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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bot Botanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barich Fendsor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Barich Fendsor enters the ring!
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175 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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180 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Great low kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bot Botanovic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barich Fendsor!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Botanovic checks the leg kick.
Fendsor lands an overhand right.
Donk. Fendsor catches Botanovic right on the button with a cross.
Fendsor throws a hook but Botanovic avoids it easily.
Botanovic is looking to clinch but Fendsor is avoiding it.
Fendsor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Botanovic.
Fendsor misses with a wild body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Botanovic.
A nice inside leg kick there by Botanovic. That's going to slow Fendsor down.
Fendsor misses with a hook.
Botanovic throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fendsor counters with a nice uppercut.
Fendsor misses with a body shot.
Botanovic tries for a takedown but Fendsor sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Botanovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fendsor lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fendsor lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Botanovic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Botanovic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Botanovic gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Fendsor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fendsor goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Fendsor throws a right and a left that Botanovic avoids nicely.
Fendsor fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Botanovic.
Botanovic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fendsor.
Fendsor just misses with a punch to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Botanovic, right into the meat.
Fendsor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Botanovic is looking to score with low kicks.
Botanovic slips under a jab.
A leg kick checked by Botanovic.
Botanovic throws a leg kick but Fendsor sees it coming and moves out of range.
Botanovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic shoots in looking for a takedown. Fendsor tries to sprawl out of it but Botanovic keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Fendsor manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Botanovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Botanovic thumps Fendsor with a low kick.
Botanovic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bot Botanovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fendsor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Botanovic tries to clinch but Fendsor is having none of it.
Botanovic darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fendsor gets back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fendsor is pulling down on Botanovic's head. It's preventing any offense from Botanovic, at least for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic tries to free his leg and advance position but Fendsor is retaining full guard.
Botanovic thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Botanovic wants to control from the top but Fendsor keeps moving.
Botanovic missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Botanovic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fendsor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Botanovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Fendsor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four 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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A low kick from Botanovic misses
and Fendsor counters with a slapping leg kick.
A solid body kick from Botanovic.
Fendsor throws out a leg kick but Botanovic moves out of range and Fendsor only half commits.
Botanovic is looking to clinch but Fendsor is avoiding it.
Fendsor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fendsor avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Botanovic throws a leg kick
and Fendsor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Barich Fendsor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Botanovic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Botanovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barich Fendsor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Botanovic shoots for a takedown but Fendsor saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fendsor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fendsor misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bot Botanovic dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Botanovic tries to clinch but Fendsor is having none of it.
Botanovic throws a leg kick
and Fendsor counters with a nice leg kick.
Fendsor looks to score with a jab to the body but Botanovic is just out of range.
Fendsor throws a series of punches but Botanovic avoids them all with ease.
Fendsor lands a nice shot that snaps Botanovic's head back.
Botanovic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fendsor cracks Botanovic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fendsor throws a body punch but Botanovic moves out of range.
Botanovic slips a straight right by Fendsor.
Botanovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Botanovic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fendsor lands with a nice combination. Botanovic backs away looking to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fendsor checks a leg kick.
Fendsor scores with a jab to the body.
Fendsor misses the jab.
Bot Botanovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Botanovic is looking to slow Fendsor down with leg kicks.
A head kick misses from Botanovic.
Good standup being displayed there by Fendsor as he connects with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Fendsor blocks the low kick.
Botanovic shoots in for a double leg but Fendsor sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fendsor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Botanovic tries to land a body kick
and Fendsor counters with a straight right hand.
Fendsor cracks Botanovic with an open hand slap.
Fendsor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Botanovic moves away.
Botanovic tries to clinch but Fendsor moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A head kick by Fendsor misses
and Botanovic counters with an outside leg kick.
Botanovic shoots and misses
and Fendsor counters with a leg kick.
Fendsor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fendsor turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fendsor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fendsor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fendsor lands a head shot.
Botanovic throws a lazy head kick
and Fendsor counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fendsor misses with an uppercut.
Fendsor scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fendsor scores with a spinning back kick!
Fendsor avoids a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic throws and low kick but Fendsor moves out of range easily.
Fendsor blocks a leg kick.
Fendsor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fendsor keeps the fight on the outside.
Fendsor wants to slow Botanovic down by chopping away at his legs.
Fendsor scores with a hook to the body. Botanovic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Botanovic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fendsor.
Fendsor leaves Botanovic with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bot Botanovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fendsor looks to land a combination. Botanovic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fendsor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Botanovic staying out of range there.
Botanovic tries to move into range but Fendsor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Fendsor.
Botanovic lands with a kick to the ribs.
Botanovic looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Botanovic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Botanovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Botanovic throws a leg kick but Fendsor moved away.
Fendsor throws a shot to the body.
Fendsor throws a combination. Botanovic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fendsor.
Botanovic throws a leg kick but Fendsor checks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slow jab from Fendsor misses its intended target.
Fendsor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Botanovic avoids the head kick by Fendsor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barich Fendsor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Botanovic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fendsor defends it nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fendsor, right into the meat.
Fendsor keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A punch combination from Fendsor misses.
Botanovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Botanovic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fendsor connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Botanovic's hands.
Fendsor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good standup being displayed there by Fendsor as he connects with a hook.
Fendsor's corner calls for a 1-2. Fendsor obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fendsor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Botanovic has time to react.
Fendsor moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Botanovic throws a leg kick
and Fendsor counters with a three punch combo that has Botanovic backing up. Botanovic nods at Fendsor to acknowledge the strikes.
