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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Penagos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penagos comes to the cage accompanied by Somebody Gonna Get Their Ass Whooped!. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlos Penagos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Wright!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penagos punishes Wright's body with a nice straight punch.
Wright digs a good body shot into Penagos's ribs.
Wright looks to land a right hand but Penagos moved out of range.
A punch combination from Wright misses.
Penagos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Penagos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Penagos duly obliges.
Wright misses with an uppercut.
Wright misses with a shot to the body
and Penagos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Penagos.
Penagos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.
Wright letting Penagos take a breather here.
Wright wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Penagos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wright up against the cage.
Wright can't break the clinch.
Wright working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Penagos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wright is trying to push Penagos away but Penagos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A right handed body shot lands from Penagos.
Wright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wright fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wright throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Penagos to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Penagos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Penagos counter with a right hand.
It looks like Kyle Wright has been cut.
Wright throws a looping overhand right but Penagos ducks down to avoid it.
Penagos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wright looks gassed!
Penagos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Penagos lands a slapping body shot.
Wright falls off balance throwing a combination
and Penagos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Penagos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wright at a distance.
Wright misses with a combination
and Penagos counters with a three punch combo that has Wright backing up. Wright nods at Penagos to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penagos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wright's calf.
Wright is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Penagos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Penagos clinches.
Penagos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Penagos digs a right hand into Wright's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wright's gas tank.
Knees in the clinch landing for Penagos.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Penagos obliges.
Penagos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Penagos to work.
Wright has had enough of the clinch but Penagos keeps him there for the moment.
Penagos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Penagos.
Penagos works on Wright's body with a couple of short punches.
Penagos lands with a light punch inside.
Penagos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Penagos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Penagos lands a nice knee to the body.
Penagos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short body shot lands from Penagos as the two fighters clinch.
Penagos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Penagos leaning against his opponent.
Penagos keeps control of Wright as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Wright misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penagos trying to land knees to the body.
Wright being controlled against the cage.
Penagos lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Penagos - that landed with a thud.
Wright throws a punch but it's blocked by Penagos.
Penagos just leaning against Wright, taking a breather.
Penagos lands a good knee to the midsection. Wright won't want to take too many of those.
Penagos lands a hook that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Penagos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wright's efforts to push away.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Penagos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Penagos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wright has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Penagos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wright or not.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Penagos crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Wright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Penagos has him pressed against the cage.
Wright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Penagos has him pressed against the cage.
Penagos crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Penagos.
Penagos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Penagos.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Penagos obliges.
Penagos is leaning against Wright and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Penagos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Penagos leaning against his opponent.
Penagos lands an elbow inside that Wright shrugs off.
Penagos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wright looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Penagos lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wright looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Penagos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Penagos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Penagos lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wright.
Wright is trying to force a seperation but Penagos has the dominant position.
Nice body punch from Penagos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penagos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wright has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wright can't break the clinch.
Penagos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Penagos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wright's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Penagos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kyle Wright's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Penagos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wright falls off balance throwing a combination
and Penagos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Penagos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wright in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Penagos.
Penagos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wright avoiding damage as Penagos throws knees to the body.
Wright is trying to push Penagos away but Penagos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Carlos Penagos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Penagos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Wright is trying to break free.
Penagos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wright's efforts to push away.
Penagos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Penagos lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penagos controlling the action here for a moment.
Penagos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright breaks the clinch.
Wright takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Penagos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wright is trying to push Penagos away but Penagos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wright wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Penagos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wright tries to throw a body punch but Penagos avoids it by throwing Wright back against the cage.
Penagos is leaning against Wright and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wright avoiding damage as Penagos throws knees to the body.
Wright wants to break the clinch but can't.
Penagos lands a damaging elbow.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Wright in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Penagos keeps control of Wright as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Penagos.
A short right from Penagos.
Penagos lands a left hand.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Penagos lands a shot to the body.
Penagos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Penagos cracks Wright with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wright is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Penagos lands an elbow inside that Wright shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penagos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wright in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Penagos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wright up against the cage.
Penagos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.
Penagos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Penagos lands an elbow inside.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Penagos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Penagos has him pressed against the cage.
Wright looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Penagos is working Wright over against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Penagos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short left from Penagos.
