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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Broderick Booth (ranked 3250 p4p, 5088 weight class) and Owen Tooogood (ranked 314 p4p, 420 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Broderick Booth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Owen Tooogood!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Booth leaves Tooogood with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tooogood has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Booth is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Booth manages to break the clinch.
Tooogood fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Broderick Booth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Owen Tooogood.
Booth lands a jab.
Booth closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tooogood breaks the clinch.
Booth takes a swing at Tooogood's ribcage but misses.
Jab from Booth.
Booth drives through and clinches with Tooogood against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Booth breaks the clinch.
Booth misses with a wild body shot.
Tooogood gets tackled into the cage by Booth. Booth maintains the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Booth.
Booth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Booth misses with a wild combination.
Booth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tooogood.
Booth stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Booth wants it to stay on the feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Booth misses the target.
Tooogood moves in looking to clinch but Booth pushes him off.
Tooogood misses with a takedown
and Booth connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tooogood moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tooogood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Booth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tooogoods head.
Tooogood takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Booth breaks from the clinch.
Tooogood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tooogood fails with the takedown.
Booth lands a jab.
Booth throws a series of punches but Tooogood moves out of range.
Booth misses with a straight left.
Booth moves into range and clinches up with Tooogood.
Booth is trying to push Tooogood away but Tooogood has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tooogood tries to stall but Booth uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tooogood jumps guard but Booth stands there with Tooogood around his waist. Tooogood gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tooogood looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tooogood fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Booth looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Booth throws a punch but it's blocked by Tooogood.
Booth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Booth tries to circle away but Tooogood has him pinned against the cage.
Booth lands a hook that snaps the head of Tooogood backwards.
Booth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tooogood has him pressed against the cage.
Booth manages to break the clinch.
Booth misses with a straight left.
Booth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Booth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tooogood.
Nice cross by Booth.
Tooogood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tooogood shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Booth but Booth pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Booth ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Booth scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
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!
Tooogood shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Booth as he jumps to the side.
Booth catches Tooogood with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tooogood will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Broderick Booth dominated that 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.
Booth misses with a two punch combination.
Tooogood staying out of range there.
Booth defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tooogood.
Booth jabs at Tooogood's body.
Tooogood changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Booth tries to avoid it but Tooogood manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Booth to the ground. Booth escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tooogood takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A head kick from Tooogood lands but Booth takes it in his stride.
Booth works Tooogood's body with a nice hook.
Booth lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Booth scores with a decent looking hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Booth throws a good cross that connects.
Booth stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Booth wants it to stay on the feet.
Broderick Booth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Owen Tooogood.
Tooogood gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Booth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Booth's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tooogood under the eye.
Booth misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tooogood wants to counter the offense by Booth and move into the clinch position.
Booth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tooogood can do to turn this around?
Booth jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Broderick Booth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tooogood tries to clinch but Booth moves out of range.
Booth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tooogood was well out of range. Poor timing from Booth.
Tooogood is trying hard to land a takedown here. Booth sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Booth's corner calls for a 1-2. Booth obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Booth misses with a jab to the body
and Tooogood counters with a stiff right hand.
Tooogood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Booth moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tooogood tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Booth just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tooogood drops down looking for an ankle pick but Booth pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tooogood tries to clinch but Booth moves out of range.
Booth lands a jab.
Tooogood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Booth is looking to counter punch.
Tooogood is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Booth stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Booth lands a jab-cross combination.
Booth darts in and clinches Tooogood up against the cage.
A short right from Booth on the inside.
Tooogood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Booth's elbow.
Booth has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Booth swings wildly with an uppercut but Tooogood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tooogood tries to pull guard but Booth holds him up against the cage and eventually Tooogood drops back down to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booth struggles to land a body shot inside as Tooogood controls his hands.
Booth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Booth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Booth misses with a two punch combination.
A big left from Booth misses.
Booth cracks Tooogood with an open hand slap.
Booth throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tooogood counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Booth looking for a sweep. Not yet Booth, not yet.
Booth knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tooogood on the ground.
Tooogood slips nicely into half guard.
Booth is staying active underneath Tooogood, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tooogood is nestled in close to Booth, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tooogood trying to control from half guard but Booth is working away.
Booth trying to control here.
Tooogood prevents Booth from improving his position.
Booth on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Booth tries to get out of the position.
Tooogood lands strikes from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Broderick Booth dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Tooogood lands a head kick. Booth smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tooogood tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Booth defends well and Tooogood ends up having to push Booth into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tooogood gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Booth lands a nice looking body shot.
Booth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tooogood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Booth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tooogood shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Booth as he avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Booth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tooogood walks into a left hand.
Booth works Tooogood's body with a nice hook.
Booth's corner calls for a 1-2. Booth obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tooogood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tooogood fails with a takedown attempt.
Broderick Booth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Owen Tooogood.
Booth lands a jab to Tooogood's midsection.
Booth scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A big left from Booth misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tooogood is defended easily by Booth.
Tooogood takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice sprawl there from Booth as Tooogood shoots in.
Tooogood misses with a takedown attempt - Booth sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Booth misses.
Tooogood lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Booth is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice straight punches there by Booth. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Booth.
Booth connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Booth with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Booth scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Good standup being displayed there by Booth as he connects with a hook.
Tooogood takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tooogood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Booth takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Booth's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Booth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Booth has had enough of the clinch but Tooogood keeps him there for the moment.
Booth is trying to break the clinch but Tooogood is controlling him.
A short left from Booth.
Tooogood tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Booth smiles and moves away.
Booth slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Booth lands with a right hand.
A jab from Booth misses.
Tooogood wants to counter with a clinch but Booth pushes him away.
Booth misses with an uppercut. Tooogood saw that one coming.
Tooogood throws a counter combo.
Nice uppercut there from Booth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tooogood shoots and misses
letting Booth counter with a right hand.
Booth scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A slow jab from Booth misses its intended target.
Booth pushes Tooogood up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Booth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tooogood fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tooogood has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Booth after a bit of a struggle.
Booth is trying to break the clinch but Tooogood is controlling him.
Tooogood goes for a takedown attempt but Booth pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Booth clinches with his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Broderick Booth showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Booth, 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:25
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Broderick Booth!
After winning the bout, Broderick Booth thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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