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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gouda Cheese (ranked 1225 p4p, 2200 weight class) and Steven Christie (ranked 105 p4p, 176 weight class). Christie has chosen Amityville as his entrance music. Steven Christie told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 2 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gouda Cheese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 27 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steven Christie!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cheese scores with the left hand. Christie knows he should have avoided that one.
Cheese lands a nice looking body shot.
Cheese takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cheese moves away from the strike by Christie.
Cheese throws an overhand right that lands on Christie's shoulder, as Christie tries to avoid the shot.
Cheese moves out of range as Christie strikes.
Cheese takes one to the chin there.
Christie connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Christie's coach down at Wolfpack Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Christie's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Christie misses with an uppercut
and Cheese counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Christie fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
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!
Cheese slips a jab from Christie.
Cheese connects with a single shot there.
The fighters circling - Christie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Christie throws a jab when Cheese was well out of range.
Cheese is looking to counter punch.
Christie connects with a jab.
Cheese moves away from the strike by Christie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese slips a jab from Christie.
Christie defending well as Cheese loads up on a big left hand.
Cheese staying out of range there.
Cheese fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Christie.
A jab from Christie misses.
Christie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cheese loads up on a big right hand but Christie slips the punch.
Cheese misses the shot to the body.
Steven Christie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Christie misses
and Cheese counters with an outside leg kick.
Christie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cheese.
Cheese keeps the fight on the outside.
Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christie.
Christie misses with a hook.
Christie 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.
Cheese keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christie.
A jab from Cheese finds it's way through Christie's defenses.
Christie misses with a left hand
and Cheese counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christie misses with a looping right.
Cheese lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cheese moves out of range as Christie throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Christie wants to clinch.
Cheese swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Christie drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cheese with a nice cross.
Christie misses with an uppercut.
Christie ducks under a wild hook from Cheese.
Christie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Christie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christie.
Cheese scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That kick from Cheese tenderised Christie's leg. Christie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Christie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cheese.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cheese.
We've been told by Cheese's head coaches at The Death Star that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cheese slips a straight right by Christie.
Cheese looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cheese.
Cheese is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cheese defending well as Christie loads up on a big left hand.
Cheese slips under a jab.
Christie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cheese appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cheese throws a lazy right hand but Christie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christie.
Cheese scores with a jab to the body.
Good exchange - Cheese coming out on top.
Cheese misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christie.
Cheese swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cheese displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christie throws out the jab.
Cheese lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cheese moves away from the strike by Christie.
Christie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cheese moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Christie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Christie misses with a hook. Cheese ducked under it nicely.
Christie takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cheese throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cheese throws a shot to the body.
Christie misses with a hook
enabling Cheese to counter with a crisp jab.
Cheese misses with a body shot.
Christie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Christie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Christie looks to land a right hand but Cheese moved out of range.
Cheese smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Christie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jab by Cheese.
Cheese plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Christie misses with a straight left.
A big left from Cheese misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab lands there for Christie.
A punch lands to the side of Christie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cheese throws a hook to the side of Christie's head but Christie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Christie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cheese counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Christie thinking.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gouda Cheese dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cheese misses with a looping right.
Cheese uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christie.
Cheese looks to land a right hand but Christie moved out of range.
Christie throws an overhand right that lands on Cheese's shoulder, as Cheese tries to avoid the shot.
Christie avoids the body shot from Cheese.
Christie lands a glancing blow to the side of Cheese's head.
Christie misses with a right hand
and Christie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Christie misses.
Gouda Cheese is winning the standup battle so far.
Cheese throws a body punch but Christie moves out of range.
Christie blocks a low kick nicely.
Cheese cracks Christie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cheese pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot by Cheese.
Cheese throws a jab but it's blocked by Christie.
Christie swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cheese defending well as Christie loads up on a big left hand.
Cheese is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Christie can do to turn this around?
Christie looks to throw the jab but Cheese is out of range.
Cheese is looking to counter punch.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Christie might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cheese has got the better of the exchanges.
Christie misses with a left hand
and Cheese connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cheese.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christie wants to clinch
and Cheese counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cheese misses the jab.
Christie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cheese swings for the body but Christie moves out of range.
Christie works the jab nicely.
Cheese swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Christie.
Christie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Christie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cheese's hands.
Cheese misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Christie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Christie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cheese.
Christie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cheese to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christie moves away from the strike by Cheese.
Christie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cheese counters with a right hand to the body.
Christie throws out a loose jab but Cheese uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cheese throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christie clobbers Cheese with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Christie has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cheese.
Christie pushes Cheese up against the cage in a clinch.
Cheese is leaning against Christie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cheese misses with a hook from the clinch.
Christie takes a shot to the head.
Cheese misses with a punch to the body.
Cheese swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Christie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Christie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cheese scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cheese throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Christie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cheese fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Christie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Christie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christie loads up on a big right hand but Cheese slips the punch.
