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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ziegler (ranked 490 p4p, 1416 weight class) and Scottie Lamez (ranked 28 p4p, 82 weight class). Mike Ziegler could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Scottie Lamez's chin.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Ziegler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Scottie Lamez!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lamez scores with a jab.
Lamez throws a looping overhand right but Ziegler ducks down to avoid it.
Lamez just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromZiegler.
A big left from Lamez misses.
Lamez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ziegler.
Lamez throws a hook to the side of Ziegler's head but Ziegler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lamez moves out of range as Ziegler strikes.
Ziegler walks into a jab.
Lamez throws out a powerful jab.
Scottie Lamez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamez scores with the left hand. Ziegler knows he should have avoided that one.
Lamez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ziegler throws a low kick but Lamez moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Lamez misses its intended target.
Ziegler swings for the body but Lamez moves out of range.
Lamez throws out a loose jab but Ziegler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ziegler takes one to the chin there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ziegler scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lamez throws a hook to the side of Ziegler's head but Ziegler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lamez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice jab there from Lamez.
Lamez throws a hook but Ziegler avoids it easily.
Lamez's corner calls for a 1-2. Lamez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ziegler looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lamez throws a shot from downtown. Ziegler moves away and avoids it.
Ziegler takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ziegler with a nice calf kick.
Lamez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lamez lunges at Ziegler with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ziegler's hand.
Ziegler tries to land a front kick but Lamez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ziegler takes a swing at Lamez's ribcage but misses.
Lamez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lamez catches Ziegler with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lamez misses with an uppercut.
Ziegler is looking to counter punch.
Ziegler misses with an uppercut. Lamez saw that one coming.
Ziegler takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lamez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ziegler.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ziegler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ziegler slips under a jab.
Ziegler slips under a jab from Lamez.
Nice shot by Lamez.
Ziegler takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lamez catches Ziegler with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lamez throws a big shot that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lamez.
Lamez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ziegler momentarily.
Lamez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lamez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ziegler has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lamez finds it's way round the side to connect with Ziegler's head.
Ziegler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lamez.
Lamez loads up on a big right hand but Ziegler slips the punch.
Lamez misses with a left hand
and Ziegler counters with a nice body shot.
Lamez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lamez misses with a hook
and Ziegler counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lamez thinking.
Lamez misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamez connects with the punch.
Lamez throws a hook but Ziegler blocks it.
Lamez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ziegler.
Lamez misses with an uppercut.
Ziegler looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ziegler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ziegler lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lamez will feel that in the morning.
Lamez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ziegler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lamez.
Ziegler misses with a straight left.
Lamez swings widly with a right hand
and Ziegler counters with a nice uppercut.
Lamez misses with an uppercut.
Ziegler throwing a counter right hand but Lamez manages to avoid it.
Lamez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ziegler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lamez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ziegler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lamez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamez throws a right hand that misses
and Ziegler counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ziegler.
Ziegler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lamez was well out of range. Poor timing from Ziegler.
Lamez misses with an uppercut
and Ziegler counters with a right hand to the body.
Lamez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ziegler momentarily.
Ziegler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lamez was well out of range. Poor timing from Ziegler.
Ziegler moves out of range as Lamez strikes.
Lamez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ziegler throws out the jab.
Lamez cracks Ziegler with an open hand slap.
Lamez misses with a hook.
Lamez throws a lazy right hand but Ziegler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ziegler appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ziegler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lamez.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ziegler lands with a nice body kick.
Lamez misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ziegler moves out of range as Lamez strikes.
Ziegler slips a straight right by Lamez.
An attempted straight right counter from Ziegler misses the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Scottie Lamez dominated that round.
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.
Lamez looks to land a left hand but Ziegler moved out of range nicely.
Ziegler closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lamez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ziegler moves out of range as Lamez strikes.
Lamez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Zieglers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ziegler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lamez cracks Ziegler with an open hand slap.
Lamez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ziegler sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ziegler appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lamez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ziegler takes a swing at Lamez's ribcage but misses.
Lamez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lamez swings widly with a right hand
and Ziegler counters with a three punch combo that has Lamez backing up. Lamez nods at Ziegler to acknowledge the strikes.
Lamez is rocked!
Ziegler ducks under a wild hook from Lamez.
Lamez is still on wobbly legs! Can Ziegler finish him?
Lamez throws a lazy uppercut
and Ziegler counters with a body kick.
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!
Ziegler just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamez seems to have recovered his senses.
Ziegler slips under a jab.
Ziegler is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lamez 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.
Lamez misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamez misses with a left hand
and Ziegler counters with a right hand to the body.
Lamez swings widly with a right hand
and Ziegler counters with a low kick, right behind Lamez 's knee.
Ziegler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lamez.
Lamez misses with a looping left.
Lamez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ziegler.
Ziegler uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lamez.
Lamez throws out a loose jab but Ziegler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lamez looks to land a right hand but Ziegler moved out of range.
Ziegler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ziegler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lamez clobbers Ziegler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ziegler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ziegler takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lamez misses with a hook.
Ziegler appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lamez throws an off balance right hand
and Ziegler counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ziegler's hands.
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 jab from Lamez misses.
Lamez lands a head shot.
