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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Doc Chou (ranked 5168 p4p, 4956 weight class) and Howard Holmes (ranked 414 p4p, 405 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Doc Chou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Howard Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chou.
Chou lands a nice looking body shot.
Chou scores with a hook to the body. Holmes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Chou throws a head kick but Holmes moves out of range.
Holmes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chou closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chou. Holmes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holmes misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chou throws a body punch but Holmes moves out of range.
Holmes avoids the body shot from Chou.
And Holmes tries to counter it with a takedown but Chou pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Holmes dodges the punch combination from Chou.
Chou moves away from the strike by Holmes.
Doc Chou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Chou listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Chou lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Chou looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chou lands a jab to Holmes's midsection.
Chou throws a body shot but no joy.
Chou throws a body shot but no joy.
Holmes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chou scores with a three punch combo!
Chou rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holmes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chou looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holmes misses with a series of wild punches.
Holmes has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Chou fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Holmes misses with the combination.
Chou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Holmes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chou throws a nice looking combination but Holmes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Chou lands a jab to Holmes's midsection.
Holmes misses with a series of wild punches.
Chou misses with a body shot.
Chou connects with a body shot that sends Holmes's belly button to the back.
Chou throws a head kick that misses.
Chou misses with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chou appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Holmes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chou throws a body kick that misses.
Holmes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Chou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holmes was well out of range. Poor timing from Chou.
A punch lands to the side of Holmes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chou sizes up Holmes with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Chou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chou throws a body punch but Holmes moves out of range.
Holmes misses with the combination.
Chou scores with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chou with a nice cross.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chou.
Chou jabs Holmes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes looks to land a combination but Chou avoids it well.
A right-left combo lands from Chou.
Holmes misses with a two punch combination.
Holmes throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Chou counter with a right hand.
Holmes ducks right into an uppercut from Chou.
Chou smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Holmes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chou counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chou lands with a nice body punch.
Holmes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chou is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chou. Holmes does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Doc Chou dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Chou misses with a wild combination.
Chou misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chou jabs at Holmes's body.
Holmes misses with a series of wild punches.
Chou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
Chou fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Holmes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A left and a right from Chou both land. Nice combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chou lands with a nice body punch.
Holmes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chou counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Holmes thinking.
Doc Chou is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chou throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Holmes.
Chou defending well as Holmes loads up on a big left hand.
Chou swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes lands a right hook to the body.
Chou throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Holmes.
A nice side step and Holmes releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Chou misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Holmes.
Chou misses with the combination.
A combination from Chou does no damage.
Holmes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Chou swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chou displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Chou shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A swing and a miss from Holmes.
A good leg kick by Chou.
Jab, jab by Holmes - just one landing.
Chou scores with a hook to the body. Holmes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Holmes. That snapped Chou's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holmes throws a right and a left that Chou avoids nicely.
Holmes swinging wildly here.
Chou was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Holmes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holmes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Holmes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chou.
Chou throws a body shot but no joy.
Chou scores with a jab to the body.
Holmes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chou scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chou is looking to wear down Holmes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Chou throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Holmes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Chou throws a body punch but Holmes moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chou feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Holmess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Holmes throws the left hand but Chou avoids the punch easily.
Holmes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chou looks to score with a jab to the body but Holmes is just out of range.
Chou just misses with a punch to the body.
Chou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holmes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holmes throws a series of punches but Chou moves out of range.
Chou misses the shot to the body.
Chou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holmes.
Chou misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Holmes.
Holmes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Chou. Those never looked like landing.
Holmes misses with a double jab.
Chou throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chou thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chou is looking to slow Holmes down with leg kicks.
Chou lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holmes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Chou on the side of the head.
Chou connects with a body shot that sends Holmes's belly button to the back.
Chou swings for the body but Holmes moves out of range.
Holmes misses with a body shot.
Holmes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chou moves away.
Chou scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Doc Chou dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Holmes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Chou on the side of the head.
Chou stuns Holmes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chou swings for the body but Holmes moves out of range.
Chou scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Chou dodges the punch combination from Holmes.
Holmes avoids the body shot from Chou.
Chou lands with a hook. Holmes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chou tries to land a leg kick but Holmes saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holmes throws a body shot but no joy.
Chou scores with a nice right hand.
Holmes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chou.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Chou scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chou lands a body shot.
Chou uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Holmes.
Holmes looks to score with a jab to the body but Chou is just out of range.
Chou throws a series of punches but Holmes avoids them all with ease.
Doc Chou is winning the standup battle so far.
Chou misses with a two punch combination.
As Chou backs off Holmes throws a huge counter combo but Chou manages to avoid it all.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chou.
Chou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holmes manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Holmes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A combination from Chou does no damage.
Chou lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Holmes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Holmes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chou circles away quickly and effectively.
Chou was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Chou throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A combination from Holmes does no damage.
Chou lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chou misses the shot to the body.
Chou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Despite the aggression on Holmes's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Chou dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Chou misses its intended target.
Holmes throws a counter combo.
Holmes dodges the punch combination from Chou.
No joy there for Holmes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holmes misses with a wild combination.
Chou misses with a wild body shot.
Chou lands with a good body shot.
Doc Chou is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
Chou throws a body shot but no joy.
Chou with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Chou throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Holmes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chou appears to be looking for a big counter.
Chou misses with a low kick.
Chou lands with a nice body punch.
Chou fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chou misses the shot to the body.
Chou ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chou fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Holmes throws a hook to the side of Chou's head but Chou sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chou scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Holmes misses its intended target.
Holmes looks to land a combination but Chou avoids it well.
Chou tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Holmes is able to avoid easily.
Chou tries to bum rush Holmes with a series of wild strikes but Holmes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chou throws a body shot but no joy.
Chou lands with a nice body punch.
Chou jabs Holmes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holmes can do to turn this around?
Holmes swinging wildly here.
Chou displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Howard Holmes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chou fails to land with a series of punches.
Holmes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
And that's the end of the fight!
Doc Chou showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chou 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 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doc Chou!
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