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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steve Butabi (ranked 1047 p4p, 1259 weight class) and Darry Curtis (ranked 123 p4p, 147 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Steve Butabi has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Steve Butabi seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve Butabi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Darry Curtis!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Curtis.
Butabi closes the distance and clinches up with Curtis, looking for a takedown. Butabi pushes Curtis against the cage but Curtis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Curtis throws a shot from downtown. Butabi moves away and avoids it.
Butabi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Curtis works the jab nicely.
Curtis misses with a wild body shot.
Curtis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Butabi walks into a jab.
Curtis throws a big shot that misses.
Curtis throws a hook to the side of Butabi's head but Butabi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Butabi misses.
Curtis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Curtis tries a head kick but it misses.
Butabi tries to counter with a takedown but Curtis is quick to defend against it.
A cross from Curtis lands.
Curtis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Curtis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curtis misses with the combination.
Butabi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Butabi misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Butabi misses.
Butabi lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Curtis has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Curtis misses with a left hand
and Butabi counters with a nice uppercut.
Butabi throws a jab but it's blocked by Curtis.
Butabi misses with a straight right.
Butabi lands a nice hook to Curtis's body. Curtis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Curtis connects with a looping right hand.
Butabi tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Curtis defends well and Butabi ends up having to push Curtis into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Butabi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Curtis lands an uppercut.
Curtis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Butabi scores with a hook.
Curtis ducks under a wild hook from Butabi.
Butabi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Butabi dodges the punch combination from Curtis.
Butabi throws a hook but Curtis blocks it.
Butabi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Butabi. Curtis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Butabi looks to score with a jab to the body but Curtis is just out of range.
Butabi staying out of range there.
Butabi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Butabi misses.
Steve Butabi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Butabi checks a leg kick.
Butabi takes a swing at Curtis's ribcage but misses.
Darry Curtis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Curtis just misses with a punch to the body.
Butabi is looking to counter punch.
Curtis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Curtis throws out a loose jab but Butabi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Butabi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Butabi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Curtis lands with a right hand.
Butabi avoids the body shot from Curtis.
Curtis throws a jab but it's blocked by Butabi.
Curtis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Butabi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Curtis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Butabi.
Curtis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Butabi has time to react.
Curtis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butabi misses with a straight right.
Butabi scores with a takedown into Curtis's guard.
Butabi wants to pass the guard but Curtis is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Curtis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Butabi drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Curtis dives on top into guard.
Butabi isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Curtis stacks Butabi on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Curtis!
Curtis tries to stand but Butabi is controlling his head.
Curtis advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butabi is working to get back to half guard.
Butabi bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Curtis looking for a sweep. Not yet Curtis, not yet.
Butabi trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Curtis manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Butabi looking for a guillotine here but Curtis defends easily.
Butabi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Curtis is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curtis got a little sloppy there for a moment and Butabi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Curtis has managed to get both his arms back between Butabi's legs - danger averted.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Darry Curtis will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Butabi misses the jab.
Curtis misses with a wild body shot.
Curtis scoring well with a low kick there.
Curtis scores with a kick to the body.
Butabi staying out of range there.
Butabi blocks a jab.
Butabi scores with a decent looking hook.
Curtis throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Butabi misses the target.
Butabi slips a straight right by Curtis.
Butabi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Curtis connects with a nice looking jab.
Butabi misses with a body shot.
A jab from Curtis misses.
Butabi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Curtis with a nice calf kick.
Curtis moves into range and clinches up with Butabi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Butabi tries a body shot but Curtis blocks it.
Curtis lands with a light punch inside.
Butabi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Curtis's elbow.
Butabi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Butabi tries to throw a body punch but Curtis avoids it by throwing Butabi back against the cage.
Butabi tries to throw a body punch but Curtis avoids it by throwing Butabi back against the cage.
Butabi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Curtis's elbow.
A short uppercut from Butabi.
Curtis blocks a body shot from Butabi.
Butabi fails to pull guard.
Curtis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Butabi slips a jab from Curtis.
Curtis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Curtis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Butabi.
The fighters circling - Butabi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Butabi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curtis throws out the jab.
Butabi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Butabi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Curtis throws a hook but Butabi blocks it.
Curtis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Butabi does no damage.
Butabi misses with a hook. Curtis ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butabi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Curtis misses with a jab to the body
and Butabi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Butabi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curtis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Butabi lands a jab to Curtis's midsection.
Butabi lands a body shot.
Curtis lands with a cross.
Curtis tries to work over Butabi's front leg with a kick but Butabi checks it.
Butabi lands with a nice body punch.
Curtis looks to land a combination but Butabi avoids it well.
Butabi throws a hook but Curtis avoids it easily.
