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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Manny Franco (ranked 24252 p4p, 2699 weight class) and Chilli Bloke (ranked 272 p4p, 162 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent MT
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Franco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chilli Bloke!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bloke staying out of range there.
Franco is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bloke.
Bloke looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bloke getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bloke throws a nice looking combination but Franco bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bloke throws a series of punches but Franco avoids them all with ease.
Bloke takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Franco connects with a crisp jab.
Franco connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bloke's hands.
It looks like Chilli Bloke has been cut.
Franco looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Franco avoids a punch combination nicely.
Franco lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bloke misses with a wild body shot.
Bloke connects with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bloke takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bloke looks to throw the jab but Franco is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco missing with a left hand there. Bloke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Franco looks to score with a jab to the body but Bloke is just out of range.
Franco missing with a left hand there. Bloke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Franco lands with a kick to the ribs.
Franco staying out of range there.
Franco scores with the left hand. Bloke knows he should have avoided that one.
Franco connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bloke's hands.
Bloke is rocked!
Bloke moves out of range as Franco strikes.
Bloke is still on wobbly legs! Can Franco finish him?
Franco misses with a right hand
letting Bloke counter with a right hand.
Bloke seems to have recovered his senses.
A slow jab from Bloke misses its intended target.
Franco is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bloke lands a nice shot to the body.
Franco lands with a good body shot.
Bloke is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bloke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
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!
Franco is looking to slow Bloke down with leg kicks.
Franco thumps Bloke with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloke misses with a hook. Franco ducked under it nicely.
Bloke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Franco.
Franco throwing a counter right hand but Bloke manages to avoid it.
Bloke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Franco appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Franco throws a lazy right hand but Bloke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bloke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Franco takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Franco ducks under a wild hook from Bloke.
Franco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bloke.
Bloke misses with a straight right.
It looked like Franco wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Franco throws a leg kick that misses.
Franco throws a body punch but Bloke moves out of range.
Bloke looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Franco slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bloke. Franco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bloke jabs at Franco's body.
Franco avoids the body shot from Bloke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloke moves out of range of the strikes.
Bloke defending well as Franco loads up on a big left hand.
Bloke ducks under a wild hook from Franco.
Bloke just misses with a punch to the body.
Bloke avoids a kick to the body.
Bloke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Franco feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blokes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A low kick lands for Franco.
Bloke throws a jab when Franco was well out of range.
Franco throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Franco throws a low kick but Bloke avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Bloke.
Bloke is looking for the big counter here.
Franco misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bloke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Franco throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloke blocks a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Bloke misses.
Bloke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Franco throws the left hand but Bloke avoids the punch easily.
Bloke throws a right and a left that Franco avoids nicely.
Bloke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Franco wants to slow Bloke down by chopping away at his legs.
Bloke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Franco.
Bloke has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Franco finds it's way round the side to connect with Bloke's head.
Bloke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Franco misses the target.
Franco scores with the left hand. Bloke knows he should have avoided that one.
Bloke takes a swing at Franco's ribcage but misses.
Franco lands a glancing blow to the side of Bloke's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Franco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chilli Bloke's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bloke staying out of range there.
Franco thows a leg kick but Bloke checks it
and Bloke counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Franco throws a push kick but Bloke slaps the foot to one side.
Franco lands a left and a right that send Bloke crashing to the mat, dazed. Franco thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Bloke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bloke is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Franco with a body shot.
Bloke misses with a straight left.
It looked like Franco was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bloke.
Franco tries to work over Bloke's front leg with a kick but Bloke checks it.
Franco misses with a straight left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Franco throws a body kick that misses.
Bloke scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Franco throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bloke misses with a double jab.
Franco appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Franco is looking to score with low kicks.
Franco dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Franco misses with an uppercut.
Bloke appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloke throws a shot from downtown. Franco moves away and avoids it.
Franco staying out of range there.
Bloke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bloke slips a jab and a cross from Franco.
Bloke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Franco.
Manny Franco is winning the standup battle so far.
Bloke misses with a body shot.
Chilli Bloke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Franco slips a straight right by Bloke.
