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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drax Bautista (ranked 747 p4p, 717 weight class) and Liam James (ranked 105 p4p, 101 weight class). James has chosen Come To Daddy by Aphex Twin as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drax Bautista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam James!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James moves out of range as Bautista throws a body kick.
James throws a hook but Bautista avoids it easily.
James with a hook.
James lands with an overhand left.
James moves out of range of the body kick from Bautista.
A little jabbing left from James on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bautista slips under a jab.
Bautista thuds his shin into the meat of James's side.
James takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
James gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
James takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bautista throws a body kick that misses.
Bautista misses with an attempted mid kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bautista.
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!
Bautista slips a straight right by James.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bautista.
James appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bautista misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Bautista.
Bautista cracks James with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Drax Bautista seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Bautista throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
James lands a right hook to the body.
James's corner calls for a 1-2. James obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
James takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bautista looks to throw a body kick
and James connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bautista slips a jab from James.
Bautista looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
James moves out of range of the body kick.
Bautista will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It seemed like James was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bautista throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bautista takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
James drops his hands momentarily and Bautista takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
James jabs Bautista to the body, keeping him at a distance.
James has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bautista.
James showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bautista.
James catches Bautista with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
James throws a body shot but no joy.
Bautista walks into a left hand.
Bautista chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A big right from Bautista misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bautista.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista misses the jab.
James scores with a shot to the body.
Bautista thuds a left hand into James's body.
Bautista swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bautista throws a low kick but James moves out of range easily.
James flicks out a counter leg kick but Bautista steps away.
Bautista throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and James connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
James showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bautista.
Bautista slips under a jab from James.
James looks to land a right hand but Bautista moved out of range.
James's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bautista connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! James scrambles back to his feet.
James moves out of range of the body kick.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bautista.
Bautista throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws a big shot that misses.
As James looks to move away, Bautista throws a big counter combo but James just gets out of the way.
Bautista cracks James with an open hand slap.
James avoids the body shot from Bautista.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bautista jabbing away but nothing is landing.
James swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bautista listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bautista fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bautista tries to land a front kick but James steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
James missing with a left hand there. Bautista was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bautista misses with a hook
enabling James to counter with a crisp jab.
Bautista misses with a left hand
enabling James to counter with a crisp jab.
James takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
James with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bautista to score with a decent uppercut.
Bautista smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Drax Bautista dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
James misses with a looping left.
James moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from James.
Bautista throwing a counter right hand but James manages to avoid it.
James lands with a cross.
James avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bautista.
James sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Decent striking displayed by Bautista there.
James looks to score with a jab to the body but Bautista is just out of range.
A big right from Bautista misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bautista listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bautista!
Bautista is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that James can do to turn this around?
Bautista scores with a push kick.
Bautista scores with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from James.
Bautista gets off balance looking for a body kick
and James counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bautista looks for the body kick but James saw that one coming.
Bautista thows a body kick. James tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A telegraphed right hand from Bautista misses the target.
Bautista's corner calls for a 1-2. Bautista obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
James has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bautista.
Bautista throws a poor cross that misses
and James counters with a nice uppercut.
James defending well as Bautista loads up on a big left hand.
Bautista takes a shot to the body in his stride.
James throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bautista sees it coming and avoids it easily.
James takes a shot to the body in his stride.
James pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bautista throws a quick counter kick to the body but James avoids it.
Bautista waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract James.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautista bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of James's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bautista misses with an uppercut
and James counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice cross by Bautista.
Bautista throws a push kick but James slaps the foot to one side.
James throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bautista darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bautista staying out of range there.
Bautista tried to counter with a leg kick but James avoided it.
James loads up on a big right hand but Bautista slips the punch.
Bautista keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bautista throws a body kick that misses.
James moves away from the strike by Bautista.
Bautista throws a hook but James blocks it.
James scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a big shot that misses.
Bautista lands with a hook. James tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Drax Bautista is winning the standup battle so far.
James slips under a jab from Bautista.
James lands a jab to Bautista's midsection.
Bautista loads up on a big right hand but James slips the punch.
Bautista swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by James.
Bautista ducks under a wild hook from James.
Bautista swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
James slips a straight right by Bautista.
Bautista connects with a single shot there.
Bautista pushes James away with a front kick.
Bautista takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bautista throws a hook but James avoids it easily.
Bautista moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromJames.
Bautista will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bautista jabbing away but nothing is landing.
James throws out a counter right but Bautista avoids it with no problem.
James connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bautista. Bautista circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bautista looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
James throws out a counter right but Bautista avoids it with no problem.
Bautista with a body punch. A glancing blow.
James slips under a jab.
Bautista throws a hook but James avoids it easily.
Bautista cracks James with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bautista takes a shot right to the bread basket.
James gets cracked there but stands up to it.
James staying out of range there.
James was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A slow jab from Bautista misses its intended target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Drax Bautista dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Bautista missing with a left hand there. James was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bautista works the jab nicely.
Bautista listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
James misses with a straight right.
Bautista throws a quick counter kick to the body but James avoids it.
Bautista lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
James gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
James on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
James moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James tries to land a leg kick but Bautista saw it coming and moves away.
Nice shot lands for James.
Bautista misses with an uppercut.
James walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but James might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bautista has got the better of the exchanges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista looks to throw the jab but James is out of range.
A little jabbing left from James on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bautista throws a body kick that misses
letting James counter with a right hand.
James scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bautista doesn't seem bothered though.
James misses with an uppercut.
Bautista is looking to counter punch.
Bautista uses good head movement to avoid the hook from James.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bautista.
Bautista changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bautista throws a combination that misses
and James counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Donk. Bautista catches James right on the button with a cross.
Bautista throws out a loose jab but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
James avoids a kick to the body.
James missing with a left hand there. Bautista was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
James slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautista looks for the body kick but James saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bautista. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
James displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bautista throws out the jab.
Bautista uses good head movement to avoid the hook from James.
Bautista is looking to counter with a body kick.
A lazy left from James finds it's target.
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!
A slapping leg kick lands for Bautista.
Bautista moves out of range of the strikes.
Bautista throws the left hand but James avoids the punch easily.
Bautista lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bautista throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bautista thows a left - swing and a miss!
James now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bautista throws a one two combo.
James cracks Bautista with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a hook but Bautista blocks it.
Bautista throws a front kick aimed at James's knee but James avoids it well.
It seemed like James was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bautista.
James has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
James throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Liam James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bautista misses with a body punch
and James counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bautista's knee momentarily.
Nice defenses there by Bautista.
Bautista scores with a kick to the body.
Bautista cracks a nice hook into James's ribs.
James misses with an uppercut. Bautista saw that one coming.
Bautista gets cracked with a nice right hand there by James.
Bautista connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bautista throws a wild body kick that James sees coming a mile off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista moves out of range as James throws a body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! James crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bautista - the referee stops the clock and James gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bautista. James manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bautista takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bautista throws a big shot that misses.
Bautista on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bautista steps to the side to avoid the strikes from James.
Bautista lands a lovely overhand right.
James moves out of range of the body kick from Bautista.
Bautista lands a lovely overhand right.
Bautista throws a lazy uppercut
and James counters with a nice uppercut.
James throws a big shot that misses.
Bautista was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
And that's the end of the fight!
Drax Bautista showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bautista has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drax Bautista!
Drax Bautista was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Liam James was interviewed post fight and said 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.
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