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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dale English (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Twiglet Fingers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dale English!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Twiglet Fingers!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fingers circles away from the clinch attempt.
English takes the fight into the clinch.
English misses with a knee strike.
English tries a knee to the head but Fingers blocks it.
English crunches a lovely knee into Fingers's ribcage.
English lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
English misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fingers.
With the fighters up against the cage, English throws an elbow but misses.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
English is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
English managing to block the knees to the body from Fingers.
Fingers missing with knees to the body.
English slowing the pace effectively.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
English leaning against his opponent.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
English pressing his opponent against the cage.
English is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fingers pulls him back up using the underhooks.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fingers lands a knee to the body.
English jumps guard.
Fingers prevents English from getting back to his feet.
English 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.
English is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Fingers dives into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fingers stands up.
English is breathing heavily.
English shoots for a takedown but Fingers saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fingers looks to land a combination but English avoids it well.
English throws a sloppy head kick and Fingers moves out of range easily.
Fingers wants to clinch.
English tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dale English seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fingers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but English paws at him with a jab and circles away.
English wants to clinch.
English circles away from the clinch attempt.
English takes a kick to the side of the head.
English moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
English controlling the action here for a moment.
A knee to the head by English.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
Fingers missing with knees to the body.
Fingers stops a takedown attempt from English.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dale English. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fingers.
Fingers unloads a knee to the mid-section. English lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
Fingers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
English managing to block the knees to the body from Fingers.
English can't find room to land a body shot as Fingers controls the action.
English has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Fingers is trying to keep an underhook but English manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Fingers is trying to stand back up but English is controlling him
English postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Fingers to stand up.
English tries to clinch up but Fingers circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
English wants to clinch but Fingers slips to the side
and Fingers counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fingers keeps the fight on the outside.
Fingers tries to clinch up
and English counters by moving into the clinch.
English is working for takedown but Fingers is calmly controlling the position for now.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
English taking a breather.
English on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
English throws an elbow that misses.
English on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
English throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fingers blocks it with crossed arms.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
Fingers managing to block the knees to the body from English.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
English avoiding damage.
That's four 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.
English tries to stall but Fingers uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fingers landing knees to the body.
English throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fingers blocks it with crossed arms.
English on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
English lands an elbow just above Fingers 's eye.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
English goes for a takedown in the clinch but Fingers prevents it.
English tries to land a knee to the head but Fingers blocks with his arms.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
English is pushing Fingers up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
English managing to block the knees to the body from Fingers.
Knees to the body from Fingers.
English lands a nice elbow.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
English looking to throw knees to the head but Fingers is blocking nicely.
English managing to block the knees to the body from Fingers.
English wants a takedown but no success here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
English misses with a knee strike.
English lands an elbow that stopped Fingers in his tracks for a moment.
English on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dale English dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Fingers tries to clinch but English moves away
and English counters with a single leg into guard. Fingers didn't expect that.
English gets to his feet - Fingers follows without any prompting.
English is looking to clinch.
Fingers circles away from the clinch attempt
and Fingers counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fingers.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
Fingers being controlled against the cage.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
English breaks from the clinch.
English has managed to clinch.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
Fingers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
English content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
Fingers avoids a wild elbow strike from English.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
English tries to land a knee to the head but Fingers blocks with his arms.
English with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fingers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fingers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fingers missing with knees to the body.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
English has Fingers pressed against the cage.
Fingers prevents the takedown attempt.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
English breaks from the clinch.
Fingers closes the distance but English moves to the side
and English counters with a shoot takedown. Fingers fights it but they end up in guard.
English won't allow Fingers to get back to his feet.
English keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fingers's head.
English decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
A head kick misses from Fingers.
Fingers tries to close the distance and clinch but English swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fingers is looking to clinch.
English moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fingers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
English landing knees to the body.
English lands a knee to the head.
Fingers managing to block the knees to the body from English.
English misses with a knee strike.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
Fingers lands a nice knee to the body.
Fingers missing with knees to the body.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
English lands a nice elbow.
English landing knees to the head.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from English.
Fingers missing with knees to the body.
English is stalling here.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
English's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fingers tries to clinch up but English circles away and keeps his distance.
