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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amadeus Astra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Astra comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Once in a Lifetime kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kenny Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amadeus Astra!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood misses with a head kick.
Wood shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Astra is trying to defend but Wood finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Wood is working for a submission of some sort.
Astra blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wood.
Astra gets full guard.
Astra escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wood gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Astra looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Wood passes into half guard.
Wood wants to pass to mount but Astra is defending the position.
Wood looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Astra looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Astra wants to improve his position but Wood is controlling well.
Wood missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Astra on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Astra wants to control but Wood is keeping busy.
Astra might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Wood kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Astra throws the left hand but Wood avoids the punch easily.
That's two 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.
Astra moves out of range of the body kick.
Astra keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wood.
Astra tries to clinch but Wood is having none of it.
Astra doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
Wood throws a wild body kick that Astra sees coming a mile off.
Astra swings for the body but Wood moves out of range.
Astra tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wood throws a wild body kick that Astra sees coming a mile off.
Astra misses with a few strikes there.
Astra misses with a straight left.
Astra uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wood.
Amadeus Astra is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wood throws a looping overhand right but Astra ducks down to avoid it.
Wood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Astra is looking to clinch but Wood is avoiding it.
Wood jabs Astra right on the nose. Astra blinks but takes it well.
Wood looks to land a combination but Astra avoids it well.
Wood bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a combination
and Astra counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wood shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Astra lands a glancing blow to the side of Wood's head.
Astra tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wood jabs at Astra's body.
Astra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wood moves away.
Wood throws a body punch but Astra moves out of range.
Astra wants to clinch up but Wood keeps it at a distance.
Wood fails to land with a series of punches.
Astra moves into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Astra.
Wood has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Astra is pressed up against the cage. Wood has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Astra down to the mat. Astra avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Astra moves in looking to clinch but Wood pushes him off.
Wood lands a jab to Astra's midsection.
Astra wants to clinch up but Wood keeps it at a distance.
A combination from Astra does no damage.
Wood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a head kick.
Astra tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Astra missing with a left hand there. Wood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Astra tries to clinch up but Wood circles away and keeps his distance.
Wood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Astra misses with a double jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Astra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Astra has closed the distance and engaged Wood in a clinch.
Wood drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Astra gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Astra lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Wood lands a right hand that snaps the head of Astra backwards.
Wood misses with some punches.
Astra is trying to stall.
Wood breaks the clinch.
The fighters circling - Wood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Astra works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Amadeus Astra will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Wood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Astra tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
Wood closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Wood lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Astra had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wood defends it easily.
Wood looking to pass the guard.
Astra looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Astra is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wood postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Astra trying to keep a closed guard but Wood is proving a slippery customer.
Astra utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Astra wants to sweep but no luck.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Astra. That did some damage!
Wood shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Astra is looking to control Wood's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Astra avoid being mounted?
Wood sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Astra defending well though.
Wood takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wood sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Astra defending well though.
Wood is nestled in close to Astra, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood throwing shots but Astra is blocking nicely.
Wood not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wood is thwarting Astra's attempts to control the position.
Wood blocks the strikes from Astra.
Astra tries to roll over but Wood keeps him under control.
Wood misses with a head shot. Astra uses the momentum to regain guard.
Astra is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Wood throwing strikes but missing.
Wood 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.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Astra is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astra doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
Wood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wood throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Astra avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick misses from Wood.
Astra throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wood connects with a good right hand that stumbles Astra. Astra circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Astra uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wood.
Wood throws a nice looking combination but Astra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A shot to the body from Wood misses
and Astra counters by clinching up.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Wood fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wood.
Wood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wood working aggressively here.
Astra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Astra.
A short left from Astra.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Astra lands a shoulder strike.
Wood has a couple of punches blocked by Astra.
Astra working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Astra working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Astra - that landed with a thud.
Wood letting Astra take a breather here.
Wood fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Astra is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Wood misses with the head strike.
Wood tries a body shot but Astra blocks it.
Astra lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Astra cracks Wood with a nice body shot.
Wood is trying to break the clinch but Astra is controlling him.
A short body shot lands from Astra as the two fighters clinch.
Wood being controlled against the cage.
Wood wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice left hand lands by Astra.
Wood misses with a punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Astra takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Astra blocks an uppercut.
Astra lands with a right to the head.
Astra stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kenny Wood will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Astra fails to land with a series of punches.
Kenny Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Astra forces Wood back against the cage and clinches.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Astra.
Wood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Astra has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Astra blocking some punches.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Wood.
Astra misses with some punches.
Astra lands a body shot.
Astra throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Woods head.
Astra lands an uppercut.
Wood struggles to land a body shot inside as Astra controls his hands.
Astra presses Wood against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Astra.
Come on Astra - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Astra works on Wood's body with a couple of short punches.
A hook to the body from Astra.
Astra will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wood up against the cage.
Astra lands a shoulder strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Astra gets through Wood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood can't find room to land a body shot as Astra controls the action.
Astra lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Astra is stalling here.
A short right from Astra.
Astra works on Wood's body with a couple of short punches.
Astra pushes Wood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Astra as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Astra.
Astra lands a hook that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Astra scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Astra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Astra manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Astra gets through Wood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Astra working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Astra working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Wood fails to land.
Wood tries to break free but Astra pushes him back against the cage.
Wood working hard to break the clinch.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Astra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Astra leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Astra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Astra throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Woods head.
Astra lands a hook that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Astra lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wood or not.
Astra slows down the pace here.
Astra lands a nice uppercut.
Amadeus Astra seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Astra wants to stall.
Astra lands a hook that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Astra lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Astra.
Wood misses with a body punch.
Wood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Astra lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Astra makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Come on Astra - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Wood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Astra has him pressed against the cage.
Wood is leaning against Astra and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Astra is leaning against Wood and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Astra stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astra pushes Wood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Astra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Astra is working Wood over against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Astra scores with a nice short uppercut.
Astra is looking to control Wood's arms but Wood gets an underhook and turns him. Now Astra has his back to the cage.
A short right from Wood.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Astra tries to stall but Wood uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Amadeus Astra.
Wood shoots in and bounces Astra off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Astra throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wood postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood has gone for a leg lock! Astra slips out almost immediately though and dives into Wood's guard.
Wood looking for a sweep. Not yet Wood, not yet.
Astra advances position into side control!
Wood takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Astra landing a few strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Astra is looking to take a break and control but Wood is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Amadeus Astra comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Astra 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amadeus Astra!
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