Ziegler is looking to wear down Lamez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lamez throws a lazy uppercut
and Ziegler counters with a low kick, right behind Lamez 's knee.
Ziegler tries to bum rush Lamez with a series of wild strikes but Lamez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lamez looks to throw the jab but Ziegler is out of range.
Lamez looks to land a right hand but Ziegler moved out of range.
Lamez throws a hook but Ziegler avoids it easily.
Ziegler lands a big uppercut and Lamez crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Lamez looks OK. Ziegler waves Lamez back to his feet!
Ziegler takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ziegler lands a front kick.
Lamez throws a hook to the side of Ziegler's head but Ziegler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ziegler feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Lamez sprawling to the canvas! Lamez rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Ziegler finish him?!
Lamez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lamez looks to throw the jab but Ziegler is out of range.
Ziegler swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ziegler.
A cross from Lamez lands.
Lamez throws a hook but Ziegler blocks it.
Lamez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lamez throws an off balance right hand
and Ziegler counters with a nice uppercut.
Ziegler takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lamez throws a hook but Ziegler avoids it easily.
Lamez moves out of range of the body kick.
Ziegler lands an overhand right.
Lamez scores with a nice right hand.
Ziegler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lamez throws out a counter right but Ziegler avoids it with no problem.
Ziegler wants to land a leg kick but Lamez is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Ziegler.
Lamez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ziegler.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ziegler defending well as Lamez loads up on a big left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lamez thuds his right hand into Ziegler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ziegler throws the left hand but Lamez avoids the punch easily.
Lamez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ziegler counters with a crisp right hand that drops Lamez! Ziegler lets Lamez back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Ziegler with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lamez to score with a decent uppercut.
Lamez throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ziegler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lamez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lamez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ziegler.
Ziegler half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ziegler misses with a body kick.
Ziegler throws a shot from downtown. Lamez moves away and avoids it.
Lamez misses with a hook
and Ziegler counters with a low kick, right behind Lamez 's knee.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lamez moves out of range of the body kick from Ziegler.
Lamez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lamez scores with a hook.
Ziegler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lamez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Ziegler dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Lamez throws a lazy uppercut
and Ziegler counters with a nice right hand that sends Lamez toppling to the canvas! Lamez scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Ziegler finish him?!
Lamez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ziegler's head.
Lamez misses with a right hand
and Ziegler counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lamez thinking.
Lamez lands a jab to the head.
Ziegler slips under a jab from Lamez.
Lamez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ziegler.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lamez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lamez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ziegler.
Lamez tests Ziegler's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lamez throws a jab but it's blocked by Ziegler.
Ziegler throws a body shot but no joy.
Lamez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ziegler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lamez misses with an uppercut. Ziegler saw that one coming.
Lamez misses with a hook. Ziegler ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ziegler misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Lamez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ziegler ducks right into an uppercut from Lamez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ziegler. Lamez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ziegler throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lamez throws an overhand right that lands on Ziegler's shoulder, as Ziegler tries to avoid the shot.
Lamez misses with an uppercut.
Lamez throws an off balance right hand
and Ziegler counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ziegler slips under a jab.
Ziegler is looking to counter punch.
Lamez throws a good cross that connects.
Ziegler walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lamez lands a glancing blow to the side of Ziegler's head.
Ziegler scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ziegler moves out of range as Lamez strikes.
Ziegler cracks Lamez with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ziegler has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Lamez to stand back up!
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!
Lamez throws a looping overhand right but Ziegler ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ziegler slips under a jab from Lamez.
Lamez misses with an uppercut. Ziegler saw that one coming.
Ziegler throwing a counter right hand but Lamez manages to avoid it.
Lamez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ziegler slips under a jab.
Ziegler feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ziegler needs to keep his hands up - Lamez had a free shot at his head there.
Ziegler blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Lamez misses the target.
Ziegler throws a quick counter kick to the body but Lamez avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Lamez misses the target.
Ziegler throws a head kick but Lamez moves out of range.
Lamez connects with a crisp jab.
Lamez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lamez misses with a looping right.
Lamez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lamez clobbers Ziegler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ziegler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Ziegler tenderised Lamez's leg. Lamez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lamez misses with an uppercut
and Ziegler counters with a right hand to the body.
Lamez lands an overhand right.
Lamez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lamez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ziegler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lamez.
Ziegler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lamez throws out the jab.
Lamez throws a lazy right hand but Ziegler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lamez lands with an uppercut that bounces Ziegler off the cage and back into range.
Nice defenses there by Ziegler.
Lamez misses with a looping right.
Ziegler throws a head kick that misses.
Lamez misses with a straight left.
Lamez throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Ziegler misses the target.
Ziegler slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ziegler closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Decent striking displayed by Ziegler there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lamez misses with an uppercut
and Lamez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lamez throws a jab but it's blocked by Ziegler.
Lamez misses with an uppercut
and Ziegler counters with a low kick, right behind Lamez 's knee.
Lamez throws a right hand that misses
and Ziegler counters with a huge left! Lamez is in big trouble! He's backing up but Ziegler isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Lamez from any more damage. A dominating finish by Ziegler!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Ziegler!
A relieved looking Mike Ziegler thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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