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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buakaw Banchamek (ranked 3208 p4p, 2205 weight class) and Phil Qwerty (ranked 366 p4p, 276 weight class). Banchamek comes to the cage accompanied by Ram Muay. Phil Qwerty has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Buakaw Banchamek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Qwerty!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Qwerty throws a hook to the side of Banchamek's head but Banchamek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Banchamek with a nice calf kick.
Qwerty avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Qwerty feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Banchameks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Banchamek takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Banchamek throws a head kick but Qwerty moves out of range.
Phil Qwerty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Qwerty looks to land a right hand but Banchamek moved out of range.
Banchamek feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Qwerty swinging wildly here.
Qwerty throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Banchamek counters with a good low kick that Qwerty was not able to check.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Qwerty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Banchamek.
Banchamek scores with a leg kick.
Qwerty fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Qwerty stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Qwerty misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Qwerty misses with a hook. Banchamek ducked under it nicely.
Banchamek pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Banchamek throws a low kick but Qwerty moves out of range easily.
Banchamek takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Qwerty checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That kick from Banchamek tenderised Qwerty's leg. Qwerty is trying to keep his angry face on.
Qwerty throws out a powerful jab.
Qwerty 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.
Qwerty misses with an uppercut.
Qwerty throws an overhand right that lands on Banchamek's shoulder, as Banchamek tries to avoid the shot.
Banchamek appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Qwerty throws out a loose jab but Banchamek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banchamek throws a counter high kick but Qwerty was just alert enough to avoid it.
Banchamek defending well as Qwerty loads up on a big left hand.
Banchamek is looking to counter with head kicks.
Qwerty with a hook.
Banchamek slips under a jab from Qwerty.
Banchamek moves out of range as Qwerty strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banchamek throws a push kick but Qwerty slaps the foot to one side.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Qwerty! But no joy.
Banchamek staying out of range there.
Banchamek looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Banchamek moves out of range as Qwerty strikes.
Banchamek looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Qwerty lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Qwerty pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice uppercut there from Banchamek.
Qwerty connects with a nice looking jab.
Qwerty throws a jab when Banchamek was well out of range.
Banchamek fires out a quick counter leg kick but Qwerty just manages to avoid it.
Qwerty is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Banchamek had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Qwerty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Banchamek.
Banchamek throws a head kick but Qwerty moves out of range.
Banchamek definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Qwerty lands the left hand.
Banchamek throws a front kick aimed at Qwerty's knee but Qwerty avoids it well.
A big left from Qwerty misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banchamek feints and then cracks Qwerty's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Qwerty down.
Qwerty checks the leg kick.
Qwerty throws a right hand that misses
and Banchamek counters with a head kick. That will keep Qwerty thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Banchamek fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Qwerty.
Banchamek moves out of range of the strikes.
Banchamek quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Qwerty throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Qwerty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Banchamek moves away.
Banchamek throws out a leg kick but Qwerty moves out of range and Banchamek only half commits.
A little jabbing left from Qwerty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Banchamek thumps Qwerty with a low kick.
Banchamek scoring well with a low kick there.
Qwerty's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Banchamek misses with a body kick.
Qwerty throws out a loose jab but Banchamek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banchamek dodges the punch combination from Qwerty.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Qwerty lands with a straight right. Banchamek didn't see that one coming.
A nice leg kick from Banchamek, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Qwerty lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Banchamek takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Banchamek slips a jab from Qwerty.
Banchamek went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Banchamek ducks under a wild hook from Qwerty.
Banchamek blocks a jab.
Qwerty rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Banchamek keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Qwerty.
Banchamek ducks under a wild hook from Qwerty.
Banchamek fires out a quick counter leg kick but Qwerty just manages to avoid it.
Qwerty looks to land a left hand but Banchamek moved out of range nicely.
Qwerty throws a jab when Banchamek was well out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Qwerty dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Banchamek takes one on the button.
Qwerty looks to land a left hand but Banchamek moved out of range nicely.
Banchamek looks to land a right hand but Qwerty moved out of range.
Qwerty connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Banchamek scores with a push kick.
Banchamek tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Qwerty dips to his left and cracks Banchamek with an uppercut!
Banchamek motions for Qwerty to come forward. Banchamek throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Qwerty scores with a jab.
Banchamek dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Qwerty. That did some damage!
Banchamek scores with a head kick. Qwerty tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Banchamek takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Banchamek.
Banchamek misses with a leg kick
enabling Qwerty to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Qwerty jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Banchamek uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Qwerty.
Banchamek is looking to counter punch.
Banchamek throws a sloppy head kick and Qwerty moves out of range easily.
Banchamek misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Phil Qwerty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Qwerty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Banchamek might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Qwerty misses with a double jab.
Banchamek seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Banchamek slips under a jab.
Qwerty swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A clash of legs there as Qwerty blocks the low kick.
Banchamek takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Qwerty checks a leg kick nicely.