Cheese scores with a push kick.
Cheese connects with a nice looking jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese clobbers Christie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Christie wants to clinch up but Cheese keeps it at a distance.
Christie throws a lazy uppercut
and Cheese counters with a stiff right hand.
Cheese throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christie blocks a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Christie! But no joy.
Christie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cheese connects with a solid leg kick.
Christie throws a shot from downtown. Cheese moves away and avoids it.
Cheese tried to counter with a leg kick but Christie avoided it.
Some bone on bone action there as Christie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Christie swings widly with a right hand
and Cheese counters with a body kick that stops Christie in his tracks momentarily.
Cheese steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Christie.
Cheese throws a wild body kick that Christie sees coming a mile off.
Cheese uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christie.
Cheese throws a low kick, looking for Christie's leg but Christie calmly moves out of range.
Cheese uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christie.
Cheese is looking to counter punch.
Donk. Cheese catches Christie right on the button with a cross.
Christie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christie misses with a lunging right hand
and Cheese counters with a nice uppercut.
Cheese connects with a crisp jab.
Christie throws a right hand that misses
and Cheese cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice jab there from Cheese.
Christie throws a lazy uppercut
and Cheese counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christie throws a jab when Cheese was well out of range.
A left lands for Cheese.
Cheese defending well as Christie loads up on a big left hand.
Christie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cheese pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Christie misses with a right hand
and Cheese counters with a nice uppercut.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cheese - that will leave a mark!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheese throws a head kick but Christie moves out of range.
Christie throws a jab when Cheese was well out of range.
Christie throws a hook but Cheese blocks it.
Christie needs to keep his hands up - Cheese had a free shot at his head there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gouda Cheese dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Cheese cracks Christie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Steven Christie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christie slips a straight right by Cheese.
Christie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cheese takes a swing at Christie's ribcage but misses.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from Christie.
Christie moves out of range of the leg kick from Cheese.
Christie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cheese avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Christie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cheese lands with a right hand.
Christie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cheese scores with a nice head shot.
Christie throws a hook but Cheese avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christie looks to clinch
and Cheese counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cheese moves out of range of the strikes.
Christie throws a shot from downtown. Cheese moves away and avoids it.
Cheese throws a nice inside leg kick.
Christie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cheese counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese scores with a body shot.
Cheese clobbers Christie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big right from Christie misses.
Cheese blocks a jab.
Cheese lands a nice shot that snaps Christie's head back.
Cheese lands with a right hand.
A lazy left from Cheese finds it's target.
Cheese keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christie.
Christie throws an off balance right hand
and Cheese makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Christie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Christie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jab from Cheese.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheese connects with a nice looking jab.
Christie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Christie throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it.
Christie looks to clinch
enabling Cheese to counter with a crisp jab.
Christie misses with an uppercut.
Cheese shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christie's corner calls for a 1-2. Christie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Christie tries to clinch but Cheese moves out of range.
Christie throws a big shot that misses.
Cheese looks to score with a jab to the body but Christie is just out of range.
Cheese throws a body punch but Christie moves out of range.
Christie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Christie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cheese sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cheese swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cheese lands a nice looking kick to the body. Christie takes a step back to recover.
Christie tries to clinch up.
Cheese is looking to counter punch.
Cheese throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Christie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cheese scores with the left hand. Christie knows he should have avoided that one.
Christie has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cheese.
Cheese looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Christie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cheese connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Christie scrambles back to his feet.
Christie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cheese clobbers Christie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cheese throws a looping overhand right but Christie ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese is looking to slow Christie down with leg kicks.
Cheese cracks Christie with an open hand slap.
A jab from Christie misses.
Cheese lands with a right hand.
Cheese fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Christie.
A telegraphed right hand from Cheese misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Christie on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cheese misses with a looping left.
Cheese lands a jab to Christie's midsection.
Cheese lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Christie closes the distance and clinches.
Christie blocks an uppercut.
Christie blocking some punches.
Christie throws a head punch that misses.
Christie lands a shoulder strike.
Cheese breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cheese.
Cheese connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese misses with a low kick.
Christie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cheese counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christie throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it.
Cheese staying out of range there.
Gouda Cheese is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cheese ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice body punch from Cheese.
Christie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cheese connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Christie scrambles back to his feet.
Christie lands a really nice looking cross but Cheese seems unphased.
Christie tries to clinch but Cheese moves out of range.
Christie tries to clinch up but Cheese circles away and keeps his distance.
Christie defending well as Cheese loads up on a big left hand.
Cheese avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheese displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christie throws out the jab.
Christie misses with a straight left.
Cheese blocks a jab.
Christie misses with an uppercut
and Cheese counters with a nice uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gouda Cheese showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cheese, 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gouda Cheese!
Our winner, Gouda Cheese, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Steven Christie was interviewed post fight and said 'Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm making a voodoo doll, thinking of you.'.
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