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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Banger (ranked 967 p4p, 388 weight class) and Killer Mike (ranked 148 p4p, 59 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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9 - 3 - 1 |
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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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 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Bubba Banger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Killer Mike!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Banger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mike lands a jab to the nose.
Banger misses the shot to the body.
Mike keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Killer Mike seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banger doesn't manage to clinch there - Mike circles away.
Banger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mike connects with a crisp jab.
Mike is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Banger.
A slow jab from Banger misses its intended target.
The crowd cheers as Banger lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mike doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Killer Mike has been cut.
Banger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mike throws a shot to the body.
Mike lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mike lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Banger slips a jab from Mike.
Mike misses with a left hand
and Banger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mike missing with a left hand there. Banger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Banger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banger lands a nice shot to the body.
Banger looks to land a right hand but Mike moved out of range.
Banger looks to score with a jab to the body but Mike is just out of range.
Banger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mike.
Banger moves out of range of the strikes.
Mike moves into the clinch.
Mike lands with a left to the head.
Mike tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banger's elbow.
Banger scores with a hook to the body.
Banger blocks an uppercut.
Banger leaning against his opponent.
Mike works on Banger's body with a couple of short punches.
Mike lands a nice uppercut.
Banger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Banger looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Still in the clinch, Mike scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Banger is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mike takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mike lands a left hand.
Banger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Banger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mike pushes Banger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Banger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mike lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Banger backwards.
Banger throws a head punch that misses.
Mike misses with some punches.
Mike goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mike scores with a shoulder strike.
Banger's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Banger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Banger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Banger cracks Mike with a nice body shot.
Banger misses with a body punch.
Banger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mike blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Mike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mike.
Banger tries to work over Mike's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mike lands with a right to the head.
It looks like Bubba Banger has been cut.
Mike content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mike displaying some good clinch control by pressing Banger up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mike.
Banger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mike misses with some punches.
Mike lands a shoulder strike.
Mike lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mike fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Banger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Banger presses Mike against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Banger blocks an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Banger blocks a body shot from Mike.
Banger is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mike misses with a punch to the body.
Mike tries to throw a body punch but Banger avoids it by throwing Mike back against the cage.
Mike has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Banger seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mike can turn it around.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mike creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mike lands a hook that snaps the head of Banger backwards.
Banger misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Banger blocks a body shot from Mike.
Mike prevents a body shot from Banger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mike tries to stall but Banger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Banger misses with some punches.
Banger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Mike - that landed with a thud.
Mike keeps control of Banger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mike misses with a body punch.
Mike misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Mike fails to land.
Banger stalling against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Killer Mike dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mike throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Banger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mike lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Banger ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mike blocks a jab.
Mike scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Banger doesn't seem bothered though.
Mike lands a jab to the head.
Banger swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Mike in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mike darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Banger misses with a series of wild punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Mike as he connects with a hook.
Mike with a hook.
Mike misses with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Banger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mike.
Banger throws the left hand but Mike avoids the punch easily.
Mike is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Banger with a body shot.
Banger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Banger closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mike throws the left hand but Banger avoids the punch easily.
Banger ducks under a wild hook from Mike.
Banger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Mike misses.
Banger swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mike throws a body punch but Banger moves out of range.
Banger misses with a body shot.
Banger looks to throw the jab but Mike is out of range.
Banger swings widly with a right hand
and Mike counters with a stiff right hand.
Banger takes one to the chin there.
Mike tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Mike throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Banger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mike.
It looked like Banger was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Mike is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mike lands with a straight right. Banger didn't see that one coming.
Banger ducks under a wild hook from Mike.
Banger seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mike misses the shot to the body.
Banger throwing a counter right hand but Mike manages to avoid it.
Killer Mike seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Banger scores with a punch to the head.
Banger swings for the body but Mike moves out of range.
Mike with a jab.
Banger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Banger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mike throws out the jab.
Banger misses with an uppercut.
Mike takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mike misses with a body shot.
Banger throws a nice looking combination but Mike bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mike! But no joy.
Banger throws a nice looking combination but Mike bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mike swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Banger misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Mike throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mike dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Banger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Banger looks to throw the jab but Mike is out of range.
Mike just misses with a punch to the body.
Mike scores with a nice right hand.
Banger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mike misses with a hook. Banger ducked under it nicely.
Mike punishes Banger's body with a nice straight punch.
Banger connects with a body shot.
Mike tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Banger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Banger comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mike punishes Banger's body with a nice straight punch.
Mike throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mike ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Banger moves away.
Banger swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Banger avoids the body shot from Mike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banger cracks a nice hook into Mike's ribs.
The fighters circling - Mike throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slow jab from Mike misses its intended target.
Nice uppercut there from Mike.
Mike closes the distance and pushes Banger back into the cage.
Banger takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Mike.
Mike misses with a punch on the inside.
Mike doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mike lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Mike.
Mike tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mike will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Banger up against the cage.
Banger lands a left hand.
Mike slows down the pace here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Killer Mike showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Banger misses with a straight right.
Banger defending well as Mike loads up on a big left hand.
Mike tries to close the distance and clinch up but Banger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Banger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mike counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Banger throws a body punch but Mike moves out of range.
Mike jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mike lands with a straight right. Banger didn't see that one coming.
Mike dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Banger lands a nice hook to Mike's body. Mike takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mike slips a straight right by Banger.
Mike on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mike lands a jab to the nose.
Mike takes a swing at Banger's ribcage but misses.
Mike uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Banger has time to react.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mike tries to clinch but Banger moves out of range.
Mike fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Banger manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mike smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Banger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Banger is rocked!
Banger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mike uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Banger.
Mike lands a really nice looking cross but Banger seems unphased.
Oh Banger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Banger fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Banger seems to have got his legs back now.
Banger looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Banger getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Banger takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Banger misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mike ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Banger tries to keep at a distance but Mike has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mike tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Killer Mike seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Banger misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Banger pushes Mike back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mike working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mike prevents a body shot from Banger.
Mike gets through Banger's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mike has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mike working aggressively here.
Banger lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mike scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from Mike.
Mike lands with a short shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Mike.
Banger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mike lands a body shot.
Mike tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banger's elbow.
A short right from Mike.
Mike misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mike manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The referee calls for Mike to work.
The crowd are getting on Mike's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mike lands a nice uppercut.
Mike tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mike blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Banger being controlled against the cage.
Mike swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mike misses with a punch to the body.
Mike tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mike doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mike lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mike working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mike taking a breather.
Mike taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Banger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mikes head.
Mike working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mike lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mike struggles to land a body shot inside as Banger controls his hands.
A bit of stalling here from Mike.
Bubba Banger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mike makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Banger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Banger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mike looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Banger fails to land.
Mike tries a body shot but Banger blocks it.
A short right from Mike.
Banger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mike misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banger scores with a shot to the side of Mike's head.
Banger tries a body shot but Mike blocks it.
Mike tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Killer Mike comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mike has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Killer Mike!
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight for Killer Mike!
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Killer Mike!
Killer Mike 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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