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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bam Bam Joshy (ranked 2921 p4p, 2162 weight class) and Sun Flower (ranked 354 p4p, 277 weight class). Bam Bam Joshy has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bam Bam Joshy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sun Flower!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flower misses the shot to the body.
Joshy scores with a jab. Flower acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A big left from Joshy misses.
Joshy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Joshy ducks under a wild hook from Flower.
Joshy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flower.
A big right from Flower misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Flower. Joshy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joshy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Flower avoids a punch combination nicely.
Joshy throws an overhand right that lands on Flower's shoulder, as Flower tries to avoid the shot.
Flower is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Bam Bam Joshy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joshy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Flower.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joshy lands with a right hand.
Flower looks to throw the jab but Joshy is out of range.
Joshy looks to throw the jab but Flower is out of range.
Joshy moves out of range of the strikes.
Flower misses with a straight right.
Joshy really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Joshy looks to throw the jab but Flower is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Flower sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Flower connects with a high kick.
Joshy pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Flower back to the cage. Joshy follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Joshy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
A head kick misses from Flower.
Joshy looks to throw the jab but Flower is out of range.
Joshy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Joshy dips to his left and cracks Flower with an uppercut!
Joshy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joshy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joshy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Flower.
Joshy avoids the body shot from Flower.
Joshy slips under a jab from Flower.
A slow jab from Joshy misses its intended target.
Joshy throws a hook but Flower blocks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Flower! But no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flower just misses with a punch to the body.
Joshy misses with a straight right.
Flower jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshy missing with a left hand there. Flower was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joshy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Flower in his tracks.
A lazy left from Joshy finds it's target.
Flower throws a one two combo.
It looks like Bam Bam Joshy has been cut.
Joshy misses with a wild body shot.
Flower throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Flower lands with a cross.
Flower lands a right hook to the body.
Flower throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters circling a little - Flower finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jab by Joshy.
Flower lands with a cross.
Flower throws out a loose jab but Joshy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flower slips a jab from Joshy.
Flower cracks a nice hook into Joshy's ribs.
Flower moves away from the strike by Joshy.
Flower scores with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flower throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Flower keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joshy.
Joshy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Flower manages to avoid it.
Flower uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joshy.
Flower scores with the left hand. Joshy knows he should have avoided that one.
Joshy misses with a series of wild punches.
Joshy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decent striking displayed by Flower there.
The fighters circling - Flower throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Joshy throws a lazy uppercut
and Flower counters with a straight right hand.
Joshy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice body punch from Flower.
A big left from Flower misses.
Joshy misses with a right hand
and Joshy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joshy throws a lazy right hand but Flower sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Flower scores with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Flower misses its intended target.
Joshy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Flower.
The fight stays on the outside here - Joshy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Joshy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Flower.
Flower misses with a looping left.
Flower moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Flower keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joshy.
Joshy throws a shot from downtown. Flower moves away and avoids it.
Joshy throws the left hand but Flower avoids the punch easily.
Joshy throws a big shot that misses.
Flower looks to land a left hand but Joshy moved out of range nicely.
Flower misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joshy misses with a straight left.
Flower misses the jab.
Joshy misses the jab.
Flower tries to bum rush Joshy with a series of wild strikes but Joshy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Flower dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bam Bam Joshy's cut.
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.
Joshy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Flower paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joshy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Flower defending well as Joshy loads up on a big left hand.
Joshy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Flower misses with a looping right.
Joshy misses with a hook.
Flower scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Flower jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Flower throws a shot from downtown. Joshy moves away and avoids it.
Flower has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice defenses there by Flower.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Flower! But no joy.
Flower punishes Joshy's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flower throws a lazy right hand but Joshy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Flower staying out of range there.
Joshy walks into a left hand.
Joshy misses with a wild combination.
Joshy dodges the punch combination from Flower.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshy misses with a straight right.
Joshy takes one to the side of the head.
Joshy lands a really nice looking cross but Flower seems unphased.
Sun Flower seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Joshy lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Joshy's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Joshy duly obliges.
Flower steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joshy.
Flower swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Flower slips a jab from Joshy.
Flower lands a lovely overhand right.
Flower throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joshy misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joshy throws a hook but Flower blocks it.
Joshy moves out of range as Flower strikes.
Joshy throws a right and a left that Flower avoids nicely.
Joshy is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A big left from Flower misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flower just misses with a punch to the body.
Joshy seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Flower moves out of range of the strikes.
Flower bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Joshy's head.
A big left from Joshy misses.
Flower waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joshy.
