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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Humble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Holt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holt has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Charles Holt will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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210 lbs
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191 cm
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Simon Humble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charles Holt!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Humble.
Holt looks gassed!
Humble changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Holt looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Humble is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Humble throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Holt managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Humble.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Humble looks up at the clock and then as Holt takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Humble smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Holt takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Humble has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Humble throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Humble landing a few strikes.
Holt on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Humble wants to control but Holt is keeping him busy.
Humble scoring with punches from side control.
Humble working the head and body with strikes.
Holt gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Humble takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Humble dominating with strikes here.
Humble breaks from Holt's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Humble looking to finish Holt with some ground and pound. This is bad for Holt!
Humble working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humble lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Humble working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Humble looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The referee warns Holt that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Holt defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Humble.
Humble wants to control the pace but Holt is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Humble punching from mount but Holt doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Holt wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Humble wants to control the pace but Holt is squirming around nicely.
Holt wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Humble looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Humble looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Humble working the ground and pound effectively.
Humble misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Humble in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Humble trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Humble looking to control and managing it successfully.
Holt takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Humble thowing shots but they're missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Humble dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Holt slips a jab and a cross from Humble.
Humble clinches with his opponent.
Humble lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Humble throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Humble lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Humble is taking a breather. Holt says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Humble winds up and cracks Holt with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Holt is defending against the submission attempts here by Humble.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Humble decides to stand and escape the position.
Humble shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Holt manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Humble advances to half guard.
Simon Humble overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Humble is trying to control the action in half guard but Holt is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Humble sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Holt defending well though.
Humble thows a huge punch but Holt dodges it nicely.
Holt has hold of Humble's hands but Humble slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humble throwing shots but Holt is blocking nicely.
Humble trying to control from half guard but Holt is working away.
Humble throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Humble missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Holt tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Humble counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Holt tries to roll over but Humble keeps him under control.
Humble trying to control from half guard but Holt is working away.
Humble not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holt pushes Humble off looking to stand but Humble dives back in and keeps control.
Humble is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Humble stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Holt tries to clinch up
and Humble counters with a nice double leg into side control. Holt won't be happy with that.
Humble is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Holt has escaped the position, nice work there.
Humble looks up at the clock and then as Holt takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Humble smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Humble working away.
Humble working the body and head with strikes.
Holt avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Humble.
Holt tries to bench press Humble off him but Humble keeps the position.
Humble with the ground and pound but Holt regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Humble prevents Holt from improving his position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Holt tries to clinch
and Humble counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Holt!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Humble landing strikes from the mount.
Humble can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Holt is looking to escape.
Holt is bucking up trying to escape but Humble cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Humble dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Humble swats away the attempt to clinch by Holt.
Humble tries to close the distance and clinch up but Holt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Humble shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Holt really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Humble. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Humble with the ground and pound from mount.
Humble trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Humble with good strikes from the mount here!
Holt is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Humble sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Humble is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holt can do to turn this around?
Humble looking to control but Holt is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Humble has hold of Holt's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Holt manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Humble looking to finish Holt with some ground and pound. This is bad for Holt!
Humble wants to control the action but instead Holt gets a body lock and reverses into Humble's guard! Nice work!
Holt wants to get up but he can't break Humble's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Humble wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Holt wants to get up but he can't break Humble's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Charles Holt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Humble bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Holt's guard.
Humble tries to free his leg and advance position but Holt is retaining full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Humble's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Holt wants to stand up but Humble is controlling him.
Humble postures up in Holt's guard and throws a big left but Holt blocks it.
Humble postures up and lands a big shot to Holt's brow.
Holt wants to stand and escape but Humble is having none of it.
Humble stands and steps away. Holt gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Holt ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Holt slaps away a takedown attempt from Humble, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Humble swats away the attempt to clinch by Holt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holt swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Humble counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Humble stalling.
Holt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Humble stops Holt from getting back to his feet.
Humble trying to control from Holt's half guard. Holt has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Humble looking to sit in guard and control but Holt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Holt wants to stand but Humble is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Humble pulls Holt in close to his closed guard and prevents Holt from doing any damage or advancing position.
Simon Humble is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Holt wants to stand and escape but instead Humble has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Holt keeping moving, preventing Humble from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Simon Humble showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Humble has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Humble!
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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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