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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tobiasz Wawrzyniak (ranked 752 p4p, 848 weight class) and Felix Dakat (ranked 68 p4p, 80 weight class). Dakat has chosen Right On- Showcore as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tobiasz Wawrzyniak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Felix Dakat!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wawrzyniak throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big left from Wawrzyniak misses.
Tobiasz Wawrzyniak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wawrzyniak's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dakat connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wawrzyniak scrambles back to his feet.
Wawrzyniak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dakat swings for the body but Wawrzyniak moves out of range.
Dakat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wawrzyniak was well out of range. Poor timing from Dakat.
Dakat misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wawrzyniak misses with the combination.
Dakat missing with a left hand there. Wawrzyniak was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A shot to the liver by Dakat. Beautiful body shot.
Dakat takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dakat closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dakat takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wawrzyniak walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dakat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wawrzyniak throws a series of punches but Dakat moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wawrzyniak lands a nice hook to Dakat's body. Dakat takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wawrzyniak seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dakat lands a jab to the head.
Wawrzyniak throws out a powerful jab.
It looks like Felix Dakat has been cut.
Wawrzyniak misses with a hook.
It seemed like Dakat was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wawrzyniak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dakat goes for a double leg but Wawrzyniak avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Wawrzyniak continues to drive forward.
Dakat keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wawrzyniak sizes up Dakat with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tobiasz Wawrzyniak is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dakat with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dakat is defended easily by Wawrzyniak.
Wawrzyniak is looking for a counter combo.
Decent striking displayed by Wawrzyniak there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wawrzyniak throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wawrzyniak looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wawrzyniak swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dakat tries for a takedown but Wawrzyniak sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tobiasz Wawrzyniak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Dakat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dakat, as that shot connected.
Dakat takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dakat digs a good hook to Wawrzyniak's body.
A combination from Wawrzyniak does no damage.
Dakat lands an overhand right.
Wawrzyniak throws a combination that misses
and Dakat counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dakat scores with a jab to the body.
Wawrzyniak lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wawrzyniak.
Wawrzyniak fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dakat manages to avoid it.
Dakat misses the shot to the body.
Wawrzyniak throws a big counter combination but Dakat scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Dakat takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dakat misses with a hook to the body
and Wawrzyniak counters with a left and a right that stings Dakat.
Dakat is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dakat misses with a body punch
and Wawrzyniak counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wawrzyniak throws a series of punches but Dakat moves out of range.
Dakat takes one to the side of the head.
Wawrzyniak lands a jab to the nose.
Dakat throws the left hand but Wawrzyniak avoids the punch easily.
As Dakat looks to move away, Wawrzyniak throws a big counter combo but Dakat just gets out of the way.
Wawrzyniak misses with the combination.
Decent striking displayed by Wawrzyniak there.
Wawrzyniak is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dakat moves out of range as Wawrzyniak strikes.
Wawrzyniak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wawrzyniak lands a right hook to the body.
Dakat avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dakat with the counter takedown but Wawrzyniak avoids it easily.
Dakat has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Dakat slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dakat throws a body shot but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wawrzyniak lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wawrzyniak looks to land a combination but Dakat avoids it well.
Wawrzyniak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dakat tries to clinch but Wawrzyniak moves away
and Wawrzyniak counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dakat lands a right hook to the body.
Dakat scores with a body shot.
Dakat swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dakat dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dakat fails to land the takedown.
A left and a right from Wawrzyniak both land. Nice combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wawrzyniak displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wawrzyniak throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dakat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tobiasz Wawrzyniak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felix Dakat's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dakat comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dakat staying out of range there.
Dakat ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dakat on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dakat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wawrzyniak.
Wawrzyniak misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dakat.
Dakat cracks a nice hook into Wawrzyniak's ribs.
Dakat goes for a double leg but Wawrzyniak avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Wawrzyniak continues to drive forward.
Dakat dodges the punch combination from Wawrzyniak.
Wawrzyniak is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dakat can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dakat takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wawrzyniak misses with a series of wild punches.
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!
Wawrzyniak misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wawrzyniak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wawrzyniak slips a jab and a cross from Dakat.
Dakat is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Wawrzyniak rather than just go for the knockout.
Wawrzyniak with a jab.
Wawrzyniak throws a series of punches but Dakat avoids them all with ease.
Wawrzyniak misses the jab.
It seemed like Dakat was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dakat scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Dakat might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Wawrzyniak has got the better of the exchanges.
Wawrzyniak looks to land a combination but Dakat avoids it well.
Dakat throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dakat moves in looking to clinch but Wawrzyniak pushes him off.
Wawrzyniak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Dakat was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dakat moves out of range as Wawrzyniak strikes.
