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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Winnie Pooh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yokisho Mazanati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Winnie Pooh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Yokisho Mazanati!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pooh closes the distance and clinches up with Mazanati, looking for a takedown. Pooh pushes Mazanati against the cage but Mazanati circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mazanati shoots in and drives through. Pooh sprawls well.
Pooh shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mazanati's guard.
Pooh is working Mazanati over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pooh throws and elbow that misses. Mazanati uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pooh's guard. Nice move by Mazanati!
Pooh will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Pooh looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mazanati puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Pooh misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Mazanati seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pooh does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pooh won't allow Mazanati to pass to mount.
Mazanati thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mazanati is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pooh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mazanati.
Mazanati prevents Pooh from improving his position.
Mazanati wants to take a breather but Pooh is having none of it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pooh misses with a takedown attempt
and Mazanati cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pooh closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mazanati to the mat! Mazanati manages to get full guard.
Pooh is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pooh throwing strikes from guard but Mazanati blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pooh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pooh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mazanati utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mazanati wants to get back to his feet but Pooh is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mazanati is trying to control the position but Pooh postures up.
Pooh has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mazanati wants to sweep but no luck.
Pooh with a flurry of punches that miss.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Horrible takedown by Pooh or perhaps it was just good defense by Mazanati which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winnie Pooh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mazanati plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pooh misses with a takedown attempt
and Mazanati counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mazanati goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mazanati shoots in and drives through. Pooh sprawls well.
Pooh with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mazanati counters with a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pooh decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pooh is thwarting Mazanati's attempts to control the position.
Pooh landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mazanati on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mazanati has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pooh winds up and cracks Mazanati with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mazanati is looking for a sweep. Pooh is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pooh lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mazanati misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Pooh working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mazanati fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Pooh. No joy for Mazanati on that attempt.
Pooh misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mazanati lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazanati shoots in but no luck this time.
Pooh tries for a takedown but Mazanati circles away easily
and Mazanati counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Pooh punching from the bottom.
Pooh striking off his back but it's not causing Mazanati any problems.
Mazanati wants to pass the guard but Pooh is keeping the position.
Pooh on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pooh tries to get out of the position.
Pooh scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Pooh doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Mazanati stands up out of Pooh's guard for a moment - Pooh manages to land a nice upkick.
Pooh tries to strike from the bottom.
Mazanati stands up out of Pooh's guard for a moment - Pooh manages to land a nice upkick.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pooh gets the takedown into side control.
Pooh cracks Mazanati with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Mazanati taking punishment in the form of punches.
Mazanati is trying to control Pooh's posture but Pooh avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazanati takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Mazanati prevents Pooh from improving position.
Pooh is putting a hurting on Mazanati here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mazanati is looking for a sweep.
Mazanati striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pooh tries for a takedown but Mazanati sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pooh throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mazanati's waist but Mazanati gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pooh off to one side.
Pooh fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mazanati has a takedown stuffed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Pooh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mazanati is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Winnie Pooh 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.
Nice sprawl there from Pooh as Mazanati shoots in.
Mazanati fails to land the takedown.
Pooh shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Pooh working Mazanati over with strikes.
Pooh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pooh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pooh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pooh lands with a punch from half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pooh looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pooh lands with a punch from half guard.
Pooh working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pooh is nestled in close to Mazanati, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pooh landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mazanati is looking to improve his position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Pooh connects with a nice short shot to Mazanati's temple.
Mazanati trying to control from the bottom.
Mazanati taking some punishment here, with Pooh in his half guard.
Mazanati has hold of Pooh's hands but Pooh slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mazanati has hold of Pooh's hands but Pooh slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pooh working over Mazanati with some ground and pound. Mazanati looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pooh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pooh working Mazanati over with strikes.
Mazanati taking some punishment here, with Pooh in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazanati has hold of Pooh's hands but Pooh slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pooh working Mazanati over with strikes.
Pooh lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pooh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mazanati taking some punishment here, with Pooh in his half guard.
Pooh prevents Mazanati from improving his position.
Ground and pound from Pooh.
Pooh prevents Mazanati from improving his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pooh with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pooh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pooh shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mazanati as he jumps to the side.
Winnie Pooh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mazanati stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winnie Pooh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mazanati misses with a body kick.
Mazanati tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pooh shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mazanati's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pooh thows a big elbow that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pooh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Winnie Pooh overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pooh stopping the sweep attempt from Mazanati.
Pooh lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pooh working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pooh is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mazanati is trying to control the position but Pooh postures up.
Pooh content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pooh throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mazanati's waist but Mazanati gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pooh off to one side.
Pooh decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Mazanati is pressing down on Pooh's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Mazanati is trying to control the position but Pooh postures up.
Pooh is in close to Mazanati's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazanati wants to stand and escape but Pooh is having none of it.
Pooh scoring with some ground and pound.
Pooh postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Pooh with a nice head shot there.
Pooh distracts Mazanati with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mazanati will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pooh scores a takedown into full mount!
Mazanati is bucking up trying to escape but Pooh cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The referee warns Mazanati that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mazanati wants to hold on but Pooh pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pooh punishing his opponent with strikes.
Mazanati is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pooh landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Pooh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Winnie Pooh dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Mazanati stuffs the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pooh.
Mazanati will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mazanati scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pooh closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pooh lands in his opponent's guard.
Mazanati not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pooh is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mazanati tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pooh working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mazanati's head.
Pooh landing some decent shots from guard.
Mazanati working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pooh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pooh working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pooh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pooh shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pooh showed some decent athleticism there.
Mazanati works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mazanati preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pooh lands a couple of elbows.
Mazanati has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pooh can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pooh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pooh lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mazanati has momentary wrist control but Pooh slips an elbow through the middle.
Pooh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mazanati swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mazanati tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pooh gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mazanati counters with a three punch combo that has Pooh backing up. Pooh nods at Mazanati to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winnie Pooh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mazanati wants to clinch up but Pooh keeps it at a distance.
Pooh shoots in for a double leg but Mazanati sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mazanati scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mazanati tries to clinch there but Pooh circles away.
Mazanati thumps Pooh with a low kick.
Pooh scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Pooh takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mazanati is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Pooh's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Pooh's back!
Will Mazanati go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Pooh manages to reverse the position and now he's in Mazanati's guard. Nice work there by Pooh.
Pooh stands up over Mazanati, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pooh working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pooh stands up over Mazanati, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Pooh throwing strikes but missing.
Pooh postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pooh with a nice head shot there.
Pooh passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Pooh lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mazanati down.
Pooh scoring with punches from side control.
Pooh in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mazanati wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Winnie Pooh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mazanati is looking for a sweep.
Pooh lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mazanati tries to improve position but can't.
Pooh working away.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pooh shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Mazanati wants to try and get back to his feet.
Pooh landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mazanati is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pooh controlling the position easily from mount.
Pooh working the ground and pound effectively.
Yokisho Mazanati has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pooh can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mazanati is looking to escape.
Pooh unloading with bombs!
And that's the end of the fight!
Winnie Pooh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pooh, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Winnie Pooh!
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energy
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hype
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