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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pat Inoke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bumba Motumbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Motumbo has chosen N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton 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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195 lbs
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195 lbs
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Good takedowns
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pat Inoke!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bumba Motumbo!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inoke connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Motumbo wants to clinch.
Inoke lands a nice hook to Motumbo's body. Motumbo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Inoke misses with an uppercut.
Inoke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Motumbo.
Inoke avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Donk. Inoke catches Motumbo right on the button with a cross.
Inoke shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Motumbo sprawls well. Motumbo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Inoke gets slowly back to his feet.
Motumbo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Motumbo throws a leg kick but Inoke moved away.
Inoke lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Inoke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Motumbo is looking to clinch but Inoke is avoiding it.
A big left from Inoke misses.
Motumbo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Inoke. Beautiful body shot.
Motumbo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Inoke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Motumbo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Inoke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Motumbo slaps away a takedown attempt from Inoke, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Inoke lands with an overhand left.
Inoke swats away the attempt to clinch by Motumbo.
Inoke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Motumbo avoids a kick to the body.
Motumbo moves into the clinch.
Inoke is trying to break the clinch but Motumbo has him pressed against the cage.
Motumbo lands a knee to the body.
Motumbo lands a nice knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Motumbo.
Inoke is breathing heavily.
Inoke takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Pat Inoke has been cut.
A knee to the head by Motumbo.
Motumbo lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Motumbo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Motumbo pushes Inoke back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A knee to the head by Motumbo.
Motumbo lands a good knee to the midsection. Inoke won't want to take too many of those.
Motumbo crunches a lovely knee into Inoke's ribcage.
Motumbo crunches a lovely knee into Inoke's ribcage.
Inoke letting Motumbo take a breather here.
Motumbo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Motumbo.
A right handed body shot lands from Motumbo.
Motumbo crunches a lovely knee into Inoke's ribcage.
Motumbo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Motumbo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Inokes head.
Motumbo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Inoke backwards.
Motumbo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Inoke's face.
Motumbo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Inoke takes a knee to the side of the body.
Motumbo lands a right hand.
Motumbo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Inoke backwards.
Motumbo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Inoke working hard to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Motumbo.
Motumbo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Motumbo.
A knee to the head by Motumbo.
A right hook to the body lands for Motumbo.
Motumbo stalling in the clinch.
Motumbo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Inoke blocks it with crossed arms.
Motumbo lands a body shot.
Motumbo looking to throw knees to the head but Inoke is blocking nicely.
Motumbo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Inoke is defending well for now.
Motumbo scores with a hook to the body.
Motumbo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Inoke.
Inoke prevents a body shot from Motumbo.
Motumbo trying to land knees to the body.
Motumbo missing with knees to the body.
Inoke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Inoke is trying to break the clinch but Motumbo is controlling him.
Inoke has picked Motumbo up - he's going for a ride! Inoke dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Inoke not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Motumbo wants to control but Inoke is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Inoke throwing shots but Motumbo is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Motumbo wants to get back to full guard.
Inoke seems to be looking for submissions.
Inoke with the ground and pound but Motumbo uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Motumbo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Inoke trying to control the position from guard on top but Motumbo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Motumbo tries to clinch up.
Motumbo fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Motumbo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Motumbo tries to clinch up but Inoke circles away and keeps his distance.
Motumbo tried to score with a low kick but Inoke checks it.
Motumbo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Inoke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bumba Motumbo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pat Inoke's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Motumbo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Motumbo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Inoke misses the jab.
Inoke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Motumbo is looking to clinch but Inoke is avoiding it.
Inoke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Motumbo throws the left hand but Inoke avoids the punch easily.
Motumbo wants to clinch up but Inoke keeps it at a distance.
Inoke changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Motumbo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Motumbo gets back to half guard.
Motumbo moves into full guard.
Motumbo seems keen to control Inoke's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Motumbo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Motumbo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Motumbo keeping moving, preventing Inoke from controlling successfully.
Motumbo looking to control.
Inoke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Motumbo working a defensive guard here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Inoke takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A slow jab from Inoke misses its intended target.
Inoke lands with a nice body punch.
