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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Satanic Panic (ranked 47 p4p, 75 weight class) and Rod De Minaur (ranked 7 p4p, 12 weight class). Panic's entrance music is Freezing Moon. A fine choice. De Minaur is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Seek and Destroy . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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BJJ Red Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Satanic Panic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rod De Minaur!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Minaur.
De Minaur swings widly with a right hand
and Panic moves into the clinch.
De Minaur lands a left hand that snaps the head of Panic backwards.
Panic manages to pull guard.
Panic being controlled here, momentarily.
De Minaur wants to control from the top but Panic keeps moving.
De Minaur tries to free his leg and advance position but Panic is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Minaur showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
De Minaur must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Panic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Panic manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. De Minaur manages to get himself to full guard.
Panic content to stall in guard here.
De Minaur controlling the position.
De Minaur controls Panic momentarily but Panic frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Panic passes easily into side control. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on De Minaur's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Panic tries to move into full mount but can't pass De Minaur's legs.
Panic works to advance to full mount. De Minaur defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
De Minaur keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panic controlling from the full mount.
Panic trying to control but De Minaur is having none of it.
De Minaur is in all sorts of trouble here.
Panic looking to control and managing it successfully.
De Minaur is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Panic wants to control the pace but De Minaur is squirming around nicely.
De Minaur is trying to escape the mount.
De Minaur tries to hold on but Panic pushes him away.
Panic tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De Minaur can't escape the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Satanic Panic dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
De Minaur throws out a leg kick but Panic moves out of range and De Minaur only half commits.
Panic throws a hook but De Minaur blocks it.
De Minaur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Panic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Minaur manages to avoid it.
That kick from De Minaur tenderised Panic's leg. Panic is trying to keep his angry face on.
Panic tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Minaur misses with a looping right.
De Minaur throws a hook to the side of Panic's head but Panic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Minaur fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Panic checks it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Minaur lands with a hook. Panic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
De Minaur with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Panic to score with a decent uppercut.
De Minaur misses with a low kick.
Panic throws a right hand that misses
enabling De Minaur to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice body kick there by Panic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Minaur throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Panic.
Panic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
De Minaur looks to score with a jab to the body but Panic is just out of range.
Panic tries to counter by clinching up but De Minaur breaks away and moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from De Minaur misses the target.
De Minaur takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Panic moves out of range of the leg kick from De Minaur.
Panic wants to clinch.
Panic tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rod De Minaur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Minaur misses with a looping right.
Panic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Minaur.
Panic throws a quick counter kick to the body but De Minaur avoids it.
Rod De Minaur seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Minaur misses the shot to the body.
De Minaur misses with a right hand
and Panic counters with a good low kick that De Minaur was not able to check.
Panic staying out of range there.
Panic seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
De Minaur moves out of range of the body kick from Panic.
Panic misses with a looping left.
De Minaur misses with a looping left.
De Minaur looks to land a left hand but Panic moved out of range nicely.
Panic just misses with a punch to the body.
Panic scores with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Minaur uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Panic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Minaur misses with a straight right.
De Minaur throws an overhand right that lands on Panic's shoulder, as Panic tries to avoid the shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Panic.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Minaur. That's going to slow Panic down.
De Minaur misses with a low kick.
Panic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Minaur.
Panic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Panic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Minaur counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Panic feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Minaurs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Panic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Panic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Minaur chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Panic can pounce on him.
Panic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Minaur.
An attempted straight right counter from Panic misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Minaur loads up on a big right hand but Panic slips the punch.
Panic is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from De Minaur.
De Minaur slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Panic moves out of range as De Minaur strikes.
De Minaur throws a nice inside leg 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!
De Minaur swings widly with a right hand
and Panic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Panic throws a leg kick but De Minaur checks it.
Panic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
De Minaur throws a shot to the body.
De Minaur on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Panic. Panic obviously looking to wear him down.
De Minaur looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Minaur with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Panic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Minaur lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Panic at a distance.
De Minaur lands a nice shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rod De Minaur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Panic avoids the body shot from De Minaur.
A telegraphed right hand from De Minaur misses the target.
De Minaur moves out of range of the strikes.
De Minaur misses with a lunging right hand
and Panic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps De Minaur thinking.
De Minaur throws a shot from downtown. Panic moves away and avoids it.
As De Minaur tries to get set, Panic tries to push him back and clinch up but De Minaur manages to avoid the attempt.
Panic throws a shot from downtown. De Minaur moves away and avoids it.
Panic checks a leg kick nicely.
De Minaur looks to score with a jab to the body but Panic is just out of range.
Panic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Minaur.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from De Minaur misses the target.
De Minaur clobbers Panic with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
De Minaur looks to land a right hand but Panic moved out of range.
Panic ducks under a wild hook from De Minaur.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Minaur lands with a nice body punch.
De Minaur takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Panic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Minaur throws out the jab.
De Minaur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Panic tries to counter by moving into the clinch but De Minaur manages to circle out of the way.
Panic misses with a left hand
and De Minaur cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Panic slips under a jab from De Minaur.
De Minaur throws an off balance right hand
and Panic counters with a nice low kick that buckles De Minaur's knee momentarily.
De Minaur lands a nice shot to the body.
De Minaur throws a hook but Panic blocks it.
Panic swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
De Minaur throws a body kick that misses.
Panic is looking to counter punch.
De Minaur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Panic's sensitive parts.
A jab lands there for Panic.
De Minaur throws a hook to the side of Panic's head but Panic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Panic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A big right from De Minaur misses.
De Minaur slips a jab and a cross from Panic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Minaur throws a right hand that misses
and Panic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Minaur scores with a jab to the body.
Panic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Panic moves into range and clinches up with De Minaur.
Panic misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Panic.
De Minaur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Minaur.
Panic struggles to land a body shot inside as De Minaur controls his hands.
A short right from Panic.
Panic misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Panic working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Minaur.
De Minaur blocking some punches.
Panic tries to throw a body punch but De Minaur avoids it by throwing Panic back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Panic fails to land.
De Minaur misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Minaur tries a body shot but Panic blocks it.
Panic scores with a shot to the side of De Minaur's head.
Panic lands a shot to the body.
A short right from De Minaur on the inside.
Panic holding his opponent close, against the cage.
De Minaur struggles to land a body shot inside as Panic controls his hands.
Panic misses with a body punch.
Panic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Panic wants to stall.
Nice body punch from De Minaur.
A right hand to the body from De Minaur.
Panic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Minaur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Satanic Panic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Minaur lands a nice shot to the body.
Panic has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics De Minaur uses from the top position.
De Minaur in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De Minaur sitting in guard here, content to control.
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!
De Minaur wants to control from the top but Panic keeps moving.
De Minaur trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rod De Minaur.
I think De Minaur 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rod De Minaur!
In his post fight interview, Rod De Minaur gave a big smile as he said 'Some fans where missing my KO's, well...'.
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