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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gangus Hutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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187 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gangus Hutt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Dawkins!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hutt wants to clinch.
Hutt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hutt closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dawkins to the mat! Dawkins manages to get full guard.
Dawkins is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dawkins can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hutt throwing strikes from guard but Dawkins blocks nicely.
Hutt controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hutt is fighting to break Dawkins's control of his arms but Dawkins is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins wants to sweep but no luck.
Dawkins is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hutt postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hutt looking to sit in guard and control but Dawkins gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hutt trying to control the position.
Dawkins is looking to work some ground and pound but Hutt has wrist control.
Dawkins passes Hutt's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hutt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dawkins.
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.
Dawkins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hutt defending well though.
Dawkins sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ground and pound from Dawkins.
Hutt preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Hutt misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hutt is not content to let Dawkins control the position.
Dawkins moves into full mount! Hutt won't be happy about that!
Dawkins lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins with the ground and pound from mount.
Hutt is trying to escape the mount.
Dawkins working Hutt over with strikes here.
Dawkins scoring with strikes but Hutt is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Dawkins.
Dawkins with good strikes from the mount here!
Hutt is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hutt is breathing heavily.
Hutt wants to hold on but Dawkins pushes him away.
Dawkins lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hutt hang on?
Dawkins lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dawkins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Dawkins connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dawkins cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Dawkins.
Dawkins goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Hutt turns into him and now he's in Dawkins's guard.
Dawkins has his hands on Hutt's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dawkins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice strikes from Dawkins there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dawkins connects with a nice short shot to Hutt's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Dawkins dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dawkins looks for the body kick but Hutt saw that one coming.
Dawkins tries a low kick but Hutt avoids it.
Hutt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dawkins drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jack Dawkins has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dawkins is working Hutt over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hutt is looking for a sweep.
Dawkins creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hutt taking a bit of punishment here - Dawkins scoring with strikes.
Hutt wants to control but Dawkins postures up.
Dawkins thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hutt is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dawkins scores with a couple of short elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Hutt's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dawkins cracks Hutt with a big elbow.
Dawkins tries for a kimura but Hutt is defending well.
Dawkins working the ground and pound.
Dawkins scoring with punches from side control.
Hutt is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dawkins connects with a decent elbow.
The referee asks Dawkins politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Dawkins prefers to stall for the moment though.
Dawkins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hutt keeps working.
Dawkins lands a few punches from side control.
Dawkins scoring with punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins in side control lands a decent elbow.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Dawkins prevents Hutt from escaping the position.
Hutt is trying to escape the position but Dawkins is controlling the position.
Hutt taking punishment in the form of punches.
Dawkins controls the position.
Dawkins lands an elbow.
Dawkins working the ground and pound from side control.
Dawkins working the ground and pound.
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!
Dawkins lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hutt is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dawkins connects with a decent elbow.
Dawkins creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dawkins slows the pace down.
Dawkins lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Dawkins working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Dawkins cracks Hutt with a big elbow.
Dawkins staying calm.
Let's hope that Dawkins has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hutt tries to buck Dawkins off but Dawkins is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Dawkins politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Dawkins prefers to stall for the moment though.
Dawkins in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dawkins lands an elbow.
Dawkins in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dawkins just content to control the position.
Dawkins working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hutt trying to remain calm as Dawkins controls from the top position.
Dawkins scoring with punches and elbows.
Dawkins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dawkins controlling the position.
Despite being in the dominant position, Jack Dawkins just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dawkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Dawkins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Dawkins drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dawkins landing some decent shots from guard.
Hutt trying to control the position.
Dawkins is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dawkins scoring with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dawkins wants to control from the top but Hutt keeps moving.
Hutt is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hutt is really struggling to control Dawkins but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Dawkins keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hutt's head.
Dawkins wants to control from the top but Hutt keeps moving.
Dawkins lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dawkins is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dawkins scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dawkins chips away with some ground and pound.
Dawkins postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Hutt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dawkins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dawkins scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hutt looking to control.
Dawkins showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hutt is trying to keep Dawkins in close.
Dawkins controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dawkins is pushing down on Hutt's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hutt is fighting to maintain full guard but Dawkins has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hutt is looking to get back to is feet but Dawkins passes into side control.
Dawkins lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Dawkins cracks Hutt with a big elbow.
Dawkins landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dawkins landing a few strikes.
A lull in the action here as Dawkins stalls from top position.
Dawkins's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins working the ground and pound.
Jack Dawkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hutt on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hutt is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dawkins connects with a decent elbow.
Dawkins controlling the position from side mount.
Dawkins creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dawkins controls the position.
Despite being in the dominant position, Jack Dawkins just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hutt takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gangus Hutt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hutt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Dawkins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dawkins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 25:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Dawkins!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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