English closes the distance but Fingers moves to the side
and Fingers counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fingers is looking to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Fingers as English shoots in.
Fingers doesn't manage to clinch there - English circles away.
English tries to clinch
and Fingers counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. English is lucky that one didn't land flush.
English fails in his attempt to clinch.
English looks for a takedown but Fingers sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dale English. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fingers closes the distance and clinches.
Fingers avoiding damage as English throws knees to the body.
Fingers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
Fingers missing with knees to the body.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
English fails to pull guard.
English tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
English tries to land a knee to the head but Fingers blocks with his arms.
English trying to stall but Fingers improves his position.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
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.
English creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fingers's defenses.
A bit of stalling here from English.
English with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fingers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
English tries to score a body lock takedown but Fingers shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
English looks to throw an elbow but misses.
English managing to block the knees to the body from Fingers.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
Fingers avoids the elbow strike from English, against the cage.
Fingers stops a takedown attempt from English.
English connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fingers's face.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
Fingers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
English landing knees to the head.
English tries to stall but Fingers uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fingers avoids a wild elbow strike from English.
English on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
English lands an elbow inside that Fingers shrugs off.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
English goes for a takedown in the clinch but Fingers prevents it.
English with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dale English dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
English is looking to clinch.
Fingers misses with a double jab.
English fails in his attempt to clinch.
English tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
English tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fingers is looking to clinch but English is avoiding it.
English clinches up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Fingers.
English misses with a knee to the head.
Fingers crunches a lovely knee into English's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Fingers.
English using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fingers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
English on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
English missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
English jumps guard but Fingers stands there with English around his waist. English gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
English creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fingers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fingers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fingers takes a shot to the head.
English tries for a takedown but Fingers manages to get underhooks.
Fingers lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
English using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fingers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
English scores with a knee to the head.
English lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
English tries to pull guard but Fingers holds him up against the cage and eventually English drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dale English. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fingers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
English tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fingers blocks an elbow strike.
Fingers lands a nice knee to the body.
Fingers gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from English.
English on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
English scores with a knee to the head.
English pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dale English is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fingers tries to clinch up.
Fingers tries to clinch but fails miserably
and English counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by English.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
English managing to block the knees to the body from Fingers.
Fingers gets underhooks to prevent English's takedown attempt.
English misses with a knee to the head.
English lands a knee to the head.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
Fingers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from English.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
English stalls.
English doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fingers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
English breaks from the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fingers, right into the meat.
A head kick by English misses
and Fingers counters with a slapping leg kick.
English tries to clinch up but Fingers circles away and keeps his distance.
English tries to clinch there but Fingers circles away.
Fingers circles away from the clinch attempt
and Fingers counters with a good low kick that English was not able to check.
Fingers tries to close the distance and clinch up but English swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fingers tries to clinch but English moves out of range.
English plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
English tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fingers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
English is looking to clinch but Fingers is avoiding it.
English clinches but Fingers breaks the clinch
and Fingers counters by clinching up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from English.
English throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fingers blocks it with crossed arms.
English on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
English on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
English managing to block the knees to the body from Fingers.
English tries to land knees in the clinch but Fingers avoids the damage to the body.
English with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fingers trying to land knees to the body.
Fingers prevents the takedown attempt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as English takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
English is trying to drag Fingers to the mat but Fingers just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
English managing to block the knees to the body from Fingers.
English pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
English moves into range and clinches up with Fingers.
English managing to block the knees to the body from Fingers.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
English lands a left hand.
Fingers missing with knees to the body.
English lands an elbow that stopped Fingers in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
English managing to block the knees to the body from Fingers.
Fingers unloads a knee to the mid-section. English lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fingers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
English lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from English fails to land.
Fingers missing with knees to the body.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
Fingers managing to block the knees to the body from English.
Fingers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
English lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fingers tries to land knees in the clinch but English avoids the damage to the body.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fingers landing knees to the body.
Dale English is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
English has Fingers pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Fingers manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
English lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Twiglet Fingers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
English is trying to maintain a safe position but Fingers gets an underhook and turns English into the cage.
English avoiding damage as Fingers throws knees to the body.
English blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
English turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
English stands up.
English closes the distance and clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dale English showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for English, 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dale English!
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FIGHT
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