Qwerty swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Qwerty throws a jab when Banchamek was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Qwerty jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Banchamek throws a nice inside leg kick.
Banchamek throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Banchamek lands with a kick to the ribs.
Qwerty takes a swing at Banchamek's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A lazy body kick from Banchamek
and Qwerty counters with a nice uppercut.
Banchamek throws a head kick that misses.
Qwerty tries to counter by closing the distance.
The fighters circling - Qwerty throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Qwerty throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Qwerty misses with a right hand
and Banchamek counters with a nice leg kick.
Qwerty misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Banchamek on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Qwerty avoids the head kick by Banchamek.
Qwerty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Qwerty getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banchamek takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Banchamek lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Banchamek looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab from Qwerty misses.
Banchamek moves forwards but Qwerty connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Banchamek throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Banchamek getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Banchamek lands a leg kick that knocks Qwerty off balance momentarily.
Qwerty connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Banchamek does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Banchamek throws a leg kick but Qwerty checks it.
Banchamek throws the kick towards the body but Qwerty avoids it.
Qwerty misses with a looping right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Banchamek lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Qwerty has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Qwerty and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Qwerty bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Qwerty misses the jab.
Banchamek pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banchamek drops his hands momentarily and Qwerty takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Qwerty throws out a powerful jab.
Banchamek throws a leg kick but Qwerty moved away.
Banchamek moves out of range as Qwerty strikes.
Banchamek throws a quick counter head kick but Qwerty was just out of range.
Banchamek throws a leg kick but Qwerty sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Banchamek misses with a low kick.
Banchamek tries to score with a low kick but Qwerty moves his leg out of the way.
Qwerty misses with a straight right.
Banchamek appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Banchamek tries a low kick but Qwerty avoids it.
Qwerty connects with a good right hand that stumbles Banchamek. Banchamek circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Qwerty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Qwerty throws a hook to the side of Banchamek's head but Banchamek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Banchamek tried to counter with a leg kick but Qwerty avoided it.
Qwerty throws a jab when Banchamek was well out of range.
Qwerty throws a looping overhand right but Banchamek ducks down to avoid it.
Qwerty throws a big shot that misses.
Qwerty moves out of range of the body kick.
Banchamek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Banchamek on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Qwerty misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Qwerty misses with a looping right.
Qwerty jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Qwerty backs away, Banchamek returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banchamek throws a leg kick but Qwerty sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Banchamek takes one to the chin there.
Banchamek throws a leg kick
and Qwerty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Banchamek looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Qwerty looks to land a combination but Banchamek avoids it well.
As Qwerty backs away, Banchamek returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Qwerty misses with a hook.
Qwerty checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Qwerty tests Banchamek's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Qwerty misses the target.
Qwerty scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Banchamek misses with a low kick.
Qwerty dips to his left and cracks Banchamek with an uppercut!
Banchamek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Qwerty throws out the jab.
Banchamek throws an overhand right that lands on Qwerty's shoulder, as Qwerty tries to avoid the shot.
Banchamek walks into a left hand.
Banchamek staying out of range there.
Banchamek throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Qwerty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Banchamek.
Banchamek slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Banchamek dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Qwerty. That did some damage!
Banchamek misses with a head kick.
Banchamek tries a head kick but it misses.
Qwerty blocks a head kick by Banchamek.
Qwerty lands the left hand.
Banchamek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Qwerty.
Qwerty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Banchamek.
Qwerty moves out of range of the leg kick from Banchamek.
Qwerty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Banchamek throws a leg kick but Qwerty moved away.
A swing and a miss from Qwerty.
As Qwerty backs away, Banchamek returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Banchamek has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Banchamek there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Qwerty sizes up Banchamek with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Qwerty has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Banchamek needs to keep his hands up - Qwerty had a free shot at his head there.
A big right from Banchamek misses.
Qwerty scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Qwerty swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Banchamek steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Qwerty.
Phil Qwerty is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Banchamek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab by Qwerty.
A swing and a miss from Qwerty.
Banchamek fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Qwerty checks it well.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Qwerty.
Banchamek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Qwerty throws out the jab.
Qwerty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Banchamek.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Qwerty throws out a loose jab but Banchamek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Qwerty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Banchamek.
Banchamek looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Qwerty tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Banchamek slips a jab from Qwerty.
Qwerty pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Banchamek slips under a jab.
Banchamek missing with a left hand there. Qwerty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Banchamek misses with a head kick.
Qwerty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Qwerty takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Buakaw Banchamek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Qwerty misses with a hook. Banchamek ducked under it nicely.
And Banchamek counters with a quick kick to the body but Qwerty blocks it.
Qwerty throws a hook but Banchamek blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Banchamek misses the target.
Qwerty misses with a looping left.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Qwerty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Qwerty 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phil Qwerty!
A very excited looking Phil Qwerty 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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