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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Holden Easterly (ranked 1039 p4p, 1759 weight class) and Savaje Bebe Chai (ranked 125 p4p, 193 weight class). Chai has chosen Never Fight An African as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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World class MT
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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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Holden Easterly !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Savaje Bebe Chai!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Chai.
Chai lands a high kick!
Chai takes a swing at Easterly 's ribcage but misses.
Chai misses with a leg kick.
Easterly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Easterly throws a combination. Chai tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Easterly defending well as Chai loads up on a big left hand.
Easterly misses with a left hand
and Chai counters with a stiff right hand.
Easterly bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chai's head.
Easterly looks to score with a jab to the body but Chai is just out of range.
Chai throws a shot from downtown. Easterly moves away and avoids it.
Easterly is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Chai lands a body shot.
Chai gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
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!
Chai on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Easterly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Easterly blocks a low kick nicely.
Chai misses with a right hand
and Easterly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Easterly swings for the body but Chai moves out of range.
Easterly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chai.
Chai looks to throw the jab but Easterly is out of range.
Easterly jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly thuds his shin into the meat of Chai's side.
A nice leg kick from Easterly , right into the meat of the thigh.
Easterly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chai throws a hook but Easterly avoids it easily.
Easterly lands a nice looking body shot.
Easterly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chai pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Easterly .
Easterly fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Chai on the side of the head.
Chai takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Easterly moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chai.
Chai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Easterly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Chai on the inside.
Easterly working aggressively here.
Chai lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Chai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Easterly tries a body shot but Chai blocks it.
Easterly lands a body shot.
Chai blocking some punches.
Easterly misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Easterly tries a body shot but Chai blocks it.
Easterly throws a head punch that misses.
Chai struggles to land a body shot inside as Easterly controls his hands.
Easterly pushes Chai back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Chai.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chai has a couple of punches blocked by Easterly .
Chai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chai misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai lands a shot to the body.
Chai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Easterly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Easterly struggles to land a body shot inside as Chai controls his hands.
Chai works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Chai swings wildly with an uppercut but Easterly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chai misses with some punches.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Chai.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chai.
Chai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chai lands a left hand that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Easterly misses with a punch on the inside.
Easterly misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chai blocking some punches.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Easterly taking a breather.
A short right from Chai on the inside.
Easterly trying to land knees to the body.
Chai pushes Easterly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai misses with some punches.
Easterly tries to land a knee to the head but Chai blocks with his arms.
Chai misses with some punches.
Chai lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Chai lands a right hand.
Chai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Easterly misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Easterly can't find room to land a body shot as Chai controls the action.
Chai lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Easterly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Holden Easterly will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Chai throws a nice inside leg kick.
Holden Easterly is winning the standup battle so far.
A punch combination from Chai misses.
Easterly looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Chai lands a right hook to the body.
Chai throws a jab but it's blocked by Easterly .
Easterly lands a jab to Chai's midsection.
Chai scores with a nice body kick.
Easterly throws the kick towards the body but Chai avoids it.
Chai is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Easterly with a body shot.
Chai avoids the body shot from Easterly .
Easterly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Easterly - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chai.
Easterly gets through Chai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chai.
Chai misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chai digs a right hand into Easterly 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Easterly 's gas tank.
Easterly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.
Nice body punch from Chai.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chai blocks a body shot from Easterly .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Chai misses with the head strike.
Easterly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chai misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Easterly throws an elbow but misses.
Easterly can't find room to land a body shot as Chai controls the action.
Chai blocking some punches.
Chai lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Easterly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chai blocking some punches.
Easterly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Easterly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Easterly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Easterly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Easterly lands an uppercut.
Easterly prevents a body shot from Chai.
Chai blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chai lands with a right to the head.
Easterly throws a head punch that misses.
Easterly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chai lands a nice uppercut.
Chai blocking some punches.
Easterly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chai struggles to land a body shot inside as Easterly controls his hands.
Chai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Chai.
Easterly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai blocks a body shot from Easterly .
Easterly tries a body shot but Chai blocks it.
Easterly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Easterly throws a head punch that misses.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holden Easterly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chai prevents a body shot from Easterly .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Easterly pushes Chai back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Easterly misses with a punch to the body.
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Easterly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chai creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Chai.
Chai working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chai.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Easterly misses with a punch to the body.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Easterly lands a body shot.
Chai misses with the head strike.
Easterly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Easterly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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!
Chai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Easterly tries a knee to the head but Chai blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Chai scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chai prevents a body shot from Easterly .
Chai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chai misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Easterly dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Chai takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chai avoids the body shot from Easterly .
Chai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Easterly looks to land a combination but Chai avoids it well.
Easterly moves away from the strike by Chai.
Chai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Chai as he connects with a hook.
Chai looks for the body kick but Easterly saw that one coming.
Chai misses with a low kick as Easterly jumps back.
Easterly takes a swing at Chai's ribcage but misses.
Chai is looking to slow Easterly down with leg kicks.
Chai dodges the punch combination from Easterly .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Easterly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Easterly is looking to wear down Chai with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Chai looks to land a right hand but Easterly moved out of range.
Chai closes the distance and clinches.
Easterly misses with a punch to the body.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Chai has a couple of punches blocked by Easterly .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Chai.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Easterly pushes off an throws an elbow but Chai leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chai lands a body shot in the clinch.
Easterly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Easterly lands a hook that snaps the head of Chai backwards.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
Easterly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Easterly pushes Chai back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Easterly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chai or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Easterly tries to work over Chai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chai tries to throw a body punch but Easterly avoids it by throwing Chai back against the cage.
Chai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chai prevents a body shot from Easterly .
Easterly working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Easterly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Easterly lands with a right to the head.
Chai throws a head punch that misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Chai in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Easterly can't find room to land a body shot as Chai controls the action.
Chai blocking some punches.
Chai prevents a body shot from Easterly .
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Easterly working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easterly working aggressively here.
Easterly lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Chai misses with some punches.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chai misses with some punches.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Chai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Easterly scores with a shot to the side of Chai's head.
Easterly misses with a body punch.
Easterly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chai can do to turn this around?
A short body shot lands from Easterly as the two fighters clinch.
A short uppercut from Chai.
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Chai.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai lands a left hand.
Easterly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Easterly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chai blocks a body shot from Easterly .
Chai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Savaje Bebe Chai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chai working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Chai working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chai cracks Easterly with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Easterly .
Easterly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chai misses with a punch on the inside.
Easterly misses with a punch to the body.
Chai blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Chai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Holden Easterly showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Easterly 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holden Easterly !
An out of breath and clearly excited Holden Easterly thanked Bloodbath MMA Clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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