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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hellen Keller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spas Vuchliski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spas Vuchliski will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Hellen Keller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Spas Vuchliski!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keller fails with a takedown attempt.
Vuchliski takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Spas Vuchliski has been cut.
Vuchliski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vuchliski throws a series of punches but Keller avoids them all with ease.
Keller takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Vuchliski misses with a few strikes there.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Keller - that will leave a mark!
Vuchliski slips under a jab from Keller.
Vuchliski tries to bum rush Keller with a series of wild strikes but Keller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Keller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keller walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vuchliski scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keller takes a swing at Vuchliski's ribcage but misses.
Spas Vuchliski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vuchliski wants to clinch.
Vuchliski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Keller throws a punch but it's blocked by Vuchliski.
Keller tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Vuchliski smiles and moves away.
Keller misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vuchliski as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hellen Keller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vuchliski lands a jab to the head.
Vuchliski misses with a body shot.
Keller fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Keller is breathing heavily.
Vuchliski tries to clinch there but Keller circles away.
Vuchliski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Keller takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vuchliski throws out a powerful jab.
Keller misses with an uppercut.
Vuchliski wants to clinch up but Keller keeps it at a distance.
Vuchliski lands a jab to the head.
Spas Vuchliski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A shot to de liver by Vuchliski. Beautiful body shot.
Vuchliski lands a two punch combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vuchliski.
Keller moves in looking to clinch but Vuchliski pushes him off.
Vuchliski keeps the fight on the outside.
Keller on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vuchliski tries to clinch up but Keller circles away and keeps his distance.
Vuchliski wants to clinch
and Keller counters with a low kick, right behind Vuchliski 's knee.
Vuchliski lands a nice shot to the body.
Keller tries to clinch up.
Vuchliski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Vuchliski tries to clinch up.
Vuchliski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Keller fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Vuchliski lands an impressive looking overhand right. Keller doesn't seem phased though.
Keller tries to clinch but Vuchliski is having none of it.
Keller drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Vuchliski cracks Keller with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Keller lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keller on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Vuchliski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vuchliski misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keller is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vuchliski.
Keller shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vuchliski as he avoids it easily.
Vuchliski works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Vuchliski is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Keller had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Vuchliski with a hook.
Vuchliski moves out of range of the body kick.
Vuchliski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vuchliski digs a good hook to Keller's body.
Vuchliski throws a right hand that Keller ducks under and follows up with a left that Keller also avoids with ease.
Vuchliski cracks Keller with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vuchliski lands with a shot to the body.
Vuchliski thuds a left hand into Keller's body.
Vuchliski moves into the clinch successfully.
Keller wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vuchliski has him pressed against the cage.
Vuchliski goes for a takedown attempt but Keller pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Vuchliski clinches up with Keller and pushes him back against the cage.
Vuchliski tries to break free but Keller pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keller is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vuchliski is defending well for now.
Vuchliski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Keller has Vuchliski pressed against the cage, preventing Vuchliski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vuchliski avoiding damage.
Keller wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Keller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vuchliski tries to close the distance and clinch but Keller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vuchliski lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Vuchliski thows a body shot but no joy.
Vuchliski gets a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Keller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vuchliski moves into range and clinches up with Keller.
Vuchliski lands a body shot in the clinch.
Vuchliski wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Spas Vuchliski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Spas Vuchliski's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Keller throws a head kick that Vuchliski semi-blocks.
Keller needs to keep his hands up - Vuchliski had a free shot at his head there.
Vuchliski scores with a sloppy right hand. Keller should have avoided that one.
Keller throws a sloppy head kick and Vuchliski moves out of range easily.
Vuchliski lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vuchliski.
Vuchliski doesn't manage to clinch there - Keller circles away.
Vuchliski bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Keller's head backwards.
Keller looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vuchliski lands a slapping body shot.
Keller misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Keller.
Vuchliski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vuchliski punishes Keller's body with a nice straight punch.
Vuchliski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keller moves away.
Vuchliski fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vuchliski connects with a crisp jab.
Keller wants to clinch.
Vuchliski digs a good hook to Keller's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuchliski clinches but Keller breaks the clinch
and Keller holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Keller can't find room to land a body shot as Vuchliski controls the action.
Keller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vuchliski stuffs the takedown attempt from Keller. Keller gets slowly back to his feet.
Vuchliski lands a two punch combo.
Vuchliski's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Vuchliski duly obliges.
Vuchliski misses with the combination.
Hellen Keller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vuchliski scores with a nice right hand.
Keller takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vuchliski closes the distance but Keller moves to the side
and Keller counters with a takedown into side control.
Keller wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vuchliski keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keller decides to stand back up.
Jab from Vuchliski.
Vuchliski avoids the body shot from Keller.
Vuchliski fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vuchliski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vuchliski with a nice cross.
Keller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vuchliski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Vuchliski misses.
A punch lands to the side of Keller 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Keller throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vuchliski throws a right and a left that Keller avoids nicely.
Keller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A right-left combo lands from Vuchliski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vuchliski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vuchliski!
Keller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vuchliski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Keller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vuchliski.
Keller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vuchliski scores with a one two! Keller had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Vuchliski connects with the punch.
Vuchliski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keller fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vuchliski avoids it really well and circles away.
Vuchliski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vuchliski takes a swing at Keller's ribcage but misses.
Keller takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vuchliski throws a series of punches but Keller avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Keller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vuchliski getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A solid leg kick lands there for Keller.
Vuchliski throws a combination. Keller tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Keller misses with a hook to the body
and Vuchliski counters with a straight right hand.
Keller is looking to clinch but Vuchliski is avoiding it.
Keller fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vuchliski avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hellen Keller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Vuchliski does it's job there.
Spas Vuchliski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vuchliski digs a good hook to Keller's body.
Vuchliski throws a right and a left that Keller avoids nicely.
Vuchliski is working the combinations to good effect here.
Keller fails with the takedown.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vuchliski.
Vuchliski darts in and clinches Keller up against the cage.
Keller tries to pull guard but Vuchliski holds him up against the cage and eventually Keller drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Spas Vuchliski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Spas Vuchliski's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Keller wants to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Keller.
Keller tries to score a power double leg takedown but Vuchliski sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Keller somewhat.
Vuchliski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Keller circles away quickly and effectively.
Keller takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Vuchliski loads up on a big right hand but Keller slips the punch.
Vuchliski throws a jab when Keller was well out of range.
Keller listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Vuchliski.
Keller lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Vuchliski scores with a jab to the jaw.
Vuchliski digs a good hook to Keller's body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vuchliski.
Keller is looking to wear down Vuchliski with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuchliski leaves Keller with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vuchliski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vuchliski throws a combination. Keller tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Keller throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vuchliski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vuchliski tries to clinch up.
Vuchliski misses with a jab to the body
and Keller moves into the clinch.
Keller breaks the clinch.
Good exchange - Vuchliski coming out on top.
Vuchliski lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Vuchliski misses with the combination.
Keller tries to clinch there but Vuchliski circles away.
Vuchliski lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Keller backs up against the cage.
Keller takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vuchliski lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keller fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vuchliski, pushing him back against the cage.
Keller keeps control of Vuchliski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Keller looking to throw knees to the head but Vuchliski is blocking nicely.
Vuchliski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Keller manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Vuchliski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Keller. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Vuchliski lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keller wants to sweep here but Vuchliski controlling him for the moment.
Vuchliski content to stall in guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keller has his hands on Vuchliski's head, controlling the position.
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.
Hellen Keller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vuchliski is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hellen Keller.
I think Vuchliski 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spas Vuchliski!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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