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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Flash Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Praegitzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple 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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Flash Rage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Praegitzer!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rage throws a sloppy head kick and Praegitzer moves out of range easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Praegitzer.
Rage tries to close the distance and clinch but Praegitzer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rage throws a series of punches but Praegitzer moves out of range.
Praegitzer shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Rage is trying to defend but Praegitzer finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Praegitzer is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Rage reverses the position - he's now on top in Praegitzer's guard.
Praegitzer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rage.
Praegitzer wants to improve his position but instead Rage has moved into half guard.
Rage takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Praegitzer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Still in half guard, Rage seems content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praegitzer is looking to improve his position.
Praegitzer is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Praegitzer trying to hold on to Rage's head to control him but Rage postures up.
Rage is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Praegitzer!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Praegitzer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rage controlling from mount.
Rage putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rage controlling the position easily from mount.
Rage seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Praegitzer for as long as he can get away with.
Rage looking to finish Praegitzer with some ground and pound. This is bad for Praegitzer!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage tries to control but Praegitzer wriggling away.
Rage tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Praegitzer wants to hold on but Rage pushes him away.
Praegitzer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Praegitzer is trying desperately to improve position.
Praegitzer regains half guard.
Praegitzer won't allow Rage to pass to mount.
Rage 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.
Praegitzer is trying to control but can't.
Rage controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Rage controlling the pace for now.
Rage with good strikes from the mount here!
Rage tries to control but Praegitzer wriggling away.
Rage prevents Praegitzer from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Praegitzer is bucking up trying to escape but Rage cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rage looking to finish Praegitzer with some ground and pound. This is bad for Praegitzer!
Rage tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Praegitzer is trying desperately to improve position.
Praegitzer looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rage has hold of Praegitzer's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Praegitzer manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rage with good strikes from the mount here!
Rage controlling from mount.
Praegitzer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rage tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Flash Rage dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rage is looking to clinch but Praegitzer is avoiding it.
Rage is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Praegitzer's half guard.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Flash Rage just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Rage tries to close the distance and clinch but Praegitzer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rage throws a head kick but Praegitzer moves out of range.
Rage gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Rage has his hands on Praegitzer's head, controlling the position.
Praegitzer is looking to advance position but Rage has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage controlling from the full mount.
Praegitzer is trying to escape the mount.
Rage controlling the position easily from mount.
Rage trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rage controlling from mount.
Praegitzer tries to hold on but Rage postures up.
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.
A nice elbow there by Rage.
Rage scoring with strikes but Praegitzer is staying in there.
Rage controlling the position easily from mount.
Praegitzer is working to get back to half guard.
Rage tries to control but Praegitzer wriggling away.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Flash Rage just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Rage tries to clinch but Praegitzer is having none of it.
Rage misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praegitzer gets caught flat footed, as Rage shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Rage wants to stand but Praegitzer is controlling his posture from full guard.
Rage preventing the sweep.
Praegitzer looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Rage passes into half guard.
Praegitzer is breathing heavily.
Rage perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Praegitzer trying to hold on to Rage's head to control him but Rage postures up.
Praegitzer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rage wants to work for an arm triangle but Praegitzer is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Praegitzer tries to get to full guard but Rage has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Praegitzer has hold of Rage's hands but Rage slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rage is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rage is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Praegitzer!
Rage pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rage looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rage has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Praegitzer is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Flash Rage overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rage controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Flash Rage dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rage tries to clinch up but Praegitzer circles away and keeps his distance.
Rage wants to clinch up but Praegitzer keeps it at a distance.
Flash Rage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rage drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Praegitzer looking for a guillotine here but Rage defends easily.
Praegitzer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Praegitzer can't keep his opponent in guard - Rage advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Rage working Praegitzer over with strikes.
Rage passes into side control, despite Praegitzer's attempt to control the position.
Praegitzer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praegitzer is not content to let Rage control the position.
Rage working away.
A lull in the action here.
Praegitzer tries to bench press Rage off him but Rage keeps the position.
Rage stands up and beckons Praegitzer to his feet.
Praegitzer avoids the head kick by Rage.
Rage wants to clinch.
Rage throws a wild body kick that Praegitzer sees coming a mile off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rage looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Rage drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rage jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Praegitzer looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Rage puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Rage slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage wants to get back to his feet.
Praegitzer is concentrating on defense, preventing Rage from advancing position.
Rage stands up from half guard.
Rage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Flash Rage is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rage shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Praegitzer's guard.
Rage controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Praegitzer controls Rage momentarily but Rage frees himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rage gets to his feet. Praegitzer looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Rage tries to close the distance and clinch but Praegitzer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Praegitzer with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rage counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rage sitting in guard here, content to control.
Praegitzer had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Rage is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Praegitzer Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Rage's back instead.
Rage breaks Praegitzer's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Rage slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Rage missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Josh Praegitzer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rage is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Flash Rage showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rage 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flash Rage!
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energy
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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