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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aubrey Peaslee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Cabbage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aubrey Peaslee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ted Cabbage!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peaslee misses with a series of wild punches.
Cabbage tries to clinch there but Peaslee circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cabbage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peaslee's elbow.
Peaslee has a couple of punches blocked by Cabbage.
Peaslee tries to pull guard but Cabbage won't allow it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Peaslee slows down the pace here.
Cabbage is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cabbage lands an elbow inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peaslee wants to get back to striking at distance but Cabbage won't allow it.
Cabbage misses with an elbow over the top.
Cabbage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cabbage trying to stall but Peaslee improves his position.
Peaslee prevents Cabbage from breaking the clinch.
Peaslee tries to pull guard but Cabbage won't allow it.
Peaslee is trying to break free.
Peaslee avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabbage is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Peaslee drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cabbage pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aubrey Peaslee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Peaslee. No joy for Cabbage on that attempt.
Ted Cabbage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cabbage tries to close the distance and clinch but Peaslee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cabbage shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Peaslee defends it nicely.
Peaslee looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cabbage is fending him off so far but Peaslee persists. Nope, Cabbage circles away and we're back to standing.
Cabbage lands with a nice body kick.
Cabbage tries to clinch up
and Peaslee counters with a single leg into guard. Cabbage didn't expect that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabbage wants to stand and escape but Peaslee is having none of it.
Peaslee controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Peaslee postures up.
Peaslee is breathing heavily.
Peaslee stops Cabbage from standing up.
Peaslee pushes down on Cabbage's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Cabbage is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peaslee wants to pass the guard but Cabbage is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabbage is looking to escape.
Peaslee moves into full mount! Cabbage won't be happy about that!
Peaslee in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cabbage is trying to stand up.
Peaslee avoids the attempt from Cabbage to control.
Cabbage is desperately trying to improve his position but Peaslee has a good base and remains in mount.
Peaslee sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cabbage is desperately trying to improve his position but Peaslee has a good base and remains in mount.
Peaslee stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Cabbage tries to clinch but Peaslee moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aubrey Peaslee dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cabbage looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Peaslee!
Cabbage trying to control but Peaslee is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peaslee is wriggling around trying to escape.
Peaslee is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Peaslee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cabbage on the ground.
Cabbage can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Peaslee is looking to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Peaslee wants to hold on but Cabbage pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabbage pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cabbage is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Cabbage fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Aubrey Peaslee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peaslee throws a head kick but Cabbage moves out of range.
Cabbage stuffs the takedown.
Peaslee swats away the attempt to clinch by Cabbage.
Cabbage lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabbage shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Peaslee counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Peaslee prevents Cabbage from getting back to his feet.
Peaslee wants to pass the guard but Cabbage is keeping the position.
Peaslee is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cabbage is on top in guard.
Peaslee trying to keep a closed guard but Cabbage is proving a slippery customer.
Peaslee on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Peaslee tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabbage is standing up over Peaslee. Peaslee looks to escape but Cabbage dives into side control.
Cabbage stands up.
Cabbage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cabbage gets a clinch.
Cabbage trying to stall but Peaslee improves his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peaslee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Peaslee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cabbage shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Peaslee sprawls well. Peaslee wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cabbage gets slowly back to his feet.
Aubrey Peaslee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ted Cabbage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Peaslee is defended easily by Cabbage.
Cabbage looks for a takedown but Peaslee sprawls well.
Horrible takedown by Peaslee or perhaps it was just good defense by Cabbage which made him look bad.
Cabbage misses with a takedown attempt
and Peaslee counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cabbage!
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 Aubrey Peaslee will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Peaslee pushes Cabbage up against the cage in a clinch.
Cabbage keeps control of Peaslee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Peaslee tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cabbage just stands there and leans against the cage.
Cabbage is leaning against Peaslee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Peaslee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cabbage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peaslee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Peaslee tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cabbage just stands there and leans against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Cabbage.
Cabbage keeps control of Peaslee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cabbage is trying to break free.
Cabbage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cabbage is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Peaslee has denied him.
Cabbage missing with knees to the body.
Peaslee tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cabbage just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aubrey Peaslee. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabbage is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ted Cabbage.
Peaslee shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Peaslee was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cabbage is squirming around, avoiding Peaslee's attempts to control the action.
Peaslee throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Cabbage because Peaslee loaded up on that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabbage blocking the ground and pound.
Peaslee controlling the pace for now.
Poor strikes thrown by Peaslee there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Peaslee misses with a head shot.
Peaslee throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Cabbage wants to control but Peaslee is having none of it.
Cabbage is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peaslee trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cabbage tries to lock up and control but Peaslee gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Peaslee wants to control the pace but Cabbage is squirming around nicely.
Cabbage regains half guard.
Cabbage trying to hold on to Peaslee's head to control him but Peaslee postures up.
Peaslee prevents Cabbage from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Peaslee gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Peaslee doesn't manage to clinch there - Cabbage circles away.
Cabbage is looking to clinch but Peaslee is avoiding it.
Cabbage feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Peaslee is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cabbage would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ted Cabbage comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Peaslee has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Aubrey Peaslee!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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