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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Casper Blacknota (ranked 25191 p4p, 1812 weight class) and Scooter Dahan (ranked 394 p4p, 175 weight class). Scooter Dahan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Casper Blacknota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Scooter Dahan!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blacknota tries to clinch
and Dahan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dahan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dahan prevents Blacknota from improving his position.
Dahan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Blacknota is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Dahan passes into side control, despite Blacknota's attempt to control the position.
Dahan tries to advance to mount but Blacknota denies him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blacknota takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Blacknota is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Dahan working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Blacknota is trying to control Dahan's posture but Dahan avoids it.
Blacknota tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dahan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dahan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Blacknota, who protects the arm well.
Blacknota is looking for a sweep.
Dahan working the ground and pound.
Blacknota is not content to let Dahan control the position.
Dahan working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blacknota regains half guard there - taking advantage of Dahan's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Dahan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Blacknota trying to control here.
Dahan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Blacknota keeps working.
Dahan trying to mount his opponent but Blacknota defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blacknota wants to get back to full guard.
Blacknota desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Dahan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dahan stops Blacknota from getting back to his feet.
Dahan stalling away here and it's allowed Blacknota to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Dahan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blacknota is keeping the position for now.
Blacknota has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Dahan has passed into side control.
Blacknota is not content to let Dahan control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blacknota on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Dahan swings around for an armbar but Blacknota sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Dahan's guard.
Dahan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Dahan keeping moving, preventing Blacknota from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dahan looking for a guillotine here but Blacknota defends easily.
Dahan keeping full guard, as Blacknota tries to pass.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Scooter Dahan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Blacknota tries to clinch up
and Dahan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Blacknota trying to hold on to Dahan's head to control him but Dahan postures up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dahan lands a nice short elbow.
Blacknota is looking to control Dahan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Blacknota avoid being mounted?
Blacknota tries to get to full guard but Dahan has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dahan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blacknota with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dahan lands a nice short elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blacknota slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Blacknota tries to strike from the bottom.
Blacknota wants to sweep here but Dahan controlling him for the moment.
Blacknota working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dahan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dahan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Scooter Dahan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dahan trying to control the position from guard on top but Blacknota is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dahan distracts Blacknota with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Blacknota is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dahan is aware though and is defending well.
Blacknota is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dahan trying to control the position from guard on top but Blacknota is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dahan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blacknota is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blacknota looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dahan distracts Blacknota with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Blacknota trying to control the position.
Blacknota keeping moving, preventing Dahan from controlling successfully.
Dahan trying to move into half guard but instead Blacknota has managed to sweep!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blacknota trying to control but Dahan is working from the bottom.
Dahan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Blacknota throwing strikes but missing.
Dahan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dahan isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Blacknota stacks Dahan 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 Blacknota!
Dahan prevents Blacknota from moving into mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dahan is trying to get back to half guard.
Blacknota tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Blacknota with the ground and pound but Dahan regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dahan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dahan controls Blacknota momentarily but Blacknota frees himself.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blacknota preventing the sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Scooter Dahan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Blacknota is defended easily by Dahan.
Blacknota wants to clinch but Dahan slips to the side
and Dahan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Blacknota's guard.
Dahan chips away with some ground and pound.
Blacknota looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dahan lands a couple of digs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dahan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Blacknota's guard.
Blacknota regains full guard. Nicely done.
Dahan postures up and lands a big shot to Blacknota's brow.
Dahan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahan wants to pass the guard but Blacknota is keeping the position.
Dahan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dahan tries to free his leg and advance position but Blacknota is retaining full guard.
Dahan lands a couple of digs.
Dahan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dahan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Blacknota looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Blacknota keeping full guard, as Dahan tries to pass.
Blacknota being controlled here, momentarily.
Dahan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dahan wants to control from the top but Blacknota keeps moving.
Dahan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dahan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dahan trying to control but Blacknota is working from the bottom.
Blacknota is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dahan is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dahan wants to pass the guard but Blacknota is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dahan stopping the sweep attempt from Blacknota.
Dahan passes Blacknota's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Dahan 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.
Dahan prevents Blacknota from improving his position.
Blacknota is controlling Dahan's trapped leg to prevent Dahan from advancing to side control.
Dahan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Blacknota on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blacknota won't allow Dahan to pass to mount.
Blacknota is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dahan pulls his head out easily.
Dahan moves into full mount! Blacknota won't be happy about that!
Dahan controlling his opponent.
Blacknota in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dahan dominating with strikes here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dahan raining down hammerfists from mount.
Blacknota is trying to escape the mount.
Casper Blacknota has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Scooter Dahan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Blacknota taking shots to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scooter Dahan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dahan 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scooter Dahan!
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hype
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