Motumbo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pat Inoke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Motumbo moves in looking to clinch but Inoke pushes him off.
Inoke dips to his left and cracks Motumbo with an uppercut!
Motumbo blocks a low kick nicely.
Inoke throws a good cross that connects.
Inoke misses the shot to the body.
Inoke scores with a nice strike.
Inoke keeps the fight on the outside.
Motumbo tries to clinch up.
Motumbo throws a low kick but Inoke avoids it.
Pat Inoke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Inoke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Inoke lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Inoke fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Motumbo fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Motumbo tries to clinch but Inoke moves out of range.
A low kick from Inoke is predictable there
and Motumbo counters with a head kick that drops Inoke to the mat! Inoke scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Bumba Motumbo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Inoke jabs at Motumbo's body.
Inoke changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Motumbo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Inoke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Motumbo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Inoke's hands.
Inoke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Motumbo staying out of range there.
Motumbo is looking to clinch.
Inoke lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Inoke misses with a straight left.
Motumbo tries to clinch up.
Motumbo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Motumbo tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Motumbo gets caught flat footed, as Inoke shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Inoke wants to control from the top but Motumbo keeps moving.
Motumbo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Motumbo trying to control the position here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Inoke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Pat Inoke will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pat Inoke's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Motumbo tries to close the distance and clinch but Inoke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Inoke misses with a low kick.
Motumbo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Motumbo is looking to clinch but Inoke is avoiding it.
Motumbo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Inoke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Inoke lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Inoke throws a shot from downtown. Motumbo moves away and avoids it.
Inoke misses the shot to the body.
Inoke gets a takedown into half guard.
Inoke wants to take a breather but Motumbo is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Motumbo is holding on to half guard well.
Inoke is looking to advance position but Motumbo won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Motumbo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Inoke.
Inoke wants to free his trapped foot but Motumbo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Motumbo makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Motumbo.
Motumbo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Inoke throws a big right hand that misses.
Motumbo has Inoke pulled in close to control his posture.
Motumbo keeping moving, preventing Inoke from controlling successfully.
Motumbo trying to control the position.
Inoke trying to control the position from guard on top but Motumbo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two 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.
Inoke landing with the ground and pound.
Motumbo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Motumbo tries to clinch but Inoke moves out of range.
Inoke tests Motumbo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Inoke throws a series of punches but Motumbo moves out of range.
Inoke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Motumbo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Inoke tries to circle away but Motumbo has him pinned against the cage.
Inoke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Motumbo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Inoke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bumba Motumbo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Inoke is trying to force a seperation but Motumbo has the dominant position.
Inoke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Motumbo has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Motumbo working Inoke over with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Motumbo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Motumbo lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Motumbo.
Motumbo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Motumbo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Inoke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Motumbo.
A short body shot lands from Motumbo as the two fighters clinch.
Motumbo controlling the action here for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Motumbo.
Motumbo is pushing Inoke up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Motumbo lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee calls for Motumbo to work.
Inoke tries to work over Motumbo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Inoke tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Motumbo just stands there and leans against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Motumbo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Inoke.
Motumbo wants to stall.
Inoke is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Motumbo is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Inoke takes a knee right on the jaw!
Motumbo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Inoke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Motumbo throws a head punch that misses.
Motumbo swings wildly with an uppercut but Inoke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Inoke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Motumbo scores with a knee to the head.
Inoke misses with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Inoke.
Motumbo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Come on Motumbo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Motumbo working Inoke over with knees to the body.
Motumbo scores with a knee to the head.
Inoke can't break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Motumbo wants to stall.
Motumbo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Motumbo.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bumba Motumbo really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pat Inoke's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Inoke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Motumbo misses with a looping left.
Inoke scores with a body shot.
Motumbo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inoke was well out of range. Poor timing from Motumbo.
Inoke lands a nice shot to the body.
Inoke defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Motumbo.
Inoke scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Motumbo doesn't seem bothered though.
Inoke gets a takedown into half guard.
Inoke not doing much here.
Inoke frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Inoke has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoke trying to control but Motumbo is having none of it.
Motumbo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Motumbo is trying desperately to improve position.
