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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Doc Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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192 lbs
16 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doc Patterson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jimmy Blair!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patterson misses the shot to the body.
Patterson misses with a hook.
Blair throws out a loose jab but Patterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patterson misses with a looping right.
Doc Patterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patterson scores with a jab to the head.
Patterson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Blair's head.
Blair jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Patterson misses the shot to the body.
Patterson tries to clinch up but Blair circles away and keeps his distance.
Blair pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from Blair misses.
Patterson looks to land a right hand but Blair moved out of range.
Blair slips under a jab from Patterson.
Patterson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Patterson misses the target.
Blair smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Blair lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Patterson misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson lands with a kick to the temple. Blair shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Blair misses with a straight left.
Blair avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blair lands a jab to the head.
Patterson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blair swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blair defending well as Patterson loads up on a big left hand.
Patterson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blair steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Patterson.
Blair loads up on a big right hand but Patterson slips the punch.
Patterson tries to close the distance and clinch but Blair swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jimmy Blair is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A right-left combo lands from Patterson.
Patterson throws a body punch but Blair moves out of range.
Patterson looks to land a left hand but Blair moved out of range nicely.
A good leg kick by Patterson.
Blair connects with a right hand. Patterson shakes it off.
Patterson misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blair.
Blair walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Patterson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Patterson lands with a right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice shot by Blair.
Blair takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blair displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Patterson throws out the jab.
Patterson darts in and clinches Blair up against the cage.
Patterson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patterson misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Patterson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Patterson prevents Blair from breaking the clinch.
Patterson can't find room to land a body shot as Blair controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson throws a punch but it's blocked by Blair.
Blair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Patterson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Patterson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Blair stuns Patterson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Patterson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Patterson digs a good hook to Blair's body.
Blair throws a hook to the side of Patterson's head but Patterson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Patterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Patterson misses with a straight left.
Blair uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Patterson.
Blair misses with a double jab.
Patterson misses with a jab to the body
enabling Blair to counter with a crisp jab.
Blair blocks a low kick nicely.
Blair takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair throws a nice looking combination but Patterson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Patterson scores with a hook to the body. Blair takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Patterson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Blair is out of range and Patterson settles back down.
Blair with a nice cross.
Patterson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Blair.
Patterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blair is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Blair swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blair is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Patterson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Patterson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Blair has time to react.
Blair ducks under a wild hook from Patterson.
Blair lands with a straight right. Patterson didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patterson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Patterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blair checks a leg kick.
Blair might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Patterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blair lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doc Patterson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Patterson cracks Blair with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Blair throws a series of punches but Patterson avoids them all with ease.
Patterson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Patterson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Blair misses with a hook. Patterson ducked under it nicely.
Patterson sizes up Blair with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Patterson throws a big shot that misses.
Blair takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blair has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Patterson looks to score with a jab to the body but Blair is just out of range.
Blair checks the leg kick nicely there.
Patterson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Doc Patterson is winning the standup battle so far.
Patterson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A nice inside leg kick there by Patterson. That's going to slow Blair down.
Blair jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Patterson darts in trying to clinch
and Blair counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair takes one on the button.
Patterson tries to work over Blair's front leg with a kick but Blair checks it.
Patterson loads up on a big right hand but Blair slips the punch.
Patterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blair moves away.
Nice takedown defense from Blair. No joy for Patterson on that attempt.
Patterson tried to score with a low kick but Blair checks it.
Nice cross by Blair.
Patterson misses the shot to the body.
Patterson misses with a wild body shot.
Patterson is looking to clinch.
Patterson throws a shot from downtown. Blair moves away and avoids it.
Nice cross by Blair.
Donk. Patterson catches Blair right on the button with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blair throws a looping overhand right but Patterson ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Patterson misses.
Patterson slips under a jab.
Blair waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Patterson.
Blair slips a straight right by Patterson.
Blair loads up on a big right hand but Patterson slips the punch.
Blair misses with a hook.
Patterson misses the shot to the body.
