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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jan Wojcik (ranked 5457 p4p, 23950 weight class) and Jack Palmer (ranked 415 p4p, 475 weight class). Wojcik comes to the cage accompanied by Great War. Jack Palmer is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jan Wojcik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Palmer!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wojcik drives through and clinches with Palmer against the cage.
Palmer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wojcik smiles and moves away.
Wojcik rushes Palmer and presses him up against the cage.
Wojcik throws a head punch that misses.
Palmer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wojcik avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wojcik wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wojcik tries to break free but Palmer pushes him back against the cage.
Wojcik is trying to break free.
Wojcik blocks an elbow strike from Palmer.
Wojcik jumps into guard, dragging Palmer to the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wojcik is on top in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wojcik wants to control from the top but Palmer keeps moving.
Wojcik gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wojcik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Palmer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wojcik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Palmer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wojcik paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wojcik appears to be looking for a big counter.
Palmer scores with a punch to the head.
Palmer tries to sprawl but Wojcik drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Palmer is trying to escape back to his feet but Wojcik uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Wojcik decides to stand up, so the ref orders Palmer to his feet.
Palmer has a takedown stuffed.
Jan Wojcik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Palmer.
A punch combination from Wojcik misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palmer gets tackled into the cage by Wojcik. Wojcik maintains the clinch.
Wojcik tries to break free but Palmer pushes him back against the cage.
Palmer working aggressively here.
Wojcik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojcik throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wojcik tries to bum rush Palmer with a series of wild strikes but Palmer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Palmer lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Palmer rushes Wojcik and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wojcik tries to break the clinch but Palmer is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Wojcik's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Palmer wants to get back to striking at distance but Wojcik won't allow it.
Palmer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Palmer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wojcik's efforts to push away.
Wojcik is trying to break the clinch but Palmer is controlling him.
Wojcik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wojcik pushes Palmer up against the cage in a clinch.
Palmer tries for a takedown. No joy.
Palmer tries to pull guard but Wojcik won't allow it.
Wojcik breaks the clinch.
Wojcik rushes Palmer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer is looking to control Wojcik's arms but Wojcik gets an underhook and turns him. Now Palmer has his back to the cage.
Wojcik working hard to break the clinch.
Palmer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Palmer prevents Wojcik from breaking the clinch.
Palmer tries to pull guard but Wojcik won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Wojcik's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wojcik has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Palmer uses from the top position.
Palmer prevents Wojcik from getting back to his feet.
Wojcik not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wojcik pushes Palmer off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Palmer shoots in for a takedown but Wojcik shows good takedown defense.
Wojcik looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Palmer!
Wojcik really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wojcik trying to control the action but Palmer is working from the bottom.
Wojcik will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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Palmer dodges the ground and pound from Wojcik.
Sloppy strikes there by Wojcik.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wojcik cracks Palmer with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Wojcik stands up.
Palmer tries to bum rush Wojcik with a series of wild strikes but Wojcik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Palmer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Palmer gets tackled into the cage by Wojcik. Wojcik maintains the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Wojcik dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Palmer.
Wojcik decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Palmer tries to kick Wojcik off in order to stand up. Wojcik Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Wojcik looks up at the clock and then as Palmer takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wojcik smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Wojcik decides to stand up, so the ref orders Palmer to his feet.
Wojcik fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wojcik is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Palmer can do to turn this around?
Palmer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palmer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wojcik moves into the clinch successfully.
Wojcik tries to break free but Palmer pushes him back against the cage.
Wojcik wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Palmer lands with a right to the head.
Jan Wojcik has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wojcik breaks from the clinch.
Palmer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer ducks under a wild hook from Wojcik.
Wojcik clinches up with Palmer and pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wojcik working hard to break the clinch.
Wojcik tries a body shot but Palmer blocks it.
Palmer working hard to break the clinch.
Wojcik is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Palmer keeps control of Wojcik as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wojcik is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wojcik is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wojcik wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Palmer has Wojcik pressed against the cage, preventing Wojcik from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Palmer keeps control of Wojcik as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wojcik jumps into guard, dragging Palmer to the mat.
Wojcik has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Palmer is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojcik working aggressively here.
Palmer has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wojcik avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jan Wojcik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Palmer.
Wojcik throws an elbow that misses.
Wojcik can't break the clinch.
Wojcik tries to circle away but Palmer has him pinned against the cage.
Wojcik wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wojcik is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wojcik wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wojcik tries to break free but Palmer pushes him back against the cage.
Palmer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Palmer stalls.
Palmer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wojcik is trying to break free.
Wojcik wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Palmer lands a hook that snaps the head of Wojcik backwards.
Palmer has Wojcik pressed against the cage, preventing Wojcik from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wojcik wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wojcik is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wojcik looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Palmer has Wojcik pressed against the cage, preventing Wojcik from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Palmer decides to pull guard.
Wojcik throwing strikes from guard but Palmer blocks nicely.
Palmer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wojcik. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wojcik accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wojcik stands up and waves to Palmer to follow him.
Palmer is looking to clinch but Wojcik is avoiding it.
Wojcik darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Palmer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wojcik postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Palmer to stand up.
Palmer wants to clinch.
Palmer closes the distance and clinches.
Wojcik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wojcik misses with a looping left.
A head kick misses from Wojcik.
Wojcik throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wojcik misses with a series of wild punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Wojcik 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!
Wojcik moves into the clinch.
Wojcik is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Palmer fails to pull guard.
Wojcik wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Palmer lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Jan Wojcik has been cut.
Wojcik is trying to push Palmer away but Palmer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wojcik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wojcik!
Wojcik shoots in and bounces Palmer off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Wojcik stands and throws Palmer's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Wojcik looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer is not content to let Wojcik control the position.
Wojcik throws a strike aimed at the side of Palmer's head but Palmer avoids it well.
A lull in the action here as Wojcik stalls from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The strikes coming from Wojcik are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Wojcik tries to score with some ground and pound. Palmer controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Wojcik stands up.
Palmer tries to clinch up but Wojcik circles away and keeps his distance.
Palmer shoots for a double leg takedown but Wojcik sprawls well. He's pushed Palmer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sloppy strikes from Wojcik. Those never looked like landing.
Nice takedown defense from Wojcik. No joy for Palmer on that attempt.
Wojcik seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jan Wojcik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Palmer.
Palmer wants to clinch up but Wojcik keeps it at a distance.
Wojcik swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wojcik shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Palmer napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wojcik trying to control the action but Palmer is working from the bottom.
Palmer parries the strikes from Wojcik easily there. Wojcik is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Palmer to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wojcik misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Wojcik wants to lay and pray for a moment but Palmer keeps working.
Palmer avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Wojcik.
Palmer takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wojcik working the ground and pound.
Wojcik stands up.
Wojcik moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer is trying to drag Wojcik to the mat but Wojcik just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Palmer has had enough of the clinch but Wojcik keeps him there for the moment.
Wojcik stops a takedown attempt from Palmer.
Palmer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wojcik's efforts to push away.
Palmer wants a takedown but no success here.
Wojcik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wojcik clinches with his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Palmer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wojcik walks away with a smile on his face. Palmer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jack Palmer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wojcik pushes Palmer up against the cage in a clinch.
Jan Wojcik is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Palmer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wojcik smiles and moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Wojcik showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wojcik 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Wojcik!
Jan Wojcik decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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