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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vic Sotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AJ Samison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samison has chosen No Love- Eminem feat. Lil' Wayne as his entrance music. The key to victory for Vic Sotto has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 Sydney, Vic Sotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, AJ Samison!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sotto blocks a head kick by Samison.
Samison looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Sotto shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Samison is trying to defend but Sotto finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Sotto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sotto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Samison's head.
Samison avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sotto.
Sotto is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sotto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sotto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Samison's head.
Sotto throwing shots but Samison is blocking nicely.
Samison is refusing to be controlled, as Sotto sits in half guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Good exchange - Sotto coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sotto with a nice head shot there.
Sotto trying to control the position from guard on top but Samison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sotto lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sotto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Samison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sotto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sotto works over Samison with some ground and pound from guard.
Samison utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sotto looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sotto tries to stand but Samison is controlling from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sotto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sotto wants to pass the guard but Samison is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sotto trying to control but Samison is working from the bottom.
Samison can't keep his opponent in guard - Sotto advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sotto not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotto is trying to control the action in half guard but Samison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sotto shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Samison napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sotto is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Sotto tries to score with some ground and pound. Samison controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Samison is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sotto has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Sotto working the ground and pound but Samison is defending the strikes.
Sotto lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sotto working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotto working the head and body with strikes.
Sotto landing strikes.
Samison is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sotto connects with a decent elbow.
Sotto working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sotto is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Samison is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Samison is trying to get back to his feet.
Samison is not content to let Sotto control the position.
Samison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sotto wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vic Sotto dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sotto decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Samison is trying to get back to full guard.
Sotto tries to pass to full mount but Samison defends it.
Sotto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Samison is not content to let Sotto control the position.
Sotto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Samison's head.
Samison is breathing heavily.
Sotto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sotto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sotto working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Samison slaps away a takedown attempt from Sotto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sotto looks for a takedown but Samison sprawls well.
Sotto fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Samison sprawls well initially but Sotto persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sotto uses his free foot to push down on Samison's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Samison.
Sotto connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sotto working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sotto jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Samison is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Samison and Sotto has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Sotto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Samison keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotto connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Samison some visible discomfort.
Sotto is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Samison knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sotto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Samison is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sotto decides to stand back up. Sotto steps back and let's Samison get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotto fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vic Sotto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sotto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sotto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sotto closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Samison moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Samison looking for a sweep. Not yet Samison, not yet.
Sotto stands and steps away. Samison gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Samison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sotto scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sotto shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sotto was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Vic Sotto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotto avoids the attempt from Samison to control.
Sotto breaks from Samison's wrist control and lands an elbow.
BOOM! Sotto connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sotto lands with some strikes.
Sotto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sotto unloading with bombs!
Sotto looking to finish with strikes here!
Sotto looking to control but Samison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vic Sotto dominated that second round.
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. And we move into the final round!
Sotto throws a series of strikes that have Samison backpedaling.
Samison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Samison displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sotto.
Sotto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sotto is defended easily by Samison.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vic Sotto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sotto looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sotto trying to control from half guard but Samison is working away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sotto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Samison defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotto thows a huge punch but Samison dodges it nicely.
Sotto trying to control from half guard but Samison is working away.
Samison keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sotto is working for a submission of some sort.
Sotto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sotto moves in looking to clinch but Samison pushes him off.
That's two 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.
Sotto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sotto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
A nice elbow there by Sotto.
Sotto is trying to control here but Samison has managed to regain half guard.
Sotto lands with a punch from half guard.
Samison pushes Sotto off looking to stand but Sotto dives back in and keeps control.
Sotto lands strikes from half guard.
Samison keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sotto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
AJ Samison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sotto controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samison blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sotto.
Samison looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sotto thows a huge punch but Samison dodges it nicely.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sotto wants to clinch.
Samison stuffs the takedown attempt from Sotto. Sotto gets slowly back to his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sotto.
Sotto shoots in for a double leg but Samison sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Samison throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sotto counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Samison manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Samison misses with a double jab
and Sotto counters with a two punch combo.
Sotto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Samison as he avoids it easily.
Samison misses with a body kick.
Samison moves in looking to clinch but Sotto pushes him off.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sotto.
Sotto gets a takedown into half guard.
Samison blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sotto.
Samison punching from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vic Sotto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sotto 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:26
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vic Sotto!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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