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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damien Hawthorne (ranked 1078 p4p, 719 weight class) and Benny The Bouncer (ranked 24 p4p, 17 weight class). Hawthorne's entrance music is Schism by Tool. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Damien Hawthorne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benny The Bouncer!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - The Bouncer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hawthorne has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Silverback MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Hawthorne tries to close the distance and clinch but The Bouncer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hawthorne throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hawthorne moves in looking to clinch but The Bouncer pushes him off.
A slow jab from Hawthorne misses its intended target.
The Bouncer throws a right hand that misses
and Hawthorne counters with a nice body kick.
The Bouncer misses with a two punch combination.
Hawthorne misses with a low kick as The Bouncer jumps back.
Hawthorne throws a jab but it's blocked by The Bouncer.
The Bouncer misses with a looping left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Bouncer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Bouncer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hawthorne.
The Bouncer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hawthorne throws a hook but The Bouncer blocks it.
Hawthorne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Bouncer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Bouncer missing with a left hand there. Hawthorne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Bouncer throws a front kick that sends Hawthorne stumbling back into the cage.
The Bouncer walks into a stiff left hand from Hawthorne.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hawthorne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bouncer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The Bouncer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The Bouncer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawthorne checks a low kick from The Bouncer.
A big left from The Bouncer misses.
That kick from Hawthorne tenderised The Bouncer's leg. The Bouncer is trying to keep his angry face on.
The Bouncer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawthorne.
The Bouncer throws a looping overhand right but Hawthorne ducks down to avoid it.
A left lands for Hawthorne.
Hawthorne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Damien Hawthorne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawthorne works the jab nicely.
Hawthorne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Bouncer.
The Bouncer lands a body shot.
Hawthorne moves away from the strike by The Bouncer.
The Bouncer misses with a looping right.
Hawthorne misses with a looping right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Bouncer looks to land a right hand but Hawthorne moved out of range.
Hawthorne tries to clinch but The Bouncer moves out of range.
Hawthorne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hawthorne misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne throws an overhand right that lands on The Bouncer's shoulder, as The Bouncer tries to avoid the shot.
The Bouncer throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from Hawthorne does it's job there.
The Bouncer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The Bouncer looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawthorne is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Hawthorne.
Good work by The Bouncer as he checks the leg kick.
Hawthorne is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A punch combination from The Bouncer misses.
Hawthorne slips a jab and a cross from The Bouncer.
The Bouncer throws an off balance right hand
and Hawthorne counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The Bouncer digs a right hand into Hawthorne's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hawthorne's gas tank.
The Bouncer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hawthorne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from The Bouncer.
Hawthorne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hawthorne misses with some punches.
The Bouncer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Bouncer breaks from the clinch.
Hawthorne bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The Bouncer wants to slow Hawthorne down by chopping away at his legs.
Hawthorne is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne misses the jab.
The Bouncer staying out of range there.
The Bouncer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Bouncer connects with a looping right hand.
Hawthorne wants to clinch but The Bouncer slips to the side
and The Bouncer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hawthorne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Bouncer.
Hawthorne tries to close the distance and clinch but The Bouncer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hawthorne scores with a shot to the body.
The Bouncer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne misses with a straight right.
The Bouncer throws a hook but Hawthorne blocks it.
The Bouncer jabs Hawthorne to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The Bouncer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hawthorne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Bouncer connects with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Bouncer throws a solid leg kick but Hawthorne takes the impact on his shin and smiles at The Bouncer.
Hawthorne throws a hook but The Bouncer blocks it.
The Bouncer tried to score with a low kick but Hawthorne checks it.
The Bouncer scores with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hawthorne.
The Bouncer tries to score with a low kick but Hawthorne moves his leg out of the way.
A jab from Hawthorne misses.
Hawthorne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Bouncer.
The Bouncer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Bouncer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hawthorne.
The Bouncer smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The Bouncer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hawthorne lands a straight punch to the body, keeping The Bouncer at a distance.
Hawthorne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hawthorne misses with a looping right.
The Bouncer with a jab.
Hawthorne misses with a body shot.
The Bouncer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hawthorne misses the jab.
The Bouncer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice uppercut lands for Hawthorne. That snapped The Bouncer's head back.
