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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Osman Osmanoglu (ranked 3473 p4p, 6221 weight class) and Stevie Jay (ranked 0 p4p, 624 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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180
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Osman Osmanoglu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stevie Jay!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jay pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Osmanoglu avoids the head kick by Jay.
Osmanoglu closes the distance and clinches.
Jay has had enough of the clinch but Osmanoglu keeps him there for the moment.
Jay wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Osmanoglu jumps guard but Jay stands there with Osmanoglu around his waist. Osmanoglu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jay escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Osmanoglu moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jay darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Osmanoglu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Osmanoglu has been working on his balance at Cozad The Island, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Jay.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay manages to break the clinch.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jay counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Osmanoglu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Osmanoglu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Osmanoglu gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jay thows a left - swing and a miss!
Osmanoglu seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Jay keeps the fight on the outside.
Jay looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay fails to land with a series of punches.
Jay throws a head kick that misses.
Osmanoglu changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch there but Jay circles away.
Jay throws an overhand right that lands on Osmanoglu's shoulder, as Osmanoglu tries to avoid the shot.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jay counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jay manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch
and Jay counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jay swats away the attempt to clinch by Osmanoglu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jay jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jay jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Osmanoglu tries to counter by clinching up but Jay breaks away and moves out of range.
Osmanoglu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jay was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Osmanoglu moves in looking to clinch but Jay pushes him off.
Jay raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Jay throws a hook but Osmanoglu avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch there but Jay circles away.
Osmanoglu rushes Jay and presses him up against the cage.
Jay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Osmanoglu seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Jay's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jay duly obliges.
Jay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Osmanoglu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jay paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jay throws a wild body kick that Osmanoglu sees coming a mile off.
Jay is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Osmanoglu.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Stevie Jay dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Osmanoglu tries to clinch there but Jay circles away.
Despite the aggression on Jay's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Jay's coach down at Walter J Abramowitz Center for Bigness was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Jay's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch but Jay is having none of it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Osmanoglu is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jay escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Osmanoglu moves in looking to clinch but Jay pushes him off.
Jay is looking for the big counter here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Osmanoglu slips under a jab.
Jay has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jay throws out a loose jab but Osmanoglu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Osmanoglu moves out of range of the strikes.
Osmanoglu seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Osmanoglu drops his hands momentarily and Jay takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jay scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch but Jay moves away
letting Jay counter with a right hand.
Osmanoglu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Osmanoglu tries to counter by clinching up but Jay breaks away and moves out of range.
Osmanoglu closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jay counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Osmanoglu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jay tries to bum rush Osmanoglu with a series of wild strikes but Osmanoglu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jay might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jay waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Osmanoglu.
Osmanoglu tries to close the distance and clinch but Jay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jay looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Osmanoglu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jay connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osmanoglu clinches.
Jay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Osmanoglu moves in looking to clinch but Jay pushes him off.
Osmanoglu wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jay throws a looping overhand right but Osmanoglu ducks down to avoid it.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch but Jay moves out of range.
Jay let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Osmanoglu tries to close the distance and clinch but Jay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Osmanoglu tries to close the distance and clinch but Jay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Osmanoglu manages to avoid it.
Jay connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Osmanoglu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jay.
Osmanoglu is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Jay.
Jay looks to land a right hand but Osmanoglu moved out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Stevie Jay showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Jay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Osmanoglu tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jay counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Osmanoglu wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jay misses with a looping left.
Jay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Osmanoglu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jay paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jay throws a big counter head kick but Osmanoglu avoids it with no problem.
Osmanoglu defending well as Jay loads up on a big left hand.
Osmanoglu wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch there but Jay circles away.
Osmanoglu darts in trying to clinch
and Jay counters with a stiff right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Osmanoglu checks a leg kick.
Jay just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Osmanoglu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Despite the aggression on Jay's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And Jay responds with a good body kick, but Osmanoglu manages to step out the way in time.
Jay scores with a hook.
Jay misses with a hook.
Osmanoglu is looking to counter the offense by Jay and move into the clinch.
Osmanoglu is looking to clinch.
Osmanoglu moves in looking to clinch but Jay pushes him off.
Jay throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Osmanoglu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jay circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jay throws a hook to the side of Osmanoglu's head but Osmanoglu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Osmanoglu seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Osmanoglu moves in looking to clinch but Jay pushes him off.
Stevie Jay seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Osmanoglu tries to close the distance and clinch but Jay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jay! But no joy.
Jay waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Osmanoglu.
Osmanoglu is looking to counter the offense by Jay and move into the clinch.
Osmanoglu moves in looking to clinch but Jay pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osmanoglu tries to clinch
and Jay counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good exchange - Jay coming out on top.
Osmanoglu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Osmanoglu wants to clinch up but Jay keeps it at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Jay.
Jay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Osmanoglu.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Osmanoglu tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jay counters with a nice uppercut.
Osman Osmanoglu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stevie Jay is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Osmanoglu throws a looping overhand right but Jay ducks down to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stevie Jay comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jay 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 26:30
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 26:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stevie Jay!
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RATING
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