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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Scott (ranked 792 p4p, 116 weight class) and Sasha Rua (ranked 1319 p4p, 193 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rua's choice of entrance music: Champion. Sasha Rua acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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184 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Scott!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sasha Rua!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scott tries to clinch but Rua is having none of it.
Scott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Scott tries to clinch there but Rua circles away.
Rua swats away the attempt to clinch by Scott.
Rua misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rua misses with a straight left.
Scott lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Scott is looking to clinch.
Scott doesn't manage to clinch there - Rua circles away.
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rua keeps the fight on the outside.
Scott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rua manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rua swats away the attempt to clinch by Scott.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rua misses with a hook. Scott ducked under it nicely.
Rua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rua misses with a double jab.
Rua swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rua misses with a body shot.
Rua misses with a wild body shot.
Scott tries to counter by clinching up but Rua breaks away and moves out of range.
Rua lands with a nice body punch.
Rua has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Scott moves to clinch but Rua breaks away
and Rua counters with a left to the body.
Rua throws a body punch but Scott moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands a right hook to the body.
Scott wants to clinch.
Scott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rua manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scott rushes Rua and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Scott throws an elbow but it misses.
Rua breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scott tries to clinch but Rua moves away
enabling Rua to counter with a crisp jab.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch but Rua swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rua scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Scott tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rua connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Rua coming out on top.
Rua misses with an uppercut
and Scott cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scott was well out of range. Poor timing from Rua.
Rua keeps the fight on the outside.
Scott closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rua lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Scott or not.
Rua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rua throws a series of punches but Scott avoids them all with ease.
Rua connects with a right hand. Scott shakes it off.
Scott closes the distance but Rua moves to the side
and Rua makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rua lands a right hook to the body.
Rua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rua.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott tries to clinch but Rua moves away
letting Rua counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Scott looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Scott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rua manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scott wants to clinch.
Rua throws a jab when Scott was well out of range.
Scott tries to counter with a takedown but Rua is quick to defend against it.
Rua throws a series of punches but Scott moves out of range.
Rua just misses with a punch to the body.
As Rua tries to get set, Scott tries to push him back and clinch up but Rua manages to avoid the attempt.
Scott is looking to clinch.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rua paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scott moves in looking to clinch but Rua pushes him off.
Rua takes a swing at Scott's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sasha Rua dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Scott closes the distance looking to clinch
and Scott takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Scott is looking to clinch.
Sasha Rua seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rua throws a body shot but no joy.
Rua misses with a hook. Scott ducked under it nicely.
Rua throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rua swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Scott counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sasha Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rua just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rua tries to bum rush Scott with a series of wild strikes but Scott uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Scott slips a jab and a cross from Rua.
Scott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rua manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rua swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scott doesn't manage to clinch there - Rua circles away.
Scott fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rua doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Rua will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Scott doesn't manage to clinch there - Rua circles away.
Bobby Scott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rua lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rua.
Rua fails to land with a series of punches.
Scott rushes Rua and presses him up against the cage.
Rua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rua paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scott looks to clinch
and Rua counters with a straight right hand.
Scott takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rua dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rua paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scott tries to clinch there but Rua circles away.
Rua is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Scott tries to clinch up but Rua circles away and keeps his distance.
Rua has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rua shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Scott eats them both and turns towards Rua to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Rua scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Scott is looking to clinch but Rua is avoiding it.
Rua just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands with a good body shot.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rua swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sloppy strikes from Rua. Those never looked like landing.
Scott darts in trying to clinch
and Scott takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rua throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It looked like Scott was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Rua misses the shot to the body.
Rua throws a hook but Scott blocks it.
Rua throws a one two combo.
Scott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rua is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Scott with a body shot.
No joy there for Rua, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Scott tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Rua manages to circle out of the way.
Scott is looking to clinch.
Rua is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Scott rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua misses with a body shot.
Rua lands a lovely overhand right.
Rua throws the left hand but Scott avoids the punch easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua throws a one two combo.
Scott tries to clinch but Rua moves away
and Rua counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Scott closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rua counters with a stiff right hand.
Scott closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rua counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rua fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Scott looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Scott fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sasha Rua showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Scott gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Scott misses with a knee to the head.
Scott is leaning against Rua and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Scott looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rua avoids the elbow strike from Scott, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rua.
Rua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rua stalks Scott and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Scott's face. Scott staggers backwards, shaken.
Scott dodges the punch combination from Rua.
Rua misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rua misses with a body shot.
Scott is looking for a counter combo.
Scott tries to clinch up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rua looks to score with a jab to the body but Scott is just out of range.
Rua misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua misses with a hook.
Rua goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nice defenses there by Scott.
Scott is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rua.