Inoke in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Inoke can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Motumbo is looking to escape.
Inoke landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Inoke won't let Motumbo get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Motumbo tries to hold on but Inoke pushes him away.
Motumbo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Inoke scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Inoke working for a submission but Motumbo is keeping him at bay.
Motumbo wants to hold on but Inoke pushes him away.
Motumbo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Motumbo wants to control but Inoke is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Motumbo might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Inoke kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Inoke lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pat Inoke overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Motumbo is squirming around, avoiding Inoke's attempts to control the action.
Inoke lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Motumbo hang on?
Inoke unloads with some shots from mount but Motumbo bucks and avoids them well.
Inoke landing strikes from the mount.
Inoke jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Motumbo manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Motumbo is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Inoke are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Motumbo is pushing Inoke's head away, looking to escape. Inoke manages to hold on to the position though.
Motumbo is looking to regain half guard here but Inoke keeps moving and retains side control.
Inoke lands an elbow.
Motumbo tries to bench press Inoke off him but Inoke keeps the position.
The ground and pound from Inoke seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Inoke misses with a kick to the body
and Motumbo counters with a big head kick but Inoke shrugs it off.
Inoke tries to score a power double leg takedown but Motumbo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Inoke somewhat.
Motumbo moves in looking to clinch but Inoke pushes him off.
Inoke dives in and grabs Motumbo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Motumbo pushes down on Inoke's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pat Inoke had his way with Bumba Motumbo in that round.
The cut man is working on Pat Inoke's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Motumbo wants to slow Inoke down by chopping away at his legs.
Inoke scores a takedown into full mount!
Inoke punching from mount but Motumbo doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Inoke won't let Motumbo get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Inoke avoids the attempt from Motumbo to control.
Motumbo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Inoke is thwarting Motumbo's attempts to control the position.
Motumbo is trying to get back to full guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Inoke scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoke takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Motumbo is defending against the submission attempts here by Inoke.
Motumbo tries to kick Inoke off but Inoke keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Motumbo works his way to full guard. Good work.
Inoke wants to pass the guard but Motumbo is keeping the position.
Motumbo working a defensive guard here.
Inoke throws a big right hand that misses.
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.
Motumbo wants to stand but Inoke is controlling the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Motumbo holds on and takes a little breather.
Motumbo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Motumbo working a defensive guard here.
Motumbo working a defensive guard but Inoke passes into half guard.
Motumbo trying to control here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Motumbo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Inoke tries to throw a body punch but Motumbo avoids it by throwing Inoke back against the cage.
Inoke swings wildly with an uppercut but Motumbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Motumbo blocks a body shot from Inoke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Motumbo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Inoke blocks it with crossed arms.
Motumbo crunches a lovely knee into Inoke's ribcage.
Motumbo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Motumbo tries a knee to the head but Inoke blocks it.
Inoke breaks the clinch.
Inoke cracks Motumbo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Inoke lands with a straight right. Motumbo didn't see that one coming.
Inoke throws a leg kick
and Motumbo moves into the clinch.
Motumbo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Inoke blocks a body shot from Motumbo.
Inoke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Motumbo.
Motumbo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Motumbo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Inoke can't get the takedown.
Motumbo tries to stall but Inoke uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Inoke wants to break the clinch but can't.
Motumbo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Inoke or not.
Motumbo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Inoke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Inoke drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Motumbo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Motumbo.
Nice body punch from Motumbo - that landed with a thud.
Motumbo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Inoke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Motumbo scores with a knee to the head.
Inoke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Motumbo landing knees to the head.
Inoke fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pat Inoke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Motumbo lands a good knee to the midsection. Inoke won't want to take too many of those.
Motumbo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Motumbo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Inoke pushes Motumbo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Motumbo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Inoke is trying to break the clinch but Motumbo is controlling him.
Motumbo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Motumbo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Inoke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Motumbo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Inoke.
Motumbo lands a nice uppercut.
Inoke fails to pull guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bumba Motumbo.
I think Motumbo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 47:48
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 47:48
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bumba Motumbo! Bumba Motumbo retains his middleweight title!
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