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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Doe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Engles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Engles has chosen DMX- Bring Your Whole Crew as his entrance music. John Doe has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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179 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Doe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rich Engles!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Dean Styles and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doe is looking to clinch but Engles is avoiding it.
Doe has Engles up against the cage in a clinch.
Doe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Engles avoids it.
Engles is trying to break free.
Doe tries a knee to the head but Engles blocks it.
Doe tries a knee to the head but Engles blocks it.
Engles manages to break the clinch.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Engles is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
It looks like John Doe has been cut.
Engles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Engles lands an overhand right.
Doe tries to clinch but Engles moves out of range.
Engles lands a big uppercut and Doe crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Doe looks OK. Engles waves Doe back to his feet!
Doe is rocked!
Doe tries to clinch up but Engles circles away and keeps his distance.
Oh Doe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Doe moves out of range of the strikes.
Engles throws a series of punches but Doe avoids them all with ease.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Engles circles away.
Doe slips a jab and a cross from Engles.
Doe seems to have got his legs back now.
A punch combination from Engles misses.
Engles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Engles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Engles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Engles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Engles misses with an uppercut.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Engles misses with an uppercut. Doe saw that one coming.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Engles swinging wilding here.
Engles throws a series of punches but Doe moves out of range.
Engles looks gassed!
Doe slips under a jab from Engles.
Doe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Engles looks to land a combination but Doe avoids it well.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Engles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Doe moves into the clinch.
Engles is looking to break free of the clinch but Doe has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Doe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Engles's brow.
Doe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Engles wants to break the clinch but can't.
Doe pushes off an throws an elbow but Engles leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Doe trying to land knees to the body.
Engles is looking to break free of the clinch but Doe has double underhooks.
Doe cracks Engles with a nice body shot.
Doe missing with knees to the body.
Doe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Engles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Engles blocks a body shot from Doe.
Engles breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Engles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doe moves in looking to clinch but Engles pushes him off.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Engles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Engles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Engles keeps the fight on the outside.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Doe darts in and clinches Engles up against the cage.
Doe has Engles pressed against the cage, preventing Engles from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Engles avoiding damage as Doe throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Doe.
Engles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Engles avoiding damage as Doe throws knees to the body.
Doe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Engles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Engles avoids it.
Engles takes a knee to the side of the body.
Doe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Engles wants to break free but Doe has control.
Engles wants to break the clinch but can't.
Engles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Doe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Engles breaks from the clinch.
Engles swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
Doe drives through and clinches with Engles against the cage.
Doe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Engles.
A frustrated look appears on Engles's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Doe trying to land knees to the body.
Engles blocks an elbow strike from Doe.
Doe tries to land knees in the clinch but Engles avoids the damage to the body.
Engles avoids the elbow strike from Doe, against the cage.
Engles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Doe throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Doe.
Engles avoiding damage as Doe throws knees to the body.
Doe misses with an elbow over the top.
Doe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Doe throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Engles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Engles breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Doe walks into a stiff left hand from Engles.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Engles throws a nice looking combination but Doe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Doe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doe tries to clinch there but Engles circles away.
Engles fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Doe tries to clinch but Engles moves out of range.
Doe slips under a jab from Engles.
Doe wants to clinch up but Engles keeps it at a distance.
Doe tries to clinch up but Engles circles away and keeps his distance.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Engles keeps the fight on the outside.
Engles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Engles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe tries to clinch but Engles moves out of range.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Engles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Engles dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Doe's cut.
That's time! Doe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Engles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Engles lands a with a good body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Engles, as that shot connected.
Doe has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Engles throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Engles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Engles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Doe is looking to clinch but Engles is avoiding it.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Engles with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A punch combination from Engles misses.
Engles rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Doe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Engles circles away.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Doe tries to clinch but Engles moves out of range.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Engles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Engles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Engles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Engles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Engles throws a lazy right hand but Doe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Engles keeps the fight on the outside.
John Doe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Engles looks to land a left hand but Doe moved out of range nicely.
Engles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Engles keeps the fight on the outside.
Doe tries to clinch there but Engles circles away.
Doe is looking to clinch but Engles is avoiding it.
Engles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A swing and a miss from Engles.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Engles swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
Engles throws a hook but Doe blocks it.
Doe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Doe moves into range and clinches up with Engles.
