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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vinnie Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Saplin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Price comes to the cage accompanied by The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army. The crowd seem to be enjoying Saplin's choice of entrance music: Invincible. Marcus Saplin will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vinnie Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcus Saplin!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Price.
Price swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Price throws a hook but Saplin blocks it.
Price takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Saplin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Price misses with a wild body shot.
Saplin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Price paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Price throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Saplin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saplin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Price misses with a hook.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saplin slips a straight right by Price.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Saplin slips under a jab.
Price looks to land a left hand but Saplin moved out of range nicely.
Vinnie Price seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saplin moves in looking to clinch but Price pushes him off.
Saplin ducks right into an uppercut from Price.
Price swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Price is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Saplin's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Saplin slips under a jab.
Price looks to score with a jab to the body but Saplin is just out of range.
Price misses with a two punch combination.
Saplin slips under a jab from Price.
Price throws a big shot that misses.
Saplin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice uppercut there from Price.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Price closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A jab from Price misses.
Saplin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Saplin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Price.
Saplin tries to clinch up.
Saplin moves out of range as Price strikes.
Left hook, right uppercut from Price.
A looping hook to the body misses from Price. Saplin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Price throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saplin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Saplin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Price swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saplin checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Saplin.
Saplin moves out of range as Price strikes.
Price throws a hook but Saplin avoids it easily.
Saplin staying out of range there.
Price lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Saplin tries to clinch up.
Price misses with an uppercut.
Price misses with a wild combination.
Price throws out a loose jab but Saplin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Price throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saplin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Price misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Price tries to bum rush Saplin with a series of wild strikes but Saplin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Price misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Price loads up on a big right hand but Saplin slips the punch.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Price is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saplin.
Saplin ducks under a wild hook from Price.
Price is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saplin.
Price fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A swing and a miss from Price.
Price throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Price throws a lazy right hand but Saplin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saplin tries to clinch up but Price circles away and keeps his distance.
Price throws a jab but it's blocked by Saplin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vinnie Price dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Price misses with a low kick.
Saplin tries to clinch up.
Saplin slips a jab from Price.
Price throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saplin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Saplin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Saplin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Price throws out the jab.
Saplin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Price has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Price is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saplin.
Price lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Saplin backs up against the cage.
Saplin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Price misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Price misses.
Saplin blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saplin ducks under a wild hook from Price.
Saplin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Price paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Saplin moves out of range as Price strikes.
Saplin slips a jab and a cross from Price.
Price throws a shot from downtown. Saplin moves away and avoids it.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Saplin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Price.
Price misses with a two punch combination.
Saplin wants to clinch up but Price keeps it at a distance.
Price connects with a crisp jab.
Saplin moves away from the strike by Price.
Price digs a good hook to Saplin's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Saplin dodges the punch combination from Price.
Price swings for the body but Saplin moves out of range.
Saplin slips under a jab from Price.
Saplin doesn't manage to clinch there - Price circles away.
Saplin wants to clinch.
Price connects with a single shot there.
Saplin blocks a jab.
Saplin slips a jab from Price.
Price throws a right and a left that Saplin avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saplin takes one on the button.
Saplin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Price.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Price throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saplin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Price fails to land with a series of punches.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Saplin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Price.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Price misses.
A jab from Price does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
No joy there for Price, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Saplin blocks a jab.
Price throws a looping overhand right but Saplin ducks down to avoid it.
Saplin tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Price.
Price keeps the fight on the outside.
Price missing with a left hand there. Saplin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A combination from Price does no damage.
Price moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Price misses the target.
Price throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Price scores with a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vinnie Price dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Price misses the target.
Saplin takes one to the chin there.
Saplin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Saplin moves forwards but Price connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Price, as that shot connected.
Saplin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice defenses there by Saplin.
Saplin slips under a jab.
Price scores with the left hand. Saplin knows he should have avoided that one.
Price looks to land a right hand but Saplin moved out of range.
Price's corner calls for a 1-2. Price obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Saplin doesn't manage to clinch there - Price circles away.
Price misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price throws a shot from downtown. Saplin moves away and avoids it.
Price throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Price thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saplin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Price scores with a crisp jab that stopped Saplin in his tracks.
Some wild striking there from Price.
Nice defenses there by Saplin.
Saplin tries to clinch there but Price circles away.
Price comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Price throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vinnie Price is winning the standup battle so far.
Price misses with an uppercut. Saplin saw that one coming.
Saplin fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Saplin looks to land a body kick but Price moved away.
Price misses with a straight right.
Price bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Saplin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Price sizes up Saplin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Saplin might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Price has got the better of the exchanges.
Price looks to land a combination but Saplin avoids it well.
Saplin tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Price is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saplin.
Saplin slips under a jab.
Price jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Saplin slips under a jab from Price.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saplin tries to clinch there but Price circles away.
Saplin tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Saplin ducks under a wild hook from Price.
Price lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saplin circles away quickly and effectively.
Saplin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Price.
Price is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saplin.
Price works over Saplin's head and body with a nice combination.
Saplin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Price.
Price throws a big shot that misses.
Saplin dodges the punch combination from Price.
Price thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vinnie Price is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Price finds it's target.
Price missing with a left hand there. Saplin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saplin doesn't manage to clinch there - Price circles away.
Price throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Saplin.
Price throws a hook to the side of Saplin's head but Saplin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saplin is looking to clinch but Price is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saplin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Price lunges at Saplin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Saplin's hand.
Price lands a jab to Saplin's midsection.
Marcus Saplin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saplin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Price paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vinnie Price showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Price 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:26
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinnie Price!
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hype
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