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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Demani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Prospherrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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169 cm
25
142 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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179 cm
25
137 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent Demani! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Liam Prospherrie! The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Prospherrie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Demani lands with an uppercut that bounces Prospherrie off the cage and back into rage. Demani takes a shot right to the bread basket. Prospherrie ducks under a wild hook from Demani. A left lands for Demani. Demani throws a hook but Prospherrie avoids it easily. Demani looks to throw the jab but Prospherrie is out of range. A swing and a miss from Demani. Demani jabbing away but nothing is landing. Prospherrie avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Prospherrie ducks under a wild hook from Demani.
That's one minute gone in the round. Demani shoots in and drives through. Prospherrie sprawls well. Nice defenses there by Prospherrie. Demani shoots in looking for a takedown. Prospherrie tries to sprawl out of it but Demani keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Prospherrie manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Demani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prospherrie staying out of range there. A cross from Prospherrie lands. Prospherrie dips down and scores with a jab to the body. A big left from Demani misses.
That's two 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. Demani drops his hands momentarily and Prospherrie takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Demani is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. A jab from Demani misses. Prospherrie digs a good hook to Demani's body.
Demani throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Prospherrie with a poor takedown and Demani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Prospherrie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Demani.
Prospherrie lands a jab-cross combination. Demani on the wrong end of a nice jab. Prospherrie moves into range and connects with a jab. Demani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Prospherrie.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Prospherrie's corner calls for a 1-2. Prospherrie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Demani misses with a hook. Prospherrie ducked under it nicely. Prospherrie misses with an uppercut. Demani saw that one coming. Demani loads up on a big right hand but Prospherrie slips the punch. Demani throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. Prospherrie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Demani misses with a hook. Prospherrie ducked under it nicely. A big left from Demani misses. Prospherrie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Demani is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Prospherrie's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
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. Prospherrie misses with a body kick. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Prospherrie!
Nice uppercut there from Prospherrie. Demani avoids a punch combination nicely.
Prospherrie is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Demani pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Demani thows a left - swing and a miss! The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Demani punishes Prospherrie's body with a nice straight punch. Demani looks to throw the jab but Prospherrie is out of range. Demani takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Liam Prospherrie will probably get the nod. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Good shot there by Prospherrie. Demani misses with a hook. Demani tries for a takedown but Prospherrie circles away easily and Prospherrie counters with a stiff right hand. Liam Prospherrie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Prospherrie lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Demani has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Prospherrie finds it's way round the side to connect with Demani's head. Prospherrie has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Demani takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Prospherrie misses with a double jab
and Demani counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Prospherrie thinking. Prospherrie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Demani.
That's one minute gone in the round. Demani is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Prospherrie. Prospherrie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Prospherrie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Demani pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Prospherrie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Prospherrie connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Demani misses with a looping left. Demani misses with an uppercut. Prospherrie saw that one coming. Demani throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Prospherrie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Demani. A jab from Prospherrie misses. Demani throws a lazy right hand but Prospherrie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Demani takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Prospherrie slips under a jab from Demani. Nice defenses there by Prospherrie. Demani misses with a hook. Prospherrie ducked under it nicely. Prospherrie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Demani.
Demani looks to land a left hand but Prospherrie moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Demani thows a left - swing and a miss! Prospherrie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Demani. Prospherrie thows a body shot but no joy. Prospherrie moves out of range as Demani strikes. A head kick misses from Demani. Demani slips a jab and a cross from Prospherrie.
Demani loads up on a big right hand but Prospherrie slips the punch. Demani slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Demani throws a hook but Prospherrie avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Prospherrie slips a straight right by Demani. Demani walks into a left hand. Demani misses with an uppercut. Prospherrie saw that one coming. Demani takes one on the button. Prospherrie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Demani counters with an inside leg kick. Demani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. A jab from Prospherrie misses. Demani has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Prospherrie finds it's way round the side to connect with Demani's head. Prospherrie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Demani throws out the jab. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent Demani dominated that second round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Demani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Prospherrie.
Demani misses with a body shot.
Demani looks to land a left hand but Prospherrie moved out of range nicely. Demani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Demani throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prospherrie throws a hook to the side of Demani's head but Demani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Demani throws the left hand but Prospherrie avoids the punch easily. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Demani takes a body punch but keeps moving. Prospherrie lands with a nice body punch. A shot to the body from Prospherrie misses and Demani counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Prospherrie moves out of range of the strikes. Prospherrie moves out of range of the strikes. Demani misses with a looping right. Vincent Demani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Prospherrie with a body punch. A glancing blow. Prospherrie blocks a jab. Prospherrie dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Demani thows a left - swing and a miss! Prospherrie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Demani.
Nice defenses there by Prospherrie.
That's two 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. Demani fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Prospherrie is out of range. Demani takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Prospherrie misses with a double jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Prospherrie. That snapped Demani's head back.
Prospherrie blocks a head kick by Demani.
Nice defenses there by Demani. Prospherrie moves out of range of the strikes. Demani misses the jab. Demani throws an overhand right that lands on Prospherrie's shoulder, as Prospherrie tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The fighters circling - Demani throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Demani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prospherrie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Demani defends it nicely. Demani with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Prospherrie to score with a decent uppercut. Vincent Demani is winning the standup battle so far. Prospherrie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Demani. Demani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Prospherrie.
Prospherrie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
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. Prospherrie scores with a hook to the body. Demani takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Demani loads up on a big right hand but Prospherrie slips the punch. Demani throws a hook but Prospherrie blocks it. The fighters circling - Demani throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Prospherrie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Demani. Demani looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Prospherrie! The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Prospherrie avoids a series of strikes thrown by Demani.
Demani 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. Prospherrie tries to reverse the position but Demani maintains control.
And that's the end of the fight! Vincent Demani showed his dominance in that final round. Well Demani 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28 Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28 Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincent Demani!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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