Hawthorne tries to clinch up.
A big left from The Bouncer misses.
Hawthorne looks to throw the jab but The Bouncer is out of range.
Nice shot by The Bouncer.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Damien Hawthorne will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hawthorne ducks under a wild hook from The Bouncer.
Hawthorne walks into a stiff left hand from The Bouncer.
Good standup being displayed there by Hawthorne as he connects with a hook.
The Bouncer misses the jab.
The Bouncer looks to land a right hand but Hawthorne moved out of range.
Hawthorne looks to throw the jab but The Bouncer is out of range.
The Bouncer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hawthorne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hawthorne throws a shot from downtown. The Bouncer moves away and avoids it.
Hawthorne gets a clinch.
Hawthorne misses with a punch on the inside.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from The Bouncer 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.
Hawthorne throws a punch but it's blocked by The Bouncer.
A short left from Hawthorne.
A short body shot lands from The Bouncer as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hawthorne.
Hawthorne blocks an uppercut.
Hawthorne prevents The Bouncer from breaking the clinch.
Hawthorne misses with a punch to the body.
The Bouncer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Bouncer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hawthorne blocks a low kick nicely.
The Bouncer blocks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bouncer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The Bouncer throws a series of punches but Hawthorne avoids them all with ease.
The Bouncer jabs Hawthorne right on the nose. Hawthorne blinks but takes it well.
Hawthorne tries to clinch but The Bouncer moves out of range.
Benny The Bouncer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hawthorne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Bouncer throws a hook to the side of Hawthorne's head but Hawthorne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Bouncer loads up on a big right hand but Hawthorne slips the punch.
The Bouncer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hawthorne has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Bouncer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A kick lands to the mid section there for The Bouncer.
A big right from Hawthorne misses.
The Bouncer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The Bouncer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hawthorne tries a low kick but The Bouncer avoids it.
The Bouncer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hawthorne looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawthorne tries to close the distance and clinch but The Bouncer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Bouncer scores with a shot to the body.
Hawthorne tries to land a front kick but The Bouncer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bouncer throws a leg kick that misses.
The Bouncer checks the leg kick.
The Bouncer scores with a nice strike.
The Bouncer throws a looping overhand right but Hawthorne ducks down to avoid it.
The Bouncer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawthorne.
The Bouncer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hawthorne misses with a straight left.
A shot to the liver by The Bouncer. Beautiful body shot.
Hawthorne misses with a looping right.
The Bouncer ducks under a wild hook from Hawthorne.
A slow jab from Hawthorne misses its intended target.
Hawthorne slips under a jab.
The Bouncer missing with a left hand there. Hawthorne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Bouncer moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hawthorne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Bouncer slips a straight right by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne misses with a left hand
and The Bouncer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The Bouncer throws a shot from downtown. Hawthorne moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bouncer dips to his left and cracks Hawthorne with an uppercut!
Hawthorne dodges the punch combination from The Bouncer.
The Bouncer connects with a right hand. Hawthorne shakes it off.
The Bouncer lands with a thumping leg kick.
The Bouncer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hawthorne. The Bouncer does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Bouncer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Bouncer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Bouncer sizes up Hawthorne with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The Bouncer connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The Bouncer fails to land with a series of punches.
Hawthorne defending well as The Bouncer loads up on a big left hand.
Hawthorne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Bouncer.
Hawthorne throws the left hand but The Bouncer avoids the punch easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Bouncer keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Bouncer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Bouncer walks into a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Bouncer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Bouncer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hawthorne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hawthorne misses with a leg kick.
The Bouncer misses with a wild body shot.
The Bouncer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A big right from The Bouncer misses.
The Bouncer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The Bouncer misses with a looping left.
Hawthorne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hawthorne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Bouncer.
Hawthorne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by The Bouncer.
The Bouncer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawthorne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Bouncer.
The Bouncer moves out of range as Hawthorne strikes.
The Bouncer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The Bouncer looks to land a right hand but Hawthorne moved out of range.
The Bouncer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Benny The Bouncer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hawthorne's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The Bouncer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hawthorne can pounce on him.
The Bouncer throws a shot from downtown. Hawthorne moves away and avoids it.
