's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Page looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yoder works Page's body with a nice hook.
Yoder throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yoder misses with a two punch combination.
Page throws a sloppy head kick and Yoder moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoder changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab lands there for Yoder.
Yoder fails to land with a series of punches.
Page tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yoder paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ryan Yoder is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yoder looks to land a combination but Page avoids it well.
No joy there for Yoder, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Page staying out of range there.
Page ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yoder moves away.
Page backing away here, and Yoder unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Page clinches with his opponent.
Yoder blocking some punches.
Venom Page has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Page misses with a body punch.
Page breaks the clinch.
Page doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoder circles away.
Page fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yoder, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page gets through Yoder's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Page pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Page avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ryan Yoder seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yoder uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Page has time to react.
Yoder tries to bum rush Page with a series of wild strikes but Page uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yoder throws a half hearted mid kick.
Page appears to be looking for a big counter.
Yoder gets tackled into the cage by Page. Page maintains the clinch.
Page working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Page lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yoder's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Page.
Page misses with an elbow strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Page - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Venom Page dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Yoder's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yoder, as that shot connected.
Yoder swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Page counters with a nice uppercut.
Page tries to close the distance and clinch but Yoder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Despite the aggression on Yoder's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Page fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yoder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Page was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Page dodges the punch combination from Yoder.
Page throws a big counter combination but Yoder scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Page, as that shot connected.
Yoder misses with an uppercut. Page saw that one coming.
Page is looking to counter with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Yoder. Those never looked like landing.
Page moves into the clinch successfully.
Page is stalling here.
Page tries to work over Yoder's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoder trying to control the position but instead, Page has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yoder into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Page scores with a nice short uppercut.
Page breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Page fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yoder connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Page's hands.
Yoder misses with a combination
and Page counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Yoder is rocked!
Yoder keeps the fight on the outside.
Page tries to clinch up.
It seemed like Yoder was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Page is looking to clinch but Yoder is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yoder throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Page is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Page showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yoder.
Yoder throws a poor cross that misses
and Page counters with a nice uppercut.
Yoder misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Page wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yoder swats away the attempt to clinch by Page.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Page fails in his attempt to clinch.
Page tries to clinch up but Yoder circles away and keeps his distance.
Some wild striking there from Yoder.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoder rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Page counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Page rushes Yoder and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Page tries to land a knee to the head but Yoder blocks with his arms.
Page misses with a body punch.
Page throws a knee to the head but misses.
Page leaning his opponent against the cage.
Page's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yoder scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yoder throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Page counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That has opened up Ryan Yoder's cut even more.
Yoder rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Page moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Decent striking displayed by Yoder there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Page moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Page breaks the clinch.
Page looks to throw the jab but Yoder is out of range.
Venom Page is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Page slips a jab and a cross from Yoder.
Page tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yoder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yoder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Page steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yoder.
Yoder circles away from the clinch attempt
and Yoder counters with a series of strikes. Page will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Venom Page.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Page, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Venom Page!
Venom Page thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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