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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bud Bongwater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilaga Balabaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bongwater comes to the cage accompanied by Peter Tosh - Speech about Herb. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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214 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bud Bongwater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ilaga Balabaw!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bongwater is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Balabaw's half guard.
Balabaw is looking to improve his position.
Bongwater throwing shots but Balabaw is blocking nicely.
Balabaw blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bongwater.
Ground and pound from Bongwater.
Bongwater thows a huge punch but Balabaw dodges it nicely.
Bongwater not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Balabaw keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bongwater missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bongwater is thwarting Balabaw's attempts to control the position.
Nice strikes from Bongwater there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bongwater not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bongwater is looking to take a break and control but Balabaw is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bongwater looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bongwater working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bongwater throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Balabaw works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Balabaw not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bongwater landing with the ground and pound.
Bongwater pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Balabaw is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bongwater with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bongwater accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bongwater in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bongwater trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bongwater throws a big right hand that misses.
Bongwater postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bongwater throwing strikes from guard but Balabaw blocks nicely.
Bongwater throws a big right hand that misses.
Bongwater loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bongwater looking to pass the guard.
Balabaw is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Balabaw is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Bongwater stays in close to Balabaw's body and controls the position.
Bongwater postures up in Balabaw's guard and throws a big left but Balabaw blocks it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Balabaw lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Bud Bongwater has been cut.
Balabaw thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balabaw paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bongwater shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Balabaw tries to buck Bongwater off but he can't manage it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bongwater lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Balabaw hang on?
Bongwater throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bongwater pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Balabaw wants to control but Bongwater is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bongwater tries to control but Balabaw wriggling away.
Bongwater connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Bongwater.
Bongwater in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bud Bongwater dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bud Bongwater's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Balabaw misses with an uppercut. Bongwater saw that one coming.
Balabaw throws a jab when Bongwater was well out of range.
Balabaw throws a looping overhand right but Bongwater ducks down to avoid it.
Bud Bongwater is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bongwater shoots in and bounces Balabaw off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balabaw is looking to stand up but Bongwater isn't so interested in that idea.
Bongwater cracks Balabaw with a solid left hand.
Bongwater trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bongwater trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bongwater wants to control from the top but Balabaw keeps moving.
Bongwater throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Balabaw works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bongwater content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Balabaw preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bongwater 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.
Balabaw utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Balabaw working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bongwater.
Bongwater lands a couple of digs.
Bongwater preventing the sweep.
Bongwater throws a big right hand that misses.
Bongwater content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bongwater won't allow Balabaw to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bongwater chips away with some ground and pound.
Bongwater working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Balabaw is looking to stand up but Bongwater isn't so interested in that idea.
Bongwater working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bongwater landing with the ground and pound.
Bongwater trying to control but Balabaw is working from the bottom.
Balabaw manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bongwater manages to get himself to full guard.
Balabaw wanted to stand there but Bongwater had control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bongwater on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bongwater tries to get out of the position.
Balabaw won't allow Bongwater to sweep him 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.
Bongwater striking from the bottom here.
Bongwater wants to sweep here but Balabaw controlling him for the moment.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Balabaw throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Balabaw throws the left hand but Bongwater avoids the punch easily.
Bongwater shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bongwater showed some decent athleticism there.
Bongwater missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bud Bongwater dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bud Bongwater's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Bongwater shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bongwater was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bongwater sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bongwater trying to control but Balabaw is having none of it.
Balabaw tries to hold on but Bongwater pushes him away.
Balabaw is trying to stand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balabaw is squirming around, avoiding Bongwater's attempts to control the action.
Bongwater throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Bongwater connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Balabaw is trying to stand.
Balabaw wants to control but Bongwater is having none of it.
Balabaw takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bongwater throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The referee warns Balabaw that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bongwater throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bongwater throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bongwater punching from mount but Balabaw doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balabaw is bucking up trying to escape but Bongwater cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Balabaw trying desperately to get to his feet.
Balabaw takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bongwater throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bongwater will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bongwater landing punches.
Balabaw is looking to get to half guard.
Balabaw takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bongwater thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Bongwater with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balabaw is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bongwater throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Balabaw because Bongwater loaded up on that one.
Bongwater lands a big elbow.
Balabaw in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bongwater with shots to the head and body - Balabaw looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bongwater can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Balabaw is looking to escape.
Balabaw is in a horrible position here. Bongwater smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bongwater throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bongwater cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bongwater throwing strikes here but Balabaw is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Bongwater lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Balabaw wants to hold on but Bongwater pushes him away.
Bongwater landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bongwater in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bongwater working Balabaw over with strikes here.
Bongwater scoring with strikes but Balabaw is staying in there.
Ilaga Balabaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bud Bongwater is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bongwater dominating with strikes here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bud Bongwater showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bongwater, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bud Bongwater!
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