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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Caio Bottura (ranked 1577 p4p, 798 weight class) and Archie Griffiths (ranked 178 p4p, 99 weight class). Bottura comes to the cage accompanied by Face The Pain. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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 28 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Caio Bottura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Archie Griffiths!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Bottura.
Griffiths throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bottura sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bottura bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good work by Bottura as he checks the leg kick.
Griffiths throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Griffiths clobbers Bottura with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Griffiths looks for the body kick but Bottura saw that one coming.
Bottura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bottura stalks Griffiths and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Griffiths's face. Griffiths staggers backwards, shaken.
Bottura scores with a one two! Griffiths had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Griffiths misses its intended target.
Griffiths tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bottura was well out of range. Poor timing from Griffiths.
Bottura moves out of range as Griffiths throws a body kick.
Griffiths throws a hook but Bottura blocks it.
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!
Bottura darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Griffiths throws a right hand that Bottura ducks under and follows up with a left that Bottura also avoids with ease.
Bottura slips under a jab from Griffiths.
Bottura seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Griffiths rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bottura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bottura walks into a left hand.
Griffiths throws a good cross that connects.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bottura.
Bottura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Griffiths throws a lazy uppercut
and Bottura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bottura throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bottura lands a nice hook to Griffiths's body. Griffiths takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bottura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Griffiths was well out of range. Poor timing from Bottura.
Bottura throws out a leg kick but Griffiths moves out of range and Bottura only half commits.
Bottura throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bottura moves out of range as Griffiths strikes.
Bottura seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Griffiths throws a body kick that misses.
Bottura appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bottura blocks a jab.
It looked like Bottura was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Griffiths.
Bottura lands with a good body shot.
Griffiths misses with a hook to the body
and Bottura counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bottura.
Bottura throws out a loose jab but Griffiths uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffiths only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bottura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bottura throws a low kick, looking for Griffiths's leg but Griffiths calmly moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bottura darts in and clinches Griffiths up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bottura is trying to pull guard but Griffiths has him pressed against the cage.
Bottura tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Griffiths just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bottura jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Griffiths walks away with a smile on his face. Bottura gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caio Bottura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Griffiths tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Griffiths getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Griffiths throws out a loose jab but Bottura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bottura misses with a double jab.
Bottura looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Griffiths throws a leg kick but Bottura moved away.
Bottura uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griffiths.
An attempted straight right counter from Bottura misses the target.
Griffiths lands a glancing blow to the side of Bottura's head.
Bottura stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Griffiths.
Griffiths jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Griffiths blocks the body kick.
Bottura throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Griffiths blocks a leg kick.
Griffiths swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bottura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Griffiths misses with a hook.
Griffiths moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Griffiths looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bottura is looking for a counter combo.
Bottura tries to clinch up but Griffiths circles away and keeps his distance.
Bottura backing away here, and Griffiths unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Bottura throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Griffiths throws a sloppy head kick and Bottura moves out of range easily.
Griffiths lands a jab.
Bottura tries to clinch but Griffiths is having none of it.
Bottura with a nice calf kick.
Bottura steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Griffiths.
Archie Griffiths seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffiths pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bottura is out of range and Griffiths settles back down.
Griffiths wants to land a leg kick but Bottura is out of range.
Bottura tries to counter by clinching up but Griffiths breaks away and moves out of range.
Griffiths looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A jab from Bottura misses.
Bottura lands a jab to Griffiths's midsection.
Griffiths takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths on the wrong end of a vicious looking 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!
Bottura throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Griffiths chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bottura takes a swing at Griffiths's ribcage but misses.
Griffiths swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Good exchange - Bottura coming out on top.
Bottura takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Griffiths shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bottura is looking to counter the offense by Griffiths and move into the clinch.
Bottura misses with an uppercut.
Griffiths dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bottura. That did some damage!
Bottura moves out of range of the body kick.
Bottura goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bottura tries a head kick but it misses.
Griffiths pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bottura is out of range and Griffiths settles back down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bottura lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Griffiths tries a low kick but Bottura avoids it.
Bottura just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Bottura.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caio Bottura dominated that 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.
Griffiths misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy left from Griffiths finds it's target.
Bottura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffiths manages to avoid it.
Bottura throws a shot to the body.
Bottura moves into the clinch.
Bottura lands a body shot in the clinch.
Griffiths lands a hook to the side of the head.
Griffiths breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bottura lands a jab to Griffiths's midsection.