Dakat lands with a straight right. Wawrzyniak didn't see that one coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wawrzyniak.
Dakat ducks right into an uppercut from Wawrzyniak.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Wawrzyniak misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dakat misses with a body punch
and Wawrzyniak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dakat closes the distance and clinches.
Dakat goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wawrzyniak prevents it.
Wawrzyniak breaks from the clinch.
Wawrzyniak moves out of range as Dakat strikes.
Wawrzyniak misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tobiasz Wawrzyniak is winning the standup battle so far.
Dakat closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wawrzyniak circles away.
Wawrzyniak went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tobiasz Wawrzyniak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Dakat.
Wawrzyniak rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dakat moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dakat lands with an uppercut that bounces Wawrzyniak off the cage and back into range.
Dakat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wawrzyniak.
Wawrzyniak swinging wildly here.
Dakat on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Wawrzyniak scores with a four punch combination!
Dakat fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wawrzyniak, pushing him back against the cage.
Wawrzyniak wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dakat swings wildly with an uppercut but Wawrzyniak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wawrzyniak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dakat is looking to clinch.
Dakat has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dakat there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wawrzyniak misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dakat! But no joy.
Wawrzyniak misses with a right hand
and Wawrzyniak takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sloppy strikes from Wawrzyniak. Those never looked like landing.
Wawrzyniak moves forwards but Dakat connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dakat takes a swing at Wawrzyniak's ribcage but misses.
Wawrzyniak swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dakat has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wawrzyniak defending well as Dakat loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dakat fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wawrzyniak, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wawrzyniak escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dakat connects with a looping right hand.
Wawrzyniak is rocked!
Wawrzyniak misses the shot to the body.
Oh Wawrzyniak is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dakat ducks under a wild hook from Wawrzyniak.
Wawrzyniak seems to have got his legs back now.
A punch combination from Wawrzyniak misses.
Dakat with a jab.
Wawrzyniak throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wawrzyniak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wawrzyniak throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wawrzyniak slaps away a takedown attempt from Dakat, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dakat throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wawrzyniak lands a nice looking body shot.
Dakat throws out a powerful jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tobiasz Wawrzyniak dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Felix Dakat's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Dakat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wawrzyniak waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dakat.
Dakat shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dakat avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dakat moves into the clinch successfully.
Dakat goes for a takedown attempt but Wawrzyniak pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Wawrzyniak lands with a nice combination. Dakat backs away looking to recover.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dakat takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wawrzyniak misses with an uppercut
and Dakat counters with a straight right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Wawrzyniak. That snapped Dakat's head back.
Wawrzyniak misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dakat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Dakat lands.
Nice sprawl there from Wawrzyniak as Dakat shoots in.
Tobiasz Wawrzyniak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Dakat.
Dakat slips a jab and a cross from Wawrzyniak.
Wawrzyniak connects with the punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Wawrzyniak as he connects with a hook.
Wawrzyniak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dakat scores with a jab.
Wawrzyniak misses with a looping left.
Wawrzyniak connects with a single shot there.
A telegraphed right hand from Wawrzyniak misses the target.
Wawrzyniak gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wawrzyniak connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dakat lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dakat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wawrzyniak.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wawrzyniak misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab, jab by Wawrzyniak - just one landing.
Wawrzyniak throws a series of punches but Dakat moves out of range.
Wawrzyniak 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.
Dakat misses with a body shot.
It looked like Wawrzyniak was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dakat.
Dakat with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wawrzyniak to score with a decent uppercut.
Wawrzyniak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Dakat and Wawrzyniak goes tumbling to the canvas! Dakat follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Dakat wants to control but Wawrzyniak is keeping him busy.
Dakat is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dakat is trying to control the action in half guard but Wawrzyniak is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dakat trying to pass the guard but Wawrzyniak defending well.
Dakat throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wawrzyniak on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wawrzyniak tries to get out of the position.
Dakat thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wawrzyniak's head.
Dakat is keen to just control but Wawrzyniak is a slippery customer.
Dakat is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Dakat throwing shots but Wawrzyniak is blocking nicely.
Tobiasz Wawrzyniak is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dakat has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Wawrzyniak regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Dakat.
Dakat with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dakat postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dakat trying to control the position from guard on top but Wawrzyniak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dakat trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Felix Dakat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dakat works over Wawrzyniak with some ground and pound from guard.
Wawrzyniak working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dakat.
Dakat tries to free his leg and advance position but Wawrzyniak is retaining full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tobiasz Wawrzyniak.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wawrzyniak, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tobiasz Wawrzyniak!
A victorious Tobiasz Wawrzyniak thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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