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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Starman (ranked 650 p4p, 1558 weight class) and Ernie Tertelgte (ranked 82 p4p, 196 weight class). Starman comes to the cage accompanied by David Bowie - Starman. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Starman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Ernie Tertelgte!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starman swings for the body but Tertelgte moves out of range.
Tertelgte moves out of range as Starman strikes.
Starman thuds his right hand into Tertelgte's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tertelgte defending well as Starman loads up on a big left hand.
Tertelgte swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Starman.
Tertelgte connects with a right hand. Starman shakes it off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Starman. Tertelgte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tertelgte throws the left hand but Starman avoids the punch easily.
Tertelgte lands with an uppercut that bounces Starman off the cage and back into range.
Starman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tertelgte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Starman throws a hook but Tertelgte blocks it.
Tertelgte looks to land a right hand but Starman moved out of range.
Starman scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tertelgte 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.
Starman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tertelgte.
Starman throwing a counter right hand but Tertelgte manages to avoid it.
Starman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Starman misses the target.
Starman misses with a hook to the body
and Tertelgte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tertelgte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Starman.
Starman lands a body shot.
Tertelgte throws a leg kick
and Starman counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Tertelgte has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Starman is working away from the top position though.
Tertelgte is holding on to half guard well.
Starman is keen to just control but Tertelgte is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Starman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Starman thows a huge punch but Tertelgte dodges it nicely.
Tertelgte trying to control from the bottom.
Starman controlling the action here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Starman dodges the punch combination from Tertelgte.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Starman jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tertelgte thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Starman if he has to take too many more of those.
Tertelgte fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Starman on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte throws a big shot that misses.
Tertelgte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tertelgte misses with a lunging right hand
and Starman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tertelgte misses with a body kick.
Starman throws out a loose jab but Tertelgte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tertelgte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Starman throws a jab but it's blocked by Tertelgte.
Tertelgte misses with a head kick.
Tertelgte connects with a body shot.
Starman throws a hook but Tertelgte avoids it easily.
Tertelgte misses with an uppercut. Starman saw that one coming.
Ernie Tertelgte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tertelgte takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Starman tries to close the distance and clinch but Tertelgte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tertelgte.
It looked like Starman was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tertelgte.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tertelgte.
Starman misses the shot to the body.
Tertelgte missing with a left hand there. Starman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Starman changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Starman has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tertelgte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tertelgte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tertelgte tries a head kick but it misses.
Starman is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tertelgte throws a head kick but Starman moves out of range.
Tertelgte pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ernie Tertelgte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tertelgte tests Starman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Starman misses with a straight right.
Starman sizes up Tertelgte with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Starman throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ernie Tertelgte will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Starman takes a swing at Tertelgte's ribcage but misses.
Tertelgte looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tertelgte throws out a loose jab but Starman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Starman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Starman wants to clinch.
Starman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tertelgte just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Starman throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Tertelgte was covering up waiting for the punch and Starman finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Tertelgte pushes Starman off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starman tries to close the distance and clinch but Tertelgte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Starman wants to clinch.
Starman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tertelgte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tertelgte throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tertelgte throws a poor cross that misses
and Starman counters with a straight right hand.
Tertelgte throws a low kick but it's checked well by Starman.
Starman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tertelgte smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tertelgte misses with a jab to the body
and Starman counters with a straight right hand.
Tertelgte is looking to slow Starman down with leg kicks.
Starman moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Starman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tertelgte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Starman.
Starman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Starman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Starman misses with a body punch.
Tertelgte has Starman pressed against the cage, preventing Starman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tertelgte.
Starman stalling the fight.
Starman breaks the clinch.
Starman throws an off balance right hand
enabling Tertelgte to counter with a crisp jab.
Tertelgte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Starman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tertelgte connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Starman scrambles back to his feet.
Tertelgte misses with a left hand
and Starman counters with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte slips a jab and a cross from Starman.
Tertelgte tries a quick counter leg kick but Starman is wise to it.
Starman shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tertelgte but Tertelgte pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Starman misses with a body shot.
Tertelgte looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ernie Tertelgte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Danga de danga de dang - Starman scores with a four punch combination!
Starman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tertelgte misses with a body kick.
Starman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tertelgte's head backwards.
A slow jab from Tertelgte misses its intended target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Starman checks a leg kick.
Tertelgte walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tertelgte throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tertelgte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starman lands the left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Starman stuns Tertelgte with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Starman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tertelgte.
Starman misses with a looping right.
Starman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Starman.
A big right from Starman misses.
Starman tests Tertelgte's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Starman looks to land a combination but Tertelgte avoids it well.
Tertelgte throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Starman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Starman lands a lovely overhand right.
Starman misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Starman 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. This is the final round!
Tertelgte throws a head kick that misses.
Starman takes a swing at Tertelgte's ribcage but misses.
Tertelgte throws a hook but Starman blocks it.
Starman throws a lazy uppercut
and Starman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Starman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tertelgte sprawls well. Tertelgte wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Starman gets slowly back to his feet.
Tertelgte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Starman.
It looked like Starman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tertelgte scores with the left hand. Starman knows he should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tertelgte. Starman shrugs it off though.
Tertelgte throws a poor cross that misses
and Starman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tertelgte.
Starman scores with the left hand. Tertelgte knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tertelgte missing with a left hand there. Starman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tertelgte slips a straight right by Starman.
A countering left hand to the body from Tertelgte misses.
Tertelgte pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Starman is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Starman moves out of range of the leg kick from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tertelgte lands a high kick!
Starman darts in and clinches Tertelgte up against the cage.
Starman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Starman trying to control the position but instead, Tertelgte has worked for underhooks and has pushed Starman into the cage.
Tertelgte breaks the clinch.
Tertelgte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Starman checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte throws a shot from downtown. Starman moves away and avoids it.
Tertelgte scores with a crisp jab that stopped Starman in his tracks.
Starman lands the left hand.
Nice body punch from Starman.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Starman loads up on a big right hand but Tertelgte slips the punch.
Tertelgte throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Starman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tertelgte just misses with a punch to the body.
Starman feinted with a counter takedown.
Tertelgte darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tertelgte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tertelgte slips under a jab.
Tertelgte feints and then cracks Starman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Starman down.
Starman avoids the head kick by Tertelgte.
Starman swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Tertelgte, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Starman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Starman misses with a wild combination.
Tertelgte missing with a left hand there. Starman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tertelgte throws a head kick but Starman moves out of range.
Starman throws a lazy uppercut
and Tertelgte makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Starman misses with a straight right.
Starman gets a clinch.
Tertelgte misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tertelgte.
Tertelgte lands a hook that snaps the head of Starman backwards.
Tertelgte's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tertelgte throws a head kick but Starman moves out of range.
Starman drops down looking for a counter takedown but Tertelgte sprawls and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Starman manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Tertelgte on his heels. He'll look to pass Tertelgte's guard now, I'm sure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tertelgte is looking to stand up but Starman isn't so interested in that idea.
Tertelgte is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tertelgte controlling the position.
Starman trying to control but Tertelgte is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernie Tertelgte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tertelgte has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernie Tertelgte!
Our winner, Ernie Tertelgte, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
John Starman was interviewed post fight and said 'Come on not again!'.
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