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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bro Ham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Dingle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dingle is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Dingle Puck Goat. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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159 lbs
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162 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bro Ham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barry Dingle!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dingle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ham bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dingle throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dingle throws a leg kick that misses.
Dingle wants to clinch.
Dingle throws a push kick but Ham slaps the foot to one side.
Dingle throws a leg kick but Ham sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dingle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ham scores with a jab to the head.
Dingle throws a low kick, looking for Ham's leg but Ham calmly moves out of range.
Ham scores with a nice head shot.
Dingle slips under a jab from Ham.
Ham throws a body punch but Dingle moves out of range.
Dingle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ham is able to avoid easily.
Ham cracks a nice hook into Dingle's ribs.
Dingle throws a head kick that misses.
Dingle fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ham, pushing him back against the cage.
Dingle lands an elbow inside that Ham shrugs off.
It looks like Bro Ham has been cut.
Dingle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dingle misses with a knee strike.
Dingle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dingle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ham breaks the clinch.
Dingle throws a low kick, looking for Ham's leg but Ham calmly moves out of range.
Dingle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ham paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dingle tried to score with a low kick but Ham checks it.
Barry Dingle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ham jabs at Dingle's body.
Ham checks a low kick from Dingle.
Ham punishes Dingle's body with a nice straight punch.
Ham lands a slapping body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ham.
Ham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ham lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ham connects with a looping right hand.
Ham changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dingle looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Ham scoring with punches from side control.
Dingle taking punishment in the form of punches.
Dingle manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Dingle trying to control here.
Ham lands with a punch from half guard.
Ham prevents Dingle from improving his position.
Ham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ham wants to advance to full mount but Dingle doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Dingle is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ham wants to control but Dingle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dingle is looking to take a break and control but Ham is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ham has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dingle is working away from the top position though.
Ham works his way to full guard. Good work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ham is on top in guard.
Dingle is pulling down on Ham's head to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ham working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ham working some strikes from top position.
Ham looking to sit in guard and control but Dingle gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dingle won't allow Ham to sweep him here.
Ham can't keep his opponent in guard - Dingle advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Dingle in particular looking to stall.
Ham is looking to control Dingle's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ham avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dingle stalling.
Ham wants to control but Dingle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ham wants to improve his position but Dingle is controlling well.
Dingle tries to stand but can't do so whilst Ham controls his leg.
Ham tries to roll over but Dingle keeps him under control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ham keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dingle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bro Ham dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bro Ham's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ham fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dingle is looking to clinch.
Dingle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ham.
Ham swats away the attempt to clinch by Dingle.
Dingle fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ham, pushing him back against the cage.
Dingle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dingle tries to land a knee to the head but Ham blocks with his arms.
Ham blocks an elbow strike from Dingle.
Dingle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ham digs a right hand underneath Dingle's ribcage. Dingle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice elbow from Dingle.
Dingle lands an elbow that stopped Ham in his tracks for a moment.
Dingle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ham lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dingle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dingle tries to land knees in the clinch but Ham avoids the damage to the body.
Ham blocks an elbow strike.
Ham avoiding damage as Dingle throws knees to the body.
Ham lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dingle or not.
Dingle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dingle has Ham pressed against the cage, preventing Ham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dingle is breathing heavily.
Ham goes for a takedown attempt but Dingle pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dingle takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingle looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ham misses the shot to the body.
Dingle moves into the clinch.
Ham avoids a wild elbow strike from Dingle.
Ham lands a shot to the body.
Ham tries to break free but Dingle pushes him back against the cage.
Dingle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ham digs a right hand underneath Dingle's ribcage. Dingle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dingle misses with an elbow over the top.
Dingle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dingle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ham is defending well for now.
Ham lands a right hand.
Dingle lands a knee to the body.
Ham manages to break the clinch.
Barry Dingle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dingle wants to clinch up but Ham keeps it at a distance.
Dingle takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ham scores with a hook.
Ham connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dingle drops his hands momentarily and Ham takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ham scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dingle.
Dingle slips a jab and a cross from Ham.
