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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Makoa Love (ranked 3893 p4p, 4245 weight class) and Bucky Beasley (ranked 0 p4p, 410 weight class). Beasley has chosen Walk as his entrance music. Beasley has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Makoa Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bucky Beasley!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love wants to land a leg kick but Beasley is out of range.
Beasley tries to clinch there but Love circles away.
Love appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Love throws a low kick but Beasley avoids it.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Love circles away from the clinch attempt.
Love tries to clinch up but Beasley circles away and keeps his distance.
Love pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bucky Beasley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beasley shoots in looking for a takedown but Love manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Beasley's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beasley moves into range and clinches up with Love.
Beasley wants to stall.
Beasley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beasley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Love was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Beasley! But no joy.
Love blocks a head kick by Beasley.
Beasley looks winded!
Beasley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Beasley moves away from the strike by Love.
Love takes a swing at Beasley's ribcage but misses.
Beasley shoots for a takedown but Love saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Beasley throws a chopping leg kick but Love manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Love wants to clinch up but Beasley keeps it at a distance.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beasley.
Love throws an overhand right that lands on Beasley's shoulder, as Beasley tries to avoid the shot.
Beasley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beasley 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.
Beasley throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Love swings for the body but Beasley moves out of range.
Beasley moves away from the strike by Love.
Beasley drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Love defends it well.
Love circles away from the clinch attempt.
Love stuffs the takedown.
Makoa Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bucky Beasley.
Love lands with a straight right. Beasley didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Bucky Beasley has been cut.
Beasley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Love.
Love throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Love misses.
Love changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love looks to land a left hand but Beasley moved out of range nicely.
Love misses with a body shot.
Love bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beasley's head.
Makoa Love is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Love will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Beasley fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Love sends Beasley crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Love is motioning to the referee to let Beasley up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Beasley is rocked!
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beasley is still on wobbly legs! Can Love finish him?
Beasley slips under a jab.
Beasley seems to have recovered his senses.
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!
Beasley defending well as Love loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Beasley checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Beasley is just out of range.
Beasley doesn't manage to clinch there - Love circles away.
Beasley staying out of range there.
Love swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Beasley counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Beasley.
A right hand to the body from Love.
A nice left hand lands by Love.
A right hook to the body lands for Love.
Love tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Love.
Beasley takes a shot to the head.
Love misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Makoa Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bucky Beasley's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
A jab from Love misses.
Beasley is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Beasley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Love avoids it really well and circles away.
Love is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beasley can do to turn this around?
Love misses with a low kick.
Love tries to clinch up but Beasley circles away and keeps his distance.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beasley.
Love blocks a head kick by Beasley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Beasley.
Love throws a hook but Beasley avoids it easily.
Despite the aggression on Beasley's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beasley moves away.
Beasley was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Beasley is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Beasley does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Beasley is defended easily by Love.
Makoa Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bucky Beasley.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Love works the jab nicely.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beasley staying out of range there.
Beasley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Love throws a shot from downtown. Beasley moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beasley ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Beasley tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Beasley looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Love lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beasley at a distance.
Bucky Beasley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beasley defending well as Love loads up on a big left hand.
Love missing with a left hand there. Beasley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beasley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Love sprawls well. Love wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Beasley gets slowly back to his feet.
A slow jab from Love misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Love misses with an uppercut. Beasley saw that one coming.
Love connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Love throws a big shot that misses.
Beasley fails with an attempt to clinch.
It looked like Love wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Love throws a shot from downtown. Beasley moves away and avoids it.
Love throws a hook but Beasley blocks it.
Beasley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
Love throws a hook but Beasley avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beasley dives in for a single leg takedown but Love sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
As Beasley backs away, Love returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Love misses with a low kick.
Love throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beasley tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sloppy strikes from Love. Those never looked like landing.
Makoa Love is winning the standup battle so far.
Beasley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beasley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
Beasley steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Love.
Beasley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Love swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Beasley blocks a jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beasley feints the counter takedown.
Love looks to throw the jab but Beasley is out of range.
Beasley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Makoa Love dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bucky Beasley's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Love throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beasley checks the leg kick.
Beasley slips a jab from Love.
Love will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Love wants to land a leg kick but Beasley is out of range.
Beasley fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beasley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beasley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Love takes a swing at Beasley's ribcage but misses.
Love tries a low kick but Beasley avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beasley tries for a takedown but Love circles away easily
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.
Love waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beasley.
Love throws a front kick aimed at Beasley's knee but Beasley avoids it well.
Beasley shoots in and drives through. Love sprawls well.
Makoa Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bucky Beasley.
Love misses with a straight right.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beasley.
Beasley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Love throws a big shot that misses.
Love misses with a hook. Beasley ducked under it nicely.
Beasley tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beasley blocks a jab.
Beasley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Love throws out the jab.
Love misses with a low kick.
Beasley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beasley goes for a double leg but Love avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Love continues to drive forward.
Love throws a hook to the side of Beasley's head but Beasley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Love takes a swing at Beasley's ribcage but misses.
Love misses with an uppercut. Beasley saw that one coming.
Beasley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beasley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beasley tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beasley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Makoa Love is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Love misses with a low kick.
Beasley moves out of range of the leg kick from Love.
Beasley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beasley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Love misses with a body punch
and Beasley counters with a stiff right hand.
Beasley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Beasley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a body shot.
A jab lands there for Love.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beasley moves away.
Beasley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Beasley! But no joy.
Love throws a leg kick but Beasley sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beasley.
Beasley wants to counter the offense by Love and move into the clinch position.
Beasley is trying desperately to land a takedown but Love is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Beasley.
Love throws a jab when Beasley was well out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Beasley fails to land with a series of punches.
Bucky Beasley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beasley avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Makoa Love showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Love 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:25
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:26
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Makoa Love!
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