Butabi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Curtis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Darry Curtis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Curtis stuffs the takedown attempt from Butabi. Butabi gets slowly back to his feet.
Curtis misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curtis swings widly with a right hand
and Butabi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Curtis scores with a head kick.
Butabi ducks under a wild hook from Curtis.
Butabi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curtis manages to avoid it.
Curtis misses with a looping right.
Butabi connects with a single shot there.
Curtis throws a leg kick which misses Butabi's front leg but catches the back leg as Butabi tries to avoid it.
Butabi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curtis manages to avoid it.
Butabi backing away here, and Curtis unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Good leg kick by Curtis.
Butabi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Butabi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curtis throws out the jab.
Good shot there by Curtis.
Curtis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curtis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Butabi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Curtis's hands.
Butabi throws a jab when Curtis was well out of range.
Butabi lands the left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Butabi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Butabi scores with a three punch combo!
Butabi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Curtis.
Curtis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Curtis there.
Curtis throws an overhand right that lands on Butabi's shoulder, as Butabi tries to avoid the shot.
Curtis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Butabi.
Curtis throws a head kick but Butabi moves out of range.
Curtis looks to land a combination but Butabi avoids it well.
An attempted straight right counter from Butabi misses the target.
Curtis cracks Butabi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Butabi cracks Curtis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Butabi's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Butabi duly obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curtis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Curtis there as he acknowledges the shot.
Curtis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Butabi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Butabi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Darry Curtis will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Butabi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Butabi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Butabi misses with a body shot.
Butabi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Butabi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Butabi avoids the body shot from Curtis.
Butabi connects with a body shot that sends Curtis's belly button to the back.
Butabi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Butabi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curtis throws out the jab.
Nice cross by Curtis.
Butabi ducks under a wild hook from Curtis.
Curtis throws a shot to the body.
Curtis throws an overhand right that lands on Butabi's shoulder, as Butabi tries to avoid the shot.
Curtis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Butabi connects with a right hand. Curtis shakes it off.
Curtis looks to throw the jab but Butabi is out of range.
Curtis misses with a lunging right hand
and Butabi counters with a left to the body.
Butabi connects with a right hand. Curtis shakes it off.
Steve Butabi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis misses with an uppercut. Butabi saw that one coming.
Butabi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Curtis avoids the body shot from Butabi.
Butabi cracks a nice hook into Curtis's ribs.
Curtis throws a hook but Butabi blocks it.
Curtis lands a body shot.
Curtis slips a jab from Butabi.
Butabi throws a shot to the body.
Curtis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Butabi to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Curtis. That snapped Butabi's head back.
Curtis misses with a body shot.
Butabi throws a shot to the body.
Curtis tries a head kick but it misses.
Curtis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Butabi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Curtis.
Butabi slips a jab from Curtis.
Butabi attempts a counter takedown but Curtis avoids it well and moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Butabi lands a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butabi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curtis.
Curtis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Curtis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Butabi circles away quickly and effectively.
Curtis scores with a nice strike.
Curtis throws a body shot but no joy.
Butabi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Curtis is looking to land body kicks.
Curtis misses the jab.
Curtis pushes Butabi away with a front kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Curtis. Butabi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Butabi throws a body shot but no joy.
Butabi misses with a looping right.
Butabi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Curtis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Curtis throws a shot from downtown. Butabi moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Curtis misses the target.
Curtis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butabi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Curtis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Butabi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curtis manages to avoid it.
Curtis wants to land a leg kick but Butabi is out of range.
Butabi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Curtis scores with a shot to the body.
Curtis staying out of range there.
Curtis defending well as Butabi loads up on a big left hand.
Curtis cracks Butabi with a good jab.
Butabi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Curtis finds it's way through Butabi's defenses.
Curtis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Butabi.
Butabi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curtis throws out the jab.
Butabi lands with a hook. Curtis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Butabi lands with a hook. Curtis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Curtis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Darry Curtis is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Butabi.
Butabi works Curtis's body with a nice hook.
Butabi throws an overhand right that lands on Curtis's shoulder, as Curtis tries to avoid the shot.
Butabi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Butabi misses with a jab to the body
and Curtis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Butabi swings for the body but Curtis moves out of range.
Curtis clobbers Butabi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Curtis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Butabi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Curtis.
Butabi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curtis moves away.
Butabi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little jabbing left from Curtis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Curtis misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Butabi throws a shot from downtown. Curtis moves away and avoids it.
Curtis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Butabi throws a body shot but no joy.
Curtis lunges at Butabi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Butabi's hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Darry Curtis.
I've got Curtis 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darry Curtis!
Darry Curtis took some time post fight to say the following; 'This is my last shot! I'm coming for that title Harry! Watch out! '.
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