Dingle throws a chopping leg kick but Ham manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A punch lands to the side of Dingle 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dingle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dingle is looking to clinch.
Dingle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ham lands a head shot.
Dingle is looking to clinch but Ham is avoiding it.
Dingle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ham scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dingle doesn't seem bothered though.
Dingle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ham lands a jab to the nose.
Ham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dingle staying out of range there.
Ham scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ham lands with a right hand.
Ham moves out of range of the body kick.
Ham avoids a kick to the body.
Dingle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dingle tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dingle slips under a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dingle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ham feints and as Dingle raises his hands in defense, Ham changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ham makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ham trying to control but Dingle is working from the bottom.
Ham working some strikes from top position.
Ham throwing strikes from guard but Dingle blocks nicely.
Ham trying to control but Dingle is working from the bottom.
Ham being controlled here momentarily.
Ham working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dingle's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dingle keeping full guard, as Ham tries to pass.
Dingle lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ham!
Dingle wants to control the pace but Ham is squirming around nicely.
Ham is working to get back to half guard.
Ham is squirming around, avoiding Dingle's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bro Ham dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bro Ham's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Ham checks a leg kick.
Ham swings for the body but Dingle moves out of range.
Ham ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ham keeps the fight on the outside.
Dingle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dingle misses with a head kick.
Ham moves out of range as Dingle throws a body kick.
Dingle wants to clinch up but Ham keeps it at a distance.
Dingle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ham ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dingle moves away.
Ham throws out a loose jab but Dingle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ham shoots in for a double leg but Dingle sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ham throws a series of punches but Dingle avoids them all with ease.
Ham lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dingle connects with a solid leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ham checks a leg kick.
Dingle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ham is able to avoid easily.
Ham avoids the head kick by Dingle.
Dingle goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dingle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dingle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dingle looks to land a body kick but Ham moved away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dingle, right into the meat.
Ham tries to bum rush Dingle with a series of wild strikes but Dingle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dingle moves into the clinch.
Dingle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ham.
Nice elbow from Dingle.
Dingle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ham manages to break the clinch.
Ham lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dingle stuffs the takedown attempt from Ham. Ham gets slowly back to his feet.
Dingle doesn't manage to clinch there - Ham circles away.
Dingle throws a head kick that misses.
Ham lands a jab-cross combination.
Ham throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ham keeps the fight on the outside.
Ham swats away the attempt to clinch by Dingle.
Ham scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ham jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ham checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ham. Dingle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dingle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dingle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ham checks a low kick from Dingle.
Ham bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dingle's head backwards.
Ham connects with a body shot.
Dingle throws a low kick but Ham avoids it.
Dingle wants to clinch.
Good leg kick by Dingle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dingle scoring well with a low kick there.
Dingle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ham. Dingle does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Dingle.
Dingle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dingle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ham jabs at Dingle's body.
Ham shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bro Ham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good leg kick by Dingle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ham lunges at Dingle with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dingle's hand.
Ham thuds his right hand into Dingle's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Good exchange - Ham coming out on top.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ham.
Dingle tries to close the distance and clinch but Ham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ham scores with a body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Ham blocks the leg kick.
Ham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dingle has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ham avoids the head kick by Dingle.
Dingle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice straight punches there by Ham. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ham.
Ham ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ham lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dingle at a distance.
Ham fails to land with a series of punches.
Dingle plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ham blocks a head kick by Dingle.
Ham blocks the body kick.
Ham uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ham moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Ham.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dingle.
Dingle looks to throw a body kick
and Ham counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Barry Dingle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ham moves out of range as Dingle throws a body kick.
Dingle clinches but Ham breaks the clinch
and Ham counters with a nice uppercut.
Ham dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ham thuds his right hand into Dingle's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dingle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ham throws a hook to the side of Dingle's head but Dingle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dingle on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dingle throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Ham.
Ham scores with a jab. Dingle acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dingle misses with a low kick.
Dingle throws a low kick but Ham avoids it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ham darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ham connects with a single shot there.
A clash of legs there as Ham blocks the low kick.
Dingle darts in trying to clinch
and Ham counters with a two punch combo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bro Ham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ham, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bro Ham!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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