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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Elijah Judah (ranked 6141 p4p, 1907 weight class) and Glass Joe (ranked 308 p4p, 117 weight class). Joe is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by La Marseillaise. Elijah Judah had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 27 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elijah Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Glass Joe!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe jabs Judah to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Joe scores with a one two! Judah had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Glass Joe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joe scores with a jab to the body.
Joe has closed the distance and engaged Judah in a clinch.
Joe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Judah pulls Joe into guard.
Joe wants to stand but Judah has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Joe stands up from Judah's guard - Joe perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe throws a body shot but no joy.
Judah changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Joe wants to clinch up but Judah keeps it at a distance.
Judah drops down looking for a counter takedown but Joe sprawls and moves away.
Joe throws a low kick but Judah moves out of range easily.
Judah attempts a counter takedown but Joe avoids it well and moves away.
Joe scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Joe throws a right hand that Judah ducks under and follows up with a left that Judah also avoids with ease.
Joe moves in looking to clinch but Judah pushes him off.
Judah attempts a counter takedown but Joe avoids it well and moves away.
Joe takes the fight into the clinch.
Joe lands a knee to the head.
Judah has Joe pressed against the cage, preventing Joe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Joe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Judah is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Joe gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah scores with a knee to the head.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Joe blocks it with crossed arms.
Judah goes for a takedown attempt but Joe pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Joe throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joe tries to clinch up but Judah circles away and keeps his distance.
Judah tries to counter with a takedown but Joe is quick to defend against it.
Judah showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joe.
Donk. Joe catches Judah right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Joe has taken the fight to the clinch.
Judah tries to pull guard but Joe forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elijah Judah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Judah tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Joe smiles and moves away.
Joe tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
No joy there for Joe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Judah appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Joe scores with a hook to the body. Judah takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Joe's coach down at EFC Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Joe's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Joe misses with a two punch combination.
Judah gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Joe tries to clinch up but Judah circles away and keeps his distance.
Joe is looking to slow Judah down with leg kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Judah feinted with a counter takedown.
Joe throws a push kick but Judah slaps the foot to one side.
Judah attempts a counter takedown but Joe avoids it well and moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Joe misses.
Joe's jab looks to have found its range, popping Judah under the eye.
Joe looks to land a left hand but Judah moved out of range nicely.
Joe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joe wants to clinch.
Joe tries to close the distance and clinch but Judah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Glass Joe dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Joe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Joe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Judah changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Elijah Judah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joe throws an off balance right hand
and Judah counters with a single leg into guard. Joe didn't expect that.
Joe has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Judah off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Joe goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Judah keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joe.
Joe looks to land a combination. Judah sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Judah dodges the punch combination from Joe.
Judah feinted with a counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe throws a series of punches but Judah avoids them all with ease.
Joe has Judah up against the cage in a clinch.
Joe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Joe is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Judah is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Joe lands a right hand.
Joe lands a hook that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
Joe tries a body shot but Judah blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Joe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Joe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Joe scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Joe works Judah's body with a nice hook.
Judah has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joe fails to land with a series of punches.
Joe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Joe is looking to clinch but Judah is avoiding it.
Judah appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Joe tries to close the distance and clinch but Judah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Judah drops down looking for a counter takedown but Joe sprawls and moves away.
Judah slips a jab and a cross from Joe.
Joe throws a right hand that Judah ducks under and follows up with a left that Judah also avoids with ease.
Joe throws the left hand but Judah avoids the punch easily.
Judah attempts a counter takedown but Joe avoids it well and moves away.
Glass Joe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Joe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Judah half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Joe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Joe as he connects with a hook.
Joe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Judah, pushing him back against the cage.
Judah tries to pull guard but Joe forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elijah Judah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Judah wants to take the fight to the mat but Joe manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Joe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Judah tries to pull guard but Joe holds him up against the cage and eventually Judah drops back down to his feet.
Joe wants to get back to striking at distance but Judah won't allow it.
Judah keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Joe's efforts to push away.
Joe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Judah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Joe scores with a shot to the side of Judah's head.
Judah is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Joe gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joe is working Judah over against the cage.
Judah tries to pull guard but Joe won't allow it.
Judah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Joe misses with a series of wild punches.
Judah half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Joe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Joe moves into the clinch.
Joe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joe lands a hook that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
Joe is trying to force a seperation but Judah has the dominant position.
Joe lands with a right to the head.
Judah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joe throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Glass Joe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Joe with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Judah is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Joe.
Joe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Judah doesn't seem bothered though.
Joe tries to work over Judah's front leg with a kick but Judah checks it.
Joe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Joe gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Judah.
Joe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Joe is blocking nicely.
Joe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Joe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice shot by Joe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe drives through and clinches with Judah against the cage.
Judah keeps control of Joe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Joe tries to break free but Judah pushes him back against the cage.
Judah jumps guard.
Judah manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Joe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Joe scores with a three punch combo!
Joe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Judah appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Joe throws a right hand that Judah ducks under and follows up with a left that Judah also avoids with ease.
Judah half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Joe tries a low kick but Judah avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Joe.
A low kick from Joe is predictable there
and Judah counters with a nice double leg into side control. Joe won't be happy with that.
Joe throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Judah avoids a kick to the body.
Judah changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Judah slips a jab and a cross from Joe.
Judah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A left lands for Joe.
Joe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judah swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Joe throws a leg kick
and Judah counters with a single leg into guard. Joe didn't expect that.
Joe pushes Judah off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe drives through and clinches with Judah against the cage.
Joe is looking to break free of the clinch but Judah has double underhooks.
Joe manages to break the clinch.
Joe wants to clinch up but Judah keeps it at a distance.
Judah feinted with a counter takedown.
Joe scores with a three punch combo!
Joe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Judah, pushing him back against the cage.
Judah is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Joe gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Joe scores with a knee to the head.
Judah jumps guard but Joe stands there with Judah around his waist. Judah gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elijah Judah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Joe avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Judah is working for takedown but Joe is calmly controlling the position for now.
Joe misses with a punch to the body.
Judah takes a shot to the head.
Joe breaks the clinch.
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!
Joe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Joe is working Judah over against the cage.
Joe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Joe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Judah drops down looking for a counter takedown but Joe sprawls and moves away.
Joe closes the distance and clinches.
Judah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Glass Joe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Joe has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Glass Joe!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Glass Joe made sure he mentioned EFC Threads, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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