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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scipio Africanus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Washington might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to AC/DC - War Machine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Washington !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scipio Africanus!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Africanus misses with a hook. Washington ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Washington misses the target.
Africanus misses with a leg kick.
Washington checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Africanus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Washington lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Africanus circles away quickly and effectively.
Africanus misses with a body kick.
Washington misses with a looping left.
Africanus ducks under a wild hook from Washington .
Africanus is looking to slow Washington down with leg kicks.
Africanus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Washington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Africanus closes the distance but Washington moves to the side
and Washington counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Washington takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Africanus throws a jab but it's blocked by Washington .
Africanus swats away the attempt to clinch by Washington .
Washington scores with a nice right hand.
Washington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Africanus misses with a kick to the body.
Africanus looks to land a body kick but Washington moved away.
Africanus clinches but Washington breaks the clinch
and Washington makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Africanus misses with a low kick.
Washington checks a leg kick.
Africanus moves away from the strike by Washington .
Africanus throws a chopping leg kick but Washington manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Washington scores with a shot to the body.
Washington getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab by Washington .
Washington digs a good hook to Africanus's body.
Africanus tries to land a leg kick but Washington saw it coming and moves away.
Washington swings for the body but Africanus moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Africanus slips a jab from Washington .
Africanus throws a wild body kick that Washington sees coming a mile off.
Africanus avoids the body shot from Washington .
Africanus looks for the body kick but Washington saw that one coming.
Washington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Washington swings for the body but Africanus moves out of range.
Africanus throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Washington tries to clinch but Africanus is having none of it.
Washington throws a looping overhand right but Africanus ducks down to avoid it.
Washington checks a low kick from Africanus.
Africanus tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Washington is able to avoid easily.
Washington throws out a loose jab but Africanus uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Africanus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Washington throws a looping overhand right but Africanus ducks down to avoid it.
Africanus throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Africanus misses with a body shot
and Washington counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Africanus thinking.
Africanus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Africanus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Washington misses with a straight left.
Africanus swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Washington looks to land a combination but Africanus avoids it well.
Africanus misses with a body shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Africanus. Washington shrugs it off though.
Africanus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Washington bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Africanus's head backwards.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Africanus.
Washington blocks the body kick.
Africanus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Africanus attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Africanus tries to move into range but Washington moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Africanus lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Washington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Africanus throws out the jab.
Washington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Washington checks the leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Africanus.
Washington blocks the body kick.
Africanus delivers a nice body kick.
Washington throws a jab but it's blocked by Africanus.
Africanus throws a body punch but Washington moves out of range.
Washington keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Africanus throws a leg kick but Washington sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Africanus throws a body kick that misses.
Africanus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Washington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Africanus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Washington stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Washington throws a right hand that Africanus ducks under and follows up with a left that Africanus also avoids with ease.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Samuel Washington dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Africanus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Africanus doesn't manage to clinch there - Washington circles away.
Africanus has managed to clinch.
Africanus controlling the action here for a moment.
Washington tries to circle away but Africanus has him pinned against the cage.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Africanus trying to land knees to the body.
Africanus keeps control of Washington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Africanus avoids a wild elbow strike from Washington .
Africanus trying to control the position but instead, Washington has worked for underhooks and has pushed Africanus into the cage.
Africanus stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington misses with a punch on the inside.
Washington is pushing Africanus up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Africanus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Africanus landing knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Washington pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Washington can't break the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Africanus - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Washington looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Africanus avoids a wild elbow strike from Washington .
Washington breaks from the clinch.
Africanus misses with an attempted mid kick.
Scipio Africanus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Africanus finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A jab lands there for Washington .
Africanus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Washington rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Africanus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Washington misses the shot to the body.
Washington misses with a jab to the body
and Africanus counters with a nice low kick that buckles Washington 's knee momentarily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Washington crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Africanus - the referee stops the clock and Washington gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Africanus. Washington manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Africanus has Washington up against the cage in a clinch.
Africanus stalling the fight.
Africanus blocking some punches.
Washington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Washington .
Africanus blocks an elbow strike from Washington .
Africanus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Africanus avoids the elbow strike from Washington , against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Africanus.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Washington looking to slow down the pace here.
Africanus lands a good knee to the midsection. Washington won't want to take too many of those.
Africanus working Washington over with knees to the body.
Washington misses with a punch on the inside.
Washington misses with some punches.
Africanus stalling against the cage.
Washington has a couple of punches blocked by Africanus.
Africanus is stalling here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Washington just misses with a elbow thrown towards Africanus's brow.
Washington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Washington wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Africanus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Africanus.
A bit of stalling here from Africanus.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Africanus keeps him there for the moment.
Washington throws an elbow that misses.
Africanus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Africanus is struggling to control the position.
Africanus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A knee to the head by Africanus.
It looks like Samuel Washington has been cut.
Washington breaks from the clinch.
Africanus moves in looking to clinch but Washington pushes him off.
Africanus misses with a two punch combination.
Africanus tries a low kick but Washington avoids it.
That's four 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.
A telegraphed right hand from Washington misses the target.
Africanus tries to clinch up.
Washington tries to clinch but Africanus moves away
and Africanus counters with a body kick that stops Washington in his tracks momentarily.
Scipio Africanus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Africanus throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Africanus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Africanus forces Washington back against the cage and clinches.
Africanus holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Africanus dodges an elbow strike from Washington .
Africanus landing knees to the body.
Africanus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Washington wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Washington is trying to break the clinch but Africanus is controlling him.
Washington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Africanus just leaning against Washington , taking a breather.
Africanus lands a knee to the body.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Scipio Africanus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Samuel Washington 's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Africanus throws a push kick but Washington slaps the foot to one side.
Washington looks to land a left hand but Africanus moved out of range nicely.
Africanus takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Africanus misses with a combination
and Washington connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Washington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Africanus misses with a combination
and Washington counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Washington thuds his right hand into Africanus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Africanus is rocked!
Washington sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Africanus's defenses. It connects perfectly with Africanus's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Samuel Washington !
Samuel Washington is the new middleweight champion!
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