Wright has had enough of the clinch but Penagos keeps him there for the moment.
Wright tries to circle away but Penagos has him pinned against the cage.
Penagos lands a good knee to the midsection. Wright won't want to take too many of those.
Penagos stalling against the cage.
Wright is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wright tries to break the clinch but Penagos is controlling the position.
Penagos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wright's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penagos lands a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Penagos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Penagos lands a body punch.
Penagos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A hook to the body from Penagos.
Penagos cracks Wright with a nice body shot.
Penagos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Penagos missing with knees to the body.
Wright wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Penagos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wright looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wright wants to break the clinch but can't.
A left hand lands to the body for Penagos.
Penagos is leaning against Wright and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Penagos avoiding damage.
Penagos lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Penagos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penagos lands an elbow inside that Wright shrugs off.
Penagos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Penagos.
A right hand to the body from Penagos.
Penagos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wright tries to break the clinch but Penagos is controlling the position.
Penagos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Penagos.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Penagos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Penagos lands an elbow inside.
A nice left hand lands by Penagos.
Penagos lands a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Penagos as the two fighters clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Penagos.
Wright swings wildly with an uppercut but Penagos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penagos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penagos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wright breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Penagos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wright can do to turn this around?
Penagos throws a combination that misses
and Wright counters with a three punch combo that has Penagos backing up. Penagos nods at Wright to acknowledge the strikes.
Penagos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Penagos duly obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Penagos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kyle Wright's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Penagos clinches.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Penagos has him pressed against the cage.
Penagos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Penagos has Wright pressed against the cage, preventing Wright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Penagos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wright's efforts to push away.
Penagos scores with a hook to the body.
Penagos scores with a knee to the head.
Wright being controlled against the cage.
Penagos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Penagos working Wright over with knees to the body.
Wright wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Penagos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wright is looking to break free of the clinch but Penagos has double underhooks.
Penagos landing knees to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Penagos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Penagos.
Penagos lands an elbow that stopped Wright in his tracks for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Penagos lands a nice knee to the body.
Penagos landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Penagos drives through and clinches with Wright against the cage.
A body shot lands from Penagos.
Wright has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wright is looking to break free of the clinch but Penagos has double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Penagos.
Penagos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Penagos.
Penagos crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Penagos lands a nice knee to the body.
Penagos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A body shot lands from Penagos.
Nice body punch from Penagos.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Wright breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wright moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Penagos has managed to clinch.
Wright escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penagos was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright.
Wright falls off balance throwing a combination
and Penagos moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penagos keeps control of Wright as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Penagos is controlling him.
Wright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wright swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Penagos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wright tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Penagos scores with a one two! Wright had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wright misses with an uppercut. Penagos saw that one coming.
Penagos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carlos Penagos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Penagos connects with a single shot there.
Penagos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Penagos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Penagos lands a really nice looking cross but Wright seems unphased.
Penagos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Penagos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Penagos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Penagos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penagos lands a damaging elbow.
Penagos lands a body shot.
Penagos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wright up against the cage.
Penagos lands a nice uppercut.
Penagos lands an uppercut.
Penagos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Penagos lands an elbow that stopped Wright in his tracks for a moment.
Penagos lands a body shot.
Wright can't break the clinch.
Penagos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wright has had enough of the clinch but Penagos keeps him there for the moment.
Good body shot from Penagos.
Penagos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Penagos.
Penagos scores a nice knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Penagos misses with a knee to the head.
Penagos trying to control the position but instead, Wright has worked for underhooks and has pushed Penagos into the cage.
Wright pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright swings away with a body shot that misses
and Penagos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penagos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wright.
Kyle Wright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Penagos moves out of range of the strikes.
Wright with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Penagos to score with a decent uppercut.
Penagos clinches up with Wright and pushes him back against the cage.
Penagos crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Penagos lands a body shot.
Penagos lands an elbow just above Wright 's eye.
Penagos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Penagos.
Penagos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Penagos keeps control of Wright as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Penagos effectively controlling the action here.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Penagos slows down the pace here.
Carlos Penagos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wright has had enough of the clinch but Penagos keeps him there for the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Penagos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Penagos 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Penagos!
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