Blair throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blair throws an overhand right that lands on Patterson's shoulder, as Patterson tries to avoid the shot.
Patterson is looking to score with low kicks.
Blair swinging wildly here.
Patterson tries to land a leg kick but Blair saw it coming and moves away.
Blair cracks Patterson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair throws a series of strikes that have Patterson backpedaling.
Patterson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Blair counters with a left and a right that stings Patterson.
Patterson tries to clinch up.
Patterson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Blair checks it well.
Blair connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Patterson momentarily.
Patterson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Patterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blair.
Patterson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Blair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some wild striking there from Blair.
Patterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blair misses with an uppercut.
Patterson slips under a jab from Blair.
Patterson avoids the body shot from Blair.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson throws a big shot that misses.
Jimmy Blair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blair misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Patterson misses
enabling Blair to counter with a crisp jab.
Patterson missing with a left hand there. Blair was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blair lands a jab to Patterson's midsection.
Patterson slips under a jab.
Blair scores with a crisp jab that stopped Patterson in his tracks.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Patterson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Blair throws a jab when Patterson was well out of range.
Patterson throws a solid leg kick but Blair takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Patterson.
Blair lands the left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Patterson tries to clinch but Blair is having none of it.
Patterson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blair.
Good work by Blair as he checks the leg kick.
Patterson misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Blair showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jab by Patterson.
Jab from Patterson.
Patterson wants to clinch but Blair slips to the side
and Blair counters with a one-two to the body.
Blair ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Patterson wants to slow Blair down by chopping away at his legs.
Blair tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Patterson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Blair avoids it really well and circles away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Blair tests Patterson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Patterson moves into range and clinches up with Blair.
Patterson lands with a light punch inside.
Patterson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patterson misses with a body punch.
Patterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson stalling in the clinch.
Patterson tries to work over Blair's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Patterson wants to stall.
Patterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patterson.
Patterson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blair tries to break the clinch but Patterson is controlling the position.
Blair can't break the clinch.
Blair manages to break the clinch.
Blair moves out of range of the strikes.
A clash of legs there as Blair blocks the low kick.
Patterson misses with a hook.
Patterson ducks under a wild hook from Blair.
Patterson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Patterson duly obliges.
Blair throws a series of punches but Patterson moves out of range.
Patterson catches Blair with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Patterson.
Blair throws a shot from downtown. Patterson moves away and avoids it.
Patterson misses with a looping left.
Patterson slips under a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Patterson.
Patterson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Patterson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blair swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blair swinging wildly here.
Blair will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Patterson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blair.
Blair scores with a shot to the body.
Blair scores with a hook to the body. Patterson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Patterson.
Patterson moves in looking to clinch but Blair pushes him off.
Patterson staying out of range there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Patterson.
Patterson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blair. That did some damage!
Patterson misses with a leg kick.
Blair looks to land a right hand but Patterson moved out of range.
Patterson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blair ducks under a wild hook from Patterson.
Blair checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A big right from Patterson misses.
Jab by Patterson.
Blair throws a one two combo.
Patterson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blair moves away.
Blair throws a body punch but Patterson moves out of range.
Patterson throws a hook but Blair avoids it easily.
Patterson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Blair counters with a nice body shot.
Blair fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Patterson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blair keeps the fight on the outside.
Blair fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Patterson throws a chopping leg kick but Blair manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Patterson throws a jab but it's blocked by Blair.
Blair throws an overhand right that lands on Patterson's shoulder, as Patterson tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blair swinging wildly here.
Blair lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Patterson at a distance.
Patterson tries to work over Blair's front leg with a kick but Blair checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Doc Patterson did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Patterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blair.
Patterson scores with a nice strike.
Patterson misses with an uppercut.
Patterson connects with a solid leg kick.
Blair's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Patterson.
Patterson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Blair at a distance.
Patterson missing with a left hand there. Blair was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Patterson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Patterson tries to bum rush Blair with a series of wild strikes but Blair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters circling - Patterson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Patterson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Patterson is looking to clinch.
Patterson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Blair throws a combination that misses
and Patterson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Blair lands a body shot.
