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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eugene Canedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rooster Cogburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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205 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eugene Canedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rooster Cogburn!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Canedo with that takedown attempt.
Canedo shoots in for a takedown but Cogburn shows good takedown defense.
Canedo swats away the attempt to clinch by Cogburn.
Canedo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cogburn as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eugene Canedo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Canedo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cogburn sprawls well. Cogburn wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Canedo gets slowly back to his feet.
Cogburn throws a series of punches but Canedo avoids them all with ease.
Canedo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cogburn as he avoids it easily.
Canedo keeps the fight on the outside.
Canedo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cogburn as he jumps to the side.
Cogburn moves into the clinch successfully.
Cogburn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cogburn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cogburn decides to pull guard.
Canedo connects with a couple of short punches.
Cogburn should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cogburn is on top in guard.
Canedo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Canedo is working hard here to advance position.
Cogburn would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Cogburn wants to stand and escape but instead Canedo has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's two 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.
Canedo landing some decent shots from guard.
Canedo lands a couple of digs.
Cogburn is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cogburn tries to stand and escape but Canedo is controlling the position.
Cogburn looks gassed!
Canedo keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Cogburn wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Canedo uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cogburn wants to stand and escape but instead Canedo has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Canedo connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canedo decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Cogburn, up you get!
Canedo fails with a takedown attempt.
Canedo shoots in for a takedown but Cogburn shows good takedown defense.
Canedo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cogburn defends it nicely.
Canedo looks for a takedown but Cogburn sprawls well.
Cogburn lands a head kick!
Cogburn rushes Canedo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cogburn obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cogburn landing knees to the body.
Cogburn jumps guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cogburn pushes Canedo off and gets back to his feet.
Cogburn closes the distance and clinches.
Cogburn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Canedo blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rooster Cogburn dominated that 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.
Canedo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cogburn's waist but Cogburn gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Canedo off to one side.
No luck for Canedo with that takedown attempt.
Cogburn fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Canedo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eugene Canedo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cogburn wants to clinch.
Canedo fails with a takedown attempt.
Cogburn tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cogburn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cogburn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cogburn doesn't manage to clinch there - Canedo circles away.
Canedo throws a series of punches but Cogburn moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Canedo is defended easily by Cogburn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cogburn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cogburn lands an overhand right.
Canedo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cogburn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Canedo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Canedo misses with a combination
and Cogburn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cogburn looking to throw knees to the head but Canedo is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cogburn.
Cogburn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cogburn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cogburn blocks an elbow strike from Canedo.
Cogburn scores a nice knee to the body.
Cogburn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Canedo jumps into guard, dragging Cogburn to the mat.
Cogburn looking to sit in guard and control but Canedo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canedo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cogburn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Canedo regains half guard.
Canedo works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canedo scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Canedo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cogburn moves into the clinch.
Canedo looking for a takedown.
Cogburn prevents Canedo from breaking the clinch.
Canedo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Canedo turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Canedo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Canedo working the head and body with strikes.
Cogburn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Canedo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canedo scores with a couple of short elbows.
Canedo lands a decent elbow from side control.
Canedo tries for a kimura but Cogburn is defending well.
Eugene Canedo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Canedo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Cogburn down.
Canedo scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Check out the look on Canedo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Canedo works to advance to full mount. Cogburn defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Canedo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Canedo working Cogburn over with strikes here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Canedo is landing with some decent strikes but Cogburn is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Canedo.
Canedo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cogburn wants to try and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eugene Canedo dominated that second round.
That's time! Canedo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Canedo misses with a takedown attempt
and Cogburn counters with a big head kick but Canedo shrugs it off.
Cogburn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Canedo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Canedo dives in and grabs Cogburn's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cogburn pushes down on Canedo's head and hops out.
Cogburn is looking to clinch but Canedo is avoiding it.
Canedo closes the distance but Cogburn moves to the side
and Cogburn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Canedo tries to score a body lock takedown but Cogburn shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eugene Canedo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cogburn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cogburn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Canedo.
Cogburn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Canedo shoots in but Cogburn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Canedo looks for a takedown but Cogburn sprawls well.
Cogburn tries to clinch but Canedo moves away
and Canedo counters with a single leg into guard. Cogburn didn't expect that.
Cogburn wants to sweep here but Canedo controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Canedo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Canedo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cogburn's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Canedo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Canedo won't allow Cogburn to get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cogburn can do anything to dispel that myth.
Canedo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cogburn is keeping the position for now.
Canedo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Canedo forces his way into half guard.
Canedo drops an elbow to the side of Cogburn's head.
Canedo works his foot free and advances to mount.
Canedo is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Cogburn is surviving well by controlling Canedo's body position as best he can.
Canedo with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canedo raining down shots from the mount!
Canedo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Canedo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Canedo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Canedo with the ground and pound from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice elbow there by Canedo.
Canedo is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Cogburn to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Cogburn shrugs it off.
Cogburn is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Canedo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Canedo is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Cogburn can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Canedo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cogburn trying desperately to get to his feet.
Canedo landing punches.
BOOM! Canedo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Canedo lands a nice shot to the head.
Canedo lands a heavy elbow.
Canedo landing shots from mount.
Canedo lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Canedo lands with some strikes.
Canedo with shots to the head and body - Cogburn looks very uncomfortable down there.
Canedo landing strikes from the mount and Cogburn is in trouble!
Canedo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Canedo lands a heavy elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canedo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
BOOM! Canedo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Canedo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cogburn really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Canedo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cogburn can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Cogburn is in a horrible position here. Canedo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Canedo landing punches.
Canedo with good strikes from the mount here!
Canedo landing shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Canedo prevents Cogburn from getting the reversal.
Canedo lands a heavy elbow.
Canedo lands a nice shot to the head.
Canedo raining down shots from the mount!
And that's the end of the fight!
Eugene Canedo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Canedo 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eugene Canedo!
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RATING
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