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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kapitan Bomba (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerome Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kapitan Bomba!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bomba drives through and clinches with Wood against the cage.
Wood wants a takedown but no success here.
Bomba prevents the takedown attempt.
Bomba jumps guard but Wood stands there with Bomba around his waist. Bomba gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wood has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Bomba clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Wood lands shots from the back.
Bomba trying to control the action but Wood just sinks the hooks in.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wood has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Bomba.
Bomba trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Wood has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Bomba's body.
Bomba trying to control the position but Wood manages to sink in the hooks.
Bomba's corner are yelling at him, telling him to just focus on controlling Wood's hands.
Bomba is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Wood throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Wood trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Bomba doesn't escape.
Bomba tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Bomba tries to reverse the position but Wood maintains control.
Wood is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wood trying to control but Bomba is having none of it.
Wood lands a nice shot to the head.
Bomba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wood landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bomba is trying to escape the mount.
Wood fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood trying to control but Bomba is having none of it.
Bomba trying desperately to get to his feet.
Bomba looks gassed!
Wood working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wood content just to control the position here.
Wood breaks from Bomba's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wood lands a big shot there that rocks Bomba but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wood working Bomba over with strikes here.
Bomba is squirming around, avoiding Wood's attempts to control the action.
Bomba taking shots to the head.
Wood lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bomba hang on?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wood cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood with shots to the head and body - Bomba looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wood breaks from Bomba's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wood lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bomba is rocked!
Bomba taking shots to the head.
Wood lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bomba hang on?
Bomba in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wood lands a big elbow.
Wood looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wood wants to control the pace but Bomba is squirming around nicely.
Wood raining down shots from the mount!
Wood wants to control the pace but Bomba is squirming around nicely.
Wood with a couple of short strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomba takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bomba taking shots to the head.
Wood looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wood trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bomba can't escape the position.
Wood with shots to the head and body - Bomba looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wood is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bomba can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bomba taking shots to the head.
Wood lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Wood dominated that 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.
Wood tries for a takedown but Bomba sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bomba stuffs the takedown.
Wood fails to land with a series of punches.
Wood keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bomba lands a nice looking body shot.
Bomba fails to land the takedown.
Wood takes the fight into the clinch.
Wood gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wood takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Wood wants to control but Bomba is keeping him busy.
Wood landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wood is controlling the pace.
Bomba is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wood's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wood's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Wood moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Wood strikes from his own guard.
Wood scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Wood shoots and misses
so Bomba counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerome Wood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bomba lands a couple of digs.
Wood might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wood preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wood tries to strike from the bottom.
Wood throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Bomba working some strikes from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood keeping full guard, as Bomba tries to pass.
Wood has control of Bomba's left arm, preventing Bomba from doing any damage.
Bomba stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wood swivels though and keeps the full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Wood scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Wood lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wood cracks Bomba with a big right hand but Bomba just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bomba taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bomba is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wood connects with a decent elbow.
Wood scores with punches from side control.
Jerome Wood overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bomba can't do much from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bomba shoots in and bounces Wood off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Bomba trying to control the position from guard on top but Wood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wood is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wood preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bomba is one step ahead there.
Bomba postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood wants to stand and escape but Bomba is having none of it.
Bomba wants to control from the top but Wood keeps moving.
Wood bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bomba's guard.
Bomba keeping full guard, as Wood tries to pass.
Wood working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bomba's head.
Wood keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bomba's head.
Wood works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wood trying to control from half guard but Bomba is working away.
Wood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bomba's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jerome Wood will probably get the nod.
That's time! Wood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Bomba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wood shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wood showed some decent athleticism there.
Bomba trying to control from the bottom.
Bomba is trying to get back to full guard.
Wood is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Wood tries to control but Bomba wriggling away.
Bomba is bucking up trying to escape but Wood cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bomba is in a horrible position here. Wood smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wood landing strikes from the mount and Bomba is in trouble!
Bomba is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood cracks Bomba with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bomba keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wood landing strikes from the mount and Bomba is in trouble!
BOOM! Wood connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wood with a couple of short strikes.
Wood takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bomba is working to get back to half guard.
Wood working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bomba takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wood looking to control but Bomba is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wood prevents Bomba from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wood with the ground and pound from mount.
Wood working the ground and pound effectively.
Wood with the ground and pound from mount.
Bomba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bomba is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wood is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wood landing strikes from the mount.
Wood scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bomba?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood breaks from Bomba's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wood punishing his opponent with strikes.
The referee warns Bomba that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wood is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bomba can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wood scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wood trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wood working the ground and pound effectively.
Wood controlling the pace for now.
Bomba is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wood lands a nice shot to the head.
Wood wants to control the pace but Bomba is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomba is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wood landing strikes from the mount.
Wood scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bomba is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wood breaks from Bomba's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wood breaks from Bomba's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jerome Wood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wood looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bomba tries to buck Wood off but he can't manage it.
Wood scoring with strikes but Bomba is staying in there.
Wood connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kapitan Bomba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bomba in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bomba throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jerome Wood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wood, 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerome Wood!
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