Botanovic blocks a jab.
Barich Fendsor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
An inside leg kick lands from Fendsor.
Botanovic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fendsor can pounce on him.
Fendsor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fendsor lands an overhand right.
Fendsor lands a two punch combo.
Fendsor goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fendsor thumps Botanovic with a low kick.
Botanovic slips under a jab.
Botanovic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fendsor defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bot Botanovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Botanovic moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Botanovic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Botanovic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fendsor. Fendsor obviously looking to wear him down.
Fendsor throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick misses from Fendsor.
Fendsor scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Botanovic doesn't seem bothered though.
Fendsor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fendsor connects with a looping right hand.
Horrible takedown by Botanovic or perhaps it was just good defense by Fendsor which made him look bad.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Botanovic tries to move into range but Fendsor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Botanovic walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fendsor connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Botanovic's hands.
Fendsor scores with a sloppy right hand. Botanovic should have avoided that one.
Fendsor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Botanovic. Botanovic obviously looking to wear him down.
Botanovic needs to keep his hands up - Fendsor had a free shot at his head there.
Fendsor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Botanovic on the side of the head.
Fendsor looks to land a left hand but Botanovic moved out of range nicely.
Botanovic throws a leg kick
and Fendsor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fendsor darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Botanovic misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fendsor lands with a cross.
Good leg kick by Fendsor there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Botanovic throws a leg kick
and Fendsor counters with an inside leg kick.
Botanovic takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fendsor scores with a nice body kick.
Fendsor works the jab nicely.
Botanovic takes one on the button.
Botanovic throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fendsor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Botanovic has his takedown stuffed
and Fendsor counters with a straight right hand.
A low kick from Fendsor misses
and Botanovic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barich Fendsor really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Fendsor throws a series of punches but Botanovic avoids them all with ease.
Fendsor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Botanovic throws a wild body kick that Fendsor sees coming a mile off.
Botanovic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fendsor can pounce on him.
Fendsor works Botanovic's body with a nice hook.
Fendsor gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Botanovic to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fendsor has Botanovic pulled in close to control his posture.
Fendsor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Botanovic is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botanovic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Botanovic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fendsor swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fendsor is trying to keep Botanovic in close.
Fendsor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Botanovic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fendsor keeping full guard, as Botanovic tries to pass.
Botanovic with a flurry of punches that miss.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No joy there for Fendsor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fendsor cracks Botanovic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fendsor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Botanovic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fendsor, pushing him back against the ropes.
Fendsor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Botanovic jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fendsor walks away with a smile on his face. Botanovic gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Botanovic tries a low kick but Fendsor avoids it.
Fendsor thows a body shot but no joy.
Botanovic fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fendsor scores with a jab. Botanovic acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Botanovic throws a leg kick that misses.
Fendsor blocks a head kick by Botanovic.
Fendsor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Botanovic throws a chopping leg kick but Fendsor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Botanovic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fendsor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fendsor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fendsor scores with a decent looking hook.
Fendsor throws a series of punches but Botanovic moves out of range.
Botanovic takes one to the chin there.
Fendsor checks a leg kick.
Fendsor cracks the inside of Botanovic's front leg.
Botanovic thows a leg kick but Fendsor checks it
and Fendsor counters with a nice leg kick.
Fendsor takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A leg kick checked by Botanovic.
Fendsor throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fendsor checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bot Botanovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Botanovic tries for a takedown but Fendsor circles away easily
and Fendsor counters with a nice leg kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Fendsor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Botanovic looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A head kick by Botanovic misses
and Fendsor counters with a nice leg kick.
Botanovic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Botanovic defending well as Fendsor loads up on a big left hand.
Botanovic moves out of range of the strikes.
Fendsor missing with a left hand there. Botanovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Botanovic throws a leg kick
and Fendsor counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fendsor throws a leg kick but Botanovic checks it.
Fendsor misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barich Fendsor dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Fendsor dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Botanovic. That did some damage!
Fendsor misses with a body kick.
Fendsor throws a good cross that connects.
Fendsor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fendsor throws a big shot that misses.
Fendsor defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Botanovic.
Botanovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fendsor.
Fendsor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Botanovic shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Botanovic was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fendsor is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fendsor tries to hold on but Botanovic postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fendsor keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Botanovic is working for a guillotine from mount but Fendsor frees his head quite easily.
Botanovic lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Botanovic sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Botanovic with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Botanovic avoids the attempt from Fendsor to control.
That's two 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.
Fendsor tries to reverse the position but Botanovic maintains control.
Fendsor tries to hold on but Botanovic pushes him away.
Botanovic has control of Fendsor's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Fendsor regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Botanovic lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Botanovic is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Fendsor is surviving well by controlling Botanovic's body position as best he can.
Fendsor tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botanovic is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Fendsor can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Fendsor regains half guard.
Botanovic is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Fendsor is pressing down on Botanovic's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Fendsor tries to land a sweep but no joy.
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.
Fendsor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Botanovic has gone for a leg lock! Fendsor slips out almost immediately though and dives into Botanovic's guard.
Barich Fendsor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Botanovic keeping full guard, as Fendsor tries to pass.
Botanovic controls Fendsor momentarily but Fendsor frees himself.
Bot Botanovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fendsor content to stall in guard here.
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 Bot Botanovic.
I think Fendsor 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 45:49
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 46:49
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 46:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barich Fendsor!
Barich Fendsor is the new welterweight champion!
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