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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bud Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alaric Visigoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Visigoth has chosen THUNDERSTRUCK as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bud Haze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alaric Visigoth!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Eddie Farnsworth and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haze displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Visigoth.
Haze does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Haze cracks the inside of Visigoth's front leg.
Haze lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Haze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Visigoth fails with the takedown.
Visigoth fails with the takedown.
Bud Haze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alaric Visigoth.
Haze lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Haze turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Haze swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Haze lets loose with a powerful body kick. Visigoth will feel that in the morning.
Visigoth looks gassed!
A punch combination from Visigoth misses.
Haze turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haze lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Haze lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Visigoth tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Haze scoring well with a low kick there.
Haze fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Visigoth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Haze. That's going to slow Visigoth down.
Visigoth on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Haze. Haze obviously looking to wear him down.
Haze moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Visigoth on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Haze. Haze obviously looking to wear him down.
Haze dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Visigoth. That did some damage!
Haze jabs at Visigoth's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Haze there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A solid leg kick lands there for Haze.
Haze throws a nice outside leg kick.
Haze moves into the clinch successfully.
Visigoth avoiding damage as Haze throws knees to the body.
Haze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Visigoth blocks it with crossed arms.
Haze missing with knees to the body.
Haze working Visigoth over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Haze obliges.
Haze misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Visigoth.
Haze is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Haze crunches a lovely knee into Visigoth's ribcage.
Visigoth takes a knee right on the jaw!
Haze lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Haze crunches a lovely knee into Visigoth's ribcage.
Haze using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Haze lands a good knee to the midsection. Visigoth won't want to take too many of those.
Visigoth takes a knee to the side of the body.
Haze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haze scores with a knee to the head.
Visigoth drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Visigoth avoiding damage as Haze throws knees to the body.
Visigoth is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Haze lands a knee to the body.
Haze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Haze gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Visigoth.
Haze is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Haze lands a knee to the body.
Visigoth has picked Haze up - he's going for a ride! Visigoth dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Visigoth throwing shots but Haze is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Visigoth missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Visigoth thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haze is not content to let Visigoth control the position.
Visigoth misses with a head shot. Haze uses the momentum to regain guard.
Visigoth postures up.
That's four 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.
Haze avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Visigoth missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Haze lands a nice leg kick that just misses Visigoth's sensitive parts.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haze stuffs the takedown attempt from Visigoth. Visigoth gets slowly back to his feet.
Haze is looking to chop away at Visigoth's legs.
Haze throws a leg kick which misses Visigoth's front leg but catches the back leg as Visigoth tries to avoid it.
Visigoth fails with the takedown.
Haze has Visigoth up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Haze obliges.
Haze misses with a knee strike.
Haze lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bud Haze dominated that 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.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Haze is pressed up against the cage. Visigoth has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Haze down to the mat. Haze avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Haze swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Visigoth shoots in for a double leg but Haze sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Haze lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Haze.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Haze, right into the meat.
Haze looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Visigoth avoids the head kick by Haze.
Visigoth takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Haze dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Visigoth. That did some damage!
Haze feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Visigoth's calf.
Haze lands a nice looking body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Haze.
Visigoth is breathing heavily.
Haze lands with a kick to the ribs.
A slapping body kick lands there for Haze.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Visigoth takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A nice inside leg kick there by Haze. That's going to slow Visigoth down.
Haze scores with a leg kick.
Haze throws a head kick that Visigoth semi-blocks.
Alaric Visigoth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haze looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Visigoth shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Haze but Haze pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bud Haze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alaric Visigoth.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Haze.
Haze lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Haze fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Visigoth.
Haze connects with a high kick.
Bud Haze is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters circling a little - Haze finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Haze chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Haze clinches up against the cage.
Haze scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haze connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze lands a knee to the head.
Haze landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Haze missing with knees to the body.
Haze tries to land a knee to the head but Visigoth blocks with his arms.
Haze is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Visigoth can do to turn this around?
Visigoth wants a takedown but no success here.
Haze putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Visigoth in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Haze is trying to maintain a safe position but Visigoth gets an underhook and turns Haze into the cage.
Haze gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Visigoth.
A knee to the head by Haze.
Visigoth's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Haze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Visigoth blocks it with crossed arms.
Haze misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Visigoth.
Haze prevents the takedown attempt.
Haze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Visigoth blocks it with crossed arms.
Haze avoids a wild elbow strike from Visigoth.
Haze gets underhooks to prevent Visigoth's takedown attempt.
Haze putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Visigoth in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Visigoth has Haze pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Haze manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Visigoth looking for a takedown.
Haze lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Visigoth is defending well for now.
Visigoth lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Haze regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Visigoth.
Visigoth trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Visigoth distracts Haze with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Visigoth lands a couple of digs.
Visigoth throws a strike but Haze rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Haze trying to control but Visigoth is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Visigoth pulls Haze in close to prevent any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Visigoth tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bud Haze 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Visigoth is defended easily by Haze.
An inside leg kick lands from Haze.
Visigoth looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Haze avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Visigoth.
Visigoth missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Haze is trying to stand up here but Visigoth is controlling him well.
Visigoth missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Haze on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Haze tries to get out of the position.
Visigoth throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Visigoth takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Visigoth is thwarting Haze's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Visigoth throwing shots but Haze is blocking nicely.
Visigoth throwing shots but Haze is blocking nicely.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Visigoth scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Visigoth creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Haze sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Visigoth misses with the ground and pound.
Haze tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Visigoth wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Visigoth looking to control but instead Haze has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Visigoth looks to land a strike but Haze avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Visigoth is looking to work some ground and pound but Haze has wrist control.
Visigoth slips nicely into half guard.
Haze blocking the ground and pound attempt from Visigoth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Visigoth with the ground and pound but Haze uses the opportunity to regain guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Visigoth accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Visigoth wants to control from the top but Haze keeps moving.
Visigoth missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Haze is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Haze working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Visigoth.
Visigoth throwing strikes from guard but Haze blocks nicely.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Visigoth throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
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.
Visigoth has a takedown stuffed.
Haze ducks under a wild hook from Visigoth.
A slapping leg kick lands for Haze.
Haze throws a hook but Visigoth blocks it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Haze misses with a knee strike.
Haze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Visigoth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Haze obliges.
Haze misses with a knee to the head.
Visigoth can't get the takedown.
Bud Haze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alaric Visigoth.
Haze lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Visigoth tries for a takedown. No joy.
Haze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Visigoth blocks it with crossed arms.
Alaric Visigoth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Haze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Visigoth is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Haze pulls him back up using the underhooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alaric Visigoth.
I think Haze 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bud Haze!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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