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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Brogan (ranked 2698 p4p, 3104 weight class) and Elliott Acosta (ranked 329 p4p, 372 weight class). Brogan comes to the cage accompanied by Immortal Technique - Open Your Eyes. Elliott Acosta will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Michael Brogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Elliott Acosta!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brogan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brogan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Brogan defending well as Acosta loads up on a big left hand.
Acosta lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Michael Brogan has been cut.
Brogan cracks Acosta with a good jab.
Brogan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Acosta to counter with a crisp jab.
Acosta misses with a hook
and Brogan moves into the clinch.
Brogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brogan.
Acosta is looking to break free of the clinch but Brogan has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Brogan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Acosta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Acosta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brogan's elbow.
Acosta looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Acosta.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brogan keeps control of Acosta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Acosta can't find room to land a body shot as Brogan controls the action.
Brogan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Acosta backwards.
Brogan misses with a punch to the body.
Brogan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Acosta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brogan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Brogan connects with a crisp jab.
Acosta rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brogan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Acosta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Acosta was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Brogan misses with a hook. Acosta ducked under it nicely.
Acosta throws a jab but it's blocked by Brogan.
Acosta connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brogan has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acosta lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Acosta misses with a punch on the inside.
Brogan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Acosta.
Brogan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Acosta takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Elliott Acosta has been cut.
Acosta misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brogan.
Acosta looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Acosta manages to break the clinch.
Acosta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brogan.
Acosta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brogan.
A shot to the liver by Brogan. Beautiful body shot.
Acosta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Acosta throws an off balance right hand
and Brogan counters with a stiff right hand.
Brogan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brogan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Acosta.
Brogan seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Brogan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Acosta misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Acosta misses the target.
Brogan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Acosta's hands.
Acosta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brogan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Acosta throws a big shot that misses.
Acosta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Acosta misses the target.
Brogan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brogan stuns Acosta with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brogan slips a jab from Acosta.
Brogan is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Acosta.
Acosta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Acosta throws a big shot that misses.
Brogan is looking to counter the offense by Acosta and move into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acosta lands with a good body shot.
Brogan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Acosta's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Brogan.
Brogan tries to counter by clinching up but Acosta breaks away and moves out of range.
Acosta misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Brogan misses.
Acosta misses with a looping left.
Brogan throws a shot to the body.
Acosta throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Brogan to counter with a crisp jab.
Brogan jabs Acosta right on the nose. Acosta blinks but takes it well.
Brogan drives through and clinches with Acosta against the cage.
Brogan misses with an elbow over the top.
Acosta has a couple of punches blocked by Brogan.
Brogan lands a left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Brogan dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Acosta misses with a jab to the body
and Brogan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Acosta falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brogan counters with a straight right hand.
Michael Brogan is winning the standup battle so far.
Brogan gets a clinch.
Acosta takes a shot to the head.
Brogan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Acosta's elbow.
Acosta tries a body shot but Brogan blocks it.
Brogan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Brogan as he connects with a hook.
Acosta's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Brogan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Acosta scrambles back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brogan looks to land a right hand but Acosta moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Acosta! But no joy.
Brogan cracks Acosta with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brogan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Acosta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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!
Acosta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Acosta ducks under a wild hook from Brogan.
A jab from Brogan finds it's way through Acosta's defenses.
Acosta staying out of range there.
Acosta misses with an uppercut
and Acosta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Acosta misses with a double jab.
Brogan ducks under a wild hook from Acosta.
Acosta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brogan.
Acosta takes one to the chin there.
Acosta throws a shot from downtown. Brogan moves away and avoids it.
Brogan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brogan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Acosta gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brogan ducks under a wild hook from Acosta.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brogan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Brogan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Acosta tries to throw a body punch but Brogan avoids it by throwing Acosta back against the cage.
Acosta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brogan's elbow.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Brogan here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Acosta tries a body shot but Brogan blocks it.
Brogan gets through Acosta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brogan throws an elbow but it misses.
Michael Brogan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Acosta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Acosta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Acosta tries to throw a body punch but Brogan avoids it by throwing Acosta back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brogan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brogan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Acosta can do to turn this around?
Brogan scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Acosta.
Brogan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brogan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Brogan lands an elbow that stopped Acosta in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acosta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Acosta can't find room to land a body shot as Brogan controls the action.
Acosta misses with some punches.
Acosta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brogan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brogan misses with a punch to the body.
Brogan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brogan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Acosta pushes Brogan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Acosta fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Acosta swings wildly with an uppercut but Brogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brogan lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acosta misses with the head strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Brogan pushes off an throws an elbow but Acosta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Acosta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Acosta misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice left hand lands by Brogan.
Acosta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brogan backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brogan throws an elbow but misses.
Brogan blocking some punches.
Acosta struggles to land a body shot inside as Brogan controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Brogan.
Brogan has Acosta pressed against the cage, preventing Acosta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Brogan dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Acosta takes a jab right on the kisser.
Elliott Acosta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brogan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brogan.
Still in the clinch, Brogan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brogan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Acosta's elbow.
Acosta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Acosta managing to block the knees to the body from Brogan.
Acosta lands a nice uppercut.
Acosta pushes Brogan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Acosta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Acosta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Acosta.
Brogan presses Acosta against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Brogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brogan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Acosta throws a head punch that misses.
Brogan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Acosta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brogan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Brogan - that landed with a thud.
Acosta takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brogan.
Acosta takes an elbow to the temple.
Brogan breaks the clinch.
Acosta 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.
Brogan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brogan.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brogan.
Acosta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brogan lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acosta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Acosta throws a punch but it's blocked by Brogan.
Acosta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short uppercut from Brogan.
Acosta can't find room to land a body shot as Brogan controls the action.
Acosta avoids a wild elbow strike from Brogan.
Brogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Acosta prevents a body shot from Brogan.
Brogan throws an elbow that misses.
Acosta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Acosta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brogan backwards.
Brogan lands an elbow that stopped Acosta in his tracks for a moment.
Brogan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brogan misses with an elbow strike.
Acosta has a couple of punches blocked by Brogan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acosta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brogan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Acosta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brogans head.
Brogan lands an elbow just above Acosta 's eye.
Brogan lands a hook that snaps the head of Acosta backwards.
Acosta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Brogan.
Brogan lands an elbow just above Acosta 's eye.
Acosta avoids a wild elbow strike from Brogan.
Acosta throws a head punch that misses.
Brogan struggles to land a body shot inside as Acosta controls his hands.
Acosta dodges an elbow strike from Brogan.
Acosta dodges an elbow strike from Brogan.
Acosta throws a punch but it's blocked by Brogan.
Acosta tries to work over Brogan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acosta misses with the head strike.
Acosta prevents a body shot from Brogan.
Acosta lands a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Acosta fails to land.
Brogan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brogan digs a right hand into Acosta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Acosta's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Brogan.
Acosta takes an elbow to the temple.
That has opened up Elliott Acosta's cut even more.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brogan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Acosta's brow.
Brogan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brogan can't find room to land a body shot as Acosta controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brogan.
Acosta blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Acosta fails to land.
Acosta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Brogan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brogan 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Brogan!
Michael Brogan thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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