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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bugsy Seigel (ranked 119 p4p, 224 weight class) and Imperial Washington (ranked 13 p4p, 26 weight class). Seigel comes to the cage accompanied by Paradise City - Guns N' Roses. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bugsy Seigel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Imperial Washington!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seigel throws a lazy right hand but Washington sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Washington throws a fast counter high kick but Seigel manages to duck under it in time.
Seigel wants to clinch.
Washington throws a fast counter high kick but Seigel manages to duck under it in time.
Seigel lands a body shot.
Seigel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Washington misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Seigel.
Washington ducks under a wild hook from Seigel.
Washington has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Seigel.
Seigel misses with the body kick
and Washington counters with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Washington checks the leg kick nicely there.
Seigel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Washington.
Washington appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Seigel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Washington doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Seigel looks to clinch
and Washington counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Seigel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Washington manages to avoid it.
Seigel doesn't manage to clinch there - Washington circles away.
Bugsy Seigel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seigel throws a lazy right hand but Washington sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seigel tries to land a leg kick but Washington saw it coming and moves away.
Seigel looks to throw a body kick
and Washington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Washington throws a series of punches but Seigel moves out of range.
Washington keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seigel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Washington. That did some damage!
Seigel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Seigel. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Seigel.
Seigel throws a leg kick but Washington checks it.
Washington checks the leg kick nicely there.
Washington is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Seigel with a body shot.
Seigel takes a swing at Washington's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Washington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seigel was well out of range. Poor timing from Washington.
Washington comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Seigel connects with a crisp jab.
Seigel lands with an uppercut that bounces Washington off the cage and back into range.
Seigel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Washington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington slips a jab and a cross from Seigel.
Seigel misses with a hook. Washington ducked under it nicely.
Seigel throws a lazy uppercut
and Washington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some bone on bone action there as Washington checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Seigel moves into the clinch successfully.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Washington obliges.
Seigel is breathing heavily.
Seigel prevents a body shot from Washington.
Seigel swings wildly with an uppercut but Washington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Washington is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Washington dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Seigel working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington tries a body shot but Seigel blocks it.
Washington trying to land knees to the body.
Seigel managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
Seigel misses with a knee to the head.
Washington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Washington looking to throw knees to the head but Seigel is blocking nicely.
A short right from Seigel on the inside.
Washington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Washington digs a good hook to Seigel's body.
Washington connects with a body shot that sends Seigel's belly button to the back.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Seigel checks a leg kick.
Seigel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Washington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Seigel tries to clinch up but Washington circles away and keeps his distance.
A nice side step and Washington releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Seigel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Washington manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bugsy Seigel will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Seigel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Good exchange - Seigel coming out on top.
Seigel pushes Washington up against the cage in a clinch.
Washington has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Seigel seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Washington can turn it around.
Seigel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Seigel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Seigel misses with a punch on the inside.
Seigel tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Washington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seigel throws a looping overhand right but Washington ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seigel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Seigel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice body kick from Seigel.
Washington ducks under a wild hook from Seigel.
A nice side step and Washington releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Seigel. Washington shrugs it off though.
Seigel scores with a leg kick.
Seigel moves in looking to clinch but Washington pushes him off.
Washington throws a counter combo.
Seigel throws a leg kick but Washington checks it.
Seigel tests Washington's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Seigel missing with a left hand there. Washington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As Seigel backs off Washington throws a huge counter combo but Seigel manages to avoid it all.
Nice straight punches there by Seigel. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Seigel.
Washington walks forward, straight into a front kick from Seigel.
Seigel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Washington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Washington is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Seigel gets a clinch.
I was talking to Seigel's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Seigel as the two fighters clinch.
Seigel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Washington breaks the clinch.
Washington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Seigel.
Seigel throws a nice looking combination but Washington bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Washington doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Seigel scores with a jab to the head.
Seigel cracks Washington with a right hand to the side of the head.
Seigel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Washington can do to turn this around?
Seigel tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Washington counters with a nice uppercut.
Bugsy Seigel is winning the standup battle so far.
Seigel instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington missing with knees to the body.
Washington blocks an uppercut.
Washington is pushing Seigel up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Seigel tries to throw a body punch but Washington avoids it by throwing Seigel back against the cage.
Seigel taking a breather.
Seigel missing with knees to the body.
Seigel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Washington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Washington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Seigel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Washington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Seigel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Seigel misses with a hook.
Washington is looking for the big counter here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Seigel.
Seigel tries a head kick but it misses.
Washington looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Washington walks into a jab.
Washington looks to land a body kick but Seigel moved away.
Seigel misses with a left hand
and Washington counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Seigel takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Washington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Washington tries to land a leg kick but Seigel saw it coming and moves away.
Washington bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Washington misses.
Seigel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Washington blocks a leg kick.
Washington takes one to the chin there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bugsy Seigel dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Washington misses with a body shot.
Imperial Washington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Washington tries to score with a low kick but Seigel moves his leg out of the way.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Seigel - that will leave a mark!
Washington on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Seigel missing with a left hand there. Washington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Washington throws a wild body kick that Seigel sees coming a mile off.
Washington misses with a low kick.
A low kick lands for Seigel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seigel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Washington is looking to land body kicks.
Seigel throws a low kick but Washington avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Seigel.
Washington let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Seigel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Washington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It seemed like Washington was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Seigel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Washington now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice body kick there by Seigel.
Seigel misses with a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Seigel.
Seigel has Washington up against the cage in a clinch.
Washington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Seigel avoids it.
Seigel landing knees to the body.
Washington takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Seigel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Seigel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Washington misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seigel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Washington breaks from the clinch.
Washington checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Seigel avoids the body shot from Washington.
Seigel stuns Washington with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Washington throws a low kick but it's checked well by Seigel.
Seigel is looking to counter punch.
Seigel has closed the distance and engaged Washington in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seigel trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Seigel.
Seigel lands a hook that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
A hook to the body from Seigel.
Seigel managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
Washington tries to land knees in the clinch but Seigel avoids the damage to the body.
Seigel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Seigel.
Seigel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Washington's elbow.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Washington misses with a punch to the body.
Washington scores with a knee to the head.
Washington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Washington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Washington looks to land a body kick but Seigel moved away.
Seigel connects with a leg kick.
Seigel rushes Washington and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Washington tries to throw a body punch but Seigel avoids it by throwing Washington back against the cage.
Seigel lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Washington.
Seigel lands a right hand.
Washington's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seigel digs a right hand underneath Washington's ribcage. Washington let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Seigel lands with a short shot to the head.
Bugsy Seigel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice left hand lands by Seigel.
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!
Seigel lands a knee to the body.
Seigel trying to land knees to the body.
Seigel trying to land knees to the body.
Washington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Seigel avoids it.
Seigel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Seigel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Seigel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Seigel.
Seigel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Seigel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Seigel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Seigel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Seigel is struggling to control the position.
Seigel misses with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bugsy Seigel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Seigel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bugsy Seigel!
A very excited looking Bugsy Seigel made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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