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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Gonzales (ranked 4589 p4p, 2924 weight class) and Coffee Black (ranked 0 p4p, 152 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Gonzales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Coffee Black!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales shoots for a takedown but Black saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Black misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzales.
Black gets caught napping as Gonzales dives in and scores a takedown. Black manages to retain guard.
Gonzales postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gonzales cracks Black with a solid left hand.
Gonzales throwing strikes but missing.
Black utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gonzales will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gonzales content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gonzales throws a big right hand that misses.
Gonzales scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzales postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gonzales stands up over Black, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonzales throws a strike but Black rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzales wants to get back to his feet but Black is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Black wants to control from the top but Gonzales keeps moving.
Black throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gonzales is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Black is controlling him.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Black leaves Gonzales with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gonzales shoots in and gets a takedown into Black's guard.
Gonzales distracts Black with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Black utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gonzales has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gonzales postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Black working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gonzales.
Gonzales lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Black avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gonzales throws a big right hand that misses.
Gonzales content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gonzales landing some decent shots from guard.
Gonzales throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales throwing strikes but missing.
Black preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gonzales throws a big elbow that misses.
Black avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Black is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gonzales throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Black preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gonzales throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gonzales loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gonzales missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gonzales is looking to work some ground and pound but Black has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gonzales keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Black's head.
Black looks winded!
Black preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gonzales trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Black avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gonzales in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gonzales in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gonzales connects with a couple of short punches.
Gonzales throwing strikes but missing.
Gonzales trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gonzales working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gonzales trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Gonzales dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Black throws a hook to the side of Gonzales's head but Gonzales sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gonzales feints and as Black raises his hands in defense, Gonzales changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gonzales landing with the ground and pound.
Black is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Black working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gonzales.
Gonzales throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Black works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gonzales is looking to work some ground and pound but Black has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzales trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gonzales connects with a couple of short punches.
Gonzales landing some decent shots from guard.
Gonzales postures up and lands a big shot to Black's brow.
Black is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales throws an elbow that misses. Black uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gonzales's guard. Nice move by Black!
Gonzales on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gonzales tries to get out of the position.
Black won't allow Gonzales to get back to his feet.
Gonzales wants to get back to his feet but Black passes into half guard.
Gonzales wants to get back to his feet.
Black wants to take a breather but Gonzales is having none of it.
Gonzales looks like he's trying to stand up.
Black is looking to take a break and control but Gonzales is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gonzales really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales is trying to stand back up but Black is controlling him
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Gonzales shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Gonzales not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gonzales throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gonzales throwing shots but Black is blocking nicely.
Gonzales winds up and cracks Black with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Gonzales not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gonzales thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gonzales.
Gonzales working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gonzales not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gonzales lands strikes from half guard.
Gonzales not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gonzales thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Black's head.
Gonzales takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gonzales looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Black with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gonzales thows a huge punch but Black dodges it nicely.
Gonzales not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gonzales looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Black with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gonzales throwing shots but Black is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gonzales landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Black keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gonzales thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Black's head.
Gonzales looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Black with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gonzales landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gonzales thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Black on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Gonzales.
Gonzales looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Black with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzales not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nice strikes from Gonzales there.
Gonzales is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Black can do to turn this around?
Gonzales sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Black defending well though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Gonzales 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!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Gonzales.
Gonzales working the ground and pound.
Gonzales fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Gonzales tries to score with some ground and pound. Black controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Gonzales creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Black sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Gonzales throws an elbow but Black slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gonzales cracks Black with a big elbow.
Gonzales landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gonzales wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Anthony Gonzales overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Black takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gonzales misses with the ground and pound.
Black on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gonzales grinds an elbow into Black's temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales is putting a hurting on Black here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gonzales working the head and body with strikes.
Gonzales grinds an elbow into Black's temple.
Gonzales lands a nice forearm strike.
Gonzales is working Black over with some ground and pound from side control.
Black takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Gonzales lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Gonzales is working Black over with some ground and pound from side control.
Gonzales throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gonzales working the ground and pound from side control.
Gonzales throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gonzales lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Black down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales misses with the ground and pound.
Gonzales cracks Black with a big elbow.
Gonzales lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzales working the head with strikes.
The strikes coming from Gonzales are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Gonzales in side control, throwing shots but Black defends.
Black on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gonzales is putting a hurting on Black here, landing some big shots from side control.
Black takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Black is working to avoid the ground and pound but Gonzales connects with a decent elbow.
The ground and pound from Gonzales seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Black defending against the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales landing strikes.
Gonzales lands some shots froms side control.
Gonzales lands some shots froms side control.
Gonzales scoring with punches from side control.
Black parries the strikes from Gonzales easily there. Gonzales is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Black to escape.
Gonzales working away.
Gonzales is putting a hurting on Black here, landing some big shots from side control.
Black on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gonzales working the head with strikes.
Gonzales cracks Black with a big elbow.
Gonzales cracks Black with a big right hand but Black just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gonzales scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Black to see if he's OK.
Coffee Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Gonzales's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gonzales lands a few punches from side control.
Gonzales throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Black works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Black taking some punishment here, with Gonzales in his half guard.
Gonzales missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gonzales thows a huge punch but Black dodges it nicely.
Gonzales working Black over with strikes.
Gonzales drops an elbow to the side of Black's head.
Gonzales working the head and body with strikes.
Anthony Gonzales is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gonzales lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Gonzales showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gonzales, 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Gonzales!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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