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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seb Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Swagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swagger has chosen Amazing as his entrance music. 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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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Seb Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaun Swagger!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swagger wants to clinch up but Cole keeps it at a distance.
Swagger circles away from the clinch attempt
and Swagger counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cole.
Cole looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cole lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Shaun Swagger has been cut.
Cole avoiding damage as Swagger throws knees to the body.
Swagger takes an elbow to the temple.
Cole pushes off an throws an elbow but Swagger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cole misses with an elbow over the top.
Cole tries to land knees in the clinch but Swagger avoids the damage to the body.
Cole pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cole misses with a knee strike.
Cole throws an elbow that misses.
Cole lands an elbow that stopped Swagger in his tracks for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cole.
Swagger is trying to break the clinch but Cole is controlling him.
Cole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cole prevents Swagger from breaking the clinch.
Swagger takes an elbow to the temple.
Swagger trying to land knees to the body.
Cole looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cole missing with knees to the body.
Swagger tries to circle away but Cole has him pinned against the cage.
Cole lands an elbow inside that Swagger shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swagger takes an elbow to the temple.
Swagger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cole lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Swagger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cole trying to land knees to the body.
Cole landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Swagger looks gassed!
Swagger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Swagger avoiding damage as Cole throws knees to the body.
Cole crunches a lovely knee into Swagger's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cole obliges.
Nice elbow from Cole.
That has opened up Shaun Swagger's cut even more.
Cole lands a damaging elbow.
Swagger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cole looking to throw knees to the head but Swagger is blocking nicely.
Cole working Swagger over with knees to the body.
Swagger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cole taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but Swagger blocks with his arms.
Cole tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swagger avoids it.
Cole unloads a knee to the mid-section. Swagger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cole tries to land knees in the clinch but Swagger avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cole.
Cole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swagger is defending well for now.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but Swagger blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swagger.
Cole unloads a knee to the mid-section. Swagger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Swagger blocks an elbow strike from Cole.
Cole landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cole lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cole.
Cole lands an elbow inside that Swagger shrugs off.
Cole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cole landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Swagger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cole lands a knee to the body.
Cole comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cole connects with a knee to the head.
Cole tries to land knees in the clinch but Swagger avoids the damage to the body.
Swagger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Swagger is trying to break free.
Cole creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swagger's defenses.
Cole tries to land knees in the clinch but Swagger avoids the damage to the body.
Cole misses with a knee strike.
Cole on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cole misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swagger's defenses.
Cole misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swagger.
Cole creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swagger's defenses.
Swagger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cole misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swagger.
Cole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swagger is defending well for now.
Swagger is trying to break the clinch but Cole is controlling him.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cole creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swagger's defenses.
Cole lands an elbow that stopped Swagger in his tracks for a moment.
Cole tries a knee to the head but Swagger blocks it.
Swagger manages to break the clinch.
Swagger tries to clinch up but Cole circles away and keeps his distance.
Cole moves in looking to clinch but Swagger pushes him off.
Cole moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cole will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Swagger keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cole lands a knee to the head.
Cole lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cole comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cole trying to land knees to the body.
Cole stalling against the cage.
Swagger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cole creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swagger's defenses.
Cole is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Swagger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swagger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cole crunches a lovely knee into Swagger's ribcage.
Cole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swagger is defending well for now.
Swagger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swagger blocks it with crossed arms.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cole comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swagger is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seb Cole dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shaun Swagger's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cole rushes Swagger and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Swagger is trying to force a seperation but Cole has the dominant position.
Cole missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Swagger as the two fighters clinch.
Cole lands an elbow inside that Swagger shrugs off.
Cole using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swagger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cole misses with a knee to the head.
Cole keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Swagger's efforts to push away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cole just misses with a elbow thrown towards Swagger's brow.
Swagger can't break the clinch.
Cole misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swagger.
Cole is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Swagger can't get the takedown.
Cole trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swagger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swagger blocks it with crossed arms.
Cole trying to land knees to the body.
Cole landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cole misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swagger.
Cole lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cole utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole throws an elbow but it misses.
Cole tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swagger avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cole.
Cole tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swagger avoids it.
Cole crunches a lovely knee into Swagger's ribcage.
Seb Cole has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cole lands a good knee to the midsection. Swagger won't want to take too many of those.
Cole lands a knee to the body.
Cole with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cole lands a knee to the head.
Cole misses with an elbow strike.
Cole creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swagger's defenses.
Knees to the body from Cole.
Cole lands an elbow that stopped Swagger in his tracks for a moment.
Cole is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cole scores with a knee to the head.
Cole tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swagger avoids it.
