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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andreas Magic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sim Polls (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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177 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Andreas Magic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 2, fighting out of London, Sim Polls!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magic lands a jab-cross combination.
Magic misses with a series of wild punches.
Magic moves into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Polls gets underhooks to prevent Magic's takedown attempt.
Magic has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Polls avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Polls prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andreas Magic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Magic is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A short right from Polls.
A right hand to the body from Polls.
Magic lands a takedown into guard.
Polls tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Magic postures up.
Polls wants to sweep here but Magic controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Magic tries to free his leg and advance position but Polls is retaining full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Polls is on top in guard.
Polls passes Magic's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polls trying to control the pace.
Magic throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Magic moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Polls stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Magic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Magic throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Magic keeping moving, preventing Polls from controlling successfully.
Magic bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Polls's guard.
Magic thows a big elbow that misses.
Magic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Polls's head.
Magic trying to control the position from guard on top but Polls is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Magic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magic trying to control but Polls is working from the bottom.
Magic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Polls is keeping the position for now.
Magic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Polls can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Magic controls the pace.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Polls is trying to keep Magic in close.
Polls preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Polls keeping full guard, as Magic tries to pass.
Magic postures up in Polls's guard and throws a big left but Polls blocks it.
Magic throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Polls controls Magic momentarily but Magic frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Magic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Magic is fighting to break Polls's control of his arms but Polls is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Polls trying to keep a closed guard but Magic is proving a slippery customer.
Magic throws and elbow that misses. Polls uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Magic's guard. Nice move by Polls!
Polls stands up from Magic's guard - Polls perhaps looking for a knockout.
No luck for Magic with that takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Andreas Magic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Magic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Magic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Polls.
Polls looks to throw the jab but Magic is out of range.
Magic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Polls.
Magic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Magic moves in looking to clinch but Polls pushes him off.
Magic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Magic tries to clinch there but Polls circles away.
Polls cracks Magic with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Andreas Magic will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Magic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Magic walks into a stiff left hand from Polls.
Polls lands with a shot to the body.
Magic darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Magic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Polls paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Polls closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Polls working away.
Magic gets back to half guard.
Magic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Polls is trying to control the action in half guard but Magic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Magic gets back to full guard.
Magic is trying to control the position but Polls postures up.
Polls preventing the sweep.
Polls wants to control from the top but Magic keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polls is working Magic over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Magic throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Magic keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Magic trying to keep a closed guard but Polls is proving a slippery customer.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Magic is on top in guard.
Magic missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Magic passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Polls tries to bench press Magic off him but Magic keeps the position.
Magic misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Magic seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Polls tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Magic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Magic tries to move into full mount but can't pass Polls's legs.
Polls takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Magic landing a few strikes.
Magic misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Magic looks up at the clock and then as Polls takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Magic smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Magic working the ground and pound.
Magic tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Magic is putting a hurting on Polls here, landing some big shots from side control.
Magic scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Polls to see if he's OK.
Polls is looking for a sweep.
Polls is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Magic's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Magic lands a nice short elbow.
Magic trying to control from Polls's half guard. Polls has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Polls avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Polls wants to sweep but no luck.
Magic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Polls's head.
Magic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Polls works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Polls keeping moving, preventing Magic from controlling successfully.
Magic thows a big elbow that misses.
Magic wants to control from the top but Polls keeps moving.
Polls is trying to keep Magic in close.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polls working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Magic doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Magic manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Polls is breathing heavily.
Polls is trying to control the position but Magic postures up.
Magic trying to control the position from guard on top but Polls is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Magic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Polls works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Polls looking to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Magic wants to clinch up but Polls keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Magic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Magic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Polls swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andreas Magic 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. 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.
A telegraphed right hand from Polls misses the target.
Polls keeps the fight on the outside.
Magic with a lazy takedown attempt
and Polls counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Polls.
Magic trying to keep a closed guard but Polls is proving a slippery customer.
Magic trying to strike off his back.
Magic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Magic keeping full guard, as Polls tries to pass.
Magic 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.
Magic will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Magic keeping moving, preventing Polls from controlling successfully.
Polls won't allow Magic to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Polls trying to control but Magic is working from the bottom.
Sim Polls has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Magic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Polls takes a swing at Magic's ribcage but misses.
Magic misses with a series of wild punches.
Magic shoots in but Polls avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Magic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Magic shoots and misses
and Polls counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andreas Magic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Magic takes one on the button.
Magic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Magic tries to clinch
and Polls counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magic misses with a takedown attempt
and Polls connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Magic misses with the combination.
Magic tries to clinch up
and Polls counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Magic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Magic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Magic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Polls counters with a stiff right hand.
Magic darts in trying to clinch
and Polls counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Andreas Magic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Polls closes the distance and clinches.
Magic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polls gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Magic.
Polls gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Magic.
Stalling in the clinch from Polls.
Polls lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Magic.
Polls decides to pull guard.
Polls controls Magic momentarily but Magic frees himself.
Magic trying to control but Polls is working from the bottom.
Polls working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Magic.
Magic missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Magic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Polls is on top in guard.
Magic keeping moving, preventing Polls from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polls trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Polls wants to control from the top but Magic keeps moving.
Polls postures up in Magic's guard and throws a big left but Magic blocks it.
Polls trying to control but Magic is working from the bottom.
Polls tries to free his leg and advance position but Magic is retaining full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Sim Polls.
Magic with a poor takedown
and Polls counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Magic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Polls.
Polls takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Polls connects with a body shot.
Magic shoots in for a double leg but Polls sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sim Polls comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Magic 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 William Gold scores the fight for Sim Polls!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Sim Polls!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Sim Polls!
Sim Polls wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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