Hawthorne bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hawthorne takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hawthorne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Bouncer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hawthorne throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling The Bouncer to counter with a crisp jab.
Hawthorne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Bouncer.
The Bouncer scores with a hook to the body. Hawthorne takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hawthorne throws the left hand but The Bouncer avoids the punch easily.
Hawthorne keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hawthorne slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Hawthorne misses the target.
The Bouncer misses with a body shot.
The Bouncer throws a right and a left that Hawthorne avoids nicely.
The Bouncer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Bouncer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hawthorne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hawthorne checks the leg kick.
The Bouncer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawthorne misses with a straight right.
Hawthorne tries to land a front kick but The Bouncer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bouncer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne wants to clinch up but The Bouncer keeps it at a distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as The Bouncer checks a leg kick.
The Bouncer slips under a jab from Hawthorne.
Nice body punch from The Bouncer.
The Bouncer's corner calls for a 1-2. The Bouncer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hawthorne takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hawthorne tries to clinch up but The Bouncer circles away and keeps his distance.
The Bouncer throws a push kick but Hawthorne slaps the foot to one side.
A big right from The Bouncer misses.
A telegraphed right hand from The Bouncer misses the target.
Hawthorne fires out a quick counter leg kick but The Bouncer just manages to avoid it.
A big right from Hawthorne misses.
Hawthorne looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The Bouncer throws a leg kick that misses.
The Bouncer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hawthorne momentarily.
Hawthorne throws a body kick that misses.
The Bouncer ducks under a wild hook from Hawthorne.
The Bouncer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The Bouncer pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hawthorne back to the cage. The Bouncer follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Bouncer misses with a low kick.
The Bouncer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from The Bouncer misses.
The Bouncer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hawthorne misses the shot to the body.
Hawthorne takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The Bouncer throws a hook to the side of Hawthorne's head but Hawthorne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hawthorne misses with a looping left.
Hawthorne catches The Bouncer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hawthorne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Bouncer was well out of range. Poor timing from Hawthorne.
The Bouncer throws a series of strikes that have Hawthorne backpedaling.
The Bouncer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The Bouncer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hawthorne checks a leg kick.
Hawthorne keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The Bouncer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hawthorne takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The Bouncer scores with the left hand. Hawthorne knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bouncer throws a right hand that Hawthorne ducks under and follows up with a left that Hawthorne also avoids with ease.
Hawthorne throws a half hearted mid kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hawthorne lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and The Bouncer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from The Bouncer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
As Hawthorne backs off The Bouncer throws a huge counter combo but Hawthorne manages to avoid it all.
Hawthorne tries to clinch up.
Hawthorne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Bouncer throws out a counter right but Hawthorne avoids it with no problem.
A swing and a miss from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hawthorne has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The Bouncer misses with a body shot.
Hawthorne misses with an uppercut. The Bouncer saw that one coming.
The Bouncer now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The Bouncer digs a good hook to Hawthorne's body.
Hawthorne is looking to clinch but The Bouncer is avoiding it.
Hawthorne connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hawthorne lands a nice hook to The Bouncer's body. The Bouncer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Bouncer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The Bouncer digs a good body shot into Hawthorne's ribs.
The Bouncer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hawthorne.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Bouncer slips a straight right by Hawthorne.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Hawthorne lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Bouncer doesn't seem phased though.
The Bouncer looks to land a body kick but Hawthorne moved away.
Hawthorne fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice shot by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne slips under a jab from The Bouncer.
The Bouncer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hawthorne slips a jab from The Bouncer.
A left and a right from The Bouncer both land. Nice combination.
The Bouncer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jab, jab by Hawthorne - just one landing.
Hawthorne doesn't manage to clinch there - The Bouncer circles away.
The Bouncer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hawthorne.
A head kick misses from The Bouncer.
Some bone on bone action there as Hawthorne checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Bouncer throws a front kick aimed at Hawthorne's knee but Hawthorne avoids it well.
The Bouncer gets tackled into the cage by Hawthorne. Hawthorne maintains the clinch.
Hawthorne lands with a short shot to the head.
Hawthorne blocks an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benny The Bouncer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Bouncer 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny The Bouncer!
A victorious Benny The Bouncer thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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