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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Of Skalitz (ranked 2115 p4p, 4031 weight class) and George Pierre (ranked 265 p4p, 470 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Henry Of Skalitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, George Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Of Skalitz.
Pierre loads up on a big right hand but Of Skalitz slips the punch.
Of Skalitz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pierre connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Of Skalitz darts in and clinches Pierre up against the cage.
Pierre misses with a body punch.
Pierre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Of Skalitz letting Pierre take a breather here.
Of Skalitz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Of Skalitz wants a takedown.
Of Skalitz tries to score a body lock takedown but Pierre shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Of Skalitz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pierre misses with the head strike.
Of Skalitz ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Of Skalitz no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pierre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pierre is working Of Skalitz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Pierre controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Of Skalitz throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Of Skalitz is proving hard to escape from.
Pierre stands up and waves to Of Skalitz to follow him.
Pierre ducks under a wild hook from Of Skalitz.
Pierre stuffs the takedown.
Henry Of Skalitz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Of Skalitz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pierre misses with a looping left.
Pierre lands a right hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Pierre.
Pierre wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Of Skalitz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Of Skalitz fails to land the takedown.
Pierre misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of Skalitz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pierre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Of Skalitz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pierre! But no joy.
George Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Of Skalitz staying out of range there.
Of Skalitz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Of Skalitz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pierre counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Of Skalitz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Of Skalitz misses with a combination
and Pierre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pierre throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Of Skalitz ducks right into an uppercut from Pierre.
Pierre looks to land a left hand but Of Skalitz moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Of Skalitz connects with a high kick.
It looks like George Pierre has been cut.
Pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Of Skalitz moves away.
Pierre stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pierre wants it to stay on the feet.
Of Skalitz shoots in and drives through. Pierre sprawls well.
Nice defenses there by Pierre.
No luck for Of Skalitz with that takedown attempt.
A jab from Pierre finds it's way through Of Skalitz's defenses.
Of Skalitz moves away from the strike by Pierre.
Of Skalitz gets a clinch.
Of Skalitz is trying to break the clinch but Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
The referee calls for Pierre to work.
Of Skalitz breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Of Skalitz wants to clinch up but Pierre keeps it at a distance.
Of Skalitz slips a jab from Pierre.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Of Skalitz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pierre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Of Skalitz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pierre.
Of Skalitz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pierre is fending him off so far but Of Skalitz persists. Nope, Pierre circles away and we're back to standing.
Of Skalitz throws a shot from downtown. Pierre moves away and avoids it.
A nice side step and Pierre releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Of Skalitz has Pierre up against the cage in a clinch.
Pierre misses with a punch to the body.
Of Skalitz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Of Skalitz works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pierre is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Of Skalitz gets to his feet. Pierre looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
George Pierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Pierre's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pierre throws a jab but it's blocked by Of Skalitz.
Pierre throws a looping overhand right but Of Skalitz ducks down to avoid it.
Henry Of Skalitz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
Pierre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pierre misses with a body shot.
Of Skalitz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pierre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Of Skalitz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pierre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
George Pierre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Of Skalitz shoots for a takedown but Pierre saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pierre lands a nice shot to the body.
Of Skalitz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Of Skalitz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Of Skalitz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Of Skalitz misses with a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Pierre misses the target.
Pierre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Skalitz ducks under a wild hook from Pierre.
Of Skalitz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Of Skalitz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pierre let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Pierre swats away the attempt to clinch by Of Skalitz.
Pierre blocks the body kick.
Pierre lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Of Skalitz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pierre cracks a nice hook into Of Skalitz's ribs.
Of Skalitz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pierre throws the left hand but Of Skalitz avoids the punch easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Of Skalitz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pierre.
Of Skalitz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Pierre. Beautiful body shot.
Of Skalitz fails to land the takedown.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pierre! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pierre counters with a stiff right hand.
Pierre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Of Skalitz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pierre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Of Skalitz slips under a jab from Pierre.
Of Skalitz tries to counter with a takedown but Pierre is quick to defend against it.
Pierre stuffs the takedown.
Pierre throws out a loose jab but Of Skalitz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Of Skalitz doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Pierre counter with a right hand.
Of Skalitz wants to clinch
and Pierre connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Of Skalitz fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre cracks Of Skalitz with a good jab.
Pierre jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Of Skalitz swings widly with a right hand
and Pierre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pierre scores with a shot to the body.
Pierre catches Of Skalitz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pierre jabs at Of Skalitz's body.
Of Skalitz shoots in but no luck this time.
Pierre scores with a crisp jab that stopped Of Skalitz in his tracks.
Pierre throws a body shot but no joy.
Horrible takedown attempt by Of Skalitz or perhaps it was just good defense by Pierre, which made it look bad.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Of Skalitz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pierre, as that shot connected.
Of Skalitz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pierre.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of Skalitz ducks under a wild hook from Pierre.
Of Skalitz avoids the body shot from Pierre.
Pierre wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Of Skalitz shoots in but Pierre avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Pierre misses.
Pierre jabs at Of Skalitz's body.
Nice jab there from Pierre.
Pierre blocks a head kick by Of Skalitz.
Pierre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Of Skalitz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pierre throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Of Skalitz counters with a right hand to the body.
Pierre scores with a jab to the body.
Pierre misses with a looping right.
Of Skalitz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Pierre keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
George Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on George Pierre's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Pierre scores with a body shot.
Of Skalitz looks to throw a body kick
and Pierre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Of Skalitz thinking.
Pierre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Of Skalitz on the side of the head.
Of Skalitz misses with a takedown
and Pierre counters with a nice uppercut.
Pierre connects with a body shot that sends Of Skalitz's belly button to the back.
Of Skalitz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Of Skalitz tries a head kick but it misses.
Pierre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Of Skalitz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Of Skalitz shoots in but Pierre avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pierre connects with a single shot there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Of Skalitz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Of Skalitz tries a head kick but it misses.
Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Of Skalitz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pierre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Of Skalitz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Of Skalitz is looking to clinch.
Of Skalitz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Of Skalitz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Of Skalitz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Of Skalitz is looking to clinch but Pierre is avoiding it.
Of Skalitz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Of Skalitz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pierre lands a jab.
George Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pierre lands a nice looking body shot.
Of Skalitz tries to close the distance and clinch but Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pierre lands with a shot to the body.
Pierre lands a nice hook to Of Skalitz's body. Of Skalitz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pierre circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Pierre to counter with a crisp jab.
Pierre with a nice cross.
Pierre misses with a hook. Of Skalitz ducked under it nicely.
Pierre fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Of Skalitz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pierre.
Of Skalitz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pierre throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Skalitz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pierre swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pierre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
Pierre jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pierre scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pierre lands with a cross.
Of Skalitz fails with the takedown.
Pierre tests Of Skalitz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Of Skalitz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pierre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pierre wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre stuns Of Skalitz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pierre scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Of Skalitz misses with a head kick.
Of Skalitz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pierre to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Of Skalitz shoots and misses
and Pierre connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pierre works the jab nicely.
Of Skalitz gets a clinch.
Of Skalitz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Of Skalitz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Of Skalitz blocks an uppercut.
Pierre stops a takedown attempt from Of Skalitz.
Of Skalitz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henry Of Skalitz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Of Skalitz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pierre.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pierre 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for George Pierre!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for George Pierre!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for George Pierre!
George Pierre wins by unanimous decision!
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