Joshy seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Joshy throws a looping overhand right but Flower ducks down to avoid it.
Flower is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Flower displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joshy throws out the jab.
Flower throws a jab when Joshy was well out of range.
Joshy is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Flower's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Joshy throws a hook but Flower blocks it.
Flower throws out a counter right but Joshy avoids it with no problem.
Flower takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Flower staying out of range there.
A nice side step and Flower releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Joshy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Flower misses with the combination.
Flower circles away from the clinch attempt.
Joshy ducks under a wild hook from Flower.
Joshy misses with a right hand
and Flower counters with a three punch combo that has Joshy backing up. Joshy nods at Flower to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Joshy there.
Flower dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joshy misses with an uppercut.
Joshy swings for the body but Flower moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Flower! But no joy.
Joshy has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Joshy looks to land a combination but Flower avoids it well.
Flower ducks under a wild hook from Joshy.
Joshy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Flower.
Joshy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Flower appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Joshy avoids the head kick by Flower.
Flower uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joshy.
Joshy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Flower.
Flower avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Joshy moves in looking to clinch but Flower pushes him off.
Joshy rushes Flower and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Flower lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Joshy backwards.
Flower works on Joshy's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flower struggles to land a body shot inside as Joshy controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Flower.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joshy blocking some punches.
A short right from Flower on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Flower.
Joshy misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joshy.
Joshy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joshy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joshy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Flower.
Joshy working aggressively here.
Joshy throws a punch but it's blocked by Flower.
Flower lands a shot to the body.
Joshy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flower lands a right hand.
Joshy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Flower's elbow.
Flower blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joshy tries to work over Flower's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sun Flower will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bam Bam Joshy's cut.
That's time! Joshy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Joshy connects with the punch.
A slow jab from Joshy misses its intended target.
Flower takes a swing at Joshy's ribcage but misses.
Flower lands a jab to the head.
Joshy wants to clinch but Flower slips to the side
and Flower counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Flower tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Joshy is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Flower.
A big right from Joshy misses.
Flower throws a body shot but no joy.
As Flower tries to get set, Joshy tries to push him back and clinch up but Flower manages to avoid the attempt.
Flower moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Flower was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Flower ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joshy moves away.
Flower misses the jab.
Joshy moves out of range as Flower strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut lands for Joshy. That snapped Flower's head back.
Flower moves out of range of the strikes.
Flower misses with a straight left.
Flower circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big right from Joshy misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flower bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Joshy's head backwards.
A telegraphed right hand from Joshy misses the target.
Joshy throws out a loose jab but Flower uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flower is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Joshy with a body shot.
A left lands for Flower.
Flower cracks Joshy with a good jab.
Joshy avoids the body shot from Flower.
A big left from Flower misses.
Joshy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Flower moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Joshy avoids the body shot from Flower.
Joshy throws a big shot that misses.
Joshy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nice defenses there by Joshy.
Joshy seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Flower takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joshy misses with a straight left.
Joshy just misses with a punch to the body.
Joshy avoids the body shot from Flower.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Joshy lands with a cross.
Joshy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joshy misses with an uppercut.
Flower blocks a jab.
Flower counters with a body kick.
Joshy misses with a wild body shot.
Flower ducks under a wild hook from Joshy.
Flower plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Flower misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Joshy doesn't manage to clinch there - Flower circles away.
Joshy misses with a straight right.
Flower jabs Joshy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Flower ducks under a wild hook from Joshy.
Joshy throws a shot from downtown. Flower moves away and avoids it.
Flower swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Joshy throws a nice looking combination but Flower bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It seemed like Flower was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Joshy slips under a jab.
Joshy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Joshy looks to land a left hand but Flower moved out of range nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Flower! But no joy.
Joshy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Flower throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Flower moves out of range of the strikes.
Flower connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Joshy's hands.
Flower takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A big left from Flower misses.
As Flower tries to get set, Joshy tries to push him back and clinch up but Flower manages to avoid the attempt.
Joshy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Flower.
Flower scores with a sloppy right hand. Joshy should have avoided that one.
Joshy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joshy misses with a series of wild punches.
Flower looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sun Flower is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joshy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Joshy missing with a left hand there. Flower was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joshy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joshy throws a jab but it's blocked by Flower.
Joshy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Flower counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Flower tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joshy was well out of range. Poor timing from Flower.
Flower staying out of range there.
Joshy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Flower lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Flower blocks a jab.
Joshy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Flower manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bam Bam Joshy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flower connects with a crisp jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sun Flower.
Well Flower has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sun Flower!
Sun Flower 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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