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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buddy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Kidd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
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180 cm
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buddy Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Kidd!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kidd fails to land with a series of punches.
Love closes the distance and clinches.
Love is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kidd has had enough of the clinch but Love keeps him there for the moment.
Kidd has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kidd prevents the takedown attempt.
Love tries for a takedown but Kidd manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buddy Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love is trying to trip Kidd. He has hold of a leg but Kidd is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Love persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Kidd preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kidd keeping full guard, as Love tries to pass.
Love postures up in Kidd's guard and throws a big left but Kidd blocks it.
Love loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love trying to control but Kidd is working from the bottom.
Kidd is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Love is controlling him.
Love trying to control but Kidd is working from the bottom.
Love tries to free his leg and advance position but Kidd is retaining full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Love shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kidd sprawls well. Kidd wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Love gets slowly back to his feet.
Kidd looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kidd throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
That's two 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.
Kidd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kidd defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Love.
Kidd tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Love slips a jab and a cross from Kidd.
Love scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kidd looks gassed!
Love is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Love tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kidd knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Love missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kidd keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Love looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Kidd avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Love.
Love throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Love looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kidd!
Kidd blocking the ground and pound.
Love is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kidd to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kidd shrugs it off.
Love can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kidd is looking to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buddy Love dominated that round.
That's time! Love's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kidd throws a right and a left that Love avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Kidd.
Kidd fails to land with a series of punches.
Love avoids a punch combination nicely.
Love has Kidd up against the cage in a clinch.
Love lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Love missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Love has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kidd is looking to escape.
Love moves nicely into side control.
Kidd is breathing heavily.
Love in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love slows the pace down.
Love in side control lands a decent elbow.
Love throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Love looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kidd is avoiding damage well.
Sloppy strikes there by Love.
Love looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kidd is avoiding damage well.
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.
Love is trying to get an arm triangle but Kidd is defending well.
Love controls the position.
Love looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Love wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kidd keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kidd as he jumps to the side.
Love moves into the clinch successfully.
Kidd wants to break free but Love has control.
Love tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kidd smiles and moves away.
Love shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buddy Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Kidd misses.
Love slips a jab and a cross from Kidd.
Kidd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kidd scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kidd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Love circles away quickly and effectively.
Kidd lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Love backs up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Kidd, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Love shoots in and bounces Kidd off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Kidd really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Love. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Love stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kidd swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kidd preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Love is stalling in the full guard.
Love trying to control but Kidd is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buddy Love dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kidd as he avoids it easily.
Love looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kidd!
Love controlling the position easily from mount.
Love tries to control but Kidd wriggling away.
Kidd holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Love tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love landing punches.
Love thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kidd holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Love tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Love misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Love throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kidd is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Love trying to control but Kidd is having none of it.
Love putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kidd wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Love.
Love looking to finish with strikes here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kidd is looking to escape.
Love punching from mount but Kidd doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Love throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kidd because Love loaded up on that one.
Love looking to finish with strikes here!
Love throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kidd because Love loaded up on that one.
Jason Kidd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Love thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Love throws some wild stikes that Kidd manages to avoid easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Love trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Buddy Love is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Love jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Kidd is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Kidd and Love has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
And that's the end of the fight!
Buddy Love showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Love, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buddy Love!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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