Patterson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson misses the jab.
Blair throws a hook but Patterson blocks it.
Blair throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patterson moves forwards but Blair connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Blair wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Blair avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blair lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Patterson misses with a shot to the body
letting Blair counter with a right hand.
Blair on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Patterson. Patterson obviously looking to wear him down.
A combination from Patterson does no damage.
Blair throws a hook but Patterson avoids it easily.
Blair checks the leg kick nicely there.
Patterson tries to bum rush Blair with a series of wild strikes but Blair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blair circles away from the clinch attempt
and Blair counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson misses with a wild body shot.
Patterson tries to move into range but Blair moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Blair takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Patterson.
Blair keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blair looks to land a right hand but Patterson moved out of range.
Patterson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blair jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Blair throws a series of punches but Patterson moves out of range.
Blair scores with a jab.
Blair works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blair throws a combination that misses
and Patterson counters with a nice body shot.
Blair throws a shot to the body.
Patterson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Blair.
The fight stays on the outside here - Patterson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Patterson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Patterson blocks a jab.
Patterson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Patterson moves into the clinch.
Patterson tries to throw a body punch but Blair avoids it by throwing Patterson back against the cage.
Blair throws a punch but it's blocked by Patterson.
Patterson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch on the inside from Patterson fails to land.
Patterson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Patterson misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Blair misses the target.
Jab, jab by Blair - just one landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blair. Patterson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Patterson misses with a shot to the body
and Blair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Patterson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Patterson slips under a jab.
Patterson misses with a wild body shot.
Patterson misses with a body shot
and Blair counters with a one-two to the body.
Blair staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Jimmy Blair will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Patterson moves into range and clinches up with Blair.
Patterson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Blair tries to circle away but Patterson has him pinned against the cage.
Patterson swings wildly with an uppercut but Blair uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patterson trying to stall but Blair improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patterson.
Patterson can't find room to land a body shot as Blair controls the action.
Patterson is stalling here.
Patterson lands a shot to the body.
Blair blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Patterson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patterson has a couple of punches blocked by Blair.
A bit of stalling here from Patterson.
Patterson lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blair is trying to force a seperation but Patterson has the dominant position.
A short uppercut from Patterson.
Blair working hard to break the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Patterson tries to throw a body punch but Blair avoids it by throwing Patterson back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Patterson.
Patterson misses with the head strike.
Blair breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A swing and a miss from Patterson.
Blair throws out a loose jab but Patterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patterson misses with a body shot
and Blair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Patterson tries to clinch there but Blair circles away.
Patterson defending well as Blair loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson throws a leg kick but Blair moved away.
Blair scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Patterson lands a nice shot that snaps Blair's head back.
A slow jab from Patterson misses its intended target.
Blair chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Patterson can pounce on him.
Patterson lands a body shot.
Patterson throws a right and a left that Blair avoids nicely.
Patterson catches Blair with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Patterson throws an overhand right that lands on Blair's shoulder, as Blair tries to avoid the shot.
Patterson misses with a body shot
and Blair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blair throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patterson tries to clinch there but Blair circles away.
Blair with a hook.
Patterson scores with a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Blair.
Blair misses with a hook. Patterson ducked under it nicely.
Patterson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Patterson misses with a leg kick.
Patterson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Patterson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Patterson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Patterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blair lands a nice shot that snaps Patterson's head back.
Patterson walks into a jab.
Patterson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Patterson throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Patterson misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the body from Patterson misses
and Blair cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Patterson looks to score with a jab to the body but Blair is just out of range.
Patterson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blair.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Patterson.
Patterson closes the distance and clinches up with Blair, looking for a takedown. Patterson pushes Blair against the cage but Blair circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Patterson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Patterson lands a nice looking body kick.
Blair needs to keep his hands up - Patterson had a free shot at his head there.
Blair uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Patterson.
Patterson throws a combination that misses
and Blair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blair misses with the combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Doc Patterson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Patterson 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 48:48
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 48:47
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 48:48
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Doc Patterson retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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