Rua throws a body shot but no joy.
Scott tries to clinch
and Rua counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Scott thinking.
Rua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scott closes the distance but Rua moves to the side
and Rua counters with a left to the body.
Scott doesn't manage to clinch there - Rua circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rua. Scott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Scott seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Rua throws a combination. Scott tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Scott ducks under a wild hook from Rua.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua managing to block the knees to the body from Scott.
Rua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rua lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Scott tries a body shot but Rua blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Scott throws an elbow but misses.
Scott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rua blocks a body shot from Scott.
A right hook to the body lands for Rua.
Rua breaks from the clinch.
Scott takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Scott slips a straight right by Rua.
Rua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rua fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Scott on the side of the head.
Scott gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rua keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rua swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Scott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Scott wants to clinch
and Rua counters with a stiff right hand.
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rua unleashes a big counter combination but Scott bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Rua swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scott half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Rua looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rua misses with a body shot.
Scott tries to clinch up.
Scott tries to clinch there but Rua circles away.
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua with a nice cross.
Scott is looking to clinch but Rua is avoiding it.
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rua swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Scott tries to clinch but Rua moves away
and Rua counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Scott looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rua jabs at Scott's body.
Scott wants to clinch up but Rua keeps it at a distance.
Rua misses with a wild body shot.
Rua scores with a nice right hand.
Scott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scott fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sasha Rua really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rua. Scott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Scott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Scott tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rua makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rua swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rua uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Scott has time to react.
Rua goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Scott looks to clinch
and Rua counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Scott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scott closes the distance but Rua moves to the side
and Rua counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rua takes a swing at Scott's ribcage but misses.
Rua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scott manages to avoid it.
Scott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua has Scott up against the cage in a clinch.
Rua breaks from the clinch.
Scott moves in looking to clinch but Rua pushes him off.
Rua lands with a shot to the body.
Rua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rua throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Scott stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rua scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rua takes a swing at Scott's ribcage but misses.
Rua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scott tries to clinch up but Rua circles away and keeps his distance.
Scott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rua misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An attempted straight right counter from Scott misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott wants to clinch up but Rua keeps it at a distance.
Rua throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Scott sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rua connects with a body shot that sends Scott's belly button to the back.
Rua looks to throw the jab but Scott is out of range.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rua paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rua throws a counter combo.
Scott fails in his attempt to clinch.
Scott moves away from the strike by Rua.
Rua throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scott doesn't manage to clinch there - Rua circles away.
Scott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Scott walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Scott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rua manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua dips to his left and cracks Scott with an uppercut!
Rua tries to keep at a distance but Scott has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rua lands a nice uppercut.
Scott pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rua manages to break the clinch.
Rua throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Scott sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Scott is looking to clinch but Rua is avoiding it.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch but Rua swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rua swats away the attempt to clinch by Scott.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott tries to clinch there but Rua circles away.
A little jabbing left from Rua on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rua fails to land with a series of punches.
Rua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scott tries to clinch up.
Decent striking displayed by Rua there.
Scott tries to clinch up but Rua circles away and keeps his distance.
Scott tries to clinch up.
Scott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rua manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rua appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scott manages to avoid it.
Scott is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sasha Rua dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! 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.
Scott ducks under a wild hook from Rua.
Scott moves in looking to clinch but Rua pushes him off.
Scott moves to clinch but Rua breaks away
and Rua counters with a series of strikes. Scott will be more careful next time no doubt.
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Scott tries to clinch but Rua moves out of range.
It seemed like Rua was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rua loads up on a big right hand but Scott slips the punch.
Scott wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Rua misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott ducks under a wild hook from Rua.
Rua just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromScott.
Rua misses with a wild body shot.
Scott tries to clinch but Rua is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rua.
Scott darts in trying to clinch
and Rua counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rua paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Rua.
Rua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rua appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Scott moves out of range as Rua strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Scott walks into a left hand.
Scott tries to clinch up but Rua circles away and keeps his distance.
Scott defending well as Rua loads up on a big left hand.
Scott doesn't manage to clinch there - Rua circles away.
Scott fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rua. Scott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rua scores with the left hand. Scott knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua stuns Scott with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rua throws a big shot that misses.
Rua misses with a body shot.
Scott is looking to clinch but Rua is avoiding it.
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Scott wants to clinch.
Rua misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Rua. Those never looked like landing.
Rua with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rua throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Rua.
Scott closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rua counters with a one-two to the body.
Scott tries to clinch
and Rua counters with a nice uppercut.
Sasha Rua is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rua lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sasha Rua comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rua winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 42:50
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 42:50
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 42:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sasha Rua!
Sasha Rua is the new welterweight champion!
Sasha Rua thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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