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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Albatross (ranked 4342 p4p, 4415 weight class) and Hal Gaston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Albatross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hal Gaston!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaston gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A frustrated look appears on Gaston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Albatross trying to land knees to the body.
Albatross fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Albatross misses with a punch on the inside.
Albatross misses with a punch on the inside.
Gaston blocks a body shot from Albatross.
Gaston wants to get back to striking at distance but Albatross won't allow it.
Albatross pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gaston leaning against his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albatross misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Albatross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaston.
Gaston blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gaston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Albatross slows down the pace here.
Albatross misses with a punch on the inside.
Albatross misses with the head strike.
Albatross is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gaston taking a breather.
Gaston blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Albatross fails to land.
Albatross misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gaston manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gaston is trying to push Albatross away but Albatross has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Albatross trying to land knees to the body.
Gaston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Albatross misses with a punch to the body.
Gaston controlling the action here for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Albatross.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaston.
Gaston has Albatross pushed against the cage.
Gaston is trying to force a seperation but Albatross has the dominant position.
Albatross misses with some punches.
A bit of stalling here from Gaston.
Albatross has a couple of punches blocked by Gaston.
Gaston blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albatross misses with the head strike.
Albatross tries to work over Gaston's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gaston stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Albatross misses with a short punch on the inside.
Albatross has a couple of punches blocked by Gaston.
Albatross fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaston.
Albatross misses with a hook to the ribs.
Albatross misses with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Gaston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Albatross misses with the head strike.
Albatross swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Albatross misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaston content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Albatross fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gaston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Albatross fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Gaston's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gaston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Albatross working aggressively here.
Gaston dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gaston blocking some punches.
Albatross swings wildly with an uppercut but Gaston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Albatross misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gaston.
Albatross lands with a short shot to the head.
Albatross misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Albatross dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Albatross scores with a nice body kick.
Albatross motions for Gaston to come forward. Albatross throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gaston avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gaston swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Albatross throws a leg kick which misses Gaston's front leg but catches the back leg as Gaston tries to avoid it.
Johnny Albatross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gaston checks a leg kick.
Gaston tries to clinch up but Albatross circles away and keeps his distance.
Albatross fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gaston just manages to avoid it.
Albatross thumps Gaston with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albatross connects with a solid leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Albatross.
Albatross tries to work over Gaston's front leg with a kick but Gaston checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Albatross working aggressively here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gaston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gaston blocks an uppercut.
Gaston blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Albatross.
Albatross misses with a hook from the clinch.
Albatross missing with knees to the body.
Albatross is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gaston is defending well for now.
Gaston stalling in the clinch.
Albatross has a couple of punches blocked by Gaston.
Albatross misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gaston.
Albatross is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gaston can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaston blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gaston as Albatross tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Albatross.
Albatross misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Albatross has Gaston pressed against the cage, preventing Gaston from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch on the inside from Albatross fails to land.
Albatross swings wildly with an uppercut but Gaston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gaston is trying to break the clinch but Albatross has him pressed against the cage.
Albatross has a couple of punches blocked by Gaston.
Albatross misses with some punches.
Albatross keeps control of Gaston as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gaston blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Albatross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Albatross misses with the head strike.
Albatross fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Albatross working aggressively here.
Albatross is looking to control Gaston's arms but Gaston gets an underhook and turns him. Now Albatross has his back to the cage.
Gaston is looking to break free of the clinch but Albatross has double underhooks.
Albatross swings wildly with an uppercut but Gaston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Albatross works on Gaston's body with a couple of short punches.
Albatross misses with a body punch.
Albatross misses with a short punch on the inside.
Albatross tries a body shot but Gaston blocks it.
Gaston blocks an uppercut.
Albatross tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaston.
Albatross misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Albatross misses with the head strike.
Albatross misses with a short punch on the inside.
Albatross tries to work over Gaston's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Albatross misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Albatross misses with a punch to the body.
Albatross misses with some punches.
Albatross misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Albatross fails to land.
Gaston blocks an uppercut.
Albatross working aggressively here.
Albatross misses with the head strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gaston leaning against his opponent.
Albatross tries to throw a body punch but Gaston avoids it by throwing Albatross back against the cage.
Gaston manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Albatross dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Gaston checks a low kick from Albatross.
Albatross throws a lazy uppercut
and Gaston counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Albatross misses with a low kick.
Gaston tries to close the distance and clinch up but Albatross swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That kick from Albatross tenderised Gaston's leg. Gaston is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gaston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Albatross.
Gaston wants to counter the offense by Albatross and move into the clinch position.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Albatross tries to land knees in the clinch but Gaston avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaston.
Albatross swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaston.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Albatross creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Albatross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gaston has Albatross pushed against the cage.
A short left from Albatross.
Albatross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Albatross missing with knees to the body.
Gaston effectively controlling the action here.
Albatross throws a punch but it's blocked by Gaston.
Albatross swings wildly with an uppercut but Gaston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Albatross throws a punch but it's blocked by Gaston.
Albatross throws a punch but it's blocked by Gaston.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaston is trying to push Albatross away but Albatross has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Albatross throws a punch but it's blocked by Gaston.
Albatross fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Albatross swings wildly with an uppercut but Gaston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gaston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Albatross misses with the head strike.
Gaston misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Albatross.
Gaston is trying to push Albatross away but Albatross has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Albatross misses with the head strike.
Albatross fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Albatross misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gaston.
Albatross working aggressively here.
Albatross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Albatross misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albatross has a couple of punches blocked by Gaston.
Gaston leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gaston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Albatross trying to land knees to the body.
Albatross goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Johnny Albatross is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A shot in the inside from Albatross.
Gaston tries to break the clinch but Albatross is controlling the position.
Gaston taking a breather.
That's four 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.
Gaston stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaston.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Albatross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hal Gaston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gaston blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Albatross showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Albatross has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Albatross!
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