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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lachlan Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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275 lbs
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264 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lachlan Evans!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Lachlan Evans has been cut.
Evans tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Evans wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
Young digs a good hook to Evans's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Evans looks gassed!
Evans fails to land with a series of punches.
Oooh a lovely combination from Young sends Evans down but not out. Young dives into side control looking to finish.
Young is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Evans knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Young cracks Evans with a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Young swinging wilding here.
Young lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A left and a right from Young both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young drops Evans with a right and a left! Young comes rushing in but Evans regains his composure and manages to keep Young in guard.
Evans is rocked!
That has opened up Lachlan Evans's cut even more.
Young would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Young wants to pass the guard but Evans is keeping the position.
Young wanted to stand there but Evans had control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young throwing strikes but missing.
Evans keeping full guard, as Young tries to pass.
Young could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is in close to Evans's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Young gets to his feet - Evans follows without any prompting.
Young closes the distance and lands a one-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!
Young uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Young lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Young lands a nice hook to Evans's body. Evans takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Young looks to land a combination. Evans sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Young lands with a nice combination. Evans backs away looking to recover.
Young tries to clinch but Evans moves out of range.
Young scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evans swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Evans throws a combination that misses
and Young counters with a nice body shot.
Evans tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Young clobbers Evans with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Evans walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young fails in his attempt to clinch.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danga de danga de dang - Young scores with a four punch combination!
Young tries to clinch but Evans moves out of range.
Young listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A nice combination there by Young.
Young lands a jab-cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lachlan Evans's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Evans is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Young stalks Evans and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Evans's face. Evans staggers backwards, shaken.
Evans has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Young is working the combinations to good effect here.
Young lands a nice hook to Evans's body. Evans takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Young digs a good hook to Evans's body.
Young fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Young lands a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young lands a two punch combo.
Joe Young is winning the standup battle so far.
A left and a right from Young both land. Nice combination.
Young is looking to clinch.
Evans wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
Young is looking to wear down Evans with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Evans takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Evans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Evans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Evans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Evans looking to throw knees to the head but Young is blocking nicely.
Young tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Evans just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Young has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Young is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Evans with a knee to the head.
Evans misses with a knee to the head.
Evans lands a knee to the head.
Evans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Young has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Evans lands a knee to the head.
Evans has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Evans looking to throw knees to the head but Young is blocking nicely.
Evans looking to throw knees to the head but Young is blocking nicely.
Evans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young tries to pull guard but Evans holds him up against the cage and eventually Young drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans prevents a takedown attempt there.
Evans with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Evans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Young goes for a takedown in the clinch but Evans prevents it.
Young can't get the takedown.
Evans with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Young tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Evans just stands there and leans against the cage.
Evans connects with a nasty looking knee right to Young's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Evans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Young has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Evans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Young wants a takedown.
Evans tries to land a knee to the head but Young blocks with his arms.
Evans lands a knee to the head.
Young can't get the takedown.
Young has Evans pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Evans manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Evans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Young takes a knee right on the jaw!
Young tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Evans just stands there and leans against the cage.
Young is working for takedown but Evans is calmly controlling the position for now.
Evans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Young blocks it with crossed arms.
Evans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Evans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Young changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Evans fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Young lands a slapping body shot.
Evans wants to clinch.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Evans can do to turn this around?
Young fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Evans moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Evans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young misses with a wild combination.
Young changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Joe Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans darts in trying to clinch
and Young counters with a one-two to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Young tries to pull guard but Evans holds him up against the cage and eventually Young drops back down to his feet.
Young goes for a takedown attempt but Evans pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Evans tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Evans tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
Young tries to bum rush Evans with a series of wild strikes but Evans uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Evans is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Evans tries to clinch but Young moves away
and Young counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young dodges the punch combination from Evans.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Young throws a right hand that Evans ducks under and follows up with a left that Evans also avoids with ease.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Young throws a one two combo.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Young dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lachlan Evans's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Evans fails with an attempt to clinch.
Evans tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Evans takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Young digs a good body shot into Evans's ribs.
Evans takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Young scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Young stalks Evans and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Evans's face. Evans staggers backwards, shaken.
Young digs a good hook to Evans's body.
Young throws a combination. Evans tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Young lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Young misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Evans tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young lands a nice hook to Evans's body. Evans takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Evans tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Evans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young misses with a wild combination.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Evans fails in his attempt to clinch.
Evans tries to clinch up.
Young throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Young fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Evans looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Evans tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Young throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Evans tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Young tries to clinch but Evans is having none of it.
Young throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Young throws a series of strikes that have Evans backpedaling.
Evans tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Young works the jab nicely.
Evans wants to clinch.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Evans tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evans paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Evans at a distance.
Young throws a combination. Evans tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Evans doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
Evans tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Young throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Evans counters by clinching up.
A knee to the head by Evans.
A knee to the head by Evans.
Young drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Evans looking to throw knees to the head but Young is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Evans gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Evans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Evans with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Young looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Evans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Evans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Young blocks it with crossed arms.
Evans with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Evans stops a takedown attempt from Young.
Evans looking to throw knees to the head but Young is blocking nicely.
Evans tries a knee to the head but Young blocks it.
Young has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Evans avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Evans with a knee to the head.
Evans misses with a knee strike.
Young can't get the takedown.
Young has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Evans is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Evans connects with a nasty looking knee right to Young's face.
Evans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Young tries to pull guard but Evans holds him up against the cage and eventually Young drops back down to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Evans scores with a knee to the head.
Evans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Evans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Young has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Young's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Evans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Young has Evans pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Evans manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Evans with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Young is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Evans pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Evans with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Young tries to score a body lock takedown but Evans shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Evans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Evans misses with a knee to the head.
Young drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Evans looking to throw knees to the head but Young is blocking nicely.
Young jumps guard but Evans stands there with Young around his waist. Young gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lachlan Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joe Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Young tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Evans smiles and moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Young showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Young, 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Young!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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