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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Partridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desmond The Finish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Desmond The Finish acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Partridge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Desmond The Finish!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Finish fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Finish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Partridge paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Partridge wants to clinch up but The Finish keeps it at a distance.
Partridge lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Partridge.
Desmond The Finish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Partridge walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. The Finish checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The Finish tries to close the distance and clinch but Partridge swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Partridge fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Finish tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Partridge wants to clinch but The Finish slips to the side
and The Finish counters by clinching up.
Partridge gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Desmond The Finish has been cut.
Partridge pushes off an throws an elbow but The Finish leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Finish misses with a knee to the head.
Partridge unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Finish lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Partridge.
Partridge scores a nice knee to the body.
Partridge looking to throw knees to the head but The Finish is blocking nicely.
The Finish avoids the elbow strike from Partridge, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Partridge blocks the elbow strike.
Partridge with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Finish tries to stall but Partridge uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The Finish tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Finish is stalling here.
Partridge connects with a knee to the head.
The Finish is struggling to control the position.
The Finish wants to stall.
The Finish stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Desmond The Finish.
The Finish tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Partridge counters with a slapping leg kick.
The Finish closes the distance looking to clinch
and Partridge counters with a head kick. That will keep The Finish thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Partridge clinches with his opponent.
The Finish wants to stall.
The Finish blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Partridge landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Partridge using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Partridge is looking to control The Finish's arms but The Finish gets an underhook and turns him. Now Partridge has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Partridge.
Partridge using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The Finish throws a punch but it's blocked by Partridge.
Partridge tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Partridge tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Partridge scores with a knee to the head.
Partridge trying to stall but The Finish improves his position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as The Finish takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Partridge blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Finish stalling.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The Finish looks gassed!
Partridge misses with a knee strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Desmond The Finish.
Partridge doesn't manage to clinch there - The Finish circles away.
Partridge tries to clinch there but The Finish circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Finish looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Partridge tries to close the distance and clinch but The Finish swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Partridge throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Partridge.
The Finish blocks the body kick.
The Finish is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from Partridge.
The Finish drives through and clinches with Partridge against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Partridge using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Finish has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Partridge tries a knee to the head but The Finish blocks it.
The Finish is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The Finish is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Partridge is keeping busy.
The Finish seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
The Finish is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Partridge dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Desmond The Finish'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.
The Finish on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The Finish wants to land a leg kick but Partridge is out of range.
Partridge tries to close the distance and clinch but The Finish swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Partridge tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Partridge throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A low kick from Partridge misses
and The Finish counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by The Finish.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Finish'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.
The Finish misses with a short punch on the inside.
Partridge throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Finish blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Finish pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Partridge prevents a body shot from The Finish.
The Finish effectively controlling the action here.
The Finish wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Finish with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Finish misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Partridge.
Partridge tries to stall but The Finish uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Finish trying to control the position but instead, Partridge has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Finish into the cage.
The Finish is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Partridge has denied him.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Desmond The Finish.
Partridge clinches but The Finish breaks the clinch
and The Finish holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The Finish blocks the elbow strike.
The Finish lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Partridge letting The Finish take a breather here.
The Finish wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The Finish tries to break the clinch but Partridge is controlling the position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Partridge lands a knee to the head.
Partridge tries a knee to the head but The Finish blocks it.
Partridge tries to land knees in the clinch but The Finish avoids the damage to the body.
The Finish is stalling here.
Partridge trying to control the position but instead, The Finish has worked for underhooks and has pushed Partridge into the cage.
The Finish breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Partridge feints and then cracks The Finish's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Finish down.
Partridge circles away from the clinch attempt.
Partridge fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Finish wants to clinch
and Partridge counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Partridge.
The Finish will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Partridge up against the cage.
The Finish is trying to break the clinch but Partridge has him pressed against the cage.
Partridge looking to throw knees to the head but The Finish is blocking nicely.
Partridge is trying to stall.
Partridge misses with a knee to the head.
Partridge misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Finish.
Partridge missing with knees to the body.
Partridge tries to land a knee to the head but The Finish blocks with his arms.
The Finish slowing the pace effectively.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Finish.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Finish tries to land knees in the clinch but Partridge avoids the damage to the body.
The Finish avoids the elbow strike from Partridge, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The Finish taking a breather.
The Finish with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Finish stalling.
Partridge blocks an elbow strike.
The referee calls for The Finish to work.
Partridge throws an elbow but it misses.
The Finish is trying to stall.
The Finish avoiding damage as Partridge throws knees to the body.
The Finish looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Partridge lands a nice elbow.
The Finish pushes Partridge back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Partridge misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Finish.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The Finish tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Finish blocks the elbow strike.
Partridge with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Partridge misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Desmond The Finish will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Desmond The Finish's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Partridge tries to clinch
and The Finish counters by moving into the clinch.
Partridge pushes off an throws an elbow but The Finish leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Finish is looking to control Partridge's arms but Partridge gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Finish has his back to the cage.
The Finish wants to get back to striking at distance but Partridge won't allow it.
Partridge landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Finish is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The Finish swings wildly with an uppercut but Partridge uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Finish trying to land knees to the body.
The Finish blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Partridge lands a knee to the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from The Finish in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Finish using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Partridge has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Partridge gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Finish looking to slow down the pace here.
The Finish swings wildly with an uppercut but Partridge uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Finish avoids the elbow strike from Partridge, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Partridge looking to throw knees to the head but The Finish is blocking nicely.
Partridge misses with a knee to the head.
Partridge looking to throw knees to the head but The Finish is blocking nicely.
The Finish blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Finish fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Finish lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Finish.
Partridge tries to land a knee to the head but The Finish blocks with his arms.
Partridge throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The Finish tries to land a knee to the head but Partridge blocks with his arms.
Partridge tries a knee to the head but The Finish blocks it.
Partridge connects with a knee to the head.
Partridge is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's two 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.
The Finish misses with a hook from the clinch.
Partridge blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Finish has had enough of the clinch but Partridge keeps him there for the moment.
Partridge prevents The Finish from breaking the clinch.
The Finish on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Finish can't break the clinch.
Partridge misses with a knee to the head.
The Finish looking to stall.
Partridge on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Partridge with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Partridge throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Finish blocks it with crossed arms.
The Finish taking a breather.
The Finish escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Finish fails in his attempt to clinch.
Partridge tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and The Finish counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Finish is trying to maintain a safe position but Partridge gets an underhook and turns The Finish into the cage.
The Finish throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Partridge blocks it with crossed arms.
The Finish misses with some punches.
The Finish wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Partridge misses with a knee strike.
The Finish will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Partridge up against the cage.
The Finish is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Partridge.
Partridge misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Finish.
The Finish is trying to maintain a safe position but Partridge gets an underhook and turns The Finish into the cage.
The Finish stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The Finish wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Finish makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Partridge blocks the elbow strike.
Partridge being controlled against the cage.
Partridge tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Finish lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Finish trying to stall but Partridge improves his position.
Partridge throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Finish is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Desmond The Finish.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Finish looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The fight stays on the outside here - The Finish looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Desmond The Finish comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Finish 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Desmond The Finish!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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