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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ant Thrax (ranked 2248 p4p, 2193 weight class) and Dag Schotel (ranked 265 p4p, 260 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ant Thrax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dag Schotel!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thrax cracks Schotel with an open hand slap.
Thrax slips a jab and a cross from Schotel.
Schotel has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Thrax ducks under a wild hook from Schotel.
Thrax lands a nice looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Thrax.
Thrax slips under a jab.
Schotel shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Thrax napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Schotel tries to advance to mount but Thrax denies him.
The strikes coming from Schotel are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Schotel advances to mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thrax tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Schotel 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.
Schotel looking to control but Thrax is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Schotel fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thrax is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Schotel lands a big shot there that rocks Thrax but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Schotel lands a couple of good shots and Thrax has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Thrax breaks Schotel's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Thrax wants to stand but Schotel is controlling his posture from full guard.
Schotel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schotel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Thrax can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Thrax postures up.
Thrax would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Thrax won't allow Schotel to sweep him here.
Schotel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schotel is looking for a triangle but Thrax pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schotel wants to sweep here but Thrax controlling him for the moment.
Thrax has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Schotel is proving hard to escape from.
Schotel is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Thrax is aware though and is defending well.
Schotel trying to keep a closed guard but Thrax is proving a slippery customer.
Schotel has a closed guard, preventing Thrax from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Thrax got a little sloppy there for a moment and Schotel has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Thrax has managed to get both his arms back between Schotel's legs - danger averted.
Schotel isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Thrax stacks Schotel on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Thrax!
Thrax stands up.
Decent striking displayed by Thrax there.
Thrax pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dag Schotel dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Thrax throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Schotel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Schotel throws a lazy uppercut
and Thrax counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Schotel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thrax darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Schotel moves out of range of the strikes.
Thrax throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thrax ducks under a wild hook from Schotel.
Thrax misses with a hook
and Schotel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thrax keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schotel slips under a jab.
Schotel connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thrax. Thrax circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jab, jab by Thrax - just one landing.
Schotel lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thrax throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schotel drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Thrax defends it well.
Schotel lands a lovely overhand right.
Thrax connects with the punch.
Ant Thrax is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schotel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schotel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thrax is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Ant Thrax has been cut.
Schotel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ant Thrax is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Thrax misses.
Schotel tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Thrax throws the left hand but Schotel avoids the punch easily.
Schotel tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Schotel throws out a loose jab but Thrax uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schotel lands a slapping body shot.
Thrax moves out of range of the strikes.
Jab from Schotel.
Schotel shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schotel thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thrax's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schotel works his way into side control.
Schotel looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Schotel fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Thrax parries the strikes from Schotel easily there. Schotel is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Thrax to escape.
An elbow from Schotel crashes against the mat.
Schotel is trying to ground and pound but Thrax uses the momentary lack of control by Schotel to regain half guard.
Schotel is looking to take a break and control but Thrax is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schotel thows a huge punch but Thrax dodges it nicely.
Thrax wants to get back to his feet.
Schotel is looking to advance position but Thrax won't allow it.
Schotel looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thrax with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Schotel prevents Thrax from standing back up.
Thrax is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Schotel scores with a couple of nice shots.
Schotel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thrax is refusing to be controlled, as Schotel sits in half guard.
Schotel is looking for a kimura but Thrax is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Schotel to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thrax looks like he's trying to stand up.
Schotel not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Thrax is trying to stand.
Schotel not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Schotel throwing shots but Thrax is blocking nicely.
Schotel lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Schotel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Schotel working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Schotel wants to pass to mount but Thrax is defending the position.
Schotel sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Thrax defending well though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dag Schotel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ant Thrax's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Thrax pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Schotel feints the counter takedown.
A jab from Thrax misses.
Schotel looks to land a right hand but Thrax moved out of range.
Ant Thrax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schotel cracks Thrax with a good jab.
Thrax looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Thrax misses the shot to the body.
No joy there for Thrax, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schotel fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Thrax to the ground. Schotel is now in Thrax's guard.
Dag Schotel has got the better of the ground game so far.
Schotel works over Thrax with some ground and pound from guard.
Schotel trying to control the position from guard on top but Thrax is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thrax is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schotel trying to control the position from guard on top but Thrax is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schotel is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Schotel throws a strike but Thrax rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Schotel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thrax wants to get up but he can't break Schotel's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Schotel manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Thrax manages to get himself to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Schotel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ant Thrax has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schotel cracks Thrax with a solid left hand.
Schotel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Schotel postures up in Thrax's guard and throws a big left but Thrax blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thrax is looking to stand up but Schotel isn't so interested in that idea.
Thrax preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Schotel trying to control but Thrax is working from the bottom.
Thrax has momentary wrist control but Schotel slips an elbow through the middle.
Schotel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Schotel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Schotel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Schotel landing some decent shots from guard.
Schotel trying to control the position from guard on top but Thrax is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schotel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Schotel wants to control from the top but Thrax keeps moving.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Schotel is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Schotel scores with a jab.
Ant Thrax's cut is getting worse.
Schotel scores with a hook to the body. Thrax takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dag Schotel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schotel 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.
Thrax misses with a left hand
and Schotel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big left from Schotel misses.
Schotel avoids the body shot from Thrax.
And Schotel tries to counter it with a takedown but Thrax pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Thrax misses the shot to the body.
Schotel slips under a jab from Thrax.
Schotel connects with a nice looking jab.
Thrax needs to keep his hands up - Schotel had a free shot at his head there.
Schotel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thrax throws a hook but Schotel avoids it easily.
Thrax throws a body punch but Schotel moves out of range.
Schotel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thrax.
Schotel might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Schotel scores with a jab.
Schotel lands with a hook. Thrax tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thrax just misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dag Schotel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Schotel 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dag Schotel!
Dag Schotel decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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