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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam Orel (ranked 1456 p4p, 2368 weight class) and Lord Eton Oxford (ranked 181 p4p, 270 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class MT
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World class 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 22 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Adam Orel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 3, fighting out of New York, Lord Eton Oxford!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oxford scores with a kick to the midsection.
Orel lands a jab.
A big right from Orel misses.
Oxford drops Orel with a beautiful combination! Orel stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Oxford is looking for the KO!
It looks like Adam Orel has been cut.
Oxford throws the left hand but Orel avoids the punch easily.
Oxford is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
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!
Orel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Orel with a nice cross.
Orel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Orel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Oxford on the side of the head.
Oxford has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Orel lands a really nice looking cross but Oxford seems unphased.
Orel misses with a body shot.
Oxford misses with a looping right.
Orel lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Oxford looks to land a right hand but Orel moved out of range.
Oxford misses with a wild body shot.
Adam Orel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orel connects with a crisp jab.
Oxford walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Orel checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Orel clobbers Oxford with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Orel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Orel moves into the clinch successfully.
Oxford trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oxford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Oxford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Orel swings wildly with an uppercut but Oxford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oxford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oxford throws a head punch that misses.
Oxford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Orel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oxford backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Oxford tries a body shot but Orel blocks it.
I was talking to Orel's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oxford.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oxford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oxford misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Orel.
A head punch on the inside from Orel fails to land.
Oxford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Orel connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oxford lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Oxford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Orel's brow.
Oxford scores with a hook to the body.
Oxford scores with a shoulder strike.
Orel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oxford backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Oxford fails to land.
Oxford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orel.
Oxford misses with some punches.
Oxford misses with some punches.
Orel avoiding damage as Oxford throws knees to the body.
Orel looking to slow down the pace here.
Orel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Orel lands with a light punch inside.
Oxford throws a punch but it's blocked by Orel.
Oxford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oxford tries a knee to the head but Orel blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oxford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orel lands with a short shot to the head.
Oxford misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Orel.
Orel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oxfords head.
Orel leaning his opponent against the cage.
Oxford takes a shot to the head.
Orel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Orel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oxford tries a knee to the head but Orel blocks it.
Oxford lands a damaging elbow.
Orel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oxford backwards.
Oxford's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Orel lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orel tries a body shot but Oxford blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oxford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oxford avoiding damage as Orel throws knees to the body.
Oxford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oxford scores with a shot to the side of Orel's head.
Oxford crunches a lovely knee into Orel's ribcage.
Orel lands a nice shot to the body.
Oxford working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Orel misses with the head strike.
Oxford misses with a punch to the body.
Oxford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orel blocking some punches.
Orel slows down the pace here.
Oxford gets through Orel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oxford misses with the head strike.
Oxford lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Orel backwards.
Oxford digs a right hand underneath Orel's ribcage. Orel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Oxford misses with a knee strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Lord Eton Oxford will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Adam Orel's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Oxford takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Orel is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Oxford stuns Orel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oxford just misses with a punch to the body.
Orel appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Oxford.
Oxford slips a jab from Orel.
Orel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oxford.
Orel has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Orel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Oxford has time to react.
Orel misses with a hook.
Oxford takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sloppy strikes from Oxford. Those never looked like landing.
Orel moves out of range as Oxford throws a body kick.
Orel looks to throw the jab but Oxford is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orel connects with a body shot that sends Oxford's belly button to the back.
A left and a right from Orel both land. Nice combination.
Orel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A bone on bone clash there as Orel blocks the leg kick.
Oxford digs a good hook to Orel's body.
Orel fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oxford lands a nice shot to the body.
Orel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Orel closes the distance and clinches.
Oxford's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oxford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Orels head.
Orel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A right hand to the body from Orel.
Oxford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Oxford lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Orel backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Oxford fails to land.
Oxford lands an elbow inside that Orel shrugs off.
Oxford tries a body shot but Orel blocks it.
Oxford tries to throw a body punch but Orel avoids it by throwing Oxford back against the cage.
Oxford lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Orel.
Oxford lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Orel backwards.
Oxford throws a head punch that misses.
Orel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orel takes an elbow to the temple.
Orel misses with the head strike.