Griffiths fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bottura is out of range.
Bottura throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Griffiths throws a lazy right hand but Bottura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bottura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A clash of legs there as Bottura blocks the low kick.
Griffiths throws a lazy right hand but Bottura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bottura scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
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!
Griffiths lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bottura dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottura uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffiths.
Bottura misses with a body kick.
Bottura cracks Griffiths with a good jab.
Griffiths moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bottura misses with a few strikes there.
Bottura throws a hook to the side of Griffiths's head but Griffiths sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Griffiths feints a counter leg kick.
Caio Bottura is winning the standup battle so far.
A low kick from Griffiths misses
and Bottura counters with a right hand to the body.
Bottura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A clash of legs there as Bottura blocks the low kick.
Bottura chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bottura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bottura dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bottura looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Griffiths tries to land a leg kick but Bottura saw it coming and moves away.
Bottura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bottura takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bottura throws a head kick but Griffiths moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bottura just misses with a punch to the body.
Bottura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Griffiths takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bottura looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bottura is looking to wear down Griffiths with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bottura throws a lazy right hand but Griffiths sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Griffiths tries a quick counter leg kick but Bottura is wise to it.
Bottura lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Griffiths throws a jab but it's blocked by Bottura.
Bottura walks into a jab.
Bottura tries to close the distance and clinch but Griffiths swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Griffiths throws a body kick that misses.
Griffiths misses with a hook. Bottura ducked under it nicely.
Bottura bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Griffiths's head.
Griffiths ducks under a wild hook from Bottura.
Bottura is looking to clinch.
Bottura looks to land a right hand but Griffiths moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffiths throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bottura misses with a looping left.
Bottura misses with a two punch combination.
Griffiths defending well as Bottura loads up on a big left hand.
Griffiths misses with a wild body shot.
Bottura feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Griffiths throws a sloppy head kick
letting Bottura counter with a right hand.
Griffiths will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bottura throws a jab when Griffiths was well out of range.
Bottura throws a low kick, looking for Griffiths's leg but Griffiths calmly moves out of range.
Bottura lands a nice shot that snaps Griffiths's head back.
Griffiths walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bottura checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bottura throws a leg kick but Griffiths moved away.
Bottura throws a low kick but Griffiths avoids it.
Griffiths looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Griffiths jabs Bottura to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bottura fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bottura lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bottura checks a low kick from Griffiths.
Bottura tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Griffiths manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Griffiths looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Griffiths has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bottura.
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!
Bottura misses with a low kick as Griffiths jumps back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bottura. Griffiths does a little dance to reset his feet.
Griffiths looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Griffiths throws an overhand right that lands on Bottura's shoulder, as Bottura tries to avoid the shot.
Bottura appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Griffiths lands a lovely overhand right.
A nice leg kick from Bottura, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bottura checks a low kick from Griffiths.
Griffiths tries to work over Bottura's front leg with a kick but Bottura checks it.
A leg kick checked by Griffiths.
Bottura is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Griffiths can do to turn this around?
Bottura lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Griffiths misses with a body kick.
Griffiths throws a head kick that misses.
Griffiths throws a right hand that misses
and Bottura counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caio Bottura dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Griffiths looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bottura gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Griffiths softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bottura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Griffiths fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Griffiths lands an uppercut.
Griffiths lands a left hand.
Bottura tries to pull guard but Griffiths forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Griffiths lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bottura backwards.
Griffiths working aggressively here.
A short right from Griffiths.
Griffiths is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bottura is keeping busy.
Griffiths gets through Bottura's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bottura pulls guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bottura is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bottura is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Griffiths defends well.
Bottura controls Griffiths momentarily but Griffiths frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffiths slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bottura trying to keep a closed guard but Griffiths is proving a slippery customer.
Bottura looking for a guillotine here but Griffiths defends easily.
Griffiths avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
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.
Bottura throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Griffiths escapes and throws Bottura's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Griffiths moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Bottura tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Griffiths wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bottura is trying to work for a sweep but Griffiths has mounted him!
Archie Griffiths has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottura manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Griffiths in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bottura looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Griffiths slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bottura wants to get back to full guard but Griffiths has passed into side control.
Griffiths working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Griffiths is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bottura is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bottura gets back to half guard.
Griffiths passes into side control, despite Bottura's attempt to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bottura tries to control but Griffiths manages to take his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Archie Griffiths comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bottura 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caio Bottura!
A victorious Caio Bottura thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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