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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Duke Drosey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Drosey might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Trash. Duke Drosey could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Fernando Torres's chin.
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177 lbs
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185 cm
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178 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Duke Drosey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fernando Torres!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drosey dodges the punch combination from Torres.
A punch combination from Torres misses.
Torres wants to clinch up but Drosey keeps it at a distance.
Torres changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch but Drosey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Torres tries to clinch there but Drosey circles away.
Drosey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Torres swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drosey moves into range and clinches up with Torres.
Drosey is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Torres is keeping busy.
Drosey wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Torres has him pressed against the cage.
Drosey is looking to break free of the clinch but Torres has double underhooks.
Drosey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Drosey tries to break free but Torres pushes him back against the cage.
Drosey has a couple of punches blocked by Torres.
Drosey wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Torres has him pressed against the cage.
Torres misses with some punches.
Drosey drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Torres gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Drosey has had enough of the clinch but Torres keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres misses with a body punch.
Drosey is looking to break free of the clinch but Torres has double underhooks.
Torres working aggressively here.
Drosey tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Torres stalling in the clinch but Drosey improves position.
Drosey tries to break the clinch but Torres is controlling the position.
Torres prevents Drosey from breaking the clinch.
Drosey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Torres lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Drosey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Torres misses with a punch on the inside.
Torres misses with the head strike.
Torres lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Drosey.
Drosey wants to break free but Torres has control.
Torres working aggressively here.
Drosey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drosey can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drosey.
Drosey tries to pull guard but Torres holds him up against the cage and eventually Drosey drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duke Drosey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drosey is working for takedown but Torres is calmly controlling the position for now.
Drosey is trying to break the clinch but Torres has him pressed against the cage.
Torres lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres lands an elbow inside that Drosey shrugs off.
Drosey is trying to break the clinch but Torres has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Torres stops a takedown attempt from Drosey.
A right handed body shot lands from Torres.
Drosey is looking to break free of the clinch but Torres has double underhooks.
Torres blocks a body shot from Drosey.
Drosey tries to pull guard but Torres won't allow it.
Torres lands with a right to the head.
Drosey jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Torres walks away with a smile on his face. Drosey gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Drosey shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Torres as he avoids it easily.
Fernando Torres is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Torres, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Torres looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drosey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Torres sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Torres looks to land a combination but Drosey avoids it well.
Drosey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Torres doesn't seem bothered though.
Torres misses with a low kick.
Good exchange - Drosey coming out on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drosey closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Torres did well to prevent Drosey getting side control.
Torres looks like he's trying to stand up.
Drosey throwing shots but Torres is blocking nicely.
Torres has one foot on Drosey's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Drosey slips under a jab.
Torres looks gassed!
Drosey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Drosey throws a head kick but Torres moves out of range.
Torres doesn't manage to clinch there - Drosey circles away.
Fernando Torres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drosey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Torres instigates a clinch.
Torres scores a nice knee to the body.
Drosey is trying to force a seperation but Torres has the dominant position.
Torres misses with a knee to the head.
Drosey is looking to break free of the clinch but Torres has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drosey looking to stall.
Drosey wants to break free but Torres has control.
Drosey avoids a wild elbow strike from Torres.
Torres scores with a shoulder strike.
Torres with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Torres is trying to force a seperation but Drosey has the dominant position.
Drosey trying to stall but Torres improves his position.
Torres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drosey can't break the clinch.
Torres blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drosey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drosey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drosey tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Torres smiles and moves away.
Torres throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drosey throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Torres is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Fernando Torres will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Torres fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drosey lands with an uppercut that bounces Torres off the cage and back into rage.
Torres is looking to clinch but Drosey is avoiding it.
An inside leg kick from Torres misses.
Torres doesn't manage to clinch there - Drosey circles away.
Drosey takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Drosey avoids the head kick by Torres.
Torres throws a head kick that misses.
Drosey shoots for a double leg takedown but Torres sprawls well. He's pushed Drosey's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Drosey connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Drosey lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Torres sprawling to the canvas. Drosey follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Torres hang on?
It looks like Fernando Torres has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drosey thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Torres's head.
Drosey performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drosey decides to stand and escape the position.
Torres is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drosey closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Torres really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Drosey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Drosey in particular looking to stall.
Drosey has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Drosey stops Torres from getting back to his feet.
Drosey sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Torres defending well though.
Drosey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Drosey in particular looking to stall.
Drosey stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Torres has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Drosey finds it's way round the side to connect with Torres's head.
Drosey connects with a good right hand that stumbles Torres. Torres circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Drosey throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Torres was covering up waiting for the punch and Drosey finishes the takedown easily into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drosey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Drosey is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres wants to stand up but Drosey is controlling him.
Drosey is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Drosey's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Duke Drosey just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Drosey connects with a jab.
Drosey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Drosey tries to close the distance and clinch but Torres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Torres takes one to the side of the head.
Drosey lands with a nice body punch.
Drosey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drosey throws a leg kick that misses.
Torres tries to clinch
and Torres takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duke Drosey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drosey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torres shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Drosey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Torres tries to clinch there but Drosey circles away.
Drosey throws a combination. Torres tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drosey fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duke Drosey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drosey throws a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drosey scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Drosey tries to close the distance and clinch but Torres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Duke Drosey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fernando Torres's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Drosey lands a nice shot to the body.
Torres misses with a combination
and Drosey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A combination from Drosey does no damage.
Torres avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Drosey does it's job there.
Drosey thuds his right hand into Torres's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Drosey rushes Torres and presses him up against the cage.
Drosey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drosey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Torres tries to clinch but Drosey moves out of range.
Drosey misses with a two punch combination.
Drosey shoots for a double leg takedown but Torres sprawls well. He's pushed Drosey's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Torres fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Drosey is predictable there
and Torres counters with a head kick. That will keep Drosey thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Drosey tries to score with a low kick but Torres moves his leg out of the way.
Torres tries to clinch but Drosey is having none of it.
Torres is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torres is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torres misses with a double jab
and Drosey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drosey stalks Torres and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Torres's face. Torres staggers backwards, shaken.
Torres takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A head kick misses from Drosey.
Drosey shoots in for a takedown but Torres shows good takedown defense.
Drosey lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Drosey.
Drosey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Torres swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Torres throws a series of punches but Drosey moves out of range.
Drosey is looking to clinch but Torres is avoiding it.
Drosey tries to clinch but Torres moves out of range.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drosey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Torres blocks a head kick by Drosey.
Drosey is looking to score with low kicks.
Torres is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Drosey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drosey misses with a straight left.
Torres fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drosey wants to clinch up but Torres keeps it at a distance.
Drosey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Torres on the side of the head.
Duke Drosey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drosey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drosey throws a head kick that misses.
Drosey closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Torres keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Drosey escapes and gets back to his feet.
Drosey scores with a three punch combo!
Drosey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torres walks into a left hand.
Torres is looking to clinch but Drosey is avoiding it.
Drosey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Torres can do to turn this around?
Drosey 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.
A right-left combo lands from Drosey.
Torres wants to clinch.
Drosey connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Drosey lands.
Drosey swats away the attempt to clinch by Torres.
Torres has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Drosey tries to clinch but Torres is having none of it.
Drosey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torres tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Drosey, as that shot connected.
Drosey drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drosey controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that's the end of the fight!
Duke Drosey showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Drosey has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Duke Drosey!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Duke Drosey!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Duke Drosey!
Duke Drosey wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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