Swagger has had enough of the clinch but Cole keeps him there for the moment.
Cole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Swagger blocks the elbow strike.
Cole scores with a knee to the head.
Cole misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swagger.
That's two 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.
Cole missing with knees to the body.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swagger blocks it with crossed arms.
Cole throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cole tries to land knees in the clinch but Swagger avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cole lands a good knee to the midsection. Swagger won't want to take too many of those.
Cole stalling.
Cole tries a knee to the head but Swagger blocks it.
Cole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Swagger's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cole using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Swagger tries to land knees in the clinch but Cole avoids the damage to the body.
Cole with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cole lands a nice elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cole throws an elbow but misses.
Cole trying to land knees to the body.
Cole with a knee to the head.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swagger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole unloads a knee to the mid-section. Swagger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cole keeps control of Swagger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cole lands an elbow inside that Swagger shrugs off.
Swagger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cole lands an elbow just above Swagger 's eye.
Cole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cole landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cole landing knees to the head.
Cole misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swagger.
Swagger blocks the elbow strike.
Swagger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swagger drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Swagger is leaning against Cole and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Swagger dodges an elbow strike from Cole.
Cole stalling the fight.
Cole scores with a knee to the head.
Cole misses with a knee strike.
That's four 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.
Swagger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cole connects with a knee to the head.
Cole keeps control of Swagger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cole managing to block the knees to the body from Swagger.
Cole using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cole landing knees to the body.
Cole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swagger is defending well for now.
Swagger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cole tries to land knees in the clinch but Swagger avoids the damage to the body.
Cole unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swagger avoiding damage as Cole throws knees to the body.
Cole unloads a knee to the mid-section. Swagger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cole blocks a body shot from Swagger.
Cole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swagger blocks it with crossed arms.
Cole trying to land knees to the body.
Swagger is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seb Cole dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shaun Swagger's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Cole closes the distance but Swagger moves to the side
and Swagger counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cole!
Cole is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Swagger has taken his back!
Cole is trying to stand back up.
Cole manages to stand up with Swagger still on his back. Eventually Swagger drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.
Seb Cole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cole, right into the meat.
Swagger moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cole tries to close the distance and clinch but Swagger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Swagger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cole can pounce on him.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cole.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole tries to clinch but Swagger is having none of it.
Cole doesn't manage to clinch there - Swagger circles away.
Cole tries to clinch up
and Swagger counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Swagger prevents Cole from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swagger is trying to control. Cole wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cole is trying to stand.
Cole makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Cole tries to clinch but Swagger is having none of it.
Cole getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Seb Cole is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cole looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cole has closed the distance and engaged Swagger in a clinch.
Cole misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole lands a knee to the body.
Cole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swagger is defending well for now.
Swagger tries to stall but Cole uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cole lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cole.
Cole lands a nice elbow.
Cole lands an elbow inside that Swagger shrugs off.
Cole lands an elbow inside that Swagger shrugs off.
Cole lands an elbow inside.
Swagger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Swagger just leaning against Cole, taking a breather.
Cole missing with knees to the body.
Cole scores a nice knee to the body.
Swagger is trying to break the clinch but Cole is controlling him.
Cole lands an elbow just above Swagger 's eye.
Swagger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swagger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cole looking to throw knees to the head but Swagger is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but Swagger blocks with his arms.
Swagger is trying to force a seperation but Cole has the dominant position.
Swagger takes an elbow to the temple.
Cole missing with knees to the body.
Swagger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cole lands a good knee to the midsection. Swagger won't want to take too many of those.
Cole misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swagger.
Cole tries to land a knee to the head but Swagger blocks with his arms.
Swagger avoiding damage as Cole throws knees to the body.
Cole landing knees to the head.
Seb Cole is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cole misses with an elbow over the top.
Cole pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cole putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Swagger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Swagger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swagger avoiding damage as Cole throws knees to the body.
Swagger is trying to break the clinch but Cole is controlling him.
Cole working Swagger over with knees to the body.
Cole is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cole is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cole creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swagger's defenses.
Swagger is trying to break the clinch but Cole is controlling him.
Cole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swagger is defending well for now.
Cole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swagger managing to block the knees to the body from Cole.
Cole landing knees to the body.
Cole comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cole landing knees to the body.
Cole misses with a knee to the head.
Cole lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Swagger avoiding damage as Cole throws knees to the body.
Cole misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swagger.
Nice elbow from Cole.
Cole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cole scores a nice knee to the body.
Shaun Swagger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cole lands a nice elbow.
Cole unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shaun Swagger.
I think Cole has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seb Cole!
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hype
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