Oxford is working Orel over against the cage.
Oxford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oxford misses with a knee strike.
Oxford misses with the head strike.
Orel tries to work over Oxford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oxford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oxford scores with a shoulder strike.
Oxford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oxford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oxford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oxford misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Orel.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oxford.
Lord Eton Oxford seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Orel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orel swings wildly with an uppercut but Oxford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oxford lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oxford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Orel avoids it.
Orel swings wildly with an uppercut but Oxford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orel blocking some punches.
Oxford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orel connects with a knee to the head.
Oxford lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A right hook to the body lands for Orel.
A nice right hand lands inside from Orel.
Orel scores with a shot to the side of Oxford's head.
Oxford misses with an elbow strike.
Oxford missing with knees to the body.
Oxford misses with the head strike.
Orel lands a right hand.
Oxford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Oxford swings wildly with an uppercut but Orel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oxford working aggressively here.
Orel blocks an uppercut.
Oxford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orel scores with a shoulder strike.
Orel blocks a body shot from Oxford.
Oxford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oxford scores with a shoulder strike.
Orel blocking some punches.
Orel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orel.
Oxford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Orels head.
Oxford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orel's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Orel just leaning against Oxford, taking a breather.
A short right from Orel on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Oxford fails to land.
Orel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lord Eton Oxford will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Adam Orel's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Oxford misses with a body shot
enabling Orel to counter with a crisp jab.
Oxford fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Orel checks it well.
Orel was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Orel blocks a jab.
Oxford lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Orel circles away quickly and effectively.
Oxford swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Orel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Oxford goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Oxford ducks under a wild hook from Orel.
Oxford connects with a right hand. Orel shakes it off.
A shot to the liver by Orel. Beautiful body shot.
Orel moves into the clinch.
Orel lands a shot to the body.
Orel lands with a light punch inside.
Orel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oxfords head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Orel.
Oxford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oxford misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Orel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oxford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oxford takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oxford throws a head punch that misses.
A knee to the head by Orel.
Orel lands a shoulder strike.
Oxford throws a punch but it's blocked by Orel.
Orel has a couple of punches blocked by Oxford.
Oxford tries to land knees in the clinch but Orel avoids the damage to the body.
Oxford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Orel gets through Oxford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Orel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oxford tries to throw a body punch but Orel avoids it by throwing Oxford back against the cage.
Oxford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oxford missing with knees to the body.
Orel blocking some punches.
Orel blocks an uppercut.
Orel lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orel manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A knee to the head by Orel.
It looks like Lord Eton Oxford has been cut.
A short right from Orel on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Orel scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orel.
Orel is looking to control Oxford's arms but Oxford gets an underhook and turns him. Now Orel has his back to the cage.
Orel managing to block the knees to the body from Oxford.
Oxford is leaning against Orel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Orel scores with a hook to the body.
Oxford lands with a right to the head.
Orel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oxford trying to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Orel.
Oxford misses with a punch on the inside.
Orel connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Oxford fails to land.
Oxford unloads a knee to the mid-section. Orel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oxford working aggressively here.
Orel tries a knee to the head but Oxford blocks it.
Oxford tries a body shot but Orel blocks it.
Oxford throws a punch but it's blocked by Orel.
Orel stalling the fight.
Oxford is leaning against Orel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Oxford throws a punch but it's blocked by Orel.
Orel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oxford misses with a punch on the inside.
Oxford gets through Orel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oxford lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Orel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oxford.
Oxford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oxford has a couple of punches blocked by Orel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oxford misses with some punches.
Oxford tries to land knees in the clinch but Orel avoids the damage to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oxford has a couple of punches blocked by Orel.
A head punch on the inside from Oxford fails to land.
Oxford scores with a shot to the side of Orel's head.
Oxford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Orel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oxford tries to throw a body punch but Orel avoids it by throwing Oxford back against the cage.
Orel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Adam Orel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Orel avoiding damage.
Orel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Orel throws a head punch that misses.
Oxford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Orel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Orel avoids a wild elbow strike from Oxford.
Orel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oxford blocks it with crossed arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Adam Orel.
Well Oxford 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Lord Eton Oxford!
A very excited looking Lord Eton Oxford made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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