Bloke lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bloke swings for the body but Franco moves out of range.
Bloke ducks under a wild hook from Franco.
Bloke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Franco rather than just go for the knockout.
Bloke wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Franco misses with a straight left.
Franco misses with a wild body shot.
Bloke is looking for the big counter here.
Bloke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Franco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloke misses with a wild body shot.
Franco throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Franco takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bloke throws a shot from downtown. Franco moves away and avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Franco misses its intended target.
Franco stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bloke misses with a wild body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Franco!
Bloke throws a nice looking combination but Franco bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Franco misses with a wild body shot.
Bloke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Franco.
It seemed like Bloke was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bloke takes a swing at Franco's ribcage but misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Bloke might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Franco has got the better of the exchanges.
Franco misses the shot to the body.
Bloke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bloke just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloke slips a straight right by Franco.
Franco throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bloke counters with an outside leg kick.
Franco throws a looping overhand right but Bloke ducks down to avoid it.
Franco throws a hook but Bloke blocks it.
Bloke avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bloke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Franco scores with a decent looking hook.
Bloke throws a series of strikes that have Franco backpedaling.
Franco looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bloke 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.
Bloke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Franco.
No joy there for Bloke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bloke misses with an uppercut. Franco saw that one coming.
Franco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bloke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bloke.
Franco throws an overhand right that lands on Bloke's shoulder, as Bloke tries to avoid the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Franco takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Some wild striking there from Bloke.
Franco throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bloke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bloke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bloke thuds a left hand into Franco's body.
Bloke 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.
Bloke drops his hands momentarily and Franco takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bloke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Franco.
Franco moves away from the strike by Bloke.
Bloke misses with a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Bloke. That snapped Franco's head back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Chilli Bloke will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Chilli Bloke's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Franco drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Franco throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bloke moves out of range as Franco throws a body kick.
Bloke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Franco.
Bloke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Franco manages to avoid it.
Franco throws a nice outside leg kick.
Franco misses with an uppercut.
Bloke with a jab.
Bloke ducks under a wild hook from Franco.
Bloke is looking for the big counter here.
Franco bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bloke wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bloke throws a front kick aimed at Franco's knee but Franco avoids it well.
Bloke blocks a head kick by Franco.
Bloke jabs at Franco's body.
Franco throws a body punch but Bloke moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco throws a right hand that misses
and Bloke counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Franco. Bloke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bloke fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Franco misses with an uppercut. Bloke saw that one coming.
Bloke appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bloke scores with a shot to the body.
Franco throws a chopping leg kick but Bloke manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice straight punches there by Bloke. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bloke.
Bloke moves out of range of the body kick.
Bloke is looking for the big counter here.
Franco staying out of range there.
Bloke misses the jab.
Franco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Franco falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bloke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloke lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Franco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice side step and Bloke releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bloke looks to score with a jab to the body but Franco is just out of range.
Bloke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bloke, as that shot connected.
Franco slips a jab from Bloke.
Bloke throws a jab but it's blocked by Franco.
Bloke throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A clash of legs there as Bloke blocks the low kick.
Franco swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bloke misses with a straight right.
Franco tries to land a front kick but Bloke steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Franco scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Franco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bloke throws out a counter right but Franco avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloke stuns Franco with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bloke misses with a wild body shot.
Franco moves forwards but Bloke connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bloke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Franco.
Franco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bloke.
Franco thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bloke connects with a looping right hand.
Franco swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Bloke checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bloke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Franco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Franco wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bloke moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bloke cracks a nice hook into Franco's ribs.
The fighters circling - Franco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franco pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bloke looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bloke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bloke feints a jab promting Franco to slip. Bloke then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Franco slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
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!
Bloke walks into a jab.
Bloke with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Franco scores with a punch to the head.
Bloke takes a shot right to the bread basket.
An inside leg kick lands from Franco.
Bloke misses with a hook.
Franco swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Franco throws a wild body kick that Bloke sees coming a mile off.
Franco defending well as Bloke loads up on a big left hand.
Franco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bloke fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chilli Bloke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bloke 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Chilli Bloke!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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