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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Spears (ranked 2896 p4p, 3403 weight class) and Bobby Drake (ranked 386 p4p, 455 weight class). Bobby Drake is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Spears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Drake!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spears.
Spears has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Doom's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Spears misses with an uppercut. Drake saw that one coming.
Drake swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Spears throws out a loose jab but Drake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spears fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drake manages to avoid it.
Spears takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Spears is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drake.
Spears keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drake.
Drake ducks under a wild hook from Spears.
Spears tries for a takedown but Drake circles away easily
and Spears takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Drake has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Spears is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Spears is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Drake lands a nice shot that snaps Spears's head back.
Spears fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aaron Spears seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Drake throws a big shot that misses.
Spears lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spears walks into a jab.
Spears rushes Drake and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Drake has had enough of the clinch but Spears keeps him there for the moment.
Drake keeps control of Spears as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Drake struggles to land a body shot inside as Spears controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake tries to circle away but Spears has him pinned against the cage.
Drake prevents a body shot from Spears.
Drake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spears throws a right and a left that Drake avoids nicely.
Spears throws a body punch but Drake moves out of range.
Drake blocks a jab.
Drake throws a body punch but Spears moves out of range.
Spears throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Drake on the side of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Spears.
Drake scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Spears swings widly with a right hand
and Drake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Drake takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Spears is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Spears avoids the body shot from Drake.
Good exchange - Drake coming out on top.
Spears ducks under a wild hook from Drake.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spears throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Drake stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bobby Drake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spears throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Drake was covering up waiting for the punch and Spears finishes the takedown easily into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Drake is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake trying to control but Spears is working from the bottom.
Drake won't allow Spears to get back to his feet.
Drake passes into half guard.
Spears is trying to stand back up but Drake is controlling him
Spears trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Spears is trying to maintain the position but Drake is very close to passing his half guard.
Spears is refusing to be controlled, as Drake sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spears wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drake is trying to control. Spears wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Spears avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Drake.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Spears manages to escape and get back to his feet!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Spears walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Drake uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spears.
Drake throws a series of punches but Spears avoids them all with ease.
Spears lands a nice hook to Drake's body. Drake takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Spears tries for a takedown but Drake sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Drake lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Spears scores with a crisp jab that stopped Drake in his tracks.
Spears throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Drake throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spears scores with a jab.
Drake slips under a jab.
Drake throws a counter combo.
Drake scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Drake closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Spears moves out of range of the strikes.
Spears fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Drake on the side of the head.
Spears tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Drake counters with a stiff right hand.
Drake misses the shot to the body.
Donk. Drake catches Spears right on the button with a cross.
Drake staying out of range there.
Spears wants to clinch
letting Drake counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spears swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spears connects with a body shot.
A left lands for Drake.
Spears throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bobby Drake will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Spears misses with a leg kick.
Spears throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Drake finds it's way through Spears's defenses.
A punch combination from Drake misses.
Spears throws a body punch but Drake moves out of range.
Spears forces Drake back against the cage and clinches.
Spears has had enough of the clinch but Drake keeps him there for the moment.
Spears tries to circle away but Drake has him pinned against the cage.
Drake wants to get back to striking at distance but Spears won't allow it.
Spears breaks the clinch.
Drake closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Spears tries to clinch up but Drake circles away and keeps his distance.
Spears pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Drake back to the cage. Spears follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Spears lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drake circles away quickly and effectively.
Spears tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drake was well out of range. Poor timing from Spears.
Drake connects with a right hand. Spears shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spears tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drake paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spears dodges the punch combination from Drake.
Spears was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spears throws an off balance right hand
and Drake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Spears keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spears swings widly with a right hand
and Drake counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drake throws a shot from downtown. Spears moves away and avoids it.
Spears blocks a jab.
Spears misses with a straight right.
Drake now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Spears lands with an uppercut that bounces Drake off the cage and back into range.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
Drake moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Danga de danga de dang - Spears scores with a four punch combination!
Bobby Drake seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spears throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Spears!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake slips a jab from Spears.
Drake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spears.
Spears swings away with a body shot that misses
and Drake cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Spears lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spears working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Spears misses with a punch on the inside.
Drake's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Drake keeps control of Spears as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Spears lands with a left to the head.
Spears breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drake misses with a few strikes there.
Drake throws a series of punches but Spears avoids them all with ease.
Drake looks to land a combination. Spears sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Spears lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Drake shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Drake lands a nice shot to the body.
Spears scores with a hook.
A jab from Spears misses.
Spears throws a series of punches but Drake avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spears throws a jab when Drake was well out of range.
Drake lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bobby Drake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drake walks into a left hand.
Drake misses with a hook. Spears ducked under it nicely.
Spears swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Drake looks to land a combination but Spears avoids it well.
Spears uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drake.
Spears misses with an uppercut. Drake saw that one coming.
Spears misses with a jab to the body
and Drake cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spears paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Drake misses with a body shot.
Spears scores with a crisp jab that stopped Drake in his tracks.
Spears cracks Drake with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jab from Spears.
Drake swinging wildly here.
Drake misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drake slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake fails to land with a series of punches.
Spears misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drake.
Spears misses with a two punch combination.
Decent striking displayed by Spears there.
Spears misses with a series of wild punches.
Spears tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Drake defends well and Spears ends up having to push Drake into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Drake breaks the clinch.
Spears attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Spears throws a shot from downtown. Drake moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Drake misses.
Spears takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake breaks from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Spears.
Good standup being displayed there by Spears as he connects with a hook.
Spears swings widly with a right hand
and Drake counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Spears thinking.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Spears dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Drake avoids a kick to the body.
Drake blocks a leg kick.
Drake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Spears darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Drake defending well as Spears loads up on a big left hand.
Spears closes the distance and pushes Drake back into the cage.
Drake breaks the clinch.
Spears fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Drake misses with a straight right.
Drake throws a body punch but Spears moves out of range.
Drake displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spears throws out the jab.
Drake misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake jabs at Spears's body.
Spears throws a series of strikes that have Drake backpedaling.
Drake missing with a left hand there. Spears was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Drake misses with a few strikes there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spears wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
Drake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spears sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Drake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Drake misses the jab.
Drake jabs Spears right on the nose. Spears blinks but takes it well.
Drake tries to move into range but Spears moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice shot lands for Spears.
Drake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spears.
Drake lands a nice hook to Spears's body. Spears takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Drake scores with a jab. Spears acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Spears tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drake takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Spears keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drake takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spears misses with a looping right.
Drake is looking for the big counter here.
Some wild striking there from Drake.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Spears.
Good exchange - Drake coming out on top.
Spears bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spears throws a right and a left that Drake avoids nicely.
Drake checks the leg kick nicely there.
Drake looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Drake throws an overhand right that lands on Spears's shoulder, as Spears tries to avoid the shot.
Drake throws a series of punches but Spears avoids them all with ease.
Drake moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Spears takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Spears misses with a two punch combination.
Spears throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spears scores with a three punch combo!
Drake lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Drake scores with a jab.
Spears throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Drake counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Drake ducks under a wild hook from Spears.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spears tries to clinch but Drake is having none of it.
Spears connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drake. Spears does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drake cracks Spears with a good jab.
Drake sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Spears lands a slapping body shot.
Spears moves away from the strike by Drake.
Spears shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Spears postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Drake to stand up.
Spears throws a right hand that Drake ducks under and follows up with a left that Drake also avoids with ease.
Spears misses with a combination
and Drake counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Spears thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spears throws a looping overhand right but Drake ducks down to avoid it.
Drake lands a nice hook to Spears's body. Spears takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Drake feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Spearss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Spears throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Drake sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Drake looks to land a right hand but Spears moved out of range.
Spears walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Spears looks to land a right hand but Drake moved out of range.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spears moves away.
Spears throws a left and a right that both miss
and Drake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drake misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spears jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Drake connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Spears momentarily.
Spears misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spears thuds his right hand into Drake's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Spears misses with a straight left.
Drake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spears swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bobby Drake.
I think Drake has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Bobby Drake!
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