Doe misses with some punches.
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.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Doe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Engles's brow.
Engles can't break the clinch.
Engles avoiding damage as Doe throws knees to the body.
Doe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Engles's elbow.
Engles managing to block the knees to the body from Doe.
Doe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Engles in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Doe connects with a knee to the head.
Engles is trying to break the clinch but Doe has him pressed against the cage.
Doe has a couple of punches blocked by Engles.
Doe lands a good knee to the midsection. Engles won't want to take too many of those.
Doe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Engles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Doe wants to clinch up but Engles keeps it at a distance.
Doe wants to clinch up but Engles keeps it at a distance.
Engles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Engles keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Engles.
Engles swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
Engles swats away the attempt to clinch by Doe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Engles throws a nice looking combination but Doe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Engles keeps the fight on the outside.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Engles.
Doe wants to clinch.
Engles looks to land a combination but Doe avoids it well.
Doe clinches with his opponent.
Doe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Doe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Engles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Engles blocks an elbow strike from Doe.
Doe tries to work over Engles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Doe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Engles.
Doe misses with an elbow over the top.
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.
Engles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd cheers as Engles lands an impressive looking overhand right. Doe doesn't seem phased though.
Doe tries to clinch but Engles is having none of it.
Doe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Engles.
Doe blocks a jab.
Doe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Engles.
A swing and a miss from Engles.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Doe takes the fight into the clinch.
Doe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Doe missing with knees to the body.
Engles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Doe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Engles avoids it.
Doe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Engles avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Engles's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Doe throws an elbow but misses.
Doe prevents Engles from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Engles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Doe's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Engles lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Engles.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Engles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Engles connects with a nice looking jab.
Doe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Engles throws out the jab.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Engles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Engles lands with a shot to the body.
Doe tries to clinch there but Engles circles away.
Doe wants to clinch up but Engles keeps it at a distance.
Engles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Engles throws a right and a left that Doe avoids nicely.
Engles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Engles tries to keep at a distance but Doe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Engles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Doe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Doe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Engles is defending well for now.
Doe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Doe lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Doe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Engles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Engles works Doe's body with a nice hook.
Engles scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Engles keeps the fight on the outside.
Engles misses with a wild combination.
Engles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rich Engles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Doe slips a jab and a cross from Engles.
Engles waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Doe.
Doe doesn't manage to clinch there - Engles circles away.
Engles might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Doe tries to clinch but Engles is having none of it.
Doe darts in and clinches Engles up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Engles's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Engles. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Engles avoiding damage as Doe throws knees to the body.
Engles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Engles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe tries to clinch up.
Doe defending well as Engles loads up on a big left hand.
Engles tries to bum rush Doe with a series of wild strikes but Doe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Doe tries to clinch but Engles is having none of it.
Doe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Doe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Engles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Engles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doe was well out of range. Poor timing from Engles.
Doe tries to clinch up but Engles circles away and keeps his distance.
Doe tries to clinch there but Engles circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Doe tries to clinch there but Engles circles away.
Engles misses with a double jab.
Doe wants to clinch up but Engles keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Doe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Engles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Doe wants to clinch.
Engles circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Engles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Engles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Engles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Engles throws a right and a left that Doe avoids nicely.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Engles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Engles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doe was well out of range. Poor timing from Engles.
Engles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doe is looking to clinch.
Doe tries to clinch but Engles moves out of range.
Doe tries to close the distance and clinch but Engles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Engles. That snapped Doe's head back.
Engles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doe tries to clinch there but Engles circles away.
Doe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Engles, pushing him back against the cage.
Doe misses with an elbow over the top.
Engles avoiding damage as Doe throws knees to the body.
That's four 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.
Engles is trying to break the clinch but Doe is controlling him.
Engles can't break the clinch.
Engles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Engles wants to break free but Doe has control.
Doe lands a nice knee to the body.
Engles is trying to break the clinch but Doe is controlling him.
Doe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Doe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Doe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Engles's efforts to push away.
Doe missing with knees to the body.
Engles dodges an elbow strike from Doe.
Doe tries a knee to the head but Engles blocks it.
Engles manages to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Doe wants to clinch.
John Doe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Engles avoids the head kick by Doe.
Rich Engles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Engles misses with a wild combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rich Engles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Engles winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rich Engles!
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