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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Old Man (ranked 4896 p4p, 5242 weight class) and World Destroyer (ranked 230 p4p, 426 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Old Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, World Destroyer!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Darius Henderson and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Destroyer misses with a looping left.
Destroyer tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
Destroyer tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
Destroyer closes the distance but Man moves to the side
and Man counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Destroyer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Destroyer seems to be working for a kimura but Man defends the submission attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Destroyer trying to control from half guard but Man is working away.
Destroyer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man is refusing to be controlled, as Destroyer sits in half guard.
Man is trying to stand back up but Destroyer is controlling him
Destroyer wants to take a breather but Man is having none of it.
Man tries to kick Destroyer off but Destroyer keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Destroyer wants to take a breather but Man is having none of it.
Man pushes Destroyer off looking to stand but Destroyer dives back in and keeps control.
Man is looking to get back to is feet but Destroyer passes into side control.
Man misses with a strike from the bottom.
Destroyer tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Destroyer trying to control the action but Man is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Destroyer advances nicely into full mount.
Man really wants to buck Destroyer off and get back to his feet.
Man is bucking up trying to escape but Destroyer cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Destroyer looking to control but Man is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Destroyer won't let Man get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Destroyer tries to control but Man wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Destroyer might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Man haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Destroyer looking to ground and pound but Man is blocking nicely.
Destroyer wants to control the pace but Man is squirming around nicely.
Destroyer throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Destroyer trying to control but Man is having none of it.
Destroyer misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Man knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Destroyer on the ground.
Destroyer tries to control but Man wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer thowing shots but they're missing.
Destroyer wants to finish this one by submission but Man is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Destroyer.
Destroyer looking to ground and pound but Man is blocking nicely.
Destroyer has hold of Man's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Man manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Destroyer trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Man bucks Destroyer off and manages to get back to his feet!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
World Destroyer dominated that round.
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.
Man keeps the fight on the outside.
Destroyer tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Man avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Destroyer.
Destroyer throws a series of punches but Man avoids them all with ease.
Destroyer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Man tries to counter with a takedown but Destroyer is quick to defend against it.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Man paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man keeps the fight on the outside.
Man attempts a counter takedown but Destroyer avoids it well and moves away.
Man clinches up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Destroyer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man wants to break the clinch but can't.
Man is trying to break free.
Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Destroyer has him pressed against the cage.
Destroyer trying to control the position but instead, Man has worked for underhooks and has pushed Destroyer into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Destroyer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Man walks away with a smile on his face. Destroyer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Destroyer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Destroyer is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Destroyer cracks Man with a good jab.
Destroyer with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a right and a left that both miss.
Destroyer moves in looking to clinch but Man pushes him off.
Man defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Destroyer.
Man changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Old Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of World Destroyer.
Destroyer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Man avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Man appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Destroyer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Destroyer tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Man defends well and Destroyer ends up having to push Man into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Destroyer tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
Destroyer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Man's hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Destroyer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Destroyer tries to clinch there but Man circles away.
Destroyer tries to clinch up.
Man half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Destroyer misses with a jab, cross combination.
World Destroyer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Man closes the distance and pushes Destroyer back into the cage.
Man breaks the clinch.
Destroyer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Man attempts a counter takedown but Destroyer avoids it well and moves away.
Destroyer closes the distance and clinches up with Man, looking for a takedown. Destroyer pushes Man against the cage but Man circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Destroyer misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer closes the distance but Man moves to the side
and Man counters with a single leg into guard. Destroyer didn't expect that.
Man stands up from Destroyer's guard - Man perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nice jab there from Man.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Destroyer moves forwards but Man connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Destroyer tries to clinch
and Man counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Old Man dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Destroyer is looking to clinch.
Man feinted with a counter takedown.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Destroyer shoots in looking for a takedown. Man tries to sprawl out of it but Destroyer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Man manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Destroyer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Destroyer missing with a left hand there. Man was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Destroyer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Destroyer throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Destroyer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Destroyer has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Destroyer doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
Man feinted with a counter takedown.
Destroyer shoots for a takedown but Man saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Man appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Man rushes Destroyer and presses him up against the cage.
Man pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Destroyer is looking to clinch.
Man changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A decent looking cross lands there for Destroyer.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Destroyer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Destroyer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Destroyer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Destroyer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Man tries to counter with a takedown but Destroyer is quick to defend against it.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Destroyer tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
Old Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Destroyer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Old Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of World Destroyer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Destroyer shoots in but no luck this time.
Man appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Destroyer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Man lands an overhand right.
World Destroyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Destroyer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Man moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Man appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Destroyer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer looks to land a combination but Man avoids it well.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt
and Man counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Man stands and steps away. Destroyer gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Man stuffs the takedown.
Destroyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Man tries to counter with a takedown but Destroyer is quick to defend against it.
Destroyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Destroyer shoots for a takedown but Man saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Old Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Destroyer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Destroyer tries to score with a low kick but Man moves his leg out of the way.
Destroyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Destroyer.
Man changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Destroyer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that's the end of the fight!
Old Man showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Man 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight for Old Man!
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight for Old Man